2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season began on 12 September 2013Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Schedule and Results. Retrieved 2013-07-02. and included 14 teams. IF Björklöven, Swedish champions in 1987, rejoined the league, following a three-year stint in Division 1 (now named Hockeyettan) after their near-bankruptcy in 2010. They replaced Tingsryds AIF, who were demoted to Division 1 following a third-place finish in the 2013 Kvalserien till Hockeyallsvenskan. Also new to the league were Timrå IK and Rögle BK, both of whom were demoted from Elitserien (now called the SHL), replacing Leksands IF and Örebro HK who were promoted up to the SHL in their stead.
The 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan was covered by media partner Viasat, who purchased the rights to the league in 2011.Expressen: Viasat storsatsar på Hockeyallsvenskan. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
==Format==
In the regular season, each team plays every other team twice at home and twice away, which gives a 52-game schedule per team. Following the regular season, the two teams with the worst records are forced to play a qualification tournament ("Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan") to avoid demotion to Sweden's third-tier league, Division 1 (now named Hockeyettan). The teams that finish in 4th through 7th place will play a double-round robin playoff, the winner of which will join the top three teams in "Kvalserien till SHL", where they will have a chance to qualify for promotion to the Swedish Hockey League, in competition with the two teams with the worst records from the 2013–14 SHL season.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Almtuna IS 	Uppsala 	Metallåtervinning Arena 	2,800
Asplöven HC 	Haparanda 	Arena Polarica 	1,500
IF Björklöven 	Umeå 	T3 Center 	5,400
Djurgårdens IF 	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	Nobelhallen 	6,300
Karlskrona HK 	Karlskrona	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	3,464
IF Malmö Redhawks	Malmö 	Malmö Arena 	13,000
Mora IK 	Mora 	FM Mattsson Arena 	4,514
IK Oskarshamn 	Oskarshamn	Arena Oskarshamn 	3,346
Rögle BK 	Ängelholm 	Lindab Arena 	5,150
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje	AXA Sports Center 	6,130
Timrå IK 	Timrå 	E.ON Arena 	6,000
Troja/Ljungby 	Ljungby 	Sunnerbohov 	3,700
VIK Västerås HK 	Västerås 	ABB Arena Nord 	4,920
== Regular season ==
=== Standings ===
== PlayOff-serien ==
PlayOff-serien, in previous seasons called Förkvalserien, was played between the teams ranked fourth through seventh in the regular season. They played a double round-robin tournament, the winner Rögle BK continued to the 2014 Kvalserien for the 2014–15 SHL season. The teams were given points before the start of the play-offs depending on which position they achieved in the regular season. BIK Karlskoga were given four points, Karlskrona HK were given three points, Mora IK were given two points and Rögle BK were given one point.
== 2014 Kvalserien to HockeyAllsvenskan ==
The two teams ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, IF Troja/Ljungby and IF Björklöven, were forced to play in the Kvalserien qualification series to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan. They played a double round-robin tournament against the four playoff winners from the third-tier Division 1 (now named Hockeyettan). IF Björklöven defended their HockeyAllsvenskan spot while IF Troja/Ljungby were relegated to Division 1 at the expense of HC Vita Hästen.
* Teams 1–2 qualify for 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season	
* Teams 3–6 qualify for 2014–15 Hockeyettan season 	
Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan 	Relegated to Hockeyettan
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	HC Vita Hästen 	10	6	3	1	44	28	+16	23	2	1	0	0
2	IF Björklöven 	10	6	3	1	31	23	+8 	21	0	2	0	1
3	IF Troja/Ljungby 	10	4	2	4	33	36	–3 	16	1	0	1	0
4	Tingsryds AIF 	10	3	3	4	31	26	+5 	13	1	2	0	0
5	Kallinge-Ronneby IF	10	3	0	7	25	38	–13	9 	0	0	0	0
6	Piteå HC 	10	2	1	7	24	37	–13	8 	1	0	0	0
== 2014 Kvalserien to SHL ==
==References==
Category:Allsvenskan seasons
Category:2014 in hockey