1998–99 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1998–99 Division 1 season
League	Division 1
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	32
Promoted to Division 1	Linköpings HC ; to Elitserien
Division 1 seasons
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 1998–99 Division 1 season was the 24th and last season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL). The Allsvenskan was founded as the new second-level league for the 1999-2000 season. Division 1 became the new third-level league for the following season.

Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the countries 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 ice hockey department of the SvFF eventually split off to become the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) which today is still responsible for organizing Sweden's domestic leagues and its participation in tournaments internationally. The highest tier of men's ice hockey in Sweden, the SHL, brought in 1,974,388 spectators in the 2013–14 season, the highest overall attendance in Swedish sports. The SHL's average of 5,983 spectators per match is bested only by Allsvenskan, the country's top flight of association football.

The Swedish Hockey League is the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1922, the title, as well as the Le Mat Trophy, have been awarded to the winner of the SHL playoffs since the league's inaugural 1975–76 season.

HockeyAllsvenskan is the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system. Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen teams.

Format

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of eight teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining six teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to five bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The four worst teams in each qualifying group had to play in a relegation round in an attempt to qualify for the new Allsvenskan for the following season.

Of the eight teams in the Allsvenskan, the top two qualified directly for the Kvalserien. The third-sixth place teams qualified for the second round of the playoffs. The two playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the top two teams qualified for the following Elitserien season.

Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till SHL, was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League, Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men. It was replaced by a playoff round in the 2014–15 season.

Regular season

Northern Group

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Timrå IK	28	23	2	3	152	47	48
2.	IF Sundsvall	28	15	7	6	107	65	37
3.	Skellefteå AIK	28	15	4	9	111	79	34
4.	Bodens IK	28	11	7	10	84	86	29
5.	Piteå HC	28	13	3	12	114	118	29
6.	Kiruna IF	28	11	4	13	96	109	26
7.	Örnsköldsviks SK	28	8	1	19	74	121	17
8.	AIK Härnösand	28	1	2	25	56	169	4

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Piteå HC	10	9	0	1	54	24	21(3)
2.	Skellefteå AIK	10	8	0	2	47	17	21(5)
3.	Bodens IK	10	4	1	5	36	40	13(4)
4.	Örnsköldsviks SK	10	3	3	4	39	39	10(1)
5.	Kiruna IF	10	1	4	5	26	40	8(2)
6.	AIK Härnösand	10	0	2	8	23	65	2(0)

Western Group

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Mora IK	28	19	5	4	137	61	43
2.	IFK Arboga	28	15	6	7	115	84	36
3.	IFK Kumla	28	15	3	10	108	87	33
4.	Bofors IK	28	11	8	9	97	97	30
5.	Grums IK	28	11	6	11	112	115	28
6.	Örebro IK	28	8	7	13	93	112	23
7.	Surahammars IF	28	10	0	18	87	127	20
8.	Sunne IK	28	3	5	20	70	136	11

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Bofors IK	8	5	3	0	44	20	17(4)
2.	IFK Kumla	8	4	3	1	31	21	16(5)
3.	Grums IK	8	4	1	3	29	26	12(3)
4.	Sunne IK	8	2	1	5	26	31	5(0)
5.	Surahammars IF	8	1	0	7	23	55	3(1)

Eastern Group

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Södertälje SK	28	20	3	5	112	54	43
2.	Huddinge IK	28	19	4	5	84	49	42
3.	Arlanda HC	28	16	9	3	116	69	41
4.	Lidingö HC	28	14	6	8	88	66	34
5.	Hammarby IF	28	9	4	15	87	95	22
6.	Nyköpings HC	28	6	2	20	73	106	14
7.	Tumba/Botkyrka HC	28	7	0	21	69	127	14
8.	Uppsala AIS	28	6	2	20	63	126	14

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Arlanda HC	10	6	1	3	46	34	18(5)
2.	Hammarby IF	10	7	0	3	43	22	17(3)
3.	Lidingö HC	10	5	1	4	44	36	15(4)
4.	Nyköpings HC	10	5	1	4	44	41	13(2)
5.	Uppsala AIS	10	2	3	5	24	48	7(0)
6.	Tumba/Botkyrka HC	10	1	2	7	25	45	5(1)

Southern Group

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Linköpings HC	28	18	7	3	132	72	43
2.	IF Troja-Ljungby	28	14	7	7	120	85	35
3.	Rögle BK	28	11	12	5	102	80	34
4.	Tranås AIF	28	13	4	11	106	105	30
5.	Tingsryds AIF	28	12	5	11	132	112	29
6.	IK Oskarshamn	28	9	5	14	101	125	23
7.	Olofströms IK	28	7	3	18	97	137	17
8.	Mörrums GoIS	28	6	1	21	67	141	13

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Rögle BK	10	8	0	2	59	25	21(5)
2.	Tranås AIF	10	8	0	2	49	26	20(4)
3.	Tingsryds AIF	10	6	1	3	50	30	16(3)
4.	Mörrums GoIS	10	3	2	5	32	59	8(0)
5.	IK Oskarshamn	10	2	1	7	28	52	7(2)
6.	Olofströms IK	10	0	2	8	33	59	3(1)

Promotion round

Allsvenskan

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Södertälje SK	14	9	3	2	58	31	21
2.	Linköpings HC	14	9	3	2	52	36	21
3.	Mora IK	14	7	4	3	46	28	18
4.	Timrå IK	14	6	1	7	39	34	13
5.	IF Troja-Ljungby	14	4	4	6	33	44	12
6.	IF Sundsvall	14	3	5	6	35	46	11
7.	Huddinge IK	14	3	3	8	27	35	9
8.	IFK Arboga	14	2	3	9	28	64	7

Playoffs

First round

IFK Kumla - Bofors IK 2:1 (6:2, 3:4, 4:2)
Hammarby IF - Arlanda HC 2:0 (7:1, 4:2)
Skellefteå AIK - Piteå HC 2:0 (5:3, 6:4)
Tranås AIF - Rögle BK 1:2 (2:3 OT., 4:3, 2:6)

IFK Kumla is a Swedish football club located in Kumla.

Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey (SHL) club from Skellefteå, Sweden. The SHL is the highest level of ice hockey in Sweden. They play their games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swedish Championship three times – in 1978, 2013, and 2014.

Piteå Hockey Club, usually abbreviated Piteå HC, is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Piteå in Norrbotten, Sweden's northernmost county. The club played six seasons, from 1999 to 2005, in Sweden's second-tier league, Allsvenskan. As of the 2013–14 season, the team competes in the "Norra" (north) group of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden.

Second round

IFK Kumla - Timrå IK 0:2 (1:8, 4:6)
Hammarby IF - IF Sundsvall 1:2 (1:3, 2:1 SO, 4:7)
Rögle BK - Mora IK 0:2 (4:6, 4:6)
Skellefteå AIK - IF Troja-Ljungby 1:2 (2:1 OT, 1:3, 4:5 OT)

Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå. The team is currently playing in the top tier league Swedish Hockey League since the 2018–19 season. Previous seasons in the top Swedish division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 to 2012–13.

Rögle BK sports club in Ängelholm, Sweden

Rögle BK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL in 1992–1996, 2008–2010, and briefly in 2012–13.

Mora IK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. They currently play in the SHL, the top flight of ice hockey in Sweden. Mora has previously played 25 seasons in the top tier, including four seasons in Elitserien, as the SHL was called at the time). The team has reached the finals of the Swedish Championships only once, in 1950, a match which they lost 7–2 to Djurgårdens IF. Mora has played in the top two tiers of Swedish hockey since the 1944–45 season.

Third round

Timrå IK - Mora IK 0:2 (2:4, 1:3)
IF Sundsvall - IF Troja-Ljungby 0:2 (0:1, 1:2 OT)

Kvalserien