2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 16th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey operated under that name. The series consisted of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team played each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through tenth participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic no promotion took place after the previous season; Karlskrona HK were however relegated after being denied their mandatory elite license and Väsby IK HK were promoted in their place.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
AIK 	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094
Almtuna IS 	Uppsala 	Upplands Bilforum Arena	2,800
IF Björklöven 	Umeå 	A3 Arena 	5,400
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	Nobelhallen 	6,300
Kristianstads IK	Kristianstad 	Kristianstads ishall 	2,300
Modo Hockey 	Örnsköldsvik 	Fjällräven Center 	7,600
Mora IK 	Mora 	Smidjegrav Arena 	4,500
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje 	Scaniarinken 	6,200
Timrå IK 	Timrå 	NHC Arena 	6,000
Tingsryds AIF 	Tingsryd 	Nelson Garden Arena 	3,400
HC Vita Hästen 	Norrköping 	Himmelstalundshallen 	4,280
Väsby IK 	Upplands Väsby	Renew Arena 	3,000
Västerviks IK 	Västervik 	Plivit Arena 	2,500
Västerås IK 	Västerås 	ABB Arena Nord 	4,902
Note 1: Väsby played their final home game of the regular season against Almtuna, in Almtuna's home arena.
Note 2: Björklöven played one home game in Vännäs ishall.
==Regular season==
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Timrå IK 	52 	36	4 	2 	10	199	101	+98	118	Advance to the Quarterfinals
2 	BIK Karlskoga 	52 	28	3 	6 	15	165	136	+29	96 	Advance to the Quarterfinals
3 	IF Björklöven 	52 	26	6 	3 	17	182	136	+46	93 	Advance to the Quarterfinals
4 	Södertälje SK 	52 	22	9 	8 	13	165	137	+28	92 	Advance to the Quarterfinals
5 	Västerviks IK 	52 	19	10 	8 	15	134	124	+10	85 	Advance to the Quarterfinals
6 	Mora IK 	52 	22	5 	9 	16	170	165	+5 	85 	Advance to the Quarterfinals
7 	Västerås IK 	52 	18	10 	5 	19	137	141	−4 	79 	Advance to the Eighth-finals
8 	Tingsryds AIF 	52 	21	4 	5 	22	155	144	+11	76 	Advance to the Eighth-finals
9 	AIK 	52 	19	8 	3 	22	145	158	−13	76 	Advance to the Eighth-finals
10 	Almtuna IS 	52 	20	1 	9 	22	143	156	−13	71 	Advance to the Eighth-finals
11 	HC Vita Hästen 	52 	18	2 	8 	24	153	180	−27	66 	
12 	Modo Hockey 	52 	15	6 	6 	25	150	185	−35	63 	
13 	Väsby IK HK (R) 	52 	12	4 	6 	30	136	211	−75	50 	Advance to Play Out
14 	Kristianstads IK	52 	8 	8 	2 	34	110	170	−60	42 	Advance to Play Out
==Post-season==
=== Playoff bracket ===
===Eighth-finals===
Teams 7–10 from the regular season played best-of-three playoff series, where team 7 faced team 10 and team 8 faced team 9. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for game 1 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 2. The winners moved on to the quarterfinals.
====Västerås IK vs. Almtuna IS====
====Tingsryds AIF vs. AIK====
===Quarterfinals===
Teams 1–6 from the regular season, along with the winners of the eighth-finals, played best-of-five series, with the winners moving on to the semifinals. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary). The higher-seeded half of the teams chose their opponents, with the highest-seeded remaining team choosing at each step.
====Timrå IK vs. AIK====
====BIK Karlskoga vs. Västerås IK====
====IF Björklöven vs. Mora IK====
====Södertälje SK vs. Västerviks IK====
===Semifinals===
The winners of the quarterfinals play best-of-seven series, with the winners moving on to the Finals. The highest-seeded team chose whether to play the second-lowest seed or the lowest seed. In each series the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
====Timrå IK vs. Västerviks IK====
====BIK Karlskoga vs. IF Björklöven====
===Finals===
The winners of the semifinals played a best-of-seven series, with the winner promoted to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
===Play Out===
Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season played a best-of-five series, with the winner remaining in HockeyAllsvenskan and the loser relegated to Hockeyettan. The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary).
====Väsby IK HK vs. Kristianstads IK====
==References==
Category:HockeyAllsvenskan seasons
Category:2021 in ice hockey