2011 Kvalserien

The 2011 Kvalserien was the 37th Kvalserien, played between 14 March and 8 April 2011. Växjö Lakers Hockey and Modo Hockey, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2011–12 Elitserien season. Södertälje SK were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
Växjö were the best team in this year's Kvalserien, winning nine games and going undefeated in regulation time. Växjö had already secured their Elitserien spot after the 8th round (Kvalserien has 10 rounds), and thus the team's two following games were unimportant for them, but the team still won 4–2 at home against Rögle and 5–3 away against Mora. Växjö's 4–2 win against Rögle in the ninth round extinguished Rögle's chances of qualifying for the 2011–12 Elitserien season. Växjö finished with 26 points, which is a record in Kvalserien history.
After the 9th round, Modo and Södertälje both had 17 points. The teams met each other in Fjällräven Center in the final round, for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Modo won the game 2–0 and thus stayed in Elitserien for the 2011–12 season. This meant that Södertälje were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan prior to the 2011–12 season.
Örebro made their first Kvalserien since re-qualifying for HockeyAllsvenskan in 2009. Mora made their first Kvalserien since 2008.
== Standings ==
2011 Kvalserien	2011 Kvalserien	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Växjö Lakers HC	10	7	3	0	2	1	36	17	+19 	26
2 	Modo Hockey 	10	5	4	1	1	3	30	15	+15 	20
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Södertälje SK 	10	4	3	3	2	1	27	24	+3 	17
4 	Rögle BK 	10	3	2	5	1	1	29	31	−2 	13
5 	Örebro HK 	10	2	2	6	0	2	29	43	−14	8
6 	Mora IK 	10	2	0	8	0	0	22	43	−21	6
== Game log ==
2011 Kvalserien game log	2011 Kvalserien game log	 	 	 	 	
Round 	Date 	Home 	Result 	Away 	Venue 	Attendance
1 	March 14 	Södertälje SK 	3–2 (SO)	Modo Hockey 	AXA Sports Center	3,211
1 	March 14 	Växjö Lakers HC	5–1 	Mora IK 	Växjö Ishall 	2,852
1 	March 14 	Örebro HK 	6–7 (OT)	Rögle BK 	Behrn Arena 	3,015
2 	March 17 	Rögle BK 	1–2 	Växjö Lakers HC	Lindab Arena 	3,877
2 	March 17 	Mora IK 	1–6 	Södertälje SK 	FM Mattsson Arena	2,713
2 	March 17 	Modo Hockey 	6–3 	Örebro HK 	Fjällräven Center	5,852
3 	March 19 	Södertälje SK 	6–2 	Rögle BK 	AXA Sports Center	3,722
3 	March 19 	Växjö Lakers HC	4–2 	Örebro HK 	Växjö Ishall 	3,183
3 	March 19 	Mora IK 	0–3 	Modo Hockey 	FM Mattsson Arena	3,514
4 	March 23 	Örebro HK 	2–3 (OT)	Södertälje SK 	Behrn Arena 	3,339
4 	March 23 	Rögle BK 	5–2 	Mora IK 	Lindab Arena 	3,495
4 	March 23 	Modo Hockey 	1–0 (OT)	Växjö Lakers HC	Fjällräven Center	5,508
5 	March 25 	Södertälje SK 	2–3 (SO)	Växjö Lakers HC	AXA Sports Center	4,053
5 	March 25 	Rögle BK 	2–1 (SO)	Modo Hockey 	Lindab Arena 	4,509
5 	March 25 	Mora IK 	6–3 	Örebro HK 	FM Mattsson Arena	2,092
6 	March 28 	Växjö Lakers HC	5–1 	Södertälje SK 	Växjö Ishall 	3,859
6 	March 28 	Örebro HK 	1–4 	Mora IK 	Behrn Arena 	2,126
6 	March 28 	Modo Hockey 	1–2 	Rögle BK 	Fjällräven Center	4,731
7 	March 30 	Södertälje SK 	1–4 	Örebro HK 	AXA Sports Center	3,147
7 	March 30 	Växjö Lakers HC	3–2 (SO)	Modo Hockey 	Växjö Ishall 	3,869
7 	March 30 	Mora IK 	2–4 	Rögle BK 	FM Mattsson Arena	2,112
== References ==
*Official statistics for ice hockey in Sweden
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