HockeyAllsvenskan
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 HockeyAllsvenskan season | |
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2005 |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | Sweden |
Most recent champion(s) | Brynäs IF |
TV partner(s) | C More |
Promotion to | SHL |
Relegation to | Hockeyettan |
Official website | HockeyAllsvenskan.se |
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, the league has consisted of fourteen teams.
Previous leagues called Allsvenskan
During seasons 1948–49 through 1974–75 Allsvenskan was the semi-official name of the first-level league, the official name being Division 1 norra (north) and södra (south), comprising six teams each until 1955–56 and eight teams each from 1956–57 to 1973–74. In 1974–75 it was played as one Division 1 league with sixteen teams, leading up to the start in the 1975–76 season of the present SHL.
The second highest-level league had been called Division 2 since 1941–42, and was divided into eight groups from 1957–58 on. The winners of these groups played in two qualification leagues, a northern and a southern one, from which two teams each were promoted. In the 1974–75 season the grouping was changed to have six groups. Each qualification league contained the winners of three groups and one each of the teams on places nine and ten in the sixteen-team league Allsvenskan.
When the then-named Elitserien started in 1975–76 as the top level with ten teams, the new second highest-level league was called
In 1982–83, however, the name Allsvenskan came back, for a league starting after the Christmas and New Year's break of the season. The top two teams of each Division 1 league were promoted to the new Allsvenskan. The top two teams in the Allsvenskan played a best-of-five final for promotion to Elitserien. The teams 3–6 in the Allsvenskan continued with play-offs and possibly Kvalserien for the second open spot in the Elitserien.
For the 1987–88 season the Elitserien was expanded from ten to twelve teams, and now also the two last teams in Elitserien by the end of the year were moved down for play in the Allsvenskan together with the top eight Division 1 teams. Still with a best of five final between the top two teams, and play-offs for teams 3–8.
From the 1996–97 season, the Elitserien changed and played with all twelve teams for the entire season. The Allsvenskan changed back to the eight top teams from Division 1 only. The best of five final was also abandoned. From here on, the top two teams were promoted directly to Kvalserien, while the teams finishing 3-6 played play-offs for two more spots in Kvalserien.
In the 1999–2000 season, Allsvenskan Norra (north) and Södra (south) were inaugurated as a completely new second-level league, consisting of twelve teams each. The top four teams from each of them were promoted for the later half of the season to the same kind of league as the previous years of Allsvenskan, but that league was named SuperAllsvenskan. In the 1999–2000 season, no
For the 2005–06 season, the number of teams was decreased from 2x12 to 16 (currently 14). The Norra and Södra sections were merged into a joint league named HockeyAllsvenskan, and the SuperAllsvenskan league was scrapped. HockeyAllsvenskan covers the entire regular season.
Present HockeyAllsvenskan
The league is played as a round-robin tournament where all teams play each other four times during one season, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 52 games per team.
After the regular season, teams 1 and 2 play the HockeyAllsvenskan Final in best of five games, and teams 3-8 play the HockeyAllsvenskan Slutspelsserie, a single meeting round robin tournament, where teams 3-5 start with 3, 2 and 1 bonus points, respectively, and play one more game at home.
The winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan Final gets to challenge team 14 from the SHL in best of seven games for their spot in the league.
The loser in the HockeyAllsvenskan Final faces the winner from the Slutspelsserie in best of three games, and the winner from this stage gets to challenge team 13 from the SHL in best of seven games for their spot in the league.
The two last placed teams from HockeyAllsvenskan have to play in the
For the 2009–10 season, the number of teams in the league was decreased from sixteen to fourteen. In the 2008–09 season the last placed team was directly relegated, and the teams ranked fourteen and fifteen played in the qualification league, from which only the best team was qualified for the next HockeyAllsvenskan season.
2023–24 participating teams
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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AIK | Stockholm | Hovet | 8,094 |
Almtuna IS | Uppsala | Upplands Bilforum Arena | 2,800 |
IF Björklöven | Umeå | A3 Arena
|
5,400 |
Brynäs IF | Gävle | Monitor ERP Arena | 7,909 |
BIK Karlskoga | Karlskoga | Nobelhallen | 6,300 |
Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Hovet | 8,094 |
Kalmar HC | Kalmar | Hatstore Arena | 2,500 |
Mora IK | Mora | Smidjegrav Arena | 4,500 |
Nybro Vikings | Nybro | Liljas Arena | 2,380 |
Södertälje SK | Södertälje | Scaniarinken | 6,200 |
Tingsryds AIF | Tingsryd | Nelson Garden Arena
|
3,400 |
Västerviks IK | Västervik | Plivit Arena | 2,500 |
Västerås IK | Västerås | ABB Arena Nord | 4,902 |
Östersunds IK | Östersund | Östersund Arena | 2,700 |
Attendance
HockeyAllsvenskan has seen a significant increase in average attendance per game since the first season of HockeyAllsvenskan in
Attendance statistics
Season | Spectators |
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2005–06 | 1,996
|
2006–07 | 1,887
|
2007–08 | 2,007
|
2008–09 | 2,363
|
2009–10 | 2,362
|
2010–11 | 2,363
|
2011–12 | 2,610
|
2012–13 | 3,227
|
2013–14 | 3,016
|
2014–15 | 2,986
|
2015–16 | 2,514
|
2016–17 | 2,637
|
2017–18 | 2,705
|
2018–19 | 2,713
|
2019–20 | 2,606
|
Season | Team | Attendance |
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2005–06 | IF Björklöven | 3,423 |
2006–07 | Leksands IF | 4,127 |
2007–08 | Leksands IF | 5,152 |
2008–09 | IF Malmö Redhawks | 5,916 |
2009–10 | IF Malmö Redhawks | 5,592 |
2010–11 | Leksands IF | 4,842 |
2011–12 | IF Malmö Redhawks | 6,114 |
2012–13 | Djurgårdens IF | 6,184 |
2013–14 | Djurgårdens IF | 6,142 |
2014–15 | IF Malmö Redhawks | 6,258 |
2015–16 | Leksands IF | 4,576 |
2016–17 | MODO Hockey | 4,031 |
2017–18 | Leksands IF | 5,140 |
2018–19 | AIK | 4,698 |
2019–20 | IF Björklöven | 4,754 |
Television
C More Entertainment has had the broadcast rights for HockeyAllsvenskan since 2015, with a selection of games being broadcast on television and the remainder being streamed online.[5] They replaced Viasat who had the broadcast rights from 2009 from 2015.[6]
Previous seasons
2005–06 season
Halmstad played in HockeyAllsvenskan this season, but due to the club's bankruptcy the team was disqualified. In Kvalserien, Malmö and Skellefteå were promoted to play in Elitserien for the 2006–07 season. Leksand and Södertälje were both relegated from Elitserien.
2006–07 season
In the qualification rounds for Elitserien, Södertälje advanced to Elitserien while Malmö only finished third and was relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
This season,
2007–08 season
In a closely played qualification battle for Elitserien, Rögle advanced to Elitserien at the cost of Mora who finished fourth and was relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
2008–09 season
The 2008–09 season became the last season with sixteen teams in HockeyAllsvenskan. On May 30, 2008, the board of the SIHA decided to decrease the number of teams to fourteen, starting from the 2009–10 season.
In Kvalserien, none of the four top teams from HockeyAllsvenskan succeeded in qualifying for the highest division this year. Instead, the two Elitserien teams Södertälje and Rögle managed to keep their spots.
Because of the decreased number of teams for the next season, the last-placed team,
took the available spot in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2009–10 season.2009–10 season
In Kvalserien, AIK managed to promote to Elitserien at the expense of Rögle.
Sundsvall and Oskarshamn ended up at the bottom of the league table and had to play a qualification series to requalify for HockeyAllsvenskan. There Tingsryd came in second after Oskarshamn, earning promotion at the expense of Sundsvall. However, in June the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) decided not to grant Björklöven elite license for the upcoming season due to financial concerns and thus Björklöven was relegated to Division 1 and Sundsvall was given a spot in HockeyAllsvenskan next season.
With AIK advancing to the Elitserien, and no other team from the area in the league, nor any new one promoted from Division 1, this meant that the 2010–11 season would be the first time ever with no team from the Stockholm area in the second level league of Swedish ice hockey.
2010–11 season
In
The qualification system for the teams 4–7 to qualify for Kvalserien was changed this season. Instead of a kind-of-playoff series, a "pre-qualification" system was used. The 4th ranked team from HockeyAllsvenskan started with 4 points, the 5th ranked team with 3 points, the 6th ranked team with 2 points, and the 7th ranked team with 1 point. The teams met each other two times, giving a total of 6 rounds. The 7th ranked team, which was Mora, won the pre-qualification and thus reached the Kvalserien.
2011–12 season
In Kvalserien, Rögle promoted to Elitserien at the expense of Djurgården. Rögle became the first HockeyAllsvenskan playoff team in history to promote to Elitserien, a feat which Örebro HK subsequently duplicated in 2013.
In
2012–13 season
2013–14 season
2014–15 season
2015–16 season
2016–17 season
2017–18 season
2018–19 season
2019–20 season
2020–21 season
See also
References
- ^ "SC Bern 10th time on top". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ "Swiss on top of Europe". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ Bodin, Uffe (2013-03-13). "Det svenska publikraset". Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ a b Svenska Hockeyförbundet. Historical stats.
- ^ Missnöje med Viasat - drar nu till C More, Expressen (Swedish)
- ^ Expressen: Viasat storsatsar på Hockeyallsvenskan. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2013-07-02.