1977–78 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1977-78 was the third season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom one/two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1978–79 season.
==Regular season==
=== Northern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	IF Björklöven 	27	23	1	3 	192	88 	47
2. 	IFK Kiruna 	27	20	2	5 	156	78 	42
3. 	Kiruna AIF 	27	18	1	8 	154	79 	37
4. 	Bodens BK 	27	15	0	12	122	118	30
5. 	GroKo Hockey 	27	13	2	12	136	134	28
6. 	Piteå IF 	27	10	3	14	110	145	23
7. 	Tegs SK 	27	10	1	16	113	126	21
8. 	Kågedalens AIF 	27	9 	1	17	101	162	19
9. 	Sundsvall/Tunadal	27	8 	2	17	111	146	18
10.	Örnsköldsviks SK 	27	2 	1	24	64 	203	5
=== Western Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Mora IK 	27	24	1	2 	216	73 	49
2. 	KB Karlskoga	27	21	2	4 	160	76 	44
3. 	Strömsbro IF	27	13	5	9 	126	134	31
4. 	Fagersta AIK	27	13	4	10	128	124	30
5. 	Malungs IF 	27	13	2	12	100	116	28
6. 	Grums IK 	27	10	2	15	107	118	22
7. 	Ludvika HC 	27	9 	4	14	93 	105	22
8. 	Falu IF 	27	8 	4	15	108	160	20
9. 	Hofors IK 	27	7 	2	18	87 	143	16
10.	Avesta BK 	27	3 	2	22	94 	170	8
=== Eastern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Örebro IK 	36	29	5	2 	244	95 	63
2. 	Huddinge IK 	36	21	8	7 	167	92 	50
3. 	Hammarby IF 	36	22	6	8 	156	106	50
4. 	Väsby IK 	36	16	7	13	170	160	39
5. 	Almtuna IS 	36	15	4	17	147	159	34
6. 	NSA-76 	36	11	6	19	100	135	28
7. 	Västerås IK 	36	12	3	21	116	141	27
8. 	Linköpings HC 	36	11	4	21	110	154	26
9. 	Mälarhöjden BIK	36	10	4	22	117	175	24
10.	Surahammars IF 	36	8 	3	25	126	236	19
=== Southern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Tingsryds AIF 	27	22	0	5 	171	91 	44
2. 	HV71 	27	19	2	6 	162	92 	40
3. 	Nybro IF 	27	16	4	7 	128	74 	36
4. 	IFK Bäcken 	27	15	3	9 	124	114	33
5. 	Boro/Landsbro IF	27	12	3	12	117	146	27
6. 	Halmstads HK 	27	10	5	12	107	116	25
7. 	Malmö IF 	27	11	1	15	103	116	23
8. 	Karlskrona IK 	27	10	1	16	108	117	21
9. 	Tibro IK 	27	4 	4	19	91 	179	12
10.	Växjö HC 	27	3 	3	21	70 	137	9
== Playoffs ==
=== North/West ===
==== First round ====
* IF Björklöven - Strömsbro IF 2:0 (7:2, 2:1 OT)
* IFK Kiruna - Fagersta AIK 2:1 (3:0, 3:4, 5:1)
* Mora IK - Kiruna AIF 2:0 (5:2, 10:0)
* KB Karlskoga - Bodens BK 2:0 (7:3, 5:0)
==== Second round ====
* IF Björklöven - KB Karlskoga 2:0 (11:3, 5:4)
* IFK Kiruna - Mora IK 2:0 (6:5, 5:3)
=== South/East ===
==== First round ====
* Örebro IK - Nybro IF 2:1 (7:0, 3:6, 5:1)
* Huddinge IK - IFK Bäcken 2:0 (9:2, 7:2)
* Tingsryds AIF - Väsby IK 2:0 (7:3, 9:0)
* HV71 - Hammarby IF 1:2 (4:8, 4:1, 3:6)
==== Second round ====
* Örebro IK - Hammarby IF 2:1 (3:5, 2:0, 4:3)
* Huddinge IK - Tingsryds AIF 2:0 (7:2, 8:5)
== Elitserien promotion ==
==External links==
*Historical Division 1 statistics on Svenskhockey.com
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