2012 – 13 Division 1 season The 2012 – 13 Division 1 season in Swedish hockey was played from 12 September 2012 to 17 February 2013 , with a number of playoff and promotion / relegation tournaments continuing until 27 March . The season resulted in IF Björklöven ( which has previously played in the upper leagues of Swedish hockey ) being promoted to the second - tier league HockeyAllsvenskan . Format . The 56 participating teams played the first half of the season in six groups divided geographically . The successful teams then moved into three new groups ( the Allettan groups ) , while the remaining teams played in a continuation of their smaller existing groups . The teams with the worst records in these continuation groups were then forced to defend their places in Division 1 against challengers from Division 2 ( see " relegation tournament " below ) in a round - robin tournament called " Kvalserien till Division 1 " . Meanwhile , the successful teams from the Allettan groups along with the group winners of the continuation groups played a playoff to determine who would have a chance to compete for promotion to the second - tier league HockeyAllsvenskan in " Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan " . Promotion playoffs . The top four teams from the Allettan groups , as well as the group winner in each of the continuation series , qualify for the playoffs . At the end of the playoffs there are four teams left , which get to participate in Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan , which determines which clubs will play in Sweden ' s second - tier league HockeyAllsvenskan for the following season . The Allettan group winners , along with the best - ranked second place team , skip to the third round . The remaining second place teams , plus one third place team enter in the second round . The remaining third and fourth place teams from the Allettan groups meet the winners of the continuation groups in the first round . All of the playoff match - ups are best - of - three series with the lower seeded team starting with one game at home , followed by two games ( if necessary ) on the home ice of the higher - seed . Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan . Joining the Division 1 playoff winners ( IF Björklöven , HC Vita Hästen , Huddinge IK and Piteå HC ) in this tournament were the two teams from HockeyAllsvenskan with the worst records , Karlskrona HK and Tingsryds AIF . The teams played a double - round robin tournament called " Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan " , with the top two teams playing the 2013 – 14 season in HockeyAllsvenskan and the remaining four playing in Division 1 . Umeå - based IF Björklöven , who were Swedish champions in 1987 and were in Sweden ' s top hockey league as recently as 2001 , finished first in the standings , resulting in their return to HockeyAllsvenskan three years after their 2010 demotion to Division 1 due to financial difficulties . The second and final spot in HockeyAllsvenskan was decided dramatically in the final round . Karlskrona went into the final round one point ahead of Tingsryd in the standings . Each team ended up losing their final match in game winning shots , resulting in Tingsryd being demoted to the 2013 – 14 Division 1 season . Relegation tournaments . The worst teams from each continuation series play a relegation tournament called " Kvalserien till Division 1 " with the winners from Division 2 , in order to qualify for the 2013 – 14 Division 1 season . Division 1 was contracted to 53 teams for the 2013 – 14 season . This , along with the fact that some clubs chose not to contest relegation , caused some situations where a team was relegated without a team being promoted , or vice versa . Kvalserie A . Kvalserie A resulted in Kalix UHC retaining their spot in Division 1 , and Bodens HF being demoted to Division 2 for 2013 – 14 . Kvalserie B . From group B , Njurunda SK , who finished last in Division 1B ' s continuation round , elected to drop out of Division 1 prior to the start of Kvalserien . What resulted was a competition with two Division 1B teams ( Brunflo IK and Kramfors - Alliansen ) competing over a single Division 1 spot against two challengers from Division 2 ( Husum HK and IFK Nyland ) . Kvalserie B ended with Brunflo IK in first place , successfully defending their position in Division 1 , and with Kramfors - Alliansen being demoted to Division 2 for the 2013 – 14 season . Kvalserie D . From group D , Järfälla HC opted not to defend their spot in Division 1 due to their financial situation , and thereby accepted relegation to Division 2 . This meant that there was an open spot available in Division 1D for one of the challengers from Division 2 , Bajen Fans IF , Haninge HF and Värmdö HC . Kvalserie D resulted in Bajen Fans IF ( which the following off - season was renamed Hammarby Hockey ) winning the group , thereby securing promotion , while Nacka HK came in second , thereby successfully defending their spot in Division 1 .