2008 Kvalserien

The 2008 Kvalserien 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.

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 club Mora at home 3–2 and Brynäs beat 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, despite finishing only third in HockeyAllsvenskan. Brynäs finished last in the 2007–08 Elitserien season, 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 were a big disappointment for everyone; they were one of the favourites to have a possibility to qualify, but failed. Even Malmö 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

#	Teams	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Brynäs IF (Q)	10	6	3	1	0	0	40	23	+17	19
2	Rögle BK (Q)	10	6	3	1	0	0	39	35	+5	19
3	Malmö Redhawks	10	5	3	1	0	1	35	30	+5	17
4	Mora IK	10	5	4	1	0	0	26	26	0	16
5	Leksands IF	10	4	5	0	1	0	34	30	+4	14
6	Västerås HK	10	1	9	0	0	0	15	46	−31	3

Q = Qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season

Game log

2008 Kvalserien game log
March Round Date Home Visitor Result Venue Attendance 1 Wednesday, March 19 Brynäs IF VIK Västerås HK 4–2 Läkerol Arena 5,360 Malmö Redhawks Leksands IF 3–0 Malmö Isstadion 5,388 Mora IK Rögle BK 2–1 FM Mattsson Arena 3,871 2 Friday, March 21 Rögle BK Malmö Redhawks 5–3 Ängelholms Ishall 4,185 Leksands IF Brynäs IF 2–3 Ejendals Arena 7,650 VIK Västerås HK Mora IK 1–3 ABB Arena 5,035 3 Sunday, March 23 Brynäs IF Rögle BK 6–1 Läkerol Arena 6,116 IF Malmö Redhawks Mora IK 4–1 Malmö Isstadion 3,924 Monday, March 24 Leksands IF Västerås IK 9–1 Ejendals Arena 7,427 4 Thursday, March 27 Mora IK Brynäs IF 2–2 FM Mattsson Arena 4,112 Rögle BK Leksands IF 2–5 Ängelholms Ishall 4,184 VIK Västerås HK IF Malmö Redhawks 1–2 ABB Arena 2,791 5 Saturday, March 29 Brynäs IF IF Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Läkerol Arena 6,293 Rögle BK VIK Västerås HK 7–4 Ängelholms Ishall 2,258 Leksands IF Mora IK 2–0 Ejendals Arena 7,650
April Round Date Home Visitor Result Venue Attendance 6 Tuesday, April 1 IF Malmö Redhawks Brynäs IF 7–5 Malmö Isstadion 5,673 Mora IK Leksands IF 4–3 FM Mattsson Arena 4,500 VIK Västerås HK Rögle BK 2–4 ABB Arena 1,532 7 Friday, April 4 Brynäs IF Mora IK 6–2 Läkerol Arena 6,704 IF Malmö Redhawks VIK Västerås HK 1–2 Malmö Isstadion 4,837 Leksands IF Rögle BK 4–8 Ejendals Arena 7,650 8 Sunday, April 6 Mora IK IF Malmö Redhawks 5–4 FM Mattsson Arena 3,478 Rögle BK Brynäs IF 4–2 Ängelholms Ishall 4,600 VIK Västerås HK Leksands IF 2–4 ABB Arena 4,918 9 Tuesday, April 8 Brynäs IF Leksands IF 3–0 Läkerol Arena 8,214 IF Malmö Redhawks Rögle BK 4–4 Malmö Isstadion 5,800 Mora IK VIK Västerås HK 5–0 FM Mattsson Arena 4,111 10 Thursday, April 10 Rögle BK Mora IK 3–2 Ängelholms Ishall 4,600 Leksands IF IF Malmö Redhawks 5–4 (OT) Ejendals Arena 6,198 VIK Västerås HK Brynäs IF 0–7 ABB Arena 5,103

External links

• Swehockey.se — Official statistics