2002–03 Elitserien (men's Handball)
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The 2002–03 Elitserien was the 69th season of the top division of Swedish
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
. 12 teams competed in the league. The league was split into an autumn league and a spring league. The eight highest placed teams in the autumn league qualified for the spring league, whereas the four lowest placed teams qualified for Allsvenskan along with the highest placed teams from the autumn season of Division I (the second level). The six highest placed teams in the spring season of Elitserien qualified for the quarterfinals, whereas the two lowest placed teams qualified for the preliminary round of the playoffs, along with the two highest placed teams of Allsvenskan.
Redbergslids IK Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena. Red ...
won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their 20th Swedish title.


League tables


Autumn


Spring


Playoffs


First round

* Kroppskultur–H 43 22–27 * H 43–Kroppskultur 23–26 ''H 43 won 50–48 on aggregate'' * Guif–Hammarby 31–21 * Hammarby–Guif 24–19 ''Guif won 50–45 on aggregate''


Quarterfinals

* Redbergslid–Guif 26–24 * Guif–Redbergslid 23–34 * Redbergslid–Guif 36–24 ''Redbergslid won series 3–0'' * Sävehof–Tumba 25–21 * Tumba–Sävehof 19–30 * Sävehof–Tumba 30–21 ''Sävehof won series 3–0'' * Drott–H 43 37–36 * H 43–Drott 22–25 * Drott–H 43 32–23 ''Drott won series 3–0'' * Ystad–Skövde 29–28 * Skövde–Ystad 25–24 * Ystad–Skövde 32–26 * Skövde–Ystad 28–24 * Ystad–Skövde 25–30 ''Skövde won series 3–2''


Semifinals

* Sävehof–Drott 22–27 * Drott–Sävehof 26–25 * Sävehof–Drott 29–32 ''Drott won series 3–0'' * Redbergslid–Skövde 31–25 * Skövde–Redbergslid 29–35 * Redbergslid–Skövde 37–33 ''Redbergslid won series 3–0''


Finals

* Redbergslid–Drott 31–24 * Drott–Redbergslid 25–32 * Redbergslid–Drott 35–20 ''Redbergslid won series 3–0''


References

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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...