2016–17 Elitserien (bandy)

2016–17 Elitserien season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Bandy
Duration	21 October 2016 – 17 February 2017 (regular league) 23 February – 25 March 2017 (championship play-off)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Sveriges Television
Regular season
Final
Champions	Edsbyns IF
Runners-up	Bollnäs GIF
Elitserien seasons
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The 2016–17 Elitserien was the tenth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 21 October 2016, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 25 March 2017. Edsbyns IF won the Swedish national championship title by defeating Bollnäs GIF, 3–1, in the final game, thereby securing Edsbyn's tenth championship title, making the club alone the third most successful Swedish bandy club so far.

Teams[]

Teams 1–10 from the regular 2015–16 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen.^[1] All four teams from the 2015/2016 season which played the qualification games (IK Sirius, Gripen Trollhättan BK, Kalix BF and TB Västerås) managed to stay in the Elitserien.^[2]

Club	Home town	Home ice
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	Söderhamn	Hällåsen
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	Svenska Fönster Arena*
Gripen Trollhättan BK	Trollhättan	Slättbergshallen*
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
Kalix BF	Kalix	Kalix IP
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	Göransson Arena*
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP
IK Tellus	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
Tillberga Bandy Västerås	Västerås	ABB Arena Syd*
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	Sapa Arena*
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena*
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	Arena Vänersborg*
Västerås SK	Västerås	ABB Arena Syd*

* – indoor arena

Results[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Villa Lidköping BK	26	19	4	3	165	88	+77	42	Advance to Knock-out stage
2	Edsbyns IF	26	19	4	3	133	89	+44	42
3	Bollnäs GIF	26	15	7	4	119	70	+49	37
4	Sandvikens AIK	26	17	1	8	158	99	+59	35
5	Västerås SK	26	16	2	8	126	87	+39	34
6	IFK Vänersborg	26	14	3	9	137	106	+31	31
7	Broberg/Söderhamn	26	14	2	10	104	96	+8	30
8	Hammarby IF	26	11	6	9	112	107	+5	28
9	Vetlanda BK	26	11	2	13	135	131	+4	24
10	IK Sirius	26	9	3	14	82	128	−46	21
11	TB Västerås	26	8	3	15	83	121	−38	19	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12	Gripen Trollhättan BK	26	5	1	20	69	129	−60	11
13	IK Tellus	26	2	4	20	52	140	−88	8
14	Kalix Bandy	26	1	3	22	70	154	−84	5

Knock-out stage[]

The quarter finals and the semi finals are played in best of five games, interchangeably on home ice and away ice, while the final is one game played in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

Quarter-finals[]

Villa Lidköping BK – IFK Vänersborg[]

Bollnäs GIF – Hammarby IF[]

Edsbyns IF – Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy[]

Sandvikens AIK – Västerås SK[]

Semi-finals[]

Villa Lidköping BK – Bollnäs GIF[]

Edsbyns IF – Sandvikens AIK[]

Final[]

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of end of season.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Karlsson	Villa Lidköping BK	56
2	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	48
3	Erik Pettersson	Sandvikens AIK	47
4	Patrik Nilsson	Bollnäs GIF	46
5	Joakim Hedqvist	IFK Vänersborg	44
6	Joakim Andersson	Vetlanda BK	43
7		Villa Lidköping BK	37
8	Sergey Lomanov	IFK Vänersborg	30
9		Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	29
		Gripen Trollhättan BK

References[]