Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2005
No. of teams	16
Country	Sweden
Current champions	Södertälje SK
Official website	HockeyAllsvenskan.se

Allsvenskan, since the 2005-2006 season called HockeyAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, which consists of 16 teams. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... // Athletics Mens 100 metres - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new world record of 9. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

The league is played as a round-robin tournament where all teams play each other three times during one season. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. ...

After the regular season, four teams from the league play along with the two last placed teams from Elitserien in a series called Kvalserien, where the two winning teams are promoted to Elitserien for next the season, while the bottom two teams are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. The Elitserien logo Elitserien is the name of the highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976. ... Kvalserien is the name of a Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in next season of Elitserien. ...

The finishing top three teams of the league advance to this Kvalserien directly, the teams ranked 4 through 7 meet in two play off rounds for the fourth spot.

The two last placed teams from HockeyAllsvenskan have to play against four division 1 (tier III) teams to avoid relegation. In the sports leagues — especially soccer leagues — of many countries, relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the worst team(s) (often the bottom three) of a higher league into a lower league at the end of the season. ...

Participating teams 2006-07

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• AIK IF, Solna
• Almtuna IS, Uppsala
• IFK Arboga IK, Arboga
• IF Björklöven, Umeå
• Bofors IK, Karlskoga
• Hammarby IF, Stockholm
• Huddinge IK, Huddinge
• Leksands IF, Leksand
• Nybro Vikings IF, Nybro
• IK Nyköpings Hockey, Nyköping
• IK Oskarshamn, Oskarshamn
• Rögle BK, Ängelholm
• IF Sundsvall Hockey, Sundsvall
• Södertälje SK, Södertälje
• VIK Västerås HK, Västerås
• Växjö Lakers HC, Växjö

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Previous seasons

2005-06 season

Halmstad Hammers played in HockeyAllsvenskan 2005-06 but due to the club's bankruptcy the team was disqualifed. During Kvalserien IF Malmö Redhawks and Skellefteå AIK were promoted to play in Elitserien for season 2006-07. Leksands IF and Södertälje SK were both relegated from the Elitserien.

IFK Arboga IK and Hammarby IF had to play the relegation rounds and kept their spots in the league, coming in second and third after Huddinge IK, who had been relegated one year previously, but made it back after one year in division 1.

External links

• Official homepage