1975–76 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1975-76 was the first season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, this due to the creation of Elitserien (now the SHL) as a new flight of the Swedish hockey system.
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 two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1976–77 season.
==Regular season==
===Division 1 Norra ("North")===
*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	IF Björklöven 	24	19	1	4 	39	186	82 	+104
2 	Kiruna AIF 	24	19	1	4 	39	186	82 	+104
3 	Bodens BK 	24	15	1	8 	31	86 	31 	+66
4 	IFK Luleå 	24	15	1	8 	31	133	99 	+34
5 	IFK Kiruna 	24	15	0	9 	30	141	99 	+42
6 	Piteå IF 	24	13	3	8 	29	151	127	+24
7 	Tegs SK 	24	12	1	11	25	112	116	–4
8 	Heffners/Ortvikens IF	24	10	0	14	20	105	99 	+6
9 	Tunadals IF 	24	8 	3	13	19	91 	118	–27
10	Östersunds IK 	24	7 	2	15	16	93 	132	–39
11	Järveds IF 	24	5 	2	17	12	88 	145	–57
12	Medle SK 	24	6 	0	18	12	75 	153	–78
13	Kramfors-Alliansen 	24	4 	1	19	9 	64 	200	–136
===Division 1 Östra ("East")===
*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Örebro IK 	22	19	0	3 	38	188	65 	+123
2 	Huddinge IK 	22	14	4	4 	32	119	65 	+54
3 	Västerås IK 	22	14	3	5 	31	108	56 	+52
4 	Nacka SK 	22	13	3	6 	29	107	77 	+30
5 	Hammarby IF 	22	11	4	7 	26	109	80 	+29
6 	BK Kenty 	22	12	2	8 	26	82 	76 	+6
7 	Väsby IK 	22	10	3	9 	23	127	101	+26
8 	IK Vita Hästen 	22	9 	2	11	20	81 	121	–40
9 	Surahammars IF 	22	9 	0	13	18	116	137	–21
10	Nynäshamns IF 	22	4 	2	16	10	60 	139	–79
11	Enköpings SK HK 	22	2 	2	18	6 	49 	120	–71
12	Mälarhöjden/Västertorps BIK	22	1 	3	18	5 	65 	174	–109
===Division 1 Södra ("South")===
*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Tingsryds AIF 	22	19	2	1 	40	162	68 	+94
2 	BK Bäcken 	22	16	3	3 	35	139	71 	+68
3 	HV 71 	22	16	1	5 	33	110	67 	+43
4 	Malmö IF 	22	10	4	8 	24	111	109	+2
5 	Halmstads HK 	22	9 	4	9 	22	93 	109	–16
6 	Nybro IF 	22	9 	2	11	20	90 	90 	±0
7 	Karlskrona IK 	22	7 	4	11	18	90 	117	–27
8 	IF Troja 	22	6 	5	11	17	82 	119	–37
9 	Tibro IK 	22	6 	4	12	16	86 	103	–17
10	Boro/Landsbro IF	22	6 	4	12	16	79 	124	–45
11	Borås HC 	22	6 	2	14	14	62 	95 	–33
12	Gislaveds SK 	22	4 	1	17	9 	84 	116	–32
===Division 1 Västra ("West")===
*Continued to playoffs
*Relegated to 1976–77 Division 2
# 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Mora IK 	22	16	4	2 	36	158	85 	+73
2 	KB Karlskoga	22	15	4	3 	34	115	72 	+43
3 	Strömsbro IF	22	14	2	6 	30	97 	78 	+19
4 	Grums IK 	22	11	3	8 	25	110	97 	+13
5 	Hofors IK 	22	11	0	11	22	92 	77 	+15
6 	Fagersta AIK	22	8 	5	9 	21	105	111	–6
7 	IF Tunabro 	22	7 	4	11	18	70 	88 	–18
8 	Bollnäs IS 	22	7 	3	12	17	91 	103	–12
9 	Falu IF 	22	7 	3	12	17	89 	115	–26
10	Malungs IF 	22	7 	3	12	17	77 	108	–31
11	Tierps IF 	22	7 	1	14	15	84 	128	–44
12	Ludvika HC 	22	5 	2	15	12	69 	95 	–26
==Playoffs==
The 16 teams (top 4 in the standings from each regular season group) that qualified for the playoffs all played two playoff rounds, leaving four surviving teams that continued to the 1976 Elitserien qualifier.
The format for the playoffs was a two-leg home-and-home series. Matches could end in a draw. If each team won one match, the result was decided by a sudden-death overtime, not by total goals over the two matches.
Björklöven, Mora, Örebro and Nacka won in the second round to continue to the 1976 Elitserien qualifier.
===Round 1===
IF Björklöven defeats Grums IK
*First leg: IF Björklöven 5–1 Grums IK (0–0, 1–1, 4–0, attendance: 2,132)
*Second leg: Grums IK 2–10 IF Björklöven (1–3, 1–3, 0–4, attendance: 775)
Strömsbro IF defeats Kiruna AIF
*First leg: Kiruna AIF 2–3 Strömsbro IF (1–1, 1–0, 0–2, attendance: 2,127)
*Second leg: Strömsbro IF 2–8 Kiruna AIF (0–3, 1–4, 1–1, attendance 1,549)Strömsbro IF wins in sudden-death overtime
Mora IK defeats IFK Luleå
*First leg: Mora IK 9–5 IFK Luleå (3–1, 2–2, 4–2, attendance 1,920)
*Second leg: IFK Luleå 2–6 Mora IK (1–3, 0–0, 1–3, attendance 2,881)
KB Karlskoga defeats Bodens BK
*First leg: KB Karlskoga 7–3 Bodens BK (1–2, 1–1, 5–0, attendance 2,695)
*Second leg: Bodens BK 6–5 KB Karlskoga (2–2, 3–1, 1–2, attendance 2,724)KB Karlskoga wins in sudden-death overtime
Örebro IK defeats Malmö IF
*First leg: Örebro IK 8–2 Malmö IF (2–1, 3–0, 3–1, attendance: 4,572)
*Second leg: Malmö IF 5–3 Örebro IK (1–1, 1–1, 3–1, attendance: 2,171)Örebro IK wins in sudden-death overtime
HV 71 defeats Huddinge IK
*First leg: Huddinge IK 6–5 HV 71 (1–1, 3–1, 2–3, attendance 1,247)
*Second leg: HV 71 14–4 Huddinge IK (5–1, 9–3, 0–0, attendance 4,800)HV 71 wins in sudden-death overtime
Nacka SK defeats Tingsryds AIF
*First leg: Tingsryds AIF 2–3 Nacka SK (1–2, 0–0, 1–1, attendance 1,802)
*Second leg: Nacka SK 1–1 Tingsryds AIF (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, attendance 852)
BK Bäcken defeats Västerås IK
*First leg: Västerås IK 0–2 BK Bäcken (0–1, 0–1, 0–0, attendance: 3,277)
*Second leg: BK Bäcken 7–2 Västerås IK (4–1, 1–0, 2–1, attendance 3,692)
===Round 2===
IF Björklöven defeats KB Karlskoga
*First leg: IF Björklöven 5–3 KB Karlskoga (0–2, 4–0, 1–1, attendance: 2,282)
*Second leg: KB Karlskoga 4–4 IF Björklöven (1–2, 1–0, 2–2, attendance: 4,054)
Mora IK defeats Strömsbro IF
*First leg: Strömsbro IF 5–5 Mora IK (2–1, 1–1, 2–3, attendance: 1,669)
*Second leg: Mora IK 5-3 Strömsbro IF (1–1, 2–1, 2–1, attendance 2,096)
Örebro IK defeats BK Bäcken
*First leg: Örebro IK 2–4 BK Bäcken (1–1, 0–2, 1–1, attendance: 5,985)
*Second leg: BK Bäcken 2–4 Örebro IK (0–2, 2–2, 0–0, attendance: 4,225)
Örebro IK wins in sudden-death overtime
Nacka SK defeats HV 71
*First leg: HV 71 1–2 Nacka SK (1–1, 0–0, 0–1, attendance: 4,800)
*Second leg: Nacka SK 3–2 HV 71 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2, attendance: 840)
==Elitserien qualifier==
The four playoff winners played a double-round robin tournament, with the top two teams being promoted to Elitserien for the 1976–77 season, replacing the two teams with the poorest records from the 1975–76 Elitserien.
*Promoted to 1976–77 Elitserien
*Stays in Division 1 for 1976–77
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	IF Björklöven	6	4	1	1	9	33	21	+12
2	Örebro IK 	6	4	0	2	8	41	29	+12
3	Mora IK 	6	3	1	2	7	32	28	+4
4	Nacka SK 	6	0	0	6	0	11	39	–28
==External links==
*Historical Division 1 statistics on Svenskhockey.com
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