Sport Ice hockey Country Sweden | No. of teams 36 | |
Most recent
champion(s) Örebro HK J20 Promoted to J20 SuperElit | ||
J20 Elit is the 2nd tier junior ice hockey league in Sweden composed of 36 teams in 4 regional divisions (Norra (Northern), Östra (Eastern), Västra (Western) and Södra (Southern)).
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Format
The regular season is played in the divisional format from mid September until the beginning of March, at that time the top team in each of the 4 divisions play in the Play off to J20 SuperElit against the bottom 2 SuperElit teams. The top 2 teams in the play off play the next season in J20 SuperElit, the other 4 teams will play in J20 Elit.
Results
The top teams from each division play in a Promotion and relegation series with the bottom 2 teams from J20 SuperElit to determine promotions/relegations. The below table shows the promotions and relegation's from and to J20 Elit.