1977–78 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1977–78 Division 1 season
League Division 1
Sport Ice hockey
Number of teams 40
Promoted to Division 1 Örebro IK
to Elitserien
Relegated to Division 2 Örnsköldsviks SK
Hofors IK
Avesta BK
Mälarhöjden BIK
Surahammars IF
Tibro IK
Växjö HC

1977-78 was the third season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom one/two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1978–79 season.

Regular season

Northern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. IF Björklöven 27 23 1 3 192 88 47
2. IFK Kiruna 27 20 2 5 156 78 42
3. Kiruna AIF 27 18 1 8 154 79 37
4. Bodens BK 27 15 0 12 122 118 30
5. GroKo Hockey 27 13 2 12 136 134 28
6. Piteå IF 27 10 3 14 110 145 23
7. Tegs SK 27 10 1 16 113 126 21
8. Kågedalens AIF 27 9 1 17 101 162 19
9. Sundsvall/Tunadal 27 8 2 17 111 146 18
10. Örnsköldsviks SK 27 2 1 24 64 203 5

Western Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Mora IK 27 24 1 2 216 73 49
2. KB Karlskoga 27 21 2 4 160 76 44
3. Strömsbro IF 27 13 5 9 126 134 31
4. Fagersta AIK 27 13 4 10 128 124 30
5. Malungs IF 27 13 2 12 100 116 28
6. Grums IK 27 10 2 15 107 118 22
7. Ludvika HC 27 9 4 14 93 105 22
8. Falu IF 27 8 4 15 108 160 20
9. Hofors IK 27 7 2 18 87 143 16
10. Avesta BK 27 3 2 22 94 170 8

Eastern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Örebro IK 36 29 5 2 244 95 63
2. Huddinge IK 36 21 8 7 167 92 50
3. Hammarby IF 36 22 6 8 156 106 50
4. Väsby IK 36 16 7 13 170 160 39
5. Almtuna IS 36 15 4 17 147 159 34
6. NSA-76 36 11 6 19 100 135 28
7. Västerås IK 36 12 3 21 116 141 27
8. Linköpings HC 36 11 4 21 110 154 26
9. Mälarhöjden BIK 36 10 4 22 117 175 24
10. Surahammars IF 36 8 3 25 126 236 19

Southern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Tingsryds AIF 27 22 0 5 171 91 44
2. HV71 27 19 2 6 162 92 40
3. Nybro IF 27 16 4 7 128 74 36
4. IFK Bäcken 27 15 3 9 124 114 33
5. Boro/Landsbro IF 27 12 3 12 117 146 27
6. Halmstads HK 27 10 5 12 107 116 25
7. Malmö IF 27 11 1 15 103 116 23
8. Karlskrona IK 27 10 1 16 108 117 21
9. Tibro IK 27 4 4 19 91 179 12
10. Växjö HC 27 3 3 21 70 137 9

Playoffs

North/West

First round

Second round

South/East

First round

Second round

Elitserien promotion

Main article: 1978 Kvalserien

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