HockeyAllsvenskan, before the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league (after Elitserien). As of 2011–12, the HockeyAllsvenskan is the most attended second-tier league in Europe. Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen teams.
During seasons 1948–49 through 1974–75 Allsvenskan was the semi-official name of the first-level league, the official name be...
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HockeyAllsvenskan, before the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league (after Elitserien). As of 2011–12, the HockeyAllsvenskan is the most attended second-tier league in Europe. Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen teams.
During seasons 1948–49 through 1974–75 Allsvenskan was the semi-official name of the first-level league, the official name being Division 1 norra (north) and södra (south), comprising six teams each until 1955–56 and eight teams each from 1956–57 to 1973–74. In 1974–75 it was played as one Division 1 league with sixteen teams, leading up to the start in 1975–76 season of the present Elitserien.
The second highest-level league had been called Division 2 since 1941–42, and was divided into eight groups from 1957–58 on. The winners of these groups played in two qualification leagues, a northern and a southern one, from which two teams each were promoted. In the 1974–75...
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