J20 SuperElit J20 SuperElit is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden . It is the highest - level junior ice hockey league in Sweden . The teams are divided in two groups , or divisions , " Norra " ( North ) and " Södra " ( South ) , and are usually associated with a professional team in either Elitserien or HockeyAllsvenskan in order to develop talented youth for the professional teams . The winner of the J20 SuperElit playoffs are awarded the Anton Cup . Game . Each J20 SuperElit regulation game is an ice hockey game played between two teams and is 60 minutes long . The game is composed of three 20 - minute periods . At the end of the 60 - minute regulation time , the team with the most goals wins the game . If a game is tied after regulation time , overtime ensues . During the regular season , overtime is a five - minute , four - player on four - player sudden death period , in which the first team to score a goal wins the game . In the playoffs , one sudden - death 20 minute five - on - five period occur until one team scores . If both teams are tied after the 20 minutes of overtime , penalty shots ensues . Best of five penalty shots wins , if both teams are still tied sudden death penalties will ensue . Teams . The J20 SuperElit currently consists of 20 teams . The two lowest ranked teams after the regular season have to play in the regulation series " Norra " and " Södra " together with four teams from the second tier league J20 Elit . The top teams of group " Norra " and " Södra " qualify for the next J20 SuperElit season , while the other four are demoted to J20 Elit . Theoretically , there is a possibility that two ' new ' teams will play in J20 SuperElit at the beginning of each season . Season structure . The J20 SuperElit season is divided into a regular season from mid September through the beginning of March , when teams play each other in a predefined schedule , and a playoff s from March to the beginning of April , which is an elimination tournament where two teams play against each other to win a best - of - three series in order to advance to the next round . The final remaining team is crowned the Swedish Junior Champion , or " Svenska juniormästare " in Swedish . Regular season . In the regular season , each team plays 41 or 42 games . Points are awarded for each game , where three points are awarded for a win , one point for losing in overtime , two points for winning in overtime , and zero points for a loss in regulation . After 27 games the top four teams from group " Norra " and " Södra " advance to the " Top 8 " group , where each team plays each other twice . The remaining teams from each group play in the continuation series " Norra Vår " ( North Spring ) and " Södra Vår " ( South Spring ) , facing each team three times . The eight teams from the Top 8 group and the two highest ranked teams by points in the two continuation series qualify for the playoffs . The two lowest ranked teams in the continuation series have to play in the relegation and promotion series in order to qualify for the next season of J20 SuperElit . Playoffs . The Elitserien Playoffs is an elimination tournament , where two teams battle to win a best - of - three series in order to advance to the next round . The first round of the playoffs are the pre - qualifications for quarterfinals , which consists of the fifth to eight ranked teams in the Top 8 group playing the four teams from the continuation series . In the second round , or quarterfinals , the first to fourth seeded teams from the Top 8 group chooses which of the winning teams from round one to play . In the third round , the semifinals , the teams are re - seeded , with the top remaining seed choose which of the lowest remaining seed to play , and the other two remaining teams pairing off . In the fourth round , the finals , the two remaining teams face each other . In each round the higher - ranked team is said to be the team with the home - ice advantage . Two of the three games are played at this team ' s home venue — the second , and , when necessary , the third games — with the first game played at the lower - ranked team ' s home venue . Trophies and awards . At the end of the J20 SuperElit playoffs the Swedish Junior Champions are awarded the Anton Cup .