# 2018–19 Elitserien (bandy)

The 2018–19 Elitserien was the twelfth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien.

## Teams

| Club | Home town | Home ice |
| Bollnäs GIF | Bollnäs | Sävstaås IP |
| Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy | Söderhamn | Hällåsen |
| Edsbyns IF | Edsbyn | Svenska Fönster Arena* |
| Falu BS | Falun | Lugnets Isstadion |
| Frillesås BK | Frillesås | Sjöaremossen |
| Hammarby IF | Stockholm | Zinkensdamms IP |
| IFK Motala | Motala | XL-Bygg Arena |
| Sandvikens AIK | Sandviken | Göransson Arena* |
| IK Sirius | Uppsala | Studenternas IP |
| IK Tellus | Stockholm | Zinkensdamms IP |
| 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 | Villa Lidköping BK | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 174 | 60 | +114 | 47 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 2 | Västerås SK | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 153 | 90 | +63 | 39 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 3 | Sandvikens AIK | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 148 | 86 | +62 | 39 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 4 | Edsbyns IF | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 139 | 78 | +61 | 36 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 5 | Bollnäs GIF | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 113 | 89 | +24 | 35 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 125 | 120 | +5 | 31 | Advance to Final knock-out stage |
| 7 | IFK Vänersborg | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 124 | 100 | +24 | 28 | Advance to Knock-out stage preliminary round |
| 8 | Vetlanda BK | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 113 | 116 | −3 | 25 | Advance to Knock-out stage preliminary round |
| 9 | IFK Motala | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 79 | 101 | −22 | 21 | Advance to Knock-out stage preliminary round |
| 10 | Broberg/Söderhamn IF | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 117 | −37 | 20 | Advance to Knock-out stage preliminary round |
| 11 | IK Sirius | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 105 | 155 | −50 | 19 | |
| 12 | Falu BS | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 76 | 157 | −81 | 10 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Frillesås BK | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 68 | 146 | −78 | 9 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | IK Tellus | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 51 | 133 | −82 | 5 | Relegation to the Allsvenskan |

## Results

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | BGIF | BSIF | EIF | FBS | FBK | HIF | IFKM | IFKV | IKS | IKT | SAIK | VSK | VBK | VLBK |
| Bollnäs GIF | — | 5–2 | 3–5 | 9–6 | 9–2 | 5–6 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 6–8 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| Broberg/Söderhamn IF | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 8–3 | 2–4 | 6–5 | 1–4 | 2–8 |
| Edsbyns IF | 3–5 | 5–1 | — | 5–3 | 8–2 | 10–1 | 11–3 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 8–2 | 2–4 |
| Falu BS | 4–9 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 3–7 | 1–7 | 5–6 | 3–12 |
| Frillesås BK | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–9 | 3–2 | — | 2–5 | 3–0 | 4–11 | 4–6 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 |
| Hammarby IF | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–6 | 7–4 | 6–2 | — | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–8 | 6–1 | 0–6 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 2–7 |
| IFK Motala | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 8–1 | 6–2 | 3–3 | — | 6–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–7 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 |
| IFK Vänersborg | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 11–1 | 6–3 | 6–2 | 6–5 | 2–4 | 2–7 |
| IK Sirius | 2–4 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 9–5 | 9–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | 7–2 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–13 | 2–5 | 3–10 |
| IK Tellus | 2–5 | 0–4 | 0–8 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 4–8 | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–6 | 1–4 |
| Sandvikens AIK | 5–4 | 17–5 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 8–5 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 8–2 | — | 6–4 | 11–2 | 2–8 |
| Västerås SK | 10–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 8–3 | 10–2 | 7–1 | 5–3 | — | 5–4 | 5–5 |
| Vetlanda BK | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–7 | 8–2 | 8–2 | 6–8 | 4–5 | 3–12 | 9–1 | 9–2 | 3–7 | 3–4 | — | 3–8 |
| Villa Lidköping BK | 8–0 | 9–3 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 7–3 | 13–3 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 9–5 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 4–2 | — |

## Top scorers

    As of end of season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Christoffer Edlund | Sandvikens AIK | 61 |
| 2 | Joakim Andersson | Villa Lidköping BK | 50 |
| 3 | Christoffer Fagerström | Hammarby IF | 44 |
| 4 | David Karlsson | Villa Lidköping BK | 41 |
| 5 | Joakim Hedqvist | IFK Vänersborg | 37 |
| 5 | Patrik Nilsson | Bollnäs GIF | 37 |
| 7 | Jonas Edling | Edsbyns IF | 29 |
| 8 | Oscar Wikblad | Edsbyns IF | 28 |
| 9 | Christian Mickelsson | Bollnäs GIF | 27 |
| 10 | Jesper Jonsson | Hammarby IF | 26 |

## Knock-out stage
### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Broberg/Söderhamn IF | 6–7 | IFK Vänersborg | 2–3 | 4–4 |
| IFK Motala | 11–5 | Vetlanda BK | 5–2 | 6–3 |

#### Broberg/Söderhamn IF vs IFK Vänersborg

IFK Vänersborg won 7–6 on aggregate.

#### IFK Motala vs Vetlanda BK

IFK Motala won 11–5 on aggregate.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Västerås SK | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | IFK Vänersborg | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | IFK Vänersborg | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Västerås SK | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 6 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Sandvikens AIK | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Villa Lidköping BK | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Västerås SK | 4 |
| 1 | Villa Lidköping BK | 13 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Västerås SK | 4 |
| 9 | IFK Motala | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | IFK Motala | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | Villa Lidköping BK | 5 | 8 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Edsbyns IF | 1 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Edsbyns IF | 5 | 4 | 5 | | | 4 | Edsbyns IF | 1 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Bollnäs GIF | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals
#### Västerås SK vs IFK Vänersborg

Västerås SK won the tie 3–1.

#### Sandvikens AIK vs Hammarby IF

Hammarby IF won the tie 3–2.

#### Villa Lidköping BK vs IFK Motala

Villa Lidköping BK won the tie 3–0.

#### Edsbyns IF vs Bollnäs GIF

Edsbyns IF won the tie 3–0.

### Semi-finals
#### Västerås SK vs Hammarby IF

Västerås SK won the tie 3–0.

#### Villa Lidköping BK vs Edsbyns IF

Villa Lidköping BK won the tie 3–0.

### Final
## Relegation playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIK | FBK | FBS | NIF |
| 1 | AIK | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 8 | Promotion to Elitserien | — | 3–0 | 6–3 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Frillesås BK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 7 | Remain in Elitserien | 6–5 | — | 2–5 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Falu BS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 6 | Relegation to Allsvenskan | 5–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Nässjö IF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 3 | Remain in Allsvenskan | 1–2 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — |