# 1998–99 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

The 1998–99 Division 1 season was the 24th and last season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL). The Allsvenskan was founded as the new second-level league for the 1999-2000 season. Division 1 became the new third-level league for the following season.

## Format

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of eight teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining six teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to five bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The four worst teams in each qualifying group had to play in a relegation round in an attempt to qualify for the new Allsvenskan for 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. | Timrå IK | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 152 | 47 | 48 |
| 2. | IF Sundsvall | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 107 | 65 | 37 |
| 3. | Skellefteå AIK | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 111 | 79 | 34 |
| 4. | Bodens IK | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 84 | 86 | 29 |
| 5. | Piteå HC | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 114 | 118 | 29 |
| 6. | Kiruna IF | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 96 | 109 | 26 |
| 7. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 121 | 17 |
| 8. | AIK Härnösand | 28 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 56 | 169 | 4 |

#### Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | Piteå HC | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 24 | 21(3) |
| 2. | Skellefteå AIK | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 21(5) |
| 3. | Bodens IK | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 40 | 13(4) |
| 4. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 39 | 10(1) |
| 5. | Kiruna IF | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 8(2) |
| 6. | AIK Härnösand | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 65 | 2(0) |

### Western Group
#### First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Mora IK | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 137 | 61 | 43 |
| 2. | IFK Arboga | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 115 | 84 | 36 |
| 3. | IFK Kumla | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 108 | 87 | 33 |
| 4. | Bofors IK | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 97 | 97 | 30 |
| 5. | Grums IK | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 112 | 115 | 28 |
| 6. | Örebro IK | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 112 | 23 |
| 7. | Surahammars IF | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 87 | 127 | 20 |
| 8. | Sunne IK | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 70 | 136 | 11 |

#### Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | Bofors IK | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 17(4) |
| 2. | IFK Kumla | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 16(5) |
| 3. | Grums IK | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 26 | 12(3) |
| 4. | Sunne IK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 5(0) |
| 5. | Surahammars IF | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 55 | 3(1) |

### Eastern Group
#### First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Södertälje SK | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 112 | 54 | 43 |
| 2. | Huddinge IK | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 49 | 42 |
| 3. | Arlanda HC | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 116 | 69 | 41 |
| 4. | Lidingö HC | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 88 | 66 | 34 |
| 5. | Hammarby IF | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 87 | 95 | 22 |
| 6. | Nyköpings HC | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 73 | 106 | 14 |
| 7. | Tumba/Botkyrka HC | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 69 | 127 | 14 |
| 8. | Uppsala AIS | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 63 | 126 | 14 |

#### Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | Arlanda HC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 34 | 18(5) |
| 2. | Hammarby IF | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 17(3) |
| 3. | Lidingö HC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 36 | 15(4) |
| 4. | Nyköpings HC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 41 | 13(2) |
| 5. | Uppsala AIS | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 48 | 7(0) |
| 6. | Tumba/Botkyrka HC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 45 | 5(1) |

### Southern Group
#### First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Linköpings HC | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 132 | 72 | 43 |
| 2. | IF Troja-Ljungby | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 120 | 85 | 35 |
| 3. | Rögle BK | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 102 | 80 | 34 |
| 4. | Tranås AIF | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 106 | 105 | 30 |
| 5. | Tingsryds AIF | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 132 | 112 | 29 |
| 6. | IK Oskarshamn | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 101 | 125 | 23 |
| 7. | Olofströms IK | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 97 | 137 | 17 |
| 8. | Mörrums GoIS | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 67 | 141 | 13 |

#### Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | Rögle BK | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 25 | 21(5) |
| 2. | Tranås AIF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 26 | 20(4) |
| 3. | Tingsryds AIF | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 30 | 16(3) |
| 4. | Mörrums GoIS | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 59 | 8(0) |
| 5. | IK Oskarshamn | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 52 | 7(2) |
| 6. | Olofströms IK | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 59 | 3(1) |

## Promotion round
### Allsvenskan

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Södertälje SK | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 31 | 21 |
| 2. | Linköpings HC | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 36 | 21 |
| 3. | Mora IK | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 18 |
| 4. | Timrå IK | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 34 | 13 |
| 5. | IF Troja-Ljungby | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 44 | 12 |
| 6. | IF Sundsvall | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 46 | 11 |
| 7. | Huddinge IK | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 9 |
| 8. | IFK Arboga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 64 | 7 |

### Playoffs
#### First round

* IFK Kumla - Bofors IK 2:1 (6:2, 3:4, 4:2)
* Hammarby IF - Arlanda HC 2:0 (7:1, 4:2)
* Skellefteå AIK - Piteå HC 2:0 (5:3, 6:4)
* Tranås AIF - Rögle BK 1:2 (2:3 OT., 4:3, 2:6)

#### Second round

* IFK Kumla - Timrå IK 0:2 (1:8, 4:6)
* Hammarby IF - IF Sundsvall 1:2 (1:3, 2:1 SO, 4:7)
* Rögle BK - Mora IK 0:2 (4:6, 4:6)
* Skellefteå AIK - IF Troja-Ljungby 1:2 (2:1 OT, 1:3, 4:5 OT)

#### Third round

* Timrå IK - Mora IK 0:2 (2:4, 1:3)
* IF Sundsvall - IF Troja-Ljungby 0:2 (0:1, 1:2 OT)

### Kvalserien
## Relegation round
### Northern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Bodens IK | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 21 | 17 |
| 2. | Kiruna IF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 17 |
| 3. | Kalix HF | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 39 | 10 |
| 4. | AIK Härnösand | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 8 |
| 5. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 35 | 7 |
| 6. | KB-65 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 65 | 1 |

### Western Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Grums IK | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 17 | 16 |
| 2. | Sunne IK | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 |
| 3. | Surahammars IF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 8 |
| 4. | Arvika HC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 35 | 7 |
| 5. | Valbo AIF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 1 |

### Eastern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Lidingö HC | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 24 | 18 |
| 2. | Nyköpings HC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 31 | 14 |
| 3. | Uppsala AIS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 40 | 10 |
| 4. | Tumba/Botkyrka HC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 8 |
| 5. | Mälarhöjden-Bredäng | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 41 | 7 |
| 6. | Tierps IF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 66 | 3 |

### Southern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Tingsryds AIF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 21 | 17 |
| 2. | IK Oskarshamn | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 34 | 13 |
| 3. | Gislaveds SK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 44 | 12 |
| 4. | Olofströms IK | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 42 | 10 |
| 5. | Mörrums GoIS | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 47 | 4 |
| 6. | Nittorps IK | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 54 | 4 |