2014–15 Elitserien (bandy)

The 2014–15 Elitserien was the eighth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 24 October 2014, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 14 March 2015.

2014–15 Elitserien season
League Elitserien
SportBandy
Duration24 October 2014 – 14 March 2015
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)TV4 and TV4 Sport
Regular season
League winnersSandvikens AIK
Final
ChampionsVästerås SK
  Runners-upSandvikens AIK

Summary

  • At the end of the former season, it looked like the fourteen teams in the league would be the same as last season, because no Allsvenskan team was able to win enough games in the qualification series in March 2014.[1][2] GAIS was qualified for continued play in Elitserien, but made a decision to withdraw in May 2014.[3] The Swedish Bandy Association first offered the vacancy to Gripen Trollhättan BK based on the competitive results in the last season, but then this club was deemed not to fulfill the economic demands of a club in Elitserien, so instead the Bandy Association decided that Tillberga IK will fill the place.[4]
  • On 17 September 2014, it was announced that the final will be moved from the Friends Arena to the Tele2 Arena.[5]
  • On 21 October 2014, it was announced that a third prize game will be introduced from the 2014–15 season.[6]

Teams

Team Location Home stadium
Bollnäs GIF Bollnäs Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy Söderhamn Hällåsen
Edsbyns IF Edsbyn Dina Arena
Hammarby IF Stockholm Zinkensdamms IP
IFK Kungälv Kungälv Skarpe Nord
Ljusdals BK Ljusdal Ljusdals IP
Kalix BF Kalix Kalix IP
Sandvikens AIK Sandviken Göransson Arena
IK Sirius Uppsala Studenternas IP
Tillberga IK Västerås ABB Arena
Vetlanda BK Vetlanda Sapa Arena
Villa Lidköping BK Lidköping Sparbanken Lidköping Arena
IFK Vänersborg Vänersborg Arena Vänersborg
Västerås SK Västerås ABB Arena

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sandvikens AIK 26 20 2 4 191 99 +92 42 Advance to Knock-out stage
2 Västerås SK 26 19 3 4 179 100 +79 41
3 Edsbyns IF 26 16 5 5 134 86 +48 37
4 Hammarby IF 26 16 3 7 140 102 +38 35
5 Bollnäs GIF 26 15 4 7 103 95 +8 34
6 Villa Lidköping BK 26 12 7 7 161 110 +51 31
7 IFK Vänersborg 26 12 7 7 124 97 +27 31
8 Broberg/Söderhamn 26 13 4 9 112 101 +11 30
9 Vetlanda BK 26 8 6 12 110 131 21 22
10 Kalix Bandy 26 8 2 16 82 120 38 18
11 IFK Kungälv 26 7 4 15 90 134 44 18 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12 IK Sirius 26 5 3 18 85 148 63 13
13 Ljusdals BK 26 3 2 21 66 152 86 8
14 Tillberga IK 26 1 2 23 73 175 102 4
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [7]

Knock-out stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Sandvikens AIK 3 6 7
 
 
 
Broberg/Söderhamn 1 1 1
 
Sandvikens AIK 3 8 7 7 7
 
 
 
Hammarby IF 4 10 2 1 5
 
Hammarby IF 9 7 6 11
 
14 March – Stockholm
 
IFK Vänersborg 8 8 1 4
 
Sandvikens AIK 4
 
 
 
Västerås SK 6
 
Västerås SK 3 3 8 3
 
 
 
Bollnäs GIF 2 5 3 2
 
Västerås SK 5 7 8
 
 
 
Villa Lidköping BK 1 2 0
 
Edsbyns IF 1 1 2
 
 
Villa Lidköping BK 4 6 4
 

Final

Sandvikens AIK4–6Västerås SK
P. Nilsson  45+1', 53'
Säfström  73', 82'
Report Holmberg  17'
Olsson  21'
Nilsson  45+2', 51', 65'
Rintala  90+2'
Attendance: 15,877
Referee: Mikael Karlsson

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IFK Kungälv 6 5 1 0 30 12 +18 11 Promotion to Elitserien
2 Tillberga IK 6 3 2 1 28 16 +12 8
3 Katrineholm Värmbol BS 6 1 1 4 23 32 9 3 Relegation to Allsvenskan
4 Nässjö IF 6 1 0 5 16 37 21 2
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [8]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gripen Trollhättan BK 6 4 1 1 32 12 +20 9 Promotion to Elitserien
2 IK Sirius 6 4 0 2 29 22 +7 8
3 Ljusdals BK 6 3 1 2 20 17 +3 7 Relegation to Allsvenskan
4 Falu BS 6 0 0 6 17 47 30 0
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [9]

References

  1. "Inga nya lag i Elitserien" (in Swedish). Bandysverige. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "Bittert för Gripen" (in Swedish). Bandysverige. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. "Politikerna knäckte elitklubben" (in Swedish). Idrottens Affärer. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. "Tillberga spelar i Elitserien 2014/15". Swedish Bandy Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. Erik Jonsson (17 September 2014). "Bandyfinalen flyttar till Tele2 Arena" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. Erik Jonsson (21 October 2014). "Bronsmatch införs under finalhelgen" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
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