2018–19 Norwegian First Division

The 2018–19 First Division is the 29th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, First Division.
The regular season began play on September 22, 2018, and will be concluded on March 3, 2019.
The promotional and relegation playoffs began in March 2019.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Comet 	Halden 	Halden Ishall 	2,200
Furuset 	Oslo 	Furuset Forum 	1,498
Gjøvik 	Gjøvik 	Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	5,500
Grüner 	Oslo 	Grünerhallen 	500
Hasle-Løren 	Oslo 	Lørenhallen 	1,500
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall 	2,000
Narvik 	Narvik 	Nordkraft Arena 	1,000
Nidaros 	Trondheim 	Leangen Ishall 	3,000
Storhamar Yngres 	Hamar 	CC Amfi 	7,500
Tønsberg 	Tønsberg 	Tønsberg Ishall 	400
===Team changes===
* Kongsvinger Knights was relegated through the 2017-18 promotional playoffs. Ringerike Panthers was promoted.
*Kongsvinger Knights went bankrupt midway through the season, on December 18, 2018.
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Updated as of March 3, 2019.
2017–18 season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narviky 	32 	26 	0 	1 	5 	177 	75 	102 	82
Grünerx 	32 	22 	7 	1 	2 	160 	89 	71 	72
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Comet 	32 	21 	7 	3 	1 	176 	83 	93 	72
Hasle-Løren 	32 	17 	12 	2 	1 	136 	140 	-4 	58
Nidaros 	32 	13 	13 	3 	3 	123 	111 	12 	50
Gjøvik 	32 	13 	16 	2 	1 	131 	135 	-4 	45
Tønsberg 	32 	10 	18 	1 	3 	115 	132 	-17 	36
Furuset 	32 	6 	23 	2 	1 	70 	168 	-98 	23
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Storhamar Yngresr 	32 	1 	28 	1 	2 	63 	218 	-155 	7
Kongsvinger Knights	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded
x – clinched promotional playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: hockey.no
==Playoffs==
===Promotional Playoffs===
After the regular season ends, the lowest ranked team in the 2018–19 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club playes the others twice, home and away, for a total of four games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the regular season.
===Relegation Playoffs===
After the regular season ended, the lowest ranked team in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division should have competed for the right to play in the 2019–20 Norwegian First Division. However, due to the bankruptcy of Kongsvinger Knights, and the announcement of Storhamar Yngres to withdraw from the 2019-20 season, the spots were offered to the two best Second Division teams, Lørenskog and Haugesund Seagulls.
==References==
==External links==
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