Swedish Super League

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Swedish Super League
Sport	Floorball
Founded	1995
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Sweden
Most recent champion(s)	Warberg IC

Swedish Super League (formely, "Elitserien") is the highest league in the league system of Swedish floorball and comprises the top 12 Swedish floorball teams. The first season began in 1995-96. The season ends with a play-off and a final.

1 History
2 Season structure
3 Current clubs
4 Previous winners

[edit] History

The Swedish Super League was founded in 1995 under the name Elitserien. It then replaced the Division 1 league as the high level floorball league of Sweden. Between the seasons 1995-96 and 1998-99 the league was divided into a northern and a southern group. Since the 1999-2000 season, it is a national league.

In March 2007 it was decided that the Elitserien will comprise 14 teams from the 2008-09 season.

In May 2007 the name of league was changed from Elitserien to the Swedish Super League.

[edit] Season structure

The season starts with a regular season with 22 matches per team, one home and one away against all teams. In the spring a play-off starts with the eight best teams from the regular season. The quarter finals as well as the semi finals is played in best of five matches, the final is settled in just one. The final is played in Stockholm Globe Arena together with the women's Elitserien final.