1997–98 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
# 1997–98 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1997-98 was the 23rd season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).

## Format

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of 10 teams each (except for the Western Group, which only had nine). The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining eight teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to seven bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The 14 worst teams in the qualifying round had to play in a relegation round to decide their participation in 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.

## Regular season

### Northern Group

**First round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | IF Björklöven | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 31 | 29 |
| 2. | Timrå IK | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 28 | 28 |
| 3. | Bodens IK | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 26 |
| 4. | Skellefteå AIK | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 45 | 24 |
| 5. | IF Sundsvall | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 48 | 24 |
| 6. | Kalix HF | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 57 | 18 |
| 7. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 101 | 11 |
| 8. | Husums IF | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 73 | 9 |
| 9. | Kiruna IF | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 78 | 7 |
| 10. | Piteå HC | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 101 | 4 |

**Qualification round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Bodens IK | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 29 | 28 |
| 2. | Skellefteå AIK | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 34 | 19 |
| 3. | IF Sundsvall | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 40 | 19 |
| 4. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 41 | 15 |
| 5. | Piteå HC | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 35 | 14 |
| 6. | Kalix HF | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 52 | 8 |
| 7. | Kiruna IF | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 49 | 7 |

### Western Group

**First round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Mora IK | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 23 | 22 |
| 2. | Grums IK | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 43 | 21 |
| 3. | Örebro IK | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 37 | 19 |
| 4. | Bofors IK | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 46 | 17 |
| 5. | IFK Kumla | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 43 | 14 |
| 6. | Sunne IK | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 50 | 14 |
| 7. | Surahammars IF | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 72 | 11 |
| 8. | IFK Arboga | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 56 | 6 |
| 9. | IFK Munkfors | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 92 | 4 |

**Qualification round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Örebro IK | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 23 |
| 2. | Bofors IK | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 19 |
| 3. | IFK Kumla | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 35 | 18 |
| 4. | IFK Arboga | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 42 | 16 |
| 5. | Sunne IK | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 42 | 16 |
| 6. | IFK Munkfors | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 53 | 10 |
| 7. | Surahammars IF | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 61 | 10 |

### Eastern Group

**First round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Arlanda HC | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 48 | 31 |
| 2. | Huddinge IK | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 25 | 29 |
| 3. | Lidingö HC | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 81 | 50 | 25 |
| 4. | Nyköpings HC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 62 | 18 |
| 5. | Hammarby IF | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 58 | 18 |
| 6. | Uppsala AIS | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 59 | 17 |
| 7. | Östervåla IF | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 55 | 16 |
| 8. | Haninge HC | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 53 | 80 | 10 |
| 9. | IFK Tumba | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 74 | 9 |
| 10. | Väsby IK | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 104 | 7 |

**Qualification round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Lidingö HC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 73 | 46 | 23 |
| 2. | Uppsala AIS | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 39 | 23 |
| 3. | IFK Tumba | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 40 | 22 |
| 4. | Nyköpings HC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 43 | 22 |
| 5. | Hammarby IF | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 41 | 21 |
| 6. | Haninge HC | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 58 | 50 | 15 |
| 7. | Östervåla IF | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 60 | 13 |
| 8. | Väsby IK | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 80 | 1 |

### Southern Group

**First round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Linköpings HC | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 42 | 32 |
| 2. | IF Troja-Ljungby | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 86 | 39 | 26 |
| 3. | Rögle BK | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 88 | 60 | 21 |
| 4. | Tranås AIF | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 75 | 66 | 19 |
| 5. | Tingsryds AIF | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 53 | 19 |
| 6. | Mörrums GoIS | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 71 | 75 | 17 |
| 7. | IK Oskarshamn | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 68 | 15 |
| 8. | Västerviks IK | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 83 | 13 |
| 9. | Olofströms IK | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 83 | 10 |
| 10. | Mariestads BoIS | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 93 | 8 |

**Qualification round**

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Rögle BK | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 71 | 38 | 29 |
| 2. | Tingsryds AIF | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 25 |
| 3. | Tranås AIF | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 50 | 20 |
| 4. | IK Oskarshamn | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 48 | 19 |
| 5. | Mörrums GoIS | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 58 | 18 |
| 6. | Olofströms IK | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 49 | 12 |
| 7. | Västerviks IK | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 64 | 10 |
| 8. | Mariestads BoIS | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 49 | 7 |

## Promotion round

### Allsvenskan

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | IF Troja-Ljungby | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 37 | 19 |
| 2. | Linköpings HC | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 41 | 19 |
| 3. | IF Björklöven | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 38 | 18 |
| 4. | Mora IK | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 18 |
| 5. | Timrå IK | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 43 | 14 |
| 6. | Arlanda HC | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 59 | 11 |
| 7. | Grums IK | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 75 | 7 |
| 8. | Huddinge IK | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 56 | 6 |

### Playoffs

**First round**

* Uppsala AIS - Rögle BK 4:4/2:3
* Skellefteå AIK - Örebro IK 2:2/5:2
* Tingsryds AIF - IFK Lidingö 3:2/2:5
* Bofors IK - Bodens IK 0:1/2:4

**Second round**

* Skellefteå AIK - IF Björklöven 1:2/0:1
* Rögle BK - Mora IK 5:3/0:7
* Bodens IK - Timrå IK 1:5/2:3
* IFK Lidingö - Arlanda HC 4:6/5:2

**Third round**

* IFK Lidingö - Timrå IK 2:7/3:4
* Mora IK - IF Björklöven 2:2/1:9

## Relegation round

### Northern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Piteå HC | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 12 |
| 2. | Kiruna IF | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 9 |
| 3. | AIK Härnösand | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 35 | 9 |
| 4. | Kalix HF | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 7 |
| 5. | Tegs SK | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 38 | 3 |

### Western Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Surahammars IF | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 18 |
| 2. | Sunne IK | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 15 |
| 3. | Arvika HC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 37 | 12 |
| 4. | Skåre BK | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 45 | 11 |
| 5. | IFK Munkfors | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 43 | 2 |
| 6. | Valbo AIF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 2 |

### Eastern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Hammarby IF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 16 |
| 2. | Vallentuna BK | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 13 |
| 3. | Östervåla IF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 12 |
| 4. | Haninge HC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 9 |
| 5. | Järfälla HC | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 43 | 5 |
| 6. | Väsby IK | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 43 | 5 |

### Southern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Olofströms IK | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 14 |
| 2. | Mörrums GoIS | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 29 | 12 |
| 3. | Västervik IK | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 28 | 10 |
| 4. | Kings HC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 34 | 9 |
| 5. | Kristianstad IK | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 42 | 8 |
| 6. | Mariestads BoIS | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 7 |
