The 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system (after the SHL). Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen team ...

, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the

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, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien. Due to the league reducing the number of teams from 16 to 14 teams for the 2009–10 season, the worst team (

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) was relegated to Division 1 while the other two worst teams, ranked 14–15 (

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and

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) had to play in the relegation round for survival in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the relegation round, only the best team (

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) qualified for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.

Participating teams

Regular season

Playoffs

First round

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2:1 (4:3 n.V., 0:1, 3:0) * IF Troja-Ljungby -

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0:2 (5:6 OT, 3:7)

Second round

1:2 (2:1, 2:4, 1:3)

Elitserien qualifiers

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

External links

Season on hockeyarchives.info
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