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1997–98 Elitserien (men's handball)

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Elitserien
1996–97
Tournament information
SportHandball
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsRedbergslids IK (17th title)
Runner-upHK Drott

The 1997–98 Elitserien was the 64th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. The league was split into an autumn league and a spring league. The eight highest placed teams in the autumn league qualified for the spring league. Redbergslids IK won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their 17th Swedish title.[1]

League tables

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Autumn

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Redbergslids IK 16 16 0 0 518 375 143 32
2 Lugi HF 16 12 0 4 488 424 64 24
3 IF Guif 16 11 1 4 497 424 73 23
4 IFK Skövde 16 10 1 5 421 394 27 21
5 HK Drott 16 9 2 5 463 420 43 20
6 IK Sävehof 16 7 1 8 429 424 5 15
7 IFK Ystad 16 6 2 8 444 445 −1 14
8 HP Warta 16 7 0 9 424 425 −1 14
9 Polisen/Söder 16 6 0 10 424 439 −15 12
10 GF Kroppskultur 16 4 3 9 402 409 −7 11
11 IFK Kristianstad 16 2 1 13 405 520 −115 5
12 HF Linköpings Lejon 16 0 1 15 305 512 −207 1

Spring

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Redbergslids IK 30 29 0 1 939 688 251 58
2 Lugi HF 30 18 2 10 852 825 27 38
3 HK Drott 30 16 4 10 844 792 52 36
4 IFK Skövde 30 16 2 12 780 761 19 34
5 IF Guif 30 15 3 12 863 820 43 33
6 HP Warta 30 15 0 15 804 756 48 30
7 IK Sävehof 30 11 3 16 787 806 −19 25
8 IFK Ystad 30 9 3 18 808 888 −80 21

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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  • HK Drott–HP Warta 21–17
  • HP Warta–HK Drott 25–24
  • HK Drott–HP Warta 26–17

HK Drott won series 2–1

  • IFK Skövde–Guif 26–27
  • Guif–IFK Skövde 33–34
  • IFK Skövde–Guif 40–24

IFK Skövde won series 2–1

Semifinals

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  • Redbergslids IK–IFK Skövde 29–14
  • IFK Skövde–Redbergslids IK 26–30

Redbergslids IK won series 2–0

  • Lugi-HK Drott 25–31
  • HK Drott-Lugi 33–27

HK Drott won series 2–0

Finals

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  • Redbergslids IK–HK Drott 33–19
  • HK Drott–Redbergslids IK 25–22
  • Redbergslids IK–HK Drott 29–17
  • HK Drott–Redbergslids IK 24–25

Redbergslids IK won series 3–1

References

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  1. ^ a b Handbollboken 1998 (The handball book 1998). Swedish Handball Federation. 1998.