1997–98 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1997–98 Division 1 season
League Division 1
Sport Ice hockey
Number of teams 39
Promoted to Division 1 IF Björklöven
to Elitserien
Relegated to Division 2 Kalix HF
Haninge HC
Östervåla IF
Väsby IK
Västerviks IK
Mariestads BoIS

1997-98 was the 23rd season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).

Format

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of 10 teams each (except for the Western Group, which only had nine). The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining eight teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to seven bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The 14 worst teams in the qualifying round had to play in a relegation round to decide their participation in the following season.

Of the eight teams in the Allsvenskan, the top two qualified directly for the Kvalserien. The third-sixth place teams qualified for the second round of the playoffs. The two playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the top two teams qualified for the following Elitserien season.

Regular season

Northern Group

First round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. IF Björklöven 18 14 1 3 95 31 29
2. Timrå IK 18 13 2 3 75 28 28
3. Bodens IK 18 12 2 4 68 33 26
4. Skellefteå AIK 18 11 2 5 70 45 24
5. IF Sundsvall 18 10 3 5 68 48 24
6. Kalix HF 18 8 2 8 50 57 18
7. Örnsköldsviks SK 18 3 5 10 51 101 11
8. Husums IF 18 4 1 13 50 73 9
9. Kiruna IF 18 3 1 14 36 78 7
10. Piteå HC 18 2 1 15 32 101 4

Qualification round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Bodens IK 12 10 1 1 48 29 28
2. Skellefteå AIK 12 6 1 5 42 34 19
3. IF Sundsvall 12 6 2 4 43 40 19
4. Örnsköldsviks SK 12 5 2 5 44 41 15
5. Piteå HC 12 6 2 4 42 35 14
6. Kalix HF 12 2 0 10 27 52 8
7. Kiruna IF 12 3 0 9 34 49 7

Western Group

First round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Mora IK 14 10 2 2 79 23 22
2. Grums IK 15 9 3 3 70 43 21
3. Örebro IK 14 9 1 4 51 37 19
4. Bofors IK 15 6 5 4 51 46 17
5. IFK Kumla 14 6 2 6 55 43 14
6. Sunne IK 14 5 4 5 49 50 14
7. Surahammars IF 14 4 3 7 41 72 11
8. IFK Arboga 14 2 2 10 38 56 6
9. IFK Munkfors 14 1 2 11 28 92 4

Qualification round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Örebro IK 12 7 2 3 59 28 23
2. Bofors IK 12 7 0 5 46 30 19
3. IFK Kumla 12 6 2 4 44 35 18
4. IFK Arboga 12 5 4 3 46 42 16
5. Sunne IK 12 4 2 6 23 42 16
6. IFK Munkfors 12 4 1 7 34 53 10
7. Surahammars IF 12 3 1 8 39 61 10

Eastern Group

First round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Arlanda HC 18 14 3 1 100 48 31
2. Huddinge IK 18 13 3 2 66 25 29
3. Lidingö HC 18 11 3 4 81 50 25
4. Nyköpings HC 18 7 4 7 69 62 18
5. Hammarby IF 18 8 2 8 64 58 18
6. Uppsala AIS 18 7 3 8 52 59 17
7. Östervåla IF 18 7 2 9 45 55 16
8. Haninge HC 18 4 2 12 53 80 10
9. IFK Tumba 18 4 1 13 51 74 9
10. Väsby IK 18 3 1 14 34 104 7

Qualification round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Lidingö HC 14 7 2 5 73 46 23
2. Uppsala AIS 14 9 1 4 52 39 23
3. IFK Tumba 14 10 1 3 53 40 22
4. Nyköpings HC 14 7 2 5 50 43 22
5. Hammarby IF 14 6 4 4 46 41 21
6. Haninge HC 14 6 1 7 58 50 15
7. Östervåla IF 14 4 2 8 39 60 13
8. Väsby IK 14 0 1 13 28 80 1

Southern Group

First round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Linköpings HC 18 15 2 1 102 42 32
2. IF Troja-Ljungby 18 12 2 4 86 39 26
3. Rögle BK 18 10 1 7 88 60 21
4. Tranås AIF 18 9 1 8 75 66 19
5. Tingsryds AIF 18 9 1 8 56 53 19
6. Mörrums GoIS 18 8 1 9 71 75 17
7. IK Oskarshamn 18 7 1 10 52 68 15
8. Västerviks IK 18 6 1 11 43 83 13
9. Olofströms IK 18 4 2 12 50 83 10
10. Mariestads BoIS 18 4 0 14 39 93 8

Qualification round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Rögle BK 14 9 4 1 71 38 29
2. Tingsryds AIF 14 8 4 2 48 24 25
3. Tranås AIF 14 6 2 6 45 50 20
4. IK Oskarshamn 14 7 2 5 63 48 19
5. Mörrums GoIS 14 5 4 5 58 58 18
6. Olofströms IK 14 3 5 6 36 49 12
7. Västerviks IK 14 4 0 10 32 64 10
8. Mariestads BoIS 14 3 1 10 27 49 7

Promotion round

Allsvenskan

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. IF Troja-Ljungby 14 8 3 3 52 37 19
2. Linköpings HC 14 7 5 2 55 41 19
3. IF Björklöven 14 7 4 3 56 38 18
4. Mora IK 14 8 2 4 44 34 18
5. Timrå IK 14 6 2 6 50 43 14
6. Arlanda HC 14 3 5 6 51 59 11
7. Grums IK 14 3 1 10 41 75 7
8. Huddinge IK 14 1 4 9 34 56 6

Playoffs

First round

Second round

Third round

Kvalserien

Main article: 1998 Kvalserien

Relegation round

Northern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Piteå HC 8 6 0 2 37 26 12
2. Kiruna IF 8 4 1 3 33 25 9
3. AIK Härnösand 8 4 1 3 34 35 9
4. Kalix HF 8 3 1 4 28 33 7
5. Tegs SK 8 1 1 6 23 38 3

Western Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Surahammars IF 10 8 2 0 52 26 18
2. Sunne IK 10 6 3 1 56 24 15
3. Arvika HC 10 5 2 3 39 37 12
4. Skåre BK 10 5 1 4 44 45 11
5. IFK Munkfors 10 1 0 9 27 43 2
6. Valbo AIF 10 1 0 9 20 63 2

Eastern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Hammarby IF 10 8 0 2 37 17 16
2. Vallentuna BK 10 5 3 2 32 24 13
3. Östervåla IF 10 5 2 3 35 22 12
4. Haninge HC 10 3 3 4 27 27 9
5. Järfälla HC 10 2 1 7 23 43 5
6. Väsby IK 10 2 1 7 23 43 5

Southern Group

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Olofströms IK 10 6 2 2 33 25 14
2. Mörrums GoIS 10 4 4 2 36 29 12
3. Västervik IK 10 4 2 4 35 28 10
4. Kings HC 10 3 3 4 27 34 9
5. Kristianstad IK 10 3 2 5 30 42 8
6. Mariestads BoIS 10 2 3 5 26 29 7

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