2010 Kvalserien

The 2010 Kvalserien was the 36th Kvalserien, played between 21 March- and 11 April, 2010. Södertälje and AIK, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. Rögle was relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
This year's Kvalserien was one of the closest ones ever. After the 9th round, four teams (AIK, Rögle, Leksand and Almtuna) all had their chance to qualify for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. After the 9th round, AIK were on the second and last Elitserien spot, being one point ahead of Rögle, who had 15 points at that time. AIK needed a win over Växjö at home in Hovet, in order to secure their last Elitserien spot. In the 10th and final round, AIK won 2–0 against Växjö, after a late 1–0 goal by Lucas Lawson in the 53rd minute, in the third period. Five minutes later, Daniel Bång secured their win by scoring 2–0 in the empty net. AIK finished the 2010 Kvalserien with 18 points, the lowest number of points a team has ever been able to qualify to Elitserien with, ever since Kvalserien started in 1975.
But only after the 7th round, no one even believed that AIK could qualify. At that time, they were at the third place with 10 points, four points behind Rögle. But Rögle lost their two following games, which AIK won, and AIK were therefore at the last Elitserien spot after the 9th round. Södertälje had already secured their Elitserien spot after the 9th round.
Like the previous Kvalserien years, Leksand were once again a big disappointment for everyone. They were at the third place with 13 points after the 8th round, only one point behind Rögle, who were on the last Elitserien spot at that time. But Leksand lost 5–2 away against the last ranked team Växjö in the 9th round, and Leksand were forced to win their last game, which was against Almtuna. Although Leksand did win 2–1 against Almtuna, AIK won 2–0 against Almtuna, which meant Leksand missed Elitserien for the fifth year in a row.
== Standings==
2010 Kvalserien	2010 Kvalserien	GP	W	T	L	OTW/SOW	OTF/SOF	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1 	Södertälje SK 	10	5	5	0	1 	4 	34	28	+6 	21
2 	AIK 	10	5	2	3	1 	1 	29	24	+5 	18
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Rögle BK 	10	3	4	3	3 	1 	31	26	+5 	16
4 	Leksands IF 	10	4	2	4	2 	0 	25	24	+1 	16
5 	Almtuna IS 	10	3	3	3	1 	2 	23	23	0 	13
6 	Växjö Lakers HC	10	1	2	7	1 	1 	29	46	−17	6
== Game log==
March	March 	March 	March 	March 	March 	March
Round	Date 	Home 	Result	Away 	Venue 	Attendance
1 	March 21	Södertälje SK 	2–0 	Rögle BK 	AXA Sports Center	4,334
1 	March 21	Växjö Lakers HC	5–6 	AIK IF 	Växjö Ishall 	3,096
1 	March 21	Almtuna IS 	4–2 	Leksands IF 	Gränbyhallen 	2,805
2 	March 23	Leksands IF 	4–1 	Växjö Lakers HC	Ejendals Arena 	6,162
2 	March 23	AIK IF 	3–4 	Södertälje SK 	Hovet 	5,413
2 	March 23	Rögle BK 	3–2 SO	Almtuna IS 	Lindab Arena 	4,023
3 	March 25	Södertälje SK 	3–2 	Leksands IF 	AXA Sports Center	5,976
3 	March 25	Växjö Lakers HC	2–3 SO	Almtuna IS 	Växjö Ishall 	2,495
3 	March 25	AIK IF 	2–3 OT	Rögle BK 	Hovet 	3,847
4 	March 27	Almtuna IS 	1–3 	Södertälje SK 	Gränbyhallen 	2,916
4 	March 27	Leksands IF 	2–1 	AIK IF 	Ejendals Arena 	7,650
4 	March 27	Rögle BK 	5–2 	Växjö Lakers HC	Lindab Arena 	4,218
5 	March 29	Södertälje SK 	7–4 	Växjö Lakers HC	AXA Sports Center	3,679
5 	March 29	Leksands IF 	3–4 	Rögle BK 	Ejendals Arena 	7,650
5 	March 29	AIK IF 	4–1 	Almtuna IS 	Hovet 	2,573
April	April 	April 	April 	April 	April 	April
Round	Date 	Home 	Result	Away 	Venue 	Attendance
6 	April 2 	Växjö Lakers HC	7–6 OT	Södertälje SK 	Växjö Ishall 	2,502
6 	April 2 	Almtuna IS 	1–2 	AIK IF 	Gränbyhallen 	2,648
6 	April 2 	Rögle BK 	1–2 OT	Leksands IF 	Lindab Arena 	5,150
7 	April 4 	Södertälje SK 	4–3 OT	Almtuna IS 	AXA Sports Center	3,664
7 	April 4 	Växjö Lakers HC	3–7 	Rögle BK 	Växjö Ishall 	2,954
7 	April 4 	AIK IF 	2–3 	Leksands IF 	Hovet 	7,023
8 	April 6 	Almtuna IS 	4–0 	Växjö Lakers HC	Gränbyhallen 	1,254
8 	April 6 	Leksands IF 	3–2 OT	Södertälje SK 	Ejendals Arena 	7,650
8 	April 6 	Rögle BK 	4–5 	AIK IF 	Lindab Arena 	4,989
9 	April 8 	Södertälje SK 	1–2 OT	AIK IF 	AXA Sports Center	5,741
9 	April 8 	Växjö Lakers HC	5–2 	Leksands IF 	Växjö Ishall 	2,907
9 	April 8 	Almtuna IS 	3–1 	Rögle BK 	Gränbyhallen 	2,126
10 	April 11	Leksands IF 	2–1 	Almtuna IS 	Ejendals Arena 	6,353
10 	April 11	AIK IF 	2–0 	Växjö Lakers HC	Hovet 	8,079
10 	April 11	Rögle BK 	3–2 SO	Södertälje SK 	Lindab Arena 	3,745
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