2008–09 Elitserien (bandy) explained

2008–09 Elitserien season
League: Elitserien
Sport:Bandy
Duration:October 2008 – March 2009
No Of Teams:14
Season:Regular season
League Champs:Edsbyns IF
League Champ Name:League Champions
Second Place:Västerås SK
Promote From:Allsvenskan
Relegate:Gripen Trollhättan BK (after qualification-round); IFK Motala, Örebro SK
Relegate To:Allsvenskan
Playoffs:Playoffs
Finals Champ:Västerås SK
Finals Runner-Up:Edsbyns IF
Seasonslistnames:Elitserien
Prevseason Year:2007–2008
Nextseason Year:2009–2010

Elitserien is the top-tier of bandy in Sweden since 2007. The second season was played October–March 2008–09.

League table

Each team meet every other team twice during the season, so 26 rounds are played all in all.

The top eight teams went on to the quarter-finals in the play-off for the Swedish championship. Teams eleven and twelve had to play a qualifying round against teams from Allsvenskan to stay in Elitserien, while teams 13 and 14 were relegated without the possibility to re-qualify for Elitserien until next year.

Knock-out stage

A best-of-three playoff were used in the quarter-finals and best-of-five in the semi-finals. The crucial final for the Swedish Championship was played at Studenternas IP in Uppsala on 21 March 2009.

Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Magnus MuhrénSandvikens AIK44
Christoffer EdlundVetlanda BK
3 Christian MickelssonEdsbyns IF42
4 Tomas KnutsonÖrebro SK40
5 David KarlssonHammarby IF37
6 Jesper BryngelssonVilla Lidköping BK34
7 Alexander MaybornIK Sirius27
Misha PashkinGripen Trollhättan BK
9 Patrik AnderbroVästerås SK25
Joakim HedqvistEdsbyns IF
Per-Johan WikströmBroberg/Söderhamn Bandy

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skytteliga - Svenska Bandyförbundet . 2018-01-23 . 2018-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072501/http://www.svenskbandy.se/seriercuper/elitserienherr/HISTORIKSTATISTIK/STATISTIK/Sasongen200809/skytteliga/ . dead .