1997–98 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1997-98 was the 23rd season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).
== Format ==
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of 10 teams each (except for the Western Group, which only had nine). The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining eight teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to seven bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The 14 worst teams in the qualifying round had to play in a relegation round to decide their participation in the following season.
Of the eight teams in the Allsvenskan, the top two qualified directly for the Kvalserien. The third-sixth place teams qualified for the second round of the playoffs. The two playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the top two teams qualified for the following Elitserien season. 
== Regular season ==
=== Northern Group ===
==== First round ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts
1. 	IF Björklöven 	18	14	1	3 	95	31 	29
2. 	Timrå IK 	18	13	2	3 	75	28 	28
3. 	Bodens IK 	18	12	2	4 	68	33 	26
4. 	Skellefteå AIK 	18	11	2	5 	70	45 	24
5. 	IF Sundsvall 	18	10	3	5 	68	48 	24
6. 	Kalix HF 	18	8 	2	8 	50	57 	18
7. 	Örnsköldsviks SK	18	3 	5	10	51	101	11
8. 	Husums IF 	18	4 	1	13	50	73 	9
9. 	Kiruna IF 	18	3 	1	14	36	78 	7
10.	Piteå HC 	18	2 	1	15	32	101	4
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Bodens IK 	12	10	1	1 	48	29	28
2.	Skellefteå AIK 	12	6 	1	5 	42	34	19
3.	IF Sundsvall 	12	6 	2	4 	43	40	19
4.	Örnsköldsviks SK	12	5 	2	5 	44	41	15
5.	Piteå HC 	12	6 	2	4 	42	35	14
6.	Kalix HF 	12	2 	0	10	27	52	8
7.	Kiruna IF 	12	3 	0	9 	34	49	7
 
=== Western Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Mora IK 	14	10	2	2 	79	23	22
2.	Grums IK 	15	9 	3	3 	70	43	21
3.	Örebro IK 	14	9 	1	4 	51	37	19
4.	Bofors IK 	15	6 	5	4 	51	46	17
5.	IFK Kumla 	14	6 	2	6 	55	43	14
6.	Sunne IK 	14	5 	4	5 	49	50	14
7.	Surahammars IF	14	4 	3	7 	41	72	11
8.	IFK Arboga 	14	2 	2	10	38	56	6
9.	IFK Munkfors 	14	1 	2	11	28	92	4
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Örebro IK 	12	7	2	3	59	28	23
2.	Bofors IK 	12	7	0	5	46	30	19
3.	IFK Kumla 	12	6	2	4	44	35	18
4.	IFK Arboga 	12	5	4	3	46	42	16
5.	Sunne IK 	12	4	2	6	23	42	16
6.	IFK Munkfors 	12	4	1	7	34	53	10
7.	Surahammars IF	12	3	1	8	39	61	10
 
=== Eastern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Arlanda HC 	18	14	3	1 	100	48 	31
2. 	Huddinge IK 	18	13	3	2 	66 	25 	29
3. 	Lidingö HC 	18	11	3	4 	81 	50 	25
4. 	Nyköpings HC	18	7 	4	7 	69 	62 	18
5. 	Hammarby IF 	18	8 	2	8 	64 	58 	18
6. 	Uppsala AIS 	18	7 	3	8 	52 	59 	17
7. 	Östervåla IF	18	7 	2	9 	45 	55 	16
8. 	Haninge HC 	18	4 	2	12	53 	80 	10
9. 	IFK Tumba 	18	4 	1	13	51 	74 	9
10.	Väsby IK 	18	3 	1	14	34 	104	7
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Lidingö HC 	14	7 	2	5 	73	46	23
2.	Uppsala AIS 	14	9 	1	4 	52	39	23
3.	IFK Tumba 	14	10	1	3 	53	40	22
4.	Nyköpings HC	14	7 	2	5 	50	43	22
5.	Hammarby IF 	14	6 	4	4 	46	41	21
6.	Haninge HC 	14	6 	1	7 	58	50	15
7.	Östervåla IF	14	4 	2	8 	39	60	13
8.	Väsby IK 	14	0 	1	13	28	80	1
 
=== Southern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA	Pts
1. 	Linköpings HC 	18	15	2	1 	102	42	32
2. 	IF Troja-Ljungby	18	12	2	4 	86 	39	26
3. 	Rögle BK 	18	10	1	7 	88 	60	21
4. 	Tranås AIF 	18	9 	1	8 	75 	66	19
5. 	Tingsryds AIF 	18	9 	1	8 	56 	53	19
6. 	Mörrums GoIS 	18	8 	1	9 	71 	75	17
7. 	IK Oskarshamn 	18	7 	1	10	52 	68	15
8. 	Västerviks IK 	18	6 	1	11	43 	83	13
9. 	Olofströms IK 	18	4 	2	12	50 	83	10
10.	Mariestads BoIS 	18	4 	0	14	39 	93	8
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Rögle BK 	14	9	4	1 	71	38	29
2.	Tingsryds AIF 	14	8	4	2 	48	24	25
3.	Tranås AIF 	14	6	2	6 	45	50	20
4.	IK Oskarshamn 	14	7	2	5 	63	48	19
5.	Mörrums GoIS 	14	5	4	5 	58	58	18
6.	Olofströms IK 	14	3	5	6 	36	49	12
7.	Västerviks IK 	14	4	0	10	32	64	10
8.	Mariestads BoIS	14	3	1	10	27	49	7
 
== Promotion round == 
=== Allsvenskan ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	IF Troja-Ljungby	14	8	3	3 	52	37	19
2.	Linköpings HC 	14	7	5	2 	55	41	19
3.	IF Björklöven 	14	7	4	3 	56	38	18
4.	Mora IK 	14	8	2	4 	44	34	18
5.	Timrå IK 	14	6	2	6 	50	43	14
6.	Arlanda HC 	14	3	5	6 	51	59	11
7.	Grums IK 	14	3	1	10	41	75	7
8.	Huddinge IK 	14	1	4	9 	34	56	6
 
=== Playoffs ===
==== First round ====
* Uppsala AIS - Rögle BK 4:4/2:3
* Skellefteå AIK - Örebro IK 2:2/5:2
* Tingsryds AIF - IFK Lidingö 3:2/2:5
* Bofors IK - Bodens IK 0:1/2:4
==== Second round ====
* Skellefteå AIK - IF Björklöven 1:2/0:1
* Rögle BK - Mora IK 5:3/0:7
* Bodens IK - Timrå IK 1:5/2:3
* IFK Lidingö - Arlanda HC 4:6/5:2
==== Third round ====
* IFK Lidingö - Timrå IK 2:7/3:4
* Mora IK - IF Björklöven 2:2/1:9
=== Kvalserien ===
== Relegation round ==
=== Northern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Piteå HC 	8 	6	0	2	37	26	12
2.	Kiruna IF 	8 	4	1	3	33	25	9
3.	AIK Härnösand	8 	4	1	3	34	35	9
4.	Kalix HF 	8 	3	1	4	28	33	7
5.	Tegs SK 	8 	1	1	6	23	38	3
 
=== Western Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Surahammars IF	10	8	2	0	52	26	18
2.	Sunne IK 	10	6	3	1	56	24	15
3.	Arvika HC 	10	5	2	3	39	37	12
4.	Skåre BK 	10	5	1	4	44	45	11
5.	IFK Munkfors 	10	1	0	9	27	43	2
6.	Valbo AIF 	10	1	0	9	20	63	2
 
=== Eastern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Hammarby IF 	10	8	0	2	37	17	16
2.	Vallentuna BK	10	5	3	2	32	24	13
3.	Östervåla IF 	10	5	2	3	35	22	12
4.	Haninge HC 	10	3	3	4	27	27	9
5.	Järfälla HC 	10	2	1	7	23	43	5
6.	Väsby IK 	10	2	1	7	23	43	5
 
=== Southern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Olofströms IK 	10	6	2	2	33	25	14
2.	Mörrums GoIS 	10	4	4	2	36	29	12
3.	Västervik IK 	10	4	2	4	35	28	10
4.	Kings HC 	10	3	3	4	27	34	9
5.	Kristianstad IK	10	3	2	5	30	42	8
6.	Mariestads BoIS	10	2	3	5	26	29	7
== External links ==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
Category:Swedish Division I seasons
Category:1997–98 ice hockey leagues