# 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.
Due to the league reducing the number of teams from 16 to 14 teams for the 2009–10 season, the worst team (Mariestad) was relegated to Division 1 while the other two worst teams, ranked 14–15 (Huddinge and Nybro) had to play in the relegation round for survival in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the relegation round, only the best team (Örebro) qualified for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Leksands IF | 45 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 216 | 94 | +122 | 101 | Advance to Elitserien qualifiers |
| 2 | AIK | 45 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 152 | 88 | +64 | 94 | Advance to Elitserien qualifiers |
| 3 | VIK Västerås | 45 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 172 | 128 | +44 | 82 | Advance to Elitserien qualifiers |
| 4 | Mora IK | 45 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 170 | 118 | +52 | 80 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Växjö Lakers | 45 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 155 | 123 | +32 | 79 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Almtuna IS | 45 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 124 | 105 | +19 | 78 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | IF Troja/Ljungby | 45 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 143 | 162 | −19 | 73 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Malmö Redhawks | 45 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 145 | 108 | +37 | 72 | |
| 9 | IF Björklöven | 45 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 109 | 118 | −9 | 66 | |
| 10 | Bofors IK | 45 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 125 | 145 | −20 | 62 | |
| 11 | Borås HC | 45 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 125 | 138 | −13 | 61 | |
| 12 | IF Sundsvall | 45 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 104 | 165 | −61 | 60 | |
| 13 | IK Oskarshamn | 45 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 56 | |
| 14 | Huddinge IK | 45 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 114 | 169 | −55 | 44 | Advance to HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers |
| 15 | Nybro Vikings | 45 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 111 | 164 | −53 | 42 | Advance to HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers |
| 16 | Mariestad BoIS | 45 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 97 | 205 | −108 | 30 | Relegated to Division 1 for 2009–10 |

## Playoffs
### First round

* Almtuna IS - Mora IK 2:1 (4:3 n.V., 0:1, 3:0)
* IF Troja-Ljungby - Växjö Lakers Hockey 0:2 (5:6 OT, 3:7)

### Second round

* Almtuna IS - Växjö Lakers Hockey 1:2 (2:1, 2:4, 1:3)

## Elitserien qualifiers

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Södertälje SK | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 22 | Qualify for 2009–10 Elitserien |
| 2 | Rögle BK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 19 | Qualify for 2009–10 Elitserien |
| 3 | AIK IF | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 16 | Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 4 | Leksands IF | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 14 | Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 5 | Växjö Lakers HC | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 10 | Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 6 | VIK Västerås HK | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 9 | Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan |

## HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Örebro HK (P) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 23 | Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 2 | Tingsryds AIF | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 20 | Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1 |
| 3 | Nybro Vikings IF (R) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 18 | Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1 |
| 4 | Huddinge IK (R) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 14 | Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1 |
| 5 | Asplöven HC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 11 | Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1 |
| 6 | Valbo HC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 4 | Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1 |