# 2017–18 Elitserien (bandy)

The 2017–18 Elitserien is the eleventh season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season begins in late-October 2017.

## Teams

Teams 1–10 from the regular 2016–17 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen. Three teams from the 2016–2017 season which played the qualification games (IK Tellus, Kalix BF och TB Västerås) managed to stay in the Elitserien, while Gripen Trollhättan BK was relegated to second-tier Allsvenskan and replaced by IFK Motala.
| Club | Home town | Home ice |
| Bollnäs GIF | Bollnäs | Sävstaås IP |
| Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy | Söderhamn | Hällåsen |
| Edsbyns IF | Edsbyn | Svenska Fönster Arena* |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Zinkensdamms IP |
| Kalix BF | Kalix | Kalix IP |
| IFK Motala | Motala | XL-Bygg Arena |
| 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

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Sandvikens AIK | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 166 | 78 | +88 | 41 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Edsbyns IF | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 145 | 72 | +73 | 41 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 168 | 93 | +75 | 39 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 4 | Västerås SK | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 149 | 83 | +66 | 39 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 5 | Villa Lidköping BK | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 140 | 69 | +71 | 38 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 6 | Vetlanda BK | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 151 | 118 | +33 | 31 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 7 | Bollnäs GIF | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 92 | 98 | −6 | 26 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 8 | IFK Vänersborg | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 104 | 96 | +8 | 24 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 9 | Broberg/Söderhamn IF | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 104 | 122 | −18 | 23 | |
| 10 | IK Tellus | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 84 | 135 | −51 | 16 | |
| 11 | IK Sirius | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 131 | −58 | 16 | |
| 12 | IFK Motala | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 84 | 143 | −59 | 14 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Kalix Bandy | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 58 | 143 | −85 | 11 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | TB Västerås | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 69 | 206 | −137 | 5 | Relegation to the Allsvenskan |

## Knock-out stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Sandvikens AIK | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | IFK Vänersborg | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | IFK Vänersborg | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | 1 | Sandvikens AIK | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Hammarby IF | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | Hammarby IF | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Vetlanda BK | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vetlanda BK | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | Sandvikens AIK | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Edsbyns IF | 4 |
| 2 | Edsbyns IF | 8 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Edsbyns IF | 4 |
| 7 | Bollnäs GIF | 4 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Bollnäs GIF | 4 | 0 | 3 | | | 2 | Edsbyns IF | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 5 | Villa Lidköping BK | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Västerås SK | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | | 5 | Villa Lidköping BK | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Villa Lidköping BK | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |