1982–83 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1982-83 was the eighth 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. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining eight teams had to compete in a qualifying round in which the results carried over from the first round. The top two teams from each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The last team in each of the qualifying groups was relegated directly to Division 2, while the second-to-last-place team had to play in a relegation series.
Of the eight teams in the Allsvenskan, the top two teams qualified for the Allvenskan final, with the winner being promoted directly to the Elitserien, while the loser qualified for the Kvalserien, which offered another opportunity to be promoted. The third to sixth ranked teams in the Allsvenskan qualified for the second round of the playoffs. The two playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the first-place team qualified for the following Elitserien season. 
==Regular season==
=== Northern Group ===
==== First round ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Timrå IK 	18	17	1	0 	139	36 	35
2. 	Luleå HF 	18	15	0	3 	103	53 	30
3. 	Piteå IF 	18	11	1	6 	109	77 	23
4. 	IFK Kiruna 	18	9 	1	8 	95 	96 	19
5. 	Järveds IF 	18	8 	1	9 	77 	98 	17
6. 	Kiruna AIF 	18	7 	2	9 	71 	85 	16
7. 	Bodens BK 	18	7 	0	11	70 	105	14
8. 	Tegs SK 	18	4 	1	13	60 	92 	9
9. 	Kramfors-Alliansen	18	4 	1	13	73 	119	9
10.	CRIF 	18	3 	2	13	53 	98 	8
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Piteå IF 	32	21	1	10	219	134	43
2.	Kiruna AIF 	32	17	5	10	145	135	39
3.	IFK Kiruna 	32	15	2	15	166	170	32
4.	Bodens BK 	32	13	2	17	147	188	28
5.	Tegs SK 	32	10	4	18	138	157	24
6.	Järveds IF 	32	11	2	19	126	186	24
7.	CRIF 	32	8 	3	21	108	175	19
8.	Kramfors-Alliansen	32	7 	4	21	130	187	18
 
=== Western Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Mora IK 	18	15	1	2 	156	58 	31
2. 	Örebro IK 	18	15	1	2 	117	61 	31
3. 	Skövde IK 	18	13	1	4 	99 	91 	27
4. 	Bofors IK 	18	9 	2	7 	90 	81 	20
5. 	IK Westmannia 	18	10	0	8 	101	94 	20
6. 	Surahammars IF 	18	6 	2	10	79 	86 	14
7. 	Mariestads BoIS	18	5 	2	11	64 	91 	12
8. 	Malungs IF 	18	5 	2	11	59 	98 	12
9. 	HC Dobel 	18	4 	1	13	74 	124	9
10.	Fagersta AIK 	18	2 	0	16	83 	118	4
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Bofors IK 	32	18	4	10	163	133	40
2.	Skövde IK 	32	19	2	11	148	155	40
3.	IK Westmannia 	32	17	2	13	168	145	36
4.	Mariestads BoIS	32	12	2	18	114	140	26
5.	Malungs IF 	32	12	2	18	117	154	26
6.	HC Dobel 	32	11	2	19	147	192	24
7.	Surahammars IF 	32	8 	3	21	133	169	19
8.	Fagersta AIK 	32	9 	1	22	133	189	19
 
=== Eastern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Södertälje SK 	18	13	4	1 	115	56 	30
2. 	Västerås IK 	18	12	2	4 	86 	50 	26
3. 	Väsby IK 	18	11	1	6 	91 	81 	23
4. 	Huddinge IK 	18	10	2	6 	83 	71 	22
5. 	Nacka HK 	18	7 	4	7 	72 	64 	18
6. 	Sundsvall/Tunadal	18	7 	2	9 	66 	86 	16
7. 	Strömsbro IF 	18	6 	2	10	72 	71 	14
8. 	IFK Lidingö 	18	6 	2	10	57 	96 	14
9. 	Almtuna IS 	18	4 	4	10	58 	73 	12
10.	Gävle GIK 	18	2 	1	15	61 	113	5
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Huddinge IK 	32	16	6	10	159	124	38
2.	Väsby IK 	32	17	3	12	165	150	37
3.	IFK Lidingö 	32	14	6	12	130	154	34
4.	Nacka HK 	32	13	6	13	139	131	32
5.	Strömsbro IF 	32	14	3	15	140	129	31
6.	Almtuna IS 	32	12	7	13	126	123	31
7.	Sundsvall/Tunadal	32	9 	3	20	123	176	21
8.	Gävle GIK 	32	5 	2	25	116	206	12
 
=== Southern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	HV71 	18	14	3	1 	141	61 	31
2. 	Tingsryds AIF 	18	13	2	3 	90 	62 	28
3. 	Mörrums GoIS 	18	10	3	5 	100	72 	23
4. 	IK Vita Hästen	18	10	3	5 	96 	71 	23
5. 	IF Troja 	18	10	1	7 	86 	70 	21
6. 	Rögle BK 	18	7 	2	9 	72 	78 	16
7. 	Karlskrona IK 	18	5 	2	11	78 	111	12
8. 	Malmö IF 	18	4 	2	12	54 	94 	10
9. 	Nybro IF 	18	4 	2	12	49 	92 	10
10.	IFK Bäcken 	18	3 	0	15	51 	106	6
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Rögle BK 	32	19	3	10	165	119	41
2.	Mörrums GoIS 	32	17	5	10	180	141	39
3.	IF Troja 	32	16	4	12	160	138	36
4.	IK Vita Hästen	32	16	3	15	136	119	35
5.	Karlskrona IK 	32	10	3	19	141	184	23
6.	Malmö IF 	32	9 	3	20	107	172	21
7.	Nybro IF 	32	8 	3	21	108	162	19
8.	IFK Bäcken 	32	8 	3	21	107	177	19
 
== Allsvenskan ==
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Södertälje SK	14	11	1	2 	97	51	23
2.	Luleå HF 	14	8 	2	4 	72	62	18
3.	Timrå IK 	14	7 	3	4 	65	38	17
4.	Västerås IK 	14	6 	2	6 	57	59	14
5.	Örebro IK 	14	6 	1	7 	63	67	13
6.	HV71 	14	6 	0	8 	57	49	12
7.	Mora IK 	14	5 	1	8 	41	81	11
8.	Tingsryds AIF	14	1 	2	11	39	84	4
 
=== Final ===
* Södertälje SK - Luleå HF 3:0 (7:3, 8:2, 7:4)
== Playoffs ==
=== First round ===
* Piteå IF - Skövde IK 2:0 (6:2, 10:2)
* Bofors IK - Kiruna AIF 1:2 (3:2, 1:7, 3:5)
* Huddinge IK - Mörrums GoIS 2:1 (7:3, 4:7, 6:3)
* IK Vita Hästen - Väsby IK 0:2 (4:7, 3:5)
=== Second round ===
* Timrå IK - Piteå IF 2:0 (4:3 OT, 7:1)
* Västerås IK - Huddinge IK 2:0 (3:2 OT, 7:6 OT)
* Örebro IK - Kiruna AIF 2:0 (13:0, 9:2)
* HV71 - Väsby IK 2:0 (8:6, 6:5 OT)
=== Third round ===
* Örebro IK - Timrå IK 1:2 (3:4, 5:1, 3:4)
* HV71 - Västerås IK 2:1 (11:2, 2:4, 4:0)
== Elitserien promotion ==
==External links==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
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