Elitserien (baseball)

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Elitserien
Sport Baseball
Founded1963
First season1963
CommissionerJan Mikael Johnson
No. of teams7
CountrySweden
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Most titlesLeksand Lumberjacks (23)
Relegation toRegionserien
Official website https://www.baseboll-softboll.se

Elitserien is the highest level of professional baseball in Sweden and is operated by the Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation. The number of teams in Elitserien has varied through the years. The Swedish baseball championship was inaugurated in 1963. Teams compete in the regular season for a chance to make the playoffs and battle for the Elitserien Cup Championship. Teams also play many exhibition games and events within Sweden, and throughout Northern Europe, in an attempt to help the sport gain popularity. Each organization has an Elitserien team, as well as minor league and youth league teams.

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Each year, the lowest placing team plays a relegation game against the top team in the Regional Series.

Current teams

Past Swedish champions

YearChampions
1963Solna
1964Leksand
1965Wasa
1966Wasa
1967Leksand
1968Leksand
1969Leksand
1970Leksand
1971Leksand
1972Leksand
1973Bagarmossen
1974Bagarmossen
1975Leksand
1976Bagarmossen
1977Bagarmossen
1978Leksand
1979Leksand
1980Bagarmossen
1981Leksand
1982Leksand
1983Leksand
1984Sundbyberg
YearChampions
1985Sundbyberg
1986Sundbyberg
1987Leksand
1988Leksand
1989Skellefteå
1990Skellefteå
1991Skellefteå
1992Skellefteå
1993Skellefteå
1994Skellefteå
1995Skellefteå
1996Leksand
1997Leksand
1998Leksand
1999Skellefteå
2000Alby
2001Rättvik
2002Rättvik
2003Sundbyberg
2004Leksand
2005Leksand
2006Sundbyberg
YearChampions
2007Karlskoga
2008Stockholm
2009Stockholm
2010Stockholm
2011Stockholm
2012Karlskoga
2013Stockholm
2014Stockholm
2015Stockholm
2016Leksand
2017Sölvesborg
2018Leksand
2019Sölvesborg
2020Sölvesborg
2021Leksand
2022Rättvik
2023Rättvik

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