Svenska damhockeyligan

The Svenska damhockeyligan (formerly known as the Rikssserien from 2008-2016) is the elite league of women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was started in 2008, contains 8 teams and is organized by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
The Women's Division 1 was previously the top-level competition in the country. It served this function from 1984 through the 2006-07 season. The regional winners participated in the competition, which was essentially a national final.
After the Riksserien's foundation, regional winners received the opportunity to qualify for the national final through the 2008-09 season. After which, they were only eligible for promotion to the Riksserien the following year.
The league was renamed the Svenska damhockeyligan prior to the start of the 2016-17 season.
==Format==
When a game is tied after regulation, a sudden death overtime is played with only four skaters per team for maximum 10 minutes (or 20 minutes in the playoffs). If the game is still tied after overtime, the winner is decided by a shootout.
The regular season is a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing twice at home and twice away against every other team, resulting in a 28 game regular season per team. After the regular season, the top six teams qualify for the Women's Swedish Championship playoffs (Swedish: SM-slutspel Damer). The two teams with the best regular season records in Riksserien are given a bye to the semifinals, with the remaining four qualified teams starting in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, team 3 gets to pick their choice of opponent between teams 5 and 6, leaving the remaining club to meet team 4. In the semifinals the first ranked team chooses an opponent from the two winners of the quarterfinals. The playoffs are all best-of-three series, with the higher ranked team starting with one match away, followed by the remaining two at home.
The two teams with the worst records in the regular season are forced to play in a promotion-relegation round against the top teams from the Swedish Women's Division 1.
==Champions==
Season 	Champion 	Finalist 	Score 	3rd place
Division 1 	Division 1 	Division 1 	Division 1 	Division 1
1984-1985 	Nacka HK 	MODO Hockey 	- 	Diö GIF
1985-1986 	Nacka HK 	Danderyds SK 	- 	MODO Hockey
1986-1987 	Nacka HK 	MODO Hockey 	- 	Diö GIF
1987-1988 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	11-0 	MODO Hockey
1988-1989 	Nacka HK 	MODO Hockey 	3-2 	Alvesta SK
1989-1990 	Nacka HK 	Alvesta SK 	7-0 	FoC Farsta
1990-1991 	Nacka HK 	Alvesta SK 	9-0 	FoC Farsta
1991-1992 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	3-1 	Brynäs IF
1992-1993 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	4-3 	Vallentuna BK
1993-1994 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	3-0 	Brynäs IF
1994-1995 	Foc Farsta 	Nacka HK 	5-1 	Västerhaninge IF
1995-1996 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	6-5 	Västerhaninge IF
1996-1997 	Foc Farsta 	Västerhaninge IF 	4-3 (OT) 	Nacka HK
1997-1998 	Nacka HK 	FoC Farsta 	3-0 	Veddige HK
1998-1999 	M/B Hockey 	AIK IF 	8-1 	MODO Hockey
1999-2000 	M/B Hockey 	AIK IF 	4-3 (SO) 	Veddige HK
2000-2001 	M/B Hockey 	AIK IF 	6-3 	MODO Hockey
2001-2002 	M/B Hockey 	MODO Hockey 	9-1 	AIK IF
2002-2003 	M/B Hockey 	AIK IF 	7-3 	MODO Hockey
2003-2004 	AIK IF 	Limhamn Limeburners HC	5-2 	M/B Hockey
2004-2005 	M/B Hockey 	AIK IF 	4-3 	MODO Hockey
2005-2006 	M/B Hockey 	MODO Hockey 	2-1 	Örebro HK
2006-2007 	AIK IF 	Segeltorps IF 	2-1 (OT) 	MODO Hockey
Riksserien 	Riksserien 	Riksserien 	Riksserien 	Riksserien
2007-2008 	Segeltorps IF 	AIK IF 	5-2 	MODO Hockey
2008-2009 	AIK IF 	Segeltorps IF 	5-0 	MODO Hockey
2009-2010 	Segeltorps IF 	Brynäs IF 	6-0 	MODO Hockey
2010-2011 	Segeltorps IF 	Brynäs IF 	2-1 (OT) 	Linköpings HC
2011-2012 	MODO Hockey 	Brynäs IF 	1-0 	Not awarded
2012-2013 	AIK IF 	Brynäs IF 	2-1 	Not awarded
2013-2014 	Linköpings HC 	MODO Hockey 	3-2 (OT) 	Not awarded
2014-2015 	Linköpings HC 	AIK 	2:05:0 	Not awarded
2015-2016 	Luleå HF/MSSK 	Linköpings HC 	0:24:24:1 	Not awarded
Svenska damhockeyligan	Svenska damhockeyligan	Svenska damhockeyligan	Svenska damhockeyligan 	Svenska damhockeyligan
2016-2017 	Djurgårdens IF 	HV71 	1:0, 4:3 	Not awarded
2017-2018 	Luleå HF 	Linköpings HC 	1:0, 0:1, 5:1 	Not awarded
2018-2019 	Luleå HF 	Linköpings HC 	0:3, 1:3, 5:1, 3:2 (OT), 5:1	Not awarded
2019-2020 	Not completed 	 	 	Not awarded
2020-2021 	Luleå HF 	Brynäs IF 	6:1, 4:3 (OT), 3:2 (OT) 	Not awarded
2021-2022 	Luleå HF 	Brynäs IF 	2:1, 1:3, 2:0, 2:7, 5:2 	Not awarded
2022-2023 	Luleå HF 	Brynäs IF 	6:1, 5:3, 3:0 	Not awarded
2023-2024 	Luleå HF 	MODO Hockey 	4:1, 4:1, 4:2 	Not awarded
==See also==
*Damserien
 
Category:Women's ice hockey leagues