Kvalserien
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| Kvalserien | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1975 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Current champions | IF Malmö Redhawks, Skellefteå AIK (both promoted to Elitserien) |
| Official website | Kvalserien @ HockeyAllsvenskan.se |
Kvalserien, or formally Kvalserien till Elitserien,[1] is the name of a Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in next season of Elitserien.
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[edit] Teams
Kvalserien is formed after the regular seasons of Elitserien and HockeyAllsvenskan are played. The two worst ranked teams in Elitserien and the best three teams in HockeyAllsvenskan form the league together with the winner of a two-round playoff tournament between the next four best teams (4th—7th) from HockeyAllsvenskan. The six teams play each other twice and the two teams finishing first and second are promoted to Elitserien next season. The remaining four are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
[edit] 2006-07 season
Kvalserien of the 2006-07 season is being played from March 9 to April 1.[1] Participating teams are Skellefteå AIK and Malmö Redhawks from Elitserien and Södertälje SK, Rögle BK, Leksands IF and IF Björklöven from HockeyAllsvenskan.[1]
[edit] Previous winners
[edit] Previous Kvalserien winner(s)
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[edit] Previous seasons
[edit] 2005-06 Season
During Kvalserien 2005-06 Malmö Redhawks and Skellefteå AIK won the league and qualified for play in Elitserien in the 2006-07 season. Södertälje SK and Leksands IF were relegated from Elitserien and spent the 2006-07 season in HockeyAllsvenskan.
