1976–77 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1976-77 was the second season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).
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/three teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1977–78 season.
==Regular season==
=== Northern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Timrå IK 	22	22	0	0 	167	50 	43
2. 	Kiruna AIF 	22	15	3	4 	124	61 	33
3. 	Bodens BK 	22	13	3	6 	107	93 	29
4. 	IFK Kiruna 	22	12	4	6 	117	80 	28
5. 	IFK Luleå 	22	13	2	7 	110	90 	28
6. 	Örnsköldsviks SK 	22	8 	4	10	82 	118	20
7. 	Piteå IF 	22	8 	2	12	87 	105	18
8. 	Tegs SK 	22	6 	4	12	98 	115	16
9. 	Östersunds IK 	22	6 	4	12	78 	110	16
10.	Sundsvall/Tunadal	22	6 	1	15	66 	103	13
11.	Järveds IF 	22	4 	4	14	71 	117	12
12.	CRIF 	22	2 	3	17	70 	135	7
=== Western Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	KB Karlskoga	22	18	2	2 	181	70 	38
2. 	Mora IK 	22	18	1	3 	196	66 	37
3. 	Strömsbro IF	22	16	1	5 	144	74 	33
4. 	Hofors IK 	22	14	3	5 	115	93 	31
5. 	Grums IK 	22	10	3	9 	101	98 	23
6. 	Malungs IF 	22	10	3	9 	78 	94 	23
7. 	Falu IF 	22	10	0	12	134	145	20
8. 	Fagersta AIK	22	8 	1	13	107	105	17
9. 	Avesta BK 	22	7 	1	14	87 	140	15
10.	Bollnäs IS 	22	6 	1	15	99 	170	13
11.	IF Tunabro 	22	4 	2	16	68 	120	10
12.	Ljusne AIK 	22	1 	2	19	58 	193	4
=== Eastern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Djurgårdens IF	33	28	2	3 	285	96 	58
2. 	Huddinge IK 	33	25	4	4 	174	110	54
3. 	Hammarby IF 	33	20	3	10	160	94 	43
4. 	Almtuna IS 	33	17	1	15	152	146	35
5. 	Linköpings HC 	33	16	3	14	131	133	35
6. 	NSA-76 	33	17	1	15	127	135	35
7. 	Västerås IK 	33	14	4	15	145	118	32
8. 	Surahammars IF	33	13	3	17	150	178	29
9. 	Väsby IK 	33	11	2	20	151	185	24
10.	IK Vita Hästen	33	9 	4	20	130	177	22
11.	IK Göta 	33	7 	5	21	92 	175	19
12.	Nynäshamns IF 	33	4 	2	27	92 	242	10
=== Southern Group ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	HV71 	33	24	2	7 	224	101	50
2. 	Tingsryds AIF 	33	23	3	7 	201	121	49
3. 	IFK Bäcken 	33	22	3	8 	185	135	47
4. 	Halmstads HK 	33	21	3	9 	177	127	45
5. 	Karlskrona IK 	33	17	7	9 	134	117	41
6. 	Nybro IF 	33	15	8	10	156	111	38
7. 	Boro/Landsbro IF	33	11	5	17	127	166	27
8. 	Malmö IF 	33	9 	8	16	132	150	26
9. 	Tibro IK 	33	8 	8	17	129	160	24
10.	IF Troja 	33	9 	3	21	134	191	21
11.	Tyringe SoSS 	33	7 	7	19	97 	178	21
12.	Tranås AIF 	33	0 	7	26	107	247	7
== Playoffs ==
=== North/West ===
==== First round====
* Timrå IK - Strömsbro IF 2:0 (8:3, 5:2)
* Kiruna AIF - Hofors IK 2:0 (9:0, 5:4)
* KB Karlskoga - Bodens BK 2:0 (11:0, 7:4)
* Mora IK - IFK Kiruna 2:0 (6:3, 4:0)
==== Second round ====
* Timrå IK - Mora IK 2:1 (8:4, 2:4, 7:1)
* KB Karlskoga - Kiruna AIF 2:1 (5:2, 0:6, 7:5)
=== South/East ===
==== First round ====
* Djurgårdens IF - IFK Bäcken 2:0 (5:4, 5:1)
* Huddinge IK - Halmstads HK 2:0 (10:6, 6:2)
* HV71 - Hammarby IF 2:1 (7:1, 2:3, 6:3)
* Tingsryds AIF - Almtuna IS 2:0 (6:2, 6:5)
==== Second round ====
* Djurgårdens IF - Tingsryds AIF 2:0 (2:1, 3:2)
* HV71 - Huddinge IK 2:1 (6:2, 2:4, 4:3)
== Elitserien promotion ==
==External links==
*Historical Division 1 statistics on Svenskhockey.com
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