Sport Bandy No. of teams 14 Related
competitions | Founded 2007 Country Sweden | |
Most recent
champion(s) Sandvikens AIK (play-off winner 2014) | ||
The Elitserien (literally, "The Elite League") (Swedish: Elitserien i bandy) is since the 2007–08 season the highest bandy league in Sweden. It consist of 14 teams. The season ends with one final game in March. The final was held at Studenternas IP in Uppsala from 1991 until 2012, in 2013 and 2014 the final was played at Friends Arena in Solna and from 2015 it is played in Tele2 Arena.
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Season structure
During the regular season the fourteen teams play each other team at home and away - a total of 26 games per team.
The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs for the league championship. The bottom four teams playoff against teams from the Allsvenskan to decide promotion and relegation.
Teams through the years
The number denotes the place in that year's end stand of the regular league before the championship play-off, while a blank space means the club was not playing in Elitserien that year.
A gold background means the club became Swedish champion that year following the championship play-off, a silver background means the club was the runner-up for the championship.
Top goalscorers
Patrik Nilsson has the top scorer record with 94 goals.