2010–11 was the 12th season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of

ice hockey in Sweden Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The i ...

, below the second-level

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

and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).

Format

The 57 participating teams played the first half of the season in six groups divided geographically. The successful teams then moved into three new groups (the Allettan groups), while the remaining teams played in a continuation of their smaller existing groups. The teams with the worst records in these continuation groups were then forced to defend their places in Division 1 against challengers from Division 2 (see " relegation tournament" below) in a round-robin tournament called ''Kvalserien till Division 1''. Meanwhile, the successful teams from the Allettan groups along with the group winners of the continuation groups played a playoff to determine who would have a chance to compete for promotion to the second-tier league

in '' Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan''.

First round

Division 1A

Division 1B

Division 1C

Division 1D

Division 1E

Division 1F

AllEttan

Northern Group (A/B)

Central Group (C/D)

Southern Group (E/F)

Qualification round

Division 1A

Division 1B

Division 1C

Division 1D

Division 1E

Division 1F

Playoffs

Second round

* Tegs SK - Hudiksvalls HC 1:2 (1:3, 2:0, 3:4) * Örnsköldsviks HF -

Kiruna IF Kiruna IF is an ice hockey club based in Kiruna, Sweden. , they will play in Hockeyettan (formerly named Division 1), the third level of ice hockey in Sweden. Their home arena is the Lombiahallen. The club was founded in 1988 as Team Kiruna IF, ...

0:2 (3:6, 0:6) * Borlänge HF - IFK Ore 1:2 (2:1, 4:5, 2:6) * Wings HC Arlanda - Enköpings SK 0:2 (1:3, 2:3) *

Tranås AIF Tranås AIF (sometimes abbreviated "TAIF") is a Swedish sports club active in a number of sports including ice hockey. The ice hockey club, Tranås AIF Ishockeyförening, better known as Tranås AIF Hockey (or Tranås AIF IF), played several sea ...

Karlskrona HK Karlskrona HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Karlskrona, Sweden, established in 2001. They played three seasons in the top-tier Swedish Hockey League (SHL) between the 2015–16 and 2017–18 seasons. Their home arena is NKT Arena Karl ...

0:2 (4:6, 2:3 OT) * Halmstad HC - Nybro IK 0:2 (2:3 OT, 3:6)

Second round

* IFK Ore -

0:2 (0:4, 3:10) * Hudiksvalls HC - Enköpings SK 0:2 (1:2, 0:3) * Nybro IK -

IF Björklöven IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan as of the 2024-25 season, but h ...

1:2 (4:2, 0:1, 1:3) *

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 " ...

2:0 (3:2 OT, 1:0)

Final

- Asplöven HC 0:2 (1:2 OT, 2:4) *

- Huddinge IK 0:2 (0:5, 2:6) * Enköpings SK -

HC Vita Hästen HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyTrean, the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 202 ...

0:2 (0:3, 1:2) *

- Visby-Roma HK 2:0 (4:0, 2:1)

Relegation

Division 1A

Division 1B

Division 1C

Division 1D

Division 1E

Division 1F

External links

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