The 2016–17

Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 Hockeyettan season, 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation w ...

season is the third season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 16 September 2016 and ended on 19 February 2017, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs. The league was left with 47 teams after Kovlands IshF withdrew to a lower division due to financial reasons.

Format

Participating teams

Autumn season

Hockeyettan North

Hockeyettan South

Hockeyettan West

Hockeyettan East

Spring season

Allettan North

Allettan South

Hockeyettan North (spring)

Hockeyettan South (spring)

Hockeyettan West (spring)

Hockeyettan East (spring)

Hockeyettan Finals

AllEttan North winner

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and AllEttan South winner

IF Troja/Ljungby IF Troja-Ljungby is a Swedish ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league c ...

met in a best of three series. Huddinge won the series 2–1 in games, and advanced to the

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. Troja proceeded to the

playoffs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

Playoffs

Qualifying round

The winners of the spring continuation groups met in an initial qualifying round.

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and

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won their respective series and proceeded to round 1. Örnsköldsvik vs Sollentuna Grästorp vs Tranås

Round 1

In round 1, the surviving two teams from the qualifying round were joined by teams 2–5 from each of the two Allettan groups. Väsby IK,

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Asplöven HC Asplöven HC is an ice hockey club from Haparanda, Sweden, playing in Sweden's third tier league Hockeyettan. They play their home games at the Arena Polarica, which seats 1500 spectators. History Asplöven HC were founded on 14 April 1972. Asp ...

Vimmerby HC Vimmerby HC (often referred to as Vimmerby Hockey) is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Vimmerby which was promoted to Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is o ...

Kallinge-Ronneby IF KRIF Hockey is an ice-hockey club based in Kallinge outside Ronneby, Sweden. They compete in Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 Hockeyettan season, 2015–16 season, the league consists of 4 ...

, and

Nybro Vikings IF The Nybro Vikings is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the highest league in Sweden for two seasons 1968–69 and 1969–70 and the second highest league during the 70s and 80s and again for seven years from 2002 ...

won their series and advanced to

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. Väsby vs Tranås Piteå vs Örnsköldsvik Hudiksvall vs Asplöven Vimmerby vs Skövde Kallinge-Ronneby vs Borlänge Nybro Vikings vs Kalix

Round 2

In round 2, the winning teams from round 1 were joined by teams 2–3 from each of the Allettan groups.

Kristianstads IK Kristianstads IK, or simply Kristianstad () is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Kristianstad. It plays in Hockeyallsvenskan, the second tier, having been promoted to that level for the first time in history in 2019. The team is nicknamed the "W ...

, Mariestad BoIS,

Visby/Roma HK Visby/Roma HK is a Swedish hockey club located in Visby on Gotland. The club currently plays in group East of Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divi ...

, and

won their series and advanced to

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. Kristianstad vs Nybro Vikings Mariestad vs Asplöven Visby/Roma vs Kallinge-Ronneby IF Sundsvall vs Vimmerby Väsby vs Piteå

Round 3

In round 3, the winning teams from round 2 were joined by the losing team from the Hockeyettan finals,

. The winning teams,

, and

, advanced to the

. Kristianstad vs Vimmerby Visby/Roma vs Piteå IF Troja/Ljungby vs Mariestad

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

Hockeyettan qualifiers

Hockeyettan North qualifier

Hockeyettan South qualifier

Hockeyettan West qualifier

Hockeyettan East qualifier

References

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