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1975–76 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1975–76 Division 1 season
LeagueDivision 1
SportIce hockey
Number of teams49
Promoted to Division 1IF Björklöven
Örebro IK
to Elitserien
Relegated to Division 2Borås HC
Enköpings SK HK
Gislaveds SK
Kramfors-Alliansen
Ludvika HC
Mälarhöjden/Västertorps BIK
Medle SK
Tierps IF
Division 1 seasons

1975–76 was the first season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, this due to the creation of Elitserien (now the SHL) as a new flight of the Swedish hockey system.

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1976–77 season.

Regular season

Division 1 Norra ("North")

*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# Team GP W T L TP GF GA GD
1 IF Björklöven 24 19 1 4 39 186 82 +104
2 Kiruna AIF 24 19 1 4 39 186 82 +104
3 Bodens BK 24 15 1 8 31 86 31 +66
4 IFK Luleå 24 15 1 8 31 133 99 +34
5 IFK Kiruna 24 15 0 9 30 141 99 +42
6 Piteå IF 24 13 3 8 29 151 127 +24
7 Tegs SK 24 12 1 11 25 112 116 –4
8 Heffners/Ortvikens IF 24 10 0 14 20 105 99 +6
9 Tunadals IF 24 8 3 13 19 91 118 –27
10 Östersunds IK 24 7 2 15 16 93 132 –39
11 Järveds IF 24 5 2 17 12 88 145 –57
12 Medle SK 24 6 0 18 12 75 153 –78
13 Kramfors-Alliansen 24 4 1 19 9 64 200 –136

Division 1 Östra ("East")

*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# Team GP W T L TP GF GA GD
1 Örebro IK 22 19 0 3 38 188 65 +123
2 Huddinge IK 22 14 4 4 32 119 65 +54
3 Västerås IK 22 14 3 5 31 108 56 +52
4 Nacka SK 22 13 3 6 29 107 77 +30
5 Hammarby IF 22 11 4 7 26 109 80 +29
6 BK Kenty 22 12 2 8 26 82 76 +6
7 Väsby IK 22 10 3 9 23 127 101 +26
8 IK Vita Hästen 22 9 2 11 20 81 121 –40
9 Surahammars IF 22 9 0 13 18 116 137 –21
10 Nynäshamns IF 22 4 2 16 10 60 139 –79
11 Enköpings SK HK 22 2 2 18 6 49 120 –71
12 Mälarhöjden/Västertorps BIK 22 1 3 18 5 65 174 –109

Division 1 Södra ("South")

*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# Team GP W T L TP GF GA GD
1 Tingsryds AIF 22 19 2 1 40 162 68 +94
2 BK Bäcken 22 16 3 3 35 139 71 +68
3 HV 71 22 16 1 5 33 110 67 +43
4 Malmö IF 22 10 4 8 24 111 109 +2
5 Halmstads HK 22 9 4 9 22 93 109 –16
6 Nybro IF 22 9 2 11 20 90 90 ±0
7 Karlskrona IK 22 7 4 11 18 90 117 –27
8 IF Troja 22 6 5 11 17 82 119 –37
9 Tibro IK 22 6 4 12 16 86 103 –17
10 Boro/Landsbro IF 22 6 4 12 16 79 124 –45
11 Borås HC 22 6 2 14 14 62 95 –33
12 Gislaveds SK 22 4 1 17 9 84 116 –32

Division 1 Västra ("West")

*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# Team GP W T L TP GF GA GD
1 Mora IK 22 16 4 2 36 158 85 +73
2 KB Karlskoga 22 15 4 3 34 115 72 +43
3 Strömsbro IF 22 14 2 6 30 97 78 +19
4 Grums IK 22 11 3 8 25 110 97 +13
5 Hofors IK 22 11 0 11 22 92 77 +15
6 Fagersta AIK 22 8 5 9 21 105 111 –6
7 IF Tunabro 22 7 4 11 18 70 88 –18
8 Bollnäs IS 22 7 3 12 17 91 103 –12
9 Falu IF 22 7 3 12 17 89 115 –26
10 Malungs IF 22 7 3 12 17 77 108 –31
11 Tierps IF 22 7 1 14 15 84 128 –44
12 Ludvika HC 22 5 2 15 12 69 95 –26

Playoffs

The 16 teams (top 4 in the standings from each regular season group) that qualified for the playoffs all played two playoff rounds, leaving four surviving teams that continued to the 1976 Elitserien qualifier.

The format for the playoffs was a two-leg home-and-home series. Matches could end in a draw. If each team won one match, the result was decided by a sudden-death overtime, not by total goals over the two matches.

Björklöven, Mora, Örebro and Nacka won in the second round to continue to the 1976 Elitserien qualifier.

Round 1

IF Björklöven defeats Grums IK

  • First leg: IF Björklöven 5–1 Grums IK (0–0, 1–1, 4–0, attendance: 2,132)
  • Second leg: Grums IK 2–10 IF Björklöven (1–3, 1–3, 0–4, attendance: 775)

Strömsbro IF defeats Kiruna AIF

  • First leg: Kiruna AIF 2–3 Strömsbro IF (1–1, 1–0, 0–2, attendance: 2,127)
  • Second leg: Strömsbro IF 2–8 Kiruna AIF (0–3, 1–4, 1–1, attendance 1,549)
    Strömsbro IF wins in sudden-death overtime

Mora IK defeats IFK Luleå

  • First leg: Mora IK 9–5 IFK Luleå (3–1, 2–2, 4–2, attendance 1,920)
  • Second leg: IFK Luleå 2–6 Mora IK (1–3, 0–0, 1–3, attendance 2,881)

KB Karlskoga defeats Bodens BK

  • First leg: KB Karlskoga 7–3 Bodens BK (1–2, 1–1, 5–0, attendance 2,695)
  • Second leg: Bodens BK 6–5 KB Karlskoga (2–2, 3–1, 1–2, attendance 2,724)
    KB Karlskoga wins in sudden-death overtime

Örebro IK defeats Malmö IF

  • First leg: Örebro IK 8–2 Malmö IF (2–1, 3–0, 3–1, attendance: 4,572)
  • Second leg: Malmö IF 5–3 Örebro IK (1–1, 1–1, 3–1, attendance: 2,171)
    Örebro IK wins in sudden-death overtime

HV 71 defeats Huddinge IK

  • First leg: Huddinge IK 6–5 HV 71 (1–1, 3–1, 2–3, attendance 1,247)
  • Second leg: HV 71 14–4 Huddinge IK (5–1, 9–3, 0–0, attendance 4,800)
    HV 71 wins in sudden-death overtime

Nacka SK defeats Tingsryds AIF

  • First leg: Tingsryds AIF 2–3 Nacka SK (1–2, 0–0, 1–1, attendance 1,802)
  • Second leg: Nacka SK 1–1 Tingsryds AIF (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, attendance 852)

BK Bäcken defeats Västerås IK

  • First leg: Västerås IK 0–2 BK Bäcken (0–1, 0–1, 0–0, attendance: 3,277)
  • Second leg: BK Bäcken 7–2 Västerås IK (4–1, 1–0, 2–1, attendance 3,692)

Round 2

IF Björklöven defeats KB Karlskoga

  • First leg: IF Björklöven 5–3 KB Karlskoga (0–2, 4–0, 1–1, attendance: 2,282)
  • Second leg: KB Karlskoga 4–4 IF Björklöven (1–2, 1–0, 2–2, attendance: 4,054)

Mora IK defeats Strömsbro IF

  • First leg: Strömsbro IF 5–5 Mora IK (2–1, 1–1, 2–3, attendance: 1,669)
  • Second leg: Mora IK 5-3 Strömsbro IF (1–1, 2–1, 2–1, attendance 2,096)

Örebro IK defeats BK Bäcken

  • First leg: Örebro IK 2–4 BK Bäcken (1–1, 0–2, 1–1, attendance: 5,985)
  • Second leg: BK Bäcken 2–4 Örebro IK (0–2, 2–2, 0–0, attendance: 4,225)

Örebro IK wins in sudden-death overtime Nacka SK defeats HV 71

  • First leg: HV 71 1–2 Nacka SK (1–1, 0–0, 0–1, attendance: 4,800)
  • Second leg: Nacka SK 3–2 HV 71 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2, attendance: 840)

Elitserien qualifier

The four playoff winners played a double-round robin tournament, with the top two teams being promoted to Elitserien for the 1976–77 season, replacing the two teams with the poorest records from the 1975–76 Elitserien.

*Promoted to 1976–77 Elitserien
*Stays in Division 1 for 1976–77
# Team GP W T L TP GF GA GD
1 IF Björklöven 6 4 1 1 9 33 21 +12
2 Örebro IK 6 4 0 2 8 41 29 +12
3 Mora IK 6 3 1 2 7 32 28 +4
4 Nacka SK 6 0 0 6 0 11 39 –28
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Division_1_season_(Swedish_ice_hockey)