The 2012 Kvalserien was the 38th

Kvalserien Kvalserien, also known as ''Kvalserien till SHL'', was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for ...

, which was played between 15 March 2012 and 6 April 2012. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the

2012–13 Elitserien season 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

and which four teams would play in the 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season. The 12th-seeded Elitserien team

Timrå IK Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...

defended its spot in the top division, and

Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1995–96 Elitse ...

took over

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

's Elitserien spot. Rögle became the first

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system (after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL). Since the 2009–10 ...

playoff team in history to make one of the two Kvalserien spots for Elitserien.

Participating teams

;From

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

(ranked 11–12) *

;From

(ranked 1–3) *

Örebro HK Örebro HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top tier of Swedish ice hockey, since the 2013–14 season. The team's home arena is Behrn Are ...

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The c ...

BIK Karlskoga BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey team based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 (formally I ...

;From HockeyAllsvenskan playoff round *

Standings

Game log

, - , rowspan="3" , 1 , , rowspan="3" , March 15 , , Djurgårdens IF , , 3–4 , , Rögle BK , ,

Hovet Hovet (formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion or, in English: Johanneshov Stadium) is an arena located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm (Stockholm Globe City) which is mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was op ...

, , 6,244 , - , Timrå IK , , 5–4 OT , , BIK Karlskoga , , E.ON Arena , , 4,849 , - , Örebro HK , , 2–3 , , Leksands IF , ,

Behrn Arena Eyravallen, currently known as Behrn Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Örebro, Sweden and home stadium for Örebro SK in Swedish top flight Allsvenskan. The stadium holds 12,645 people and was built in 1923. The stadium h ...

, , 4,777 , - , rowspan="3" , 2 , , rowspan="3" , March 17 , , Rögle BK , , 5–1 , , Örebro HK , ,

Lindab Arena Catena Arena is an indoor arena in Ängelholm Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Sweden with 39,612 inhabitants in 2010. History The old settlement ''Rynestad'' was mentioned around the year 1600. The cit ...

, , 3,769 , - , BIK Karlskoga , , 2–3 SO , , Djurgårdens IF , ,

Nobelhallen Nobelhallen is an indoor arena in Karlskoga, Sweden. Its current capacity is 5,600 and it was built in 1971. It is the home arena of the ice hockey team BIK Karlskoga. The first ice hockey game inside Nobelhallen, which replaced Boforsrinken, w ...

, , 5,457 , - , Leksands IF , , 2–3 OT , , Timrå IK , ,

Tegera Arena Tegera Arena is an arena in Leksand, Sweden primarily used for ice hockey. It was opened in October 2005, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It holds 7,650 people. History Construction of a new arena, replacing the former Leksands ishall fro ...

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Updated as of the end of the season.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. Updated as of the end of the season. ''GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''

References

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External links

Official statistics for ice hockey in Sweden2012 Kvalserien schedule

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