Kvalserien

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Kvalserien
Current season or competition: 2013 Kvalserien
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1975
No. of teams	6
Country	Sweden
Most recent champion(s)	Örebro HK and Leksands IF (2013)
Official website	Kvalserien @ HockeyAllsvenskan.se

This article is about the Kvalserien qualification for the Swedish Hockey League. For other Kvalserien qualifications, see Kvalserien (disambiguation).

Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till SHL, is the name of the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, formerly named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men.

Teams

Kvalserien is formed after the regular seasons of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, formerly named Elitserien) and the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan have been played. The two worst ranked teams in the SHL and the best four teams in HockeyAllsvenskan form the league together with the winner of a six-round round-robin tournament between the teams ranked 4–7 from HockeyAllsvenskan. The six teams play each other twice, once at home ice and once on the road, for 10 games per team and a total of 30 games. The two teams finishing first and second are promoted to the SHL the next season, while the remaining four teams play in HockeyAllsvenskan the next season.

Previous winners

2005 - Leksands IF, Brynäs IF
2006 - IF Malmö Redhawks, Skellefteå AIK
2007 - Skellefteå AIK, Södertälje SK
2008 - Brynäs IF, Rögle BK
2009 - Södertälje SK, Rögle BK
2010 - Södertälje SK, AIK
2011 - Växjö Lakers, Modo Hockey
2012 - Timrå IK, Rögle BK
2013 - Örebro HK, Leksands IF

Previous seasons

2000 season

Main article: 2000 Kvalserien

IF Björklöven and Timrå IK returned to Elitserien after respectively one and eighteen seasons in lesser divisions. VIK Västerås HK and Linköpings HC were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

2001 season

Main article: 2001 Kvalserien

Linköpings HC and Södertälje SK returned to Elitserien after one and three seasons, respectively, in lesser divisions. Leksands IF and IF Björklöven were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

2002 season

Main article: 2002 Kvalserien

Timrå IK re-qualified for Elitserien and Leksands IF returned to Elitserien after one year in lesser divisions. AIK were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

2003 season

Main article: 2003 Kvalserien

Both Linköpings HC and Brynäs IF re-qualified for Elitserien.

2004 season

Main article: 2004 Kvalserien

Malmö Redhawks re-qualified for Elitserien and Mora IK qualified for Elitserien for the first time in club history. Leksands IF were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

2005 season

Main article: 2005 Kvalserien

Brynäs IF re-qualified for Elitserien and Leksands IF returned to Elitserien after one year in lesser divisions. Malmö Redhawks were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

2006 season

Main article: 2006 Kvalserien

Malmö Redhawks and Skellefteå AIK respectively finished first and second and qualified for play in Elitserien in the 2006–07 season. Södertälje SK and Leksands IF were relegated from Elitserien and were forced to spend the 2006-07 season in HockeyAllsvenskan.

2007 season

Main article: 2007 Kvalserien

Skellefteå AIK re-qualified for Elitserien and Södertälje SK returned to Elitserien after one year in lesser divisions.

2008 season

Main article: 2008 Kvalserien

Brynäs IF remained in the highest league and Rögle BK were promoted to Elitserien at the expense of Mora IK.

2009 season

Main article: 2009 Kvalserien

Södertälje SK and Rögle BK ended up respectively second and first and both re-qualified for Elitserien for the 2009–10 season.

2010 season

Main article: 2010 Kvalserien

Södertälje SK finished first in Kvalserien for the second consecutive year, and AIK returned to Elitserien after eight seasons in lesser divisions.

2011 season

Main article: 2011 Kvalserien

Växjö Lakers, HockeyAllsvenskan's regular-season winners, finished with 26 points and qualified for Elitserien for the first time in club history, at the expense of Södertälje SK. Modo Hockey re-qualified for Elitserien.

2012 season

Main article: 2012 Kvalserien

Timrå IK defended their Elitserien spot, while Rögle BK returned to Elitserien after two years and replaced Djurgårdens IF who were relegated to the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan, for the first time since the 1977–78 season. Rögle became the first HockeyAllsvenskan team in history to qualify for Elitserien by winning the playoff round to get into the Kvalserien.

2013 season

Main article: 2013 Kvalserien

For the first time since 2006, neither of the two Elitserien teams, Timrå IK and Rögle BK, managed to defend their Elitserien/SHL spot. Instead, HockeyAllsvenskan teams Örebro HK (who qualified through a Playoff round-robin tournament) and regular-season winner Leksands IF took the two available spots for the 2013–14 SHL season. Örebro promoted to the SHL for the first time in club history, while Leksand returned to the SHL for the first time since 2005–06. Timrå were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan for the first time since 1999–2000, while Rögle's return to Elitserien lasted for only one season.

References

v t e Swedish Hockey League

Teams	AIK Brynäs IF Frölunda HC Färjestad BK HV71 Leksands IF Linköpings HC Luleå HF Modo Skellefteå AIK Växjö Lakers Örebro HK

Former teams	IF Björklöven Djurgårdens IF Hammarby IF Malmö IF Mora IK Rögle BK Södertälje SK Timrå IK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK

Arenas	Behrn Arena Cloetta Center Coop Arena Fjällräven Center Hovet Kinnarps Arena Läkerol Arena Löfbergs Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Tegera Arena Vida Arena

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Awards	Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Rookie of the Year Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy Guldpipan Coach of the Year

Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

v t e HockeyAllsvenskan

Teams	Almtuna Asplöven Björklöven Djurgården Karlskoga Karlskrona Malmö Mora Oskarshamn Rögle Södertälje Timrå Troja/Ljungby Västerås

Arenas	ABB Arena Arena Oskarshamn Arena Polarica AXA Sports Center E.ON Arena FM Mattsson Arena Hovet Lindab Arena Malmö Arena Metallåtervinning Arena Nobelhallen Sunnerbohov Telenor Arena Karlskrona Umeå Arena

Allsvenskan seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

HockeyAllsvenskan Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Related topics	Swedish Ice Hockey Association Kvalserien (HockeyAllsvenskan) Swedish Hockey League Kvalserien Guldpucken J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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