2016–17 Elitserien (bandy)

The 2016–17 Elitserien was the tenth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 21 October 2016, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 25 March 2017. Edsbyns IF won the Swedish national championship title by defeating Bollnäs GIF, 3–1, in the final game, thereby securing Edsbyn's tenth championship title, making the club alone the third most successful Swedish bandy club so far.

2016–17 Elitserien season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Bandy
Duration	21 October 2016 – 17 February 2017 (regular league) 23 February – 25 March 2017 (championship play-off)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Sveriges Television
Regular season
Final
Champions	Edsbyns IF
Runners-up	Bollnäs GIF

Teams

Bollnäs

Broberg/Söderhamn

Edsbyn

Gripen Trollhättan

Hammarby
Tellus

Kalix

Sandviken

Sirius

Tillberga

Vetlanda

Villa Lidköping

IFK Vänersborg

Västerås

Locations of the 2016–17 Elitserien teams

Teams 1–10 from the regular 2015–16 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen.^[1] All four teams from the 2015/2016 season which played the qualification games (IK Sirius, Gripen Trollhättan BK, Kalix BF and TB Västerås) managed to stay in the Elitserien.^[2]

Club	Home town	Home ice
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	Söderhamn	Hällåsen
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	Svenska Fönster Arena*
Gripen Trollhättan BK	Trollhättan	Slättbergshallen*
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
Kalix BF	Kalix	Kalix IP
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	Göransson Arena*
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP
IK Tellus	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
Tillberga Bandy Västerås	Västerås	ABB Arena Syd*
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	Sapa Arena*
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena*
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	Arena Vänersborg*
Västerås SK	Västerås	ABB Arena Syd*

* – indoor arena

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Villa Lidköping BK	26	19	4	3	165	88	+77	42	Advance to Knock-out stage
2	Edsbyns IF	26	19	4	3	133	89	+44	42
3	Bollnäs GIF	26	15	7	4	119	70	+49	37
4	Sandvikens AIK	26	17	1	8	158	99	+59	35
5	Västerås SK	26	16	2	8	126	87	+39	34
6	IFK Vänersborg	26	14	3	9	137	106	+31	31
7	Broberg/Söderhamn	26	14	2	10	104	96	+8	30
8	Hammarby IF	26	11	6	9	112	107	+5	28
9	Vetlanda BK	26	11	2	13	135	131	+4	24
10	IK Sirius	26	9	3	14	82	128	−46	21
11	TB Västerås	26	8	3	15	83	121	−38	19	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12	Gripen Trollhättan BK	26	5	1	20	69	129	−60	11
13	IK Tellus	26	2	4	20	52	140	−88	8
14	Kalix Bandy	26	1	3	22	70	154	−84	5

Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2017. Source: ^[3]

Knock-out stage

The quarter finals and the semi-finals are played in best of five games, interchangeably on home ice and away ice, while the final is one game played in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

Quarter-finals

Villa Lidköping BK – IFK Vänersborg

Villa Lidköping BK	7–2	IFK Vänersborg
	Report

23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)

19.00 CET

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena

Attendance: 4,532

IFK Vänersborg	4–9	Villa Lidköping BK
	Report

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)

19.00 CET

Arena Vänersborg

Attendance: 3,583

Villa Lidköping BK	5–2	IFK Vänersborg
	Report

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)

19.00 CET

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena

Attendance: 4,196

Bollnäs GIF – Hammarby IF

Bollnäs GIF	2–3	Hammarby IF
	Report

23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)

19.00 CET

Sävstaås IP

Attendance: 1,727

Hammarby IF	2–5	Bollnäs GIF
	Report

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)

19.00 CET

Zinkensdamms IP

Attendance: 3,564

Bollnäs GIF	3–2	Hammarby IF
	Report

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)

19.00 CET

Sävstaås IP

Attendance: 1,815

Hammarby IF	1–3	Bollnäs GIF
	Report

2 March 2017 (2017-03-02)

19.00 CET

Zinkensdamms IP

Attendance: 2,855

Edsbyns IF – Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy

Edsbyns IF	6–3	Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy
	Report

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

19.00 CET

Svenska Fönster Arena

Attendance: 1,857

Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	5–4	Edsbyns IF
	Report

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

17.00 CET

Hällåsens IP

Attendance: 1,753

Edsbyns IF	7–4	Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy
	Report

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28)

19.00 CET

Svenska Fönster Arena

Attendance: 1,824

Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	0–6	Edsbyns IF
	Report

2 March 2017 (2017-03-02)

19.00 CET

Hällåsens IP

Attendance: 1,585

Sandvikens AIK – Västerås SK

Sandvikens AIK	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Västerås SK
	Report

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

19.00 CET

Göransson Arena

Attendance: 1,903

Västerås SK	4–5	Sandvikens AIK
	Report

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)

19.00 CET

ABB Arena

Attendance: 3,779

Sandvikens AIK	6–4	Västerås SK
	Report

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28)

19.00 CET

Göransson Arena

Attendance: 2,403

Västerås SK	6–4	Sandvikens AIK
	Report

2 March 2017 (2017-03-02)

19.00 CET

ABB Arena

Attendance: 3,021

Sandvikens AIK	3–2	Västerås SK
	Report

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04)

18.00 CET

Göransson Arena

Attendance: 3,148

Semi-finals

Villa Lidköping BK – Bollnäs GIF

Villa Lidköping BK	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Bollnäs GIF
	Report

8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

19.00 CET

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena

Attendance: 4,314

Bollnäs GIF	3–0	Villa Lidköping BK
	Report

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11)

20.00 CET

Sävstaås IP

Attendance: 2,124

Villa Lidköping BK	4–5	Bollnäs GIF
	Report

14 March 2017 (2017-03-14)

19.00 CET

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena

Attendance: 4,251

Edsbyns IF – Sandvikens AIK

Edsbyns IF	4–8	Sandvikens AIK
	Report

9 March 2017 (2017-03-09)

19.00 CET

Svenska Fönster Arena

Attendance: 1,820

Sandvikens AIK	6–7 (a.e.t.)	Edsbyns IF
	Report

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11)

17.00 CET

Göransson Arena

Attendance: 2,880

Edsbyns IF	2–7	Sandvikens AIK
	Report

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15)

19.00 CET

Svenska Fönster Arena

Attendance: 2,110

Sandvikens AIK	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Edsbyns IF
	Report

17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)

19.00 CET

Göransson Arena

Attendance: 3,257

Edsbyns IF	5–2	Sandvikens AIK
	Report

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)

17.00 CET

Svenska Fönster Arena

Attendance: 2,913

Final

Edsbyns IF	3–1	Bollnäs GIF
Määttä  4', 85' Hammarström  84' (p)	Report	Wik  19'

25 March 2017 (2017-03-25)

15.30 CET

Tele2 Arena

Attendance: 16,836

Referee: Ulrik Bergman

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of end of season.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Karlsson	Villa Lidköping BK	56
2	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	48
3	Erik Pettersson	Sandvikens AIK	47
4	Patrik Nilsson	Bollnäs GIF	46
5	Joakim Hedqvist	IFK Vänersborg	44
6	Joakim Andersson	Vetlanda BK	43
7	Daniel Andersson	Villa Lidköping BK	37
8	Sergey Lomanov	IFK Vänersborg	30
9	Martin Söderberg	Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	29
	Adam Rudell	Gripen Trollhättan BK