2015–16 Hockeyettan season

2013–14 Division 1 season
League	Hockeyettan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	20 September 2015 – 14 February 2016 (postseason 2 April)
Number of teams	48

The 2015–16 Hockeyettan season is the second season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season is scheduled to begin on 20 September 2015 and end on 14 February 2016, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs.

Format

The clubs meet each team from their starting groups twice, home and away. The top four teams from each group form two new groups of eight. Teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan North and East form Allettan North, while teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan South and West form Allettan West. 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.

The winner of each Allettan group qualifies directly for the 2016 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 re-qualify for Hockeyettan against teams from Division 2.

Participating teams

Hockeyettan North	Hockeyettan East	Hockeyettan West	Hockeyettan South
AIK Hockey Härnsösand Brunflo IK Kalix UHC Kiruna IF Kovlands IF Piteå HC SK Lejon Sollefteå HK Tegs SK Vännäs HC Örnsköldsvik HF Östersunds IK	Hammarby IF Haninge Anchors IF Huddinge IK Hudiksvalls HC IF Vallentuna BK Sollentuna HC Södertälje SK Tierps HK Visby/Roma HK Väsby IK HK Wings HC Arlanda Åker/Strängnäs HC	Borlänge HF Enköpings SK Forshaga IF Grästorps IK IFK Arboga IK Kumla HC Black Bulls Köping HC Lindlövens IF Mariestad BoIS HC Skövde IK Surahammars IF Tranås AIF	Halmstad HF HC Dalen Helsingborgs HC IF Troja/Ljungby IF Kallinge/Ronneby IF Kristianstads IK Mörrums GoIS IK Nybro Vikings IF Tyringe SoSS Varberg HK Vimmerby HC Västerviks IK