2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	45 game regular season
Number of teams	16
Total attendance	850,771
Average attendance	2,363
First place	Leksands IF
Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan	None
Relegated to Division 1	Huddinge IK Mariestad BoIS HC Nybro Vikings IF 3 teams relegated due to league contraction to 14 teams

The 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.

Due to the league reducing the number of teams from 16 to 14 teams for the 2009–10 season, the worst team (Mariestad) was relegated to Division 1 while the other two worst teams, ranked 14–15 (Huddinge and Nybro) had to play in the relegation round for survival in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the relegation round, only the best team (Örebro) qualified for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.

Participating teams

Leksand

AIK

Västerås

Mora

Växjö

Almtuna

Troja/Ljungby

Malmö

Björklöven

Bofors

Borås

Sundsvall

Oskarshamn

Huddinge

Nybro

Mariestad

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2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan teams

Playoffs

First round

• Almtuna IS - Mora IK 2:1 (4:3 n.V., 0:1, 3:0)
• IF Troja-Ljungby - Växjö Lakers Hockey 0:2 (5:6 OT, 3:7)

Second round

• Almtuna IS - Växjö Lakers Hockey 1:2 (2:1, 2:4, 1:3)

Elitserien qualifiers

Further information: 2009 Kvalserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Södertälje SK	10	6	1	2	1	39	26	+13	22	Qualify for 2009–10 Elitserien
2	Rögle BK	10	5	2	0	3	36	26	+10	19
3	AIK IF	10	5	0	1	4	28	33	−5	16	Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan
4	Leksands IF	10	4	1	0	5	31	31	0	14
5	Växjö Lakers HC	10	3	0	1	6	28	35	−7	10
6	VIK Västerås HK	10	2	1	1	6	29	40	−11	9

Source: [1]

External links

Media related to 2008-2009 Hockeyallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons

• Season on hockeyarchives.info