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
Sport	Bandy
Duration	24 October 2014 – 14 March 2015
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	TV4 and TV4 Sport
Regular season
League winners	Sandvikens AIK
Final
Champions	Västerås SK
Runners-up	Sandvikens 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

Bollnäs

Broberg/Söderhamn

Edsbyn

Hammarby

IFK Kungälv

Ljusdal

Kalix

Sandviken

Sirius

Tillberga

Vetlanda

Villa Lidköping

IFK Vänersborg

Västerås

Locations of the 2014–15 Elitserien 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-finals								Semi-finals								Final
	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

14 March 2015

16:30 UTC+1

Sandvikens AIK	4–6	Västerås SK
P. Nilsson  45+1', 53' Säfström  73', 82'	Report	Holmberg  17' Olsson  21' Nilsson  45+2', 51', 65' Rintala  90+2'

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Attendance: 15,877

Referee: Mikael Karlsson

Relegation play-offs

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]