# 2002–03 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

2002–03 was the fourth season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level Allsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).

## Format

The league was divided into four regional groups. In each region, the top teams qualified for the Kvalserien till Allsvenskan, for the opportunity to be promoted to the Allsvenskan. The bottom teams in each group were forced to play in a relegation round against the top teams from Division 2 in order to retain their spot in Division 1 for the following season. These were also conducted within each region.

## Season
### Northern region
#### First round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Vännäs HC | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 40 | 21 |
| 2. | Tegs SK | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 46 | 20 |
| 3. | Clemensnäs HC | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 35 | 20 |
| 4. | Asplöven HC | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 51 | 17 |
| 5. | Kalix HF | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 55 | 16 |
| 6. | Malå IF | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 83 | 9 |
| 7. | Älvsby IF | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 69 | 8 |
| 8. | Lycksele SK | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 110 | 1 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Östersunds IK | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 112 | 56 | 27 |
| 2. | Husum Hockey | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 93 | 72 | 27 |
| 3. | Sollefteå HK | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 46 | 26 |
| 4. | Brunflo IK | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 57 | 24 |
| 5. | AIK Härnösand | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 54 | 23 |
| 6. | LN 91 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 73 | 14 |
| 7. | Kramfors | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 89 | 12 |
| 8. | Bräcke IK | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 100 | 11 |
| 9. | Kovlands IF | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 65 | 88 | 10 |
| 10. | Svedjeholmens IF | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 93 | 6 |

#### Allettan

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Tegs SK | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 46 | 21 |
| 2. | Asplöven HC | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 49 | 20 |
| 3. | Östersunds IK | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 48 | 18 |
| 4. | Brunflo IK | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 42 | 16 |
| 5. | Clemensnäs HC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 50 | 14 |
| 6. | Sollefteå HK | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 67 | 11 |
| 7. | Vännäs HC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 66 | 10 |
| 8. | Husum Hockey | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 101 | 2 |

#### Qualification round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Malå IF | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 43 | 17 |
| 2. | Älvsby IF | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 37 | 16 |
| 3. | Kalix HF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 15 |
| 4. | Brooklyn Tigers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 37 | 11 |
| 5. | Lycksele SK | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 46 | 6 |
| 6. | Medle SK | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 48 | 5 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Bräcke IK | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35 | 27 |
| 2. | AIK Härnösand | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 40 | 26 |
| 3. | Kovlands IF | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 38 | 21 |
| 4. | LN 91 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 51 | 18 |
| 5. | Svedjeholmens IF | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 42 | 16 |
| 6. | Kramfors | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 15 |
| 7. | Njurunda SK | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 62 | 10 |
| 8. | KB 65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 108 | 0 |

#### Playoffs
##### First round

* Malå IF - Asplöven HC 3:5/0:5
* Bräcke IK - Östersunds IK 0:6/1:4

##### Second round

* Östersunds IK - Asplöven HC 3:5/1:4

#### Relegation
##### Group A

* The Brooklyn Tigers and Kalix HF qualified for the league.

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Kramfors | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 12 |
| 2. | Svedjeholmens IF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 8 |
| 3. | Njurunda SK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 4 |
| 4. | Ånge IK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 0 |

### Western region
#### First round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Borlänge HF | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 65 | 29 |
| 2. | Skutskärs SK | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 87 | 61 | 28 |
| 3. | Valbo AIF | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 80 | 51 | 27 |
| 4. | Surahammars IF | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 99 | 66 | 26 |
| 5. | Hedemora SK | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 98 | 80 | 25 |
| 6. | Hudiksvalls HC | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 77 | 72 | 23 |
| 7. | Hille/Åbyggeby IK | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 90 | 99 | 18 |
| 8. | Smedjebacken HC | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 81 | 101 | 14 |
| 9. | Västerås HC | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 90 | 14 |
| 10. | Söderhamn/Ljusne | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 86 | 14 |
| 11. | Avesta BK | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 117 | 2 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Sunne IK | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 37 | 37 |
| 2. | IFK Hallsberg | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 50 | 30 |
| 3. | IFK Kumla | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 40 | 28 |
| 4. | Grums IK | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 61 | 26 |
| 5. | IK Viking | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 79 | 70 | 21 |
| 6. | Skåre BK | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 79 | 67 | 20 |
| 7. | Karlskoga HC | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 69 | 89 | 16 |
| 8. | Åmåls SK | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 107 | 13 |
| 9. | Arvika HC | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 119 | 11 |
| 10. | Hammarö HC | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 91 | 10 |
| 11. | Nor IK | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 48 | 103 | 8 |

#### Allettan

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Sunne IK | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 27 | 26 |
| 2. | Grums IK | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 44 | 19 |
| 3. | Skutskärs SK | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 43 | 15 |
| 4. | IFK Kumla | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 39 | 14 |
| 5. | IFK Hallsberg | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 55 | 12 |
| 6. | Surahammars IF | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 68 | 11 |
| 7. | Borlänge HF | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 72 | 8 |
| 8. | Valbo AIF | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 64 | 7 |

#### Qualification round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | Hedemora SK | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 36 | 26(6) |
| 2. | Hille/Åbyggeby IK | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 42 | 19(4) |
| 3. | Hudiksvalls HC | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 45 | 19(5) |
| 4. | Västerås HC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 36 | 14(2) |
| 5. | Smedjebacken HC | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 57 | 11(3) |
| 6. | Söderhamn/Ljusne | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 45 | 9(1) |
| 7. | Avesta BK | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 55 | 7(0) |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts (Bonus) |
| 1. | IK Viking | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 30 | 25(6) |
| 2. | Skåre BK | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 48 | 18(5) |
| 3. | Karlskoga HC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 46 | 17(4) |
| 4. | Arvika HC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 52 | 17(2) |
| 5. | Hammarö HC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 50 | 14(1) |
| 6. | Åmåls SK | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 44 | 13(1) |
| 7. | Nor IK | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 1(0) |

#### Final round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Sunne IK | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 10 |
| 2. | IFK Kumla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 10 |
| 3. | IK Viking | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 2 |
| 4. | IFK Hallsberg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 2 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Grums IK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 7 |
| 2. | Skutskärs SK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 7 |
| 3. | Hedemora SK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 |
| 4. | Surahammars IF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 4 |

#### Relegation
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Falu IF | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 11 |
| 2. | Smedjebacken HC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 6 |
| 3. | IF Noretpojkarna | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 5 |
| 4. | Söderhamn/Ljusne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 2 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Köping Hockey | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 8 |
| 2. | Forshaga IF | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 7 |
| 3. | Åmåls SK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 |
| 4. | Hammarö HC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 3 |

### Eastern region
#### First round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Almtuna IS | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 27 | 26 |
| 2. | Tierps IF | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 17 |
| 3. | Järfälla HC | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 16 |
| 4. | Uppsala Hockey | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 57 | 15 |
| 5. | Väsby IK | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 52 | 12 |
| 6. | Arlanda HC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 53 | 10 |
| 7. | Gimo IF | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 73 | 9 |
| 8. | Skå IK | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 63 | 7 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Botkyrka HC | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 28 | 20 |
| 2. | Trångsund | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 44 | 16 |
| 3. | Gnesta IK | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 40 | 15 |
| 4. | Linden HC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 43 | 15 |
| 5. | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 63 | 15 |
| 6. | Värmdö HC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 60 | 12 |
| 7. | Nacka HK | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 49 | 10 |
| 8. | IKF Salem | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 57 | 9 |

#### Allettan

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Almtuna IS | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 40 | 37 |
| 2. | Botkyrka HC | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 62 | 31 |
| 3. | Tierps IF | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 40 | 27 |
| 4. | Järfälla HC | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 65 | 59 | 23 |
| 5. | Uppsala Hockey | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 83 | 20 |
| 6. | Linden HC | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 79 | 13 |
| 7. | Gnesta IK | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 95 | 9 |
| 8. | Trångsund | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 65 | 108 | 8 |

##### Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Arlanda HC | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 97 | 60 | 25 |
| 2. | Väsby IK | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 97 | 61 | 25 |
| 3. | Skå IK | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 104 | 89 | 24 |
| 4. | Värmdo HC | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 88 | 80 | 24 |
| 5. | Gimo IF | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 75 | 92 | 21 |
| 6. | Nacka HK | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 88 | 93 | 19 |
| 7. | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 72 | 102 | 19 |
| 8. | IFK Salem | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 108 | 11 |

##### Final round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Botkyrka HC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 |
| 2. | Tierps IF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 |
| 3. | Arlanda Wings | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 6 |
| 4. | Järfälla HC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 1 |

##### Relegation

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Skå IK | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 |
| 2. | Värmdö HC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 8 |
| 3. | Haninge HF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 7 |
| 4. | Sollentuna HC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 1 |

### Southern region
#### First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Växjö Lakers Hockey | 44 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 240 | 94 | 75 |
| 2. | Tingsryds AIF | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 165 | 128 | 52 |
| 3. | Skövde IK | 44 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 141 | 111 | 52 |
| 4. | Borås HC | 44 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 175 | 125 | 49 |
| 5. | Mariestads BoIS | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 154 | 144 | 48 |
| 6. | Hästen Hockey | 44 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 155 | 135 | 47 |
| 7. | Tyringe SoSS | 44 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 149 | 163 | 43 |
| 8. | Jonstorps IF | 44 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 161 | 176 | 43 |
| 9. | IK Pantern | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 142 | 172 | 37 |
| 10. | Kristianstads IK | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 149 | 172 | 36 |
| 11. | Mölndals IF | 44 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 114 | 179 | 30 |
| 12. | Gislaveds SK | 44 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 98 | 244 | 16 |

#### Final round
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Växjö Lakers Hockey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 12 |
| 2. | Borås HC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 3. | Hästen Hockey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 3 |
| 4. | Tyringe SoSS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 3 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Mariestads BoIS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 9 |
| 2. | Tingsryds AIF | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 7 |
| 3. | Skövde IK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| 4. | Jonstrop IK | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 2 |

#### Relegation
##### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Trollhättan | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 31 | 18 |
| 2. | Mölndals IF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 34 | 11 |
| 3. | Nittorps IK | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 31 | 11 |
| 4. | HK Kungsbacka | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 39 | 10 |
| 5. | Gislaveds SK | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 38 | 9 |
| 6. | Göteborgs IK | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 53 | 1 |

##### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | IK Pantern | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 26 | 15 |
| 2. | Olofströms IK | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 31 | 14 |
| 3. | Osby IK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 12 |
| 4. | Kristianstads IK | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 29 | 11 |
| 5. | Vimmerby Hockey | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 45 | 7 |
| 6. | Helsingborgs HC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 1 |