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Third level of Swedish men's ice hockey

Hockeyettan Sport Ice hockey Founded 1944 No. of teams 40 in 4 groups Country Sweden Promotion to HockeyAllsvenskan Relegation to Hockeytvåan Website hockeyettan.com

**Hockeyettan** is the third tier of [ice hockey in Sweden](/source/Ice_hockey_in_Sweden). As of the [2015–16 season](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Hockeyettan_season), the league consists of 39 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of [promotion and relegation](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) with [HockeyAllsvenskan](/source/HockeyAllsvenskan) and [Division 2](/source/Division_2_(Swedish_ice_hockey)).

From 1944 to 1975, Division I was the highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, but with the creation of [Elitserien](/source/Swedish_Hockey_League) (now the SHL) in 1975, it became the second tier. Division I was further relegated to third-tier status in 1999 as [HockeyAllsvenskan](/source/HockeyAllsvenskan) was spun off into a standalone league, but was frequently written as "Division 1" on the Internet, as it was pronounced "Division One". The league was renamed Hockeyettan for the [2014–15 season](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Hockeyettan_season).

Hockeyettan is the lowest tier to be organized by the [Swedish Ice Hockey Association](/source/Swedish_Ice_Hockey_Association); all men's tiers below Hockeyettan are organized regionally.

## Format

As of the 2022–23 season, the league consists of 39 teams divided into four groups of 12 geographically. The clubs meet each other twice, home and away, after which the top four teams from each group form two new groups of eight. Each of these Allettan groups then plays an additional home-and-away series. Meanwhile, the remaining eight teams in each starting group play each other again in a continuation series.[1]

### Post-season

The winner of each Allettan group qualifies directly for the 2023 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Teams 2–5 in the Allettan groups, along with teams 1–2 from the continuation groups, play a playoff to fill the remaining two spots in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Teams 7–8 from the continuation groups are forced to requalify for Hockeyettan against teams from Division 2.[1]

## Participating teams

Hockeyettan North Hockeyettan South Hockeyettan West Hockeyettan East Bodens HF Clemensnäs HC Hudiksvalls HC IF Sundsvall Hockey Kalix HC Kiruna IF Piteå HC Strömsbro IF Vännäs HC Örnsköldsvik Hockey Alvesta HK Borås HC Halmstad Hammers HC IF Troja-Ljungby Karlskrona HK KRIF Hockey Kristianstads IK Mörrums GoIS IK Tyringe SoSS Vimmerby HC Borlänge HF Falu IF Forshaga IF HC Dalen Lindlövens IF Mariestad BoIS HC Mjölby HC Skövde IK Surahammars IF Tranås AIF Väsby IK HK Enköpings SK HK Eskiltuna Linden Hockey Hanvikens SK Huddinge IK Nyköpings SK Segeltorps IF IF Vallentuna BK Visby/Roma HK Wings HC Arlanda

## History

[Västra Frölunda IF](/source/Fr%C3%B6lunda_HC)'s [Lars Erik Lundvall](/source/Lars_Erik_Lundvall) receiving the [Le Mat Trophy](/source/Le_Mat_Trophy) in 1965.

Swedish Champions during the Division 1 era Season Winners Runners-up 1945 Hammarby IF Södertälje SK 1946 Hammarby IF Södertälje SK 1947 Hammarby IF Södertälje SK 1948 Södertälje SK Hammarby IF 1949 Hammarby IF Gävle GIK 1950 Södertälje SK Hammarby IF 1951 Djurgårdens IF AIK 1952 Södertälje SK Gävle GIK 1953 Södertälje SK Hammarby IF 1954 Djurgårdens IF Gävle Godtemplares IK 1955 Djurgårdens IF Hammarby IF 1956 Södertälje SK Djurgårdens IF 1957 Gävle Godtemplares IK Djurgårdens IF 1958 Djurgårdens IF Skellefteå AIK 1959 Djurgårdens IF Leksands IF 1960 Djurgårdens IF Södertälje SK 1961 Djurgårdens IF Skellefteå AIK 1962 Djurgårdens IF Västra Frölunda IF 1963 Djurgårdens IF Skellefteå AIK 1964 Brynäs IF Leksands IF 1965 Västra Frölunda IF Brynäs IF 1966 Brynäs IF Västra Frölunda IF 1967 Brynäs IF Västra Frölunda IF 1968 Brynäs IF AIK 1969 Leksands IF Brynäs IF 1970 Brynäs IF Västra Frölunda IF 1971 Brynäs IF Leksands IF 1972 Brynäs IF Leksands IF 1973 Leksands IF Södertälje SK 1974 Leksands IF Timrå IK 1975 Leksands IF Brynäs IF

Division 1 was founded in 1944, replacing [Svenska Serien](/source/Svenska_Serien) as the top flight of Swedish ice hockey. From its foundation until the [1954–55 season](/source/1954%E2%80%9355_Swedish_Division_I_season), the league consisted of twelve teams, with group winners facing off in a best-of-three final, and with two teams from the bottom of each group being relegated. From the [1955–56 season](/source/1955%E2%80%9356_Swedish_Division_I_season), the best-of-three series was replaced with a double round-robin final round with the top two teams from each group. The league was expanded to two groups of eight for the [1956–57 season](/source/1956%E2%80%9357_Swedish_Division_I_season). The league would continue to have two groups of eight under a variety of different post-season formats until the [1974–75 season](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_Swedish_Division_I_season). With [Elitserien](/source/Swedish_Hockey_League), a new top flight of Swedish hockey to begin play the following year, this final Division 1 season was played in a single group of 16, with the top eight teams going on to play in the new Elitserien, teams 9 and 10 playing (and winning) a northern and a southern qualifier, respectively, of four teams each, and the bottom six remaining in Division 1 in its new status as Sweden's second-tier league.

Division 1 was a much broader league as the second tier, consisting of 49 teams in its inaugural season, eventually being reduced to ca. 40, and then 32 during its final second-tier season in [1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Division_1_season_(Swedish_ice_hockey)). During this entire period, the league was divided into four geographical groups, and operated a system of promotion and relegation with Elitserien and Division 2. Starting in the [1982–83 season](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Division_1_season_(Swedish_ice_hockey)), the top teams from each group formed a new group in the spring called Allsvenskan. For the [1999–2000 season](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Allsvenskan_(ice_hockey)_season), Allsvenskan was spun off into a new second-tier league, resulting in Division 1 becoming the third tier of Swedish hockey.

Division 1's relegation to third-tier status resulted in a massive expansion in the number of teams. 78 teams participated in the [1999–2000 season](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Division_1_season_(Swedish_ice_hockey)), though this was reduced over the following seasons. Initially, the league was divided into four regions, all of which were further divided into two groups. By the [2004–05 season](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Division_1_season_(Swedish_ice_hockey)), Division 1 had been cut all the way down to 48 teams that were organized into four groups. The league expanded again to 54 teams the following season, and would be numbered in the fifties until 2014.

In 2014, the league was rebranded Hockeyettan, and trimmed down to 48 teams competing in the current format with four starting groups of twelve that are then reorganized into 6 groups of eight in the spring. For the [first season under this format](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Hockeyettan_season), the [Hockey Association](/source/Swedish_Ice_Hockey_Association) decided to have only 11 teams in Hockeyettan North, giving a total of 47 teams.

## Notes

**[^a](#ref_a)**There has been an ice hockey league named Division 1 in Sweden since 1944 when it was the name of the top flight of Swedish hockey. In 1975 with the creation of [Elitserien](/source/Swedish_Hockey_League) (now the SHL), Division 1 became the second tier. In 1999 with the creation of an independent second-tier [Allsvenskan](/source/HockeyAllsvenskan), it became the third tier.

## See also

- [List of ice hockey leagues in Sweden](/source/List_of_ice_hockey_leagues#Sweden)

- [Ice hockey in Sweden](/source/Ice_hockey_in_Sweden)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-seriebestämmelser_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-seriebestämmelser_1-1) ["SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN Säsongen 2015/2016"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151119233039/http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_96753/cf_78/SB_2015-2016_150525.PDF) (PDF). [Swedish Ice Hockey Association](/source/Swedish_Ice_Hockey_Association). Archived from [the original](http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_96753/cf_78/SB_2015-2016_150525.PDF) (PDF) on 19 November 2015.

## External links

- [Hockeyettan - Official website for Hockeyettan](http://www.hockeyettan.com)

v t e Hockeyettan Teams North Boden Kalix Kiruna AIF Kiruna IF Piteå SK Lejon Teg Vännäs Örnsköldsvik Östersund West Borlänge Eskilstuna Forshaga Grums Kumla Köping Lindlöven Malung Mariestad Nyköping Skövde Surahammar East Arlanda Enköping Hammarby Hanviken Huddinge Hudiksvall Segeltorp Sollentuna Strömsbro Vallentuna Visby Väsby South Borås Dalen Halmstad Hanhals Kallinge-Ronneby Kalmar Kristianstad Mörrum Nybro Tranås Troja Tyringe Vimmerby Second-level 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 Third-level seasons 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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 Related topics Swedish Ice Hockey Association Kvalserien (Hockeyettan) Kvalserien (HockeyAllsvenskan) HockeyAllsvenskan Swedish Hockey League Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden 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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