# 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.

## Teams

Teams 1–10 from the regular 2015–16 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen. 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.
| 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 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Bollnäs GIF | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 119 | 70 | +49 | 37 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 4 | Sandvikens AIK | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 158 | 99 | +59 | 35 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 5 | Västerås SK | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 126 | 87 | +39 | 34 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 6 | IFK Vänersborg | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 137 | 106 | +31 | 31 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 7 | Broberg/Söderhamn | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 104 | 96 | +8 | 30 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 8 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 112 | 107 | +5 | 28 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 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 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 13 | IK Tellus | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 52 | 140 | −88 | 8 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Kalix Bandy | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 70 | 154 | −84 | 5 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |

### 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.

#### Final
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of end of season.
| 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 |
| 9 | Adam Rudell | Gripen Trollhättan BK | 29 |