The 2008
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 ...
was played between 19 March and 10 April 2008. The top two ranked teams, which were
Brynäs and
Rögle, qualified for the
2008–09 Elitserien season
The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the c ...
.
This year's Kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitement went on until the end, when 4 out of 6 teams all had 16 points before the final round and had the chance to qualify for the 2008–09 Elitserien season. In the final round,
Rögle beat former
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 ...
club
Mora
Mora may refer to:
People
* Mora (surname)
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* Mora, Säter, Sweden
* Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality
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* Mora, Minnesota, a city
* M ...
at home 3–2 and
Brynäs beat
Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås ...
away 7–0, which made Brynäs win the group, followed by Rögle. Before the qualification began, no one believed Rögle could qualify, but they surprised everyone and qualified for the
2008–09 Elitserien season
The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the c ...
, despite finishing only third in
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 ...
. Brynäs finished last in the
2007–08 Elitserien season
The 2007–08 Elitserien season was the 33rd season of Elitserien. It began on September 24, 2007, with the regular season ending March 8, 2008. The playoffs of the 84th Swedish Championship ended on April 18, with HV71
HV71 (), often referre ...
, but succeeded to win the qualification and thus managed to stay in the highest division. Rögle's game-winning goal against Mora in the final round was scored with 26 seconds left of regulation time.
Leksand
Leksand () is a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010.
Sport
Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF ice hockey team, who have won 4 Swedish Championships, although the team is curren ...
were a big disappointment for everyone; they were one of the favourites to have a possibility to qualify, but failed. Even
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
were one of the favourites, having 15 points after the first six rounds and topping the Kvalserien at that time, but the team only managed two more points in the last four games.
Västerås was by far the worst team in the qualification. They were the 5th team in HockeyAllsvenskan and qualified for the qualification in a kind-of-playoff series between the teams from 4 to 7 in HockeyAllsvenskan to compete for the last spot in the qualification rounds for Elitserien. Västerås' only win in the 2008 Kvalserien came against Malmö.
Standings
Q = Qualified for the
2008–09 Elitserien season
The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the c ...
Game log
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, rowspan="3", 1, , rowspan="3", Wednesday, March 19, , Brynäs IF, , VIK Västerås HK, , 4–2, , Läkerol Arena, , 5,360
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, Malmö Redhawks, , Leksands IF, , 3–0, , Malmö Isstadion, , 5,388
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, Mora IK, , Rögle BK, , 2–1, , FM Mattsson Arena, , 3,871
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, rowspan="3", 2, , rowspan="3", Friday, March 21, , Rögle BK, , Malmö Redhawks, , 5–3, , Ängelholms Ishall, , 4,185
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, Leksands IF, , Brynäs IF, , 2–3, , Ejendals Arena, , 7,650
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, VIK Västerås HK, , Mora IK, , 1–3, , ABB Arena, , 5,035
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, rowspan="3", 3, , rowspan="2", Sunday, March 23, , Brynäs IF, , Rögle BK, , 6–1, , Läkerol Arena, , 6,116
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, IF Malmö Redhawks, , Mora IK , , 4–1, , Malmö Isstadion, , 3,924
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, Monday, March 24, , Leksands IF, , Västerås IK, , 9–1, , Ejendals Arena, , 7,427
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, rowspan="3", 4, , rowspan="3", Thursday, March 27, , Mora IK, , Brynäs IF, , 2–2, , FM Mattsson Arena, , 4,112
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, Rögle BK, , Leksands IF, , 2–5, , Ängelholms Ishall, , 4,184
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, VIK Västerås HK, , IF Malmö Redhawks, , 1–2, , ABB Arena, , 2,791
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, rowspan="3", 5, , rowspan="3", Saturday, March 29, , Brynäs IF, , IF Malmö Redhawks, , 2–3, , Läkerol Arena, , 6,293
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, Rögle BK, , VIK Västerås HK, , 7–4, , Ängelholms Ishall, , 2,258
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, Leksands IF, , Mora IK, , 2–0, , Ejendals Arena, , 7,650
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, rowspan="3", 6, , rowspan="3", Tuesday, April 1, , IF Malmö Redhawks, , Brynäs IF, , 7–5, , Malmö Isstadion, , 5,673
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, Mora IK, , Leksands IF, , 4–3, , FM Mattsson Arena, , 4,500
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, VIK Västerås HK, , Rögle BK, , 2–4, , ABB Arena, , 1,532
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, rowspan="3", 7, , rowspan="3", Friday, April 4, , Brynäs IF, , Mora IK, , 6–2, , Läkerol Arena, , 6,704
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, IF Malmö Redhawks, , VIK Västerås HK, , 1–2, , Malmö Isstadion, , 4,837
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, Leksands IF, , Rögle BK, , 4–8, , Ejendals Arena, , 7,650
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, rowspan="3", 8, , rowspan="3", Sunday, April 6, , Mora IK, , IF Malmö Redhawks, , 5–4, , FM Mattsson Arena, , 3,478
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, Rögle BK, , Brynäs IF, , 4–2, , Ängelholms Ishall, , 4,600
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, VIK Västerås HK, , Leksands IF, , 2–4, , ABB Arena, , 4,918
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, rowspan="3", 9, , rowspan="3", Tuesday, April 8, , Brynäs IF, , Leksands IF, , 3–0, , Läkerol Arena, , 8,214
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, IF Malmö Redhawks, , Rögle BK, , 4–4, , Malmö Isstadion, , 5,800
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, Mora IK, , VIK Västerås HK, , 5–0, , FM Mattsson Arena, , 4,111
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, rowspan="3", 10, , rowspan="3", Thursday, April 10, , Rögle BK, , Mora IK, , 3–2, , Ängelholms Ishall, , 4,600
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, Leksands IF, , IF Malmö Redhawks, , 5–4 (OT), , Ejendals Arena, , 6,198
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, VIK Västerås HK, , Brynäs IF, , 0–7, , ABB Arena, , 5,103
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External links
Swehockey.se— Official statistics
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