2002–03 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

2002–03 was the fourth season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level Allsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).
== Format ==
The league was divided into four regional groups. In each region, the top teams qualified for the Kvalserien till Allsvenskan, for the opportunity to be promoted to the Allsvenskan. The bottom teams in each group were forced to play in a relegation round against the top teams from Division 2 in order to retain their spot in Division 1 for the following season. These were also conducted within each region.
== Season ==
=== Northern region ===
==== First round ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts
1.	Vännäs HC 	14	9 	3	2 	81	40 	21
2.	Tegs SK 	14	10	0	4 	99	46 	20
3.	Clemensnäs HC	14	9 	2	3 	62	35 	20
4.	Asplöven HC 	14	8 	1	5 	72	51 	17
5.	Kalix HF 	14	8 	0	6 	52	55 	16
6.	Malå IF 	14	4 	1	9 	31	83 	9
7.	Älvsby IF 	14	3 	2	9 	39	69 	8
8.	Lycksele SK 	14	0 	1	13	30	110	1
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Östersunds IK 	18	13	1	4 	112	56 	27
2. 	Husum Hockey 	18	13	1	4 	93 	72 	27
3. 	Sollefteå HK 	18	12	2	4 	76 	46 	26
4. 	Brunflo IK 	18	11	2	5 	79 	57 	24
5. 	AIK Härnösand 	18	10	3	5 	81 	54 	23
6. 	LN 91 	18	6 	2	10	60 	73 	14
7. 	Kramfors 	18	6 	0	12	64 	89 	12
8. 	Bräcke IK 	18	5 	1	12	51 	100	11
9. 	Kovlands IF 	18	4 	2	12	65 	88 	10
10.	Svedjeholmens IF	18	2 	2	14	47 	93 	6
 
==== Allettan ====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts
1.	Tegs SK 	14	9	3	2 	70	46 	21
2.	Asplöven HC 	14	9	2	3 	79	49 	20
3.	Östersunds IK	14	8	2	4 	64	48 	18
4.	Brunflo IK 	14	7	2	5 	61	42 	16
5.	Clemensnäs HC	14	6	2	6 	60	50 	14
6.	Sollefteå HK 	14	5	1	8 	45	67 	11
7.	Vännäs HC 	14	4	2	8 	50	66 	10
8.	Husum Hockey 	14	0	2	12	40	101	2
 
==== Qualification round ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Malå IF 	10	7	0	3	51	43	17
2.	Älvsby IF 	10	7	0	3	41	37	16
3.	Kalix HF 	10	5	1	4	41	33	15
4.	Brooklyn Tigers	10	5	1	4	41	37	11
5.	Lycksele SK 	10	2	1	7	36	46	6
6.	Medle SK 	10	1	3	6	34	48	5
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts
1.	Bräcke IK 	14	12	0	2 	70	35 	27
2.	AIK Härnösand 	14	9 	2	3 	82	40 	26
3.	Kovlands IF 	14	8 	3	3 	62	38 	21
4.	LN 91 	14	6 	1	7 	47	51 	18
5.	Svedjeholmens IF	14	7 	1	6 	50	42 	16
6.	Kramfors 	14	5 	1	8 	52	60 	15
7.	Njurunda SK 	14	5 	0	9 	45	62 	10
8.	KB 65 	14	0 	0	14	22	108	0
 
==== Playoffs ====
===== First round =====
* Malå IF - Asplöven HC 3:5/0:5
* Bräcke IK - Östersunds IK 0:6/1:4
===== Second round =====
* Östersunds IK - Asplöven HC 3:5/1:4
==== Relegation ====
===== Group A ===== 
* The Brooklyn Tigers and Kalix HF qualified for the league.
===== Group B ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Kramfors 	6 	6	0	0	41	10	12
2.	Svedjeholmens IF	6 	4	0	2	31	21	8
3.	Njurunda SK 	6 	2	0	4	18	25	4
4.	Ånge IK 	6 	0	0	6	12	46	0
 
=== Western region ===
==== First round ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Borlänge HF 	20	13	3	4 	116	65 	29
2. 	Skutskärs SK 	20	11	6	3 	87 	61 	28
3. 	Valbo AIF 	20	12	3	5 	80 	51 	27
4. 	Surahammars IF 	20	10	6	4 	99 	66 	26
5. 	Hedemora SK 	20	12	1	7 	98 	80 	25
6. 	Hudiksvalls HC 	20	9 	5	6 	77 	72 	23
7. 	Hille/Åbyggeby IK	20	5 	8	7 	90 	99 	18
8. 	Smedjebacken HC 	20	6 	2	12	81 	101	14
9. 	Västerås HC 	20	5 	4	11	64 	90 	14
10.	Söderhamn/Ljusne 	20	6 	2	12	55 	86 	14
11.	Avesta BK 	20	0 	2	18	41 	117	2
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Sunne IK 	20	18	1	1 	109	37 	37
2. 	IFK Hallsberg	20	15	0	5 	90 	50 	30
3. 	IFK Kumla 	20	14	0	6 	77 	40 	28
4. 	Grums IK 	20	11	4	5 	91 	61 	26
5. 	IK Viking 	20	10	1	9 	79 	70 	21
6. 	Skåre BK 	20	8 	4	8 	79 	67 	20
7. 	Karlskoga HC 	20	7 	2	11	69 	89 	16
8. 	Åmåls SK 	20	5 	3	12	66 	107	13
9. 	Arvika HC 	20	3 	5	12	69 	119	11
10.	Hammarö HC 	20	4 	2	14	57 	91 	10
11.	Nor IK 	20	4 	0	16	48 	103	8
 
==== Allettan ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Sunne IK 	14	13	0	1	66	27	26
2.	Grums IK 	14	9 	1	4	72	44	19
3.	Skutskärs SK 	14	5 	5	4	55	43	15
4.	IFK Kumla 	14	6 	2	6	42	39	14
5.	IFK Hallsberg 	14	5 	2	7	45	55	12
6.	Surahammars IF	14	4 	3	7	49	68	11
7.	Borlänge HF 	14	3 	2	9	46	72	8
8.	Valbo AIF 	14	2 	3	9	37	64	7
 
==== Qualification round ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Hedemora SK 	12	9	2	1	55	36	26(6)
2.	Hille/Åbyggeby IK	12	5	5	2	59	42	19(4)
3.	Hudiksvalls HC 	12	6	2	4	47	45	19(5)
4.	Västerås HC 	12	4	4	4	39	36	14(2)
5.	Smedjebacken HC 	12	4	0	8	40	57	11(3)
6.	Söderhamn/Ljusne 	12	1	6	5	39	45	9(1)
7.	Avesta BK 	12	3	1	8	37	55	7(0)
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	IK Viking 	12	9	1	2 	72	30	25(6)
2.	Skåre BK 	12	6	1	5 	53	48	18(5)
3.	Karlskoga HC	12	5	3	4 	58	46	17(4)
4.	Arvika HC 	12	6	3	3 	51	52	17(2)
5.	Hammarö HC 	12	5	3	4 	42	50	14(1)
6.	Åmåls SK 	12	3	4	5 	43	44	13(1)
7.	Nor IK 	12	0	1	11	20	69	1(0)
 
==== Final round ====
===== Group A ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Sunne IK 	6 	5	0	1	27	11	10
2.	IFK Kumla 	6 	5	0	1	24	12	10
3.	IK Viking 	6 	1	0	5	11	22	2
4.	IFK Hallsberg	6 	1	0	5	10	27	2
 
===== Group B ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Grums IK 	6 	3	1	2	23	21	7
2.	Skutskärs SK 	6 	3	1	2	22	24	7
3.	Hedemora SK 	6 	3	0	3	25	20	6
4.	Surahammars IF	6 	2	0	4	20	25	4
 
==== Relegation ====
===== Group A ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Falu IF 	6 	5	1	0	35	12	11
2.	Smedjebacken HC 	6 	3	0	3	25	25	6
3.	IF Noretpojkarna	6 	2	1	3	25	28	5
4.	Söderhamn/Ljusne	6 	1	0	5	17	37	2
 
===== Group B ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Köping Hockey	6 	3	2	1	17	15	8
2.	Forshaga IF 	6 	3	1	2	21	19	7
3.	Åmåls SK 	6 	3	0	3	21	19	6
4.	Hammarö HC 	6 	1	1	4	16	22	3
=== Eastern region ===
==== First round ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Almtuna IS 	14	13	0	1	86	27	26
2.	Tierps IF 	14	8 	1	5	43	29	17
3.	Järfälla HC 	14	8 	0	6	49	39	16
4.	Uppsala Hockey	14	6 	3	5	49	57	15
5.	Väsby IK 	14	5 	2	7	49	52	12
6.	Arlanda HC 	14	4 	2	8	37	53	10
7.	Gimo IF 	14	3 	3	8	42	73	9
8.	Skå IK 	14	2 	3	9	38	63	7
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Botkyrka HC 	14	7	6	1	50	28	20
2.	Trångsund 	14	5	6	3	56	44	16
3.	Gnesta IK 	14	5	5	4	47	40	15
4.	Linden HC 	14	6	3	5	44	43	15
5.	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng	14	7	1	6	54	63	15
6.	Värmdö HC 	14	4	4	6	50	60	12
7.	Nacka HK 	14	4	2	8	40	49	10
8.	IKF Salem 	14	3	3	8	43	57	9
 
==== Allettan ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Almtuna IS 	21	18	1	2 	114	40 	37
2.	Botkyrka HC 	21	13	5	3 	92 	62 	31
3.	Tierps IF 	21	12	3	6 	75 	40 	27
4.	Järfälla HC 	21	10	3	8 	65 	59 	23
5.	Uppsala Hockey	21	8 	4	9 	74 	83 	20
6.	Linden HC 	21	5 	3	13	38 	79 	13
7.	Gnesta IK 	21	3 	3	15	43 	95 	9
8.	Trångsund 	21	3 	2	16	65 	108	8
 
===== Qualification round =====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Arlanda HC 	21	10	5	6 	97 	60 	25
2.	Väsby IK 	21	10	5	6 	97 	61 	25
3.	Skå IK 	21	11	2	8 	104	89 	24
4.	Värmdo HC 	21	10	4	7 	88 	80 	24
5.	Gimo IF 	21	9 	3	9 	75 	92 	21
6.	Nacka HK 	21	9 	1	11	88 	93 	19
7.	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng	21	9 	1	11	72 	102	19
8.	IFK Salem 	21	3 	5	13	64 	108	11
 
===== Final round =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Botkyrka HC 	6 	4	1	1	23	13	9
2.	Tierps IF 	6 	4	0	2	21	13	8
3.	Arlanda Wings	6 	2	2	2	18	19	6
4.	Järfälla HC 	6 	0	1	5	13	30	1
 
===== Relegation =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Skå IK 	6 	3	2	1	27	16	8
2.	Värmdö HC 	6 	4	0	2	17	23	8
3.	Haninge HF 	6 	2	3	1	26	18	7
4.	Sollentuna HC	6 	0	1	5	15	28	1
 
=== Southern region ===
==== First round ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Växjö Lakers Hockey	44	34	7 	3 	240	94 	75
2. 	Tingsryds AIF 	44	21	10	13	165	128	52
3. 	Skövde IK 	44	23	6 	15	141	111	52
4. 	Borås HC 	44	21	7 	16	175	125	49
5. 	Mariestads BoIS 	44	20	8 	16	154	144	48
6. 	Hästen Hockey 	44	21	5 	18	155	135	47
7. 	Tyringe SoSS 	44	19	5 	20	149	163	43
8. 	Jonstorps IF 	44	20	3 	21	161	176	43
9. 	IK Pantern 	44	16	5 	23	142	172	37
10.	Kristianstads IK 	44	14	8 	22	149	172	36
11.	Mölndals IF 	44	12	6 	26	114	179	30
12.	Gislaveds SK 	44	6 	4 	34	98 	244	16
 
==== Final round ====
===== Group A ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Växjö Lakers Hockey	6 	6	0	0	40	12	12
2.	Borås HC 	6 	3	0	3	20	18	6
3.	Hästen Hockey 	6 	1	1	4	18	26	3
4.	Tyringe SoSS 	6 	1	1	4	15	37	3
 
===== Group B ===== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Mariestads BoIS	6 	4	1	1	21	17	9
2.	Tingsryds AIF 	6 	3	1	2	20	15	7
3.	Skövde IK 	6 	3	0	3	18	13	6
4.	Jonstrop IK 	6 	0	2	4	12	26	2
 
==== Relegation ====
===== Group A =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Trollhättan 	10	9	0	1	51	31	18
2.	Mölndals IF 	10	5	1	4	48	34	11
3.	Nittorps IK 	10	4	3	3	26	31	11
4.	HK Kungsbacka	10	5	0	5	41	39	10
5.	Gislaveds SK 	10	4	1	5	38	38	9
6.	Göteborgs IK 	10	0	1	9	22	53	1
 
===== Group B =====
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	IK Pantern 	10	7	1	2	51	26	15
2.	Olofströms IK 	10	7	0	3	42	31	14
3.	Osby IK 	10	5	2	3	40	31	12
4.	Kristianstads IK	10	5	1	4	39	29	11
5.	Vimmerby Hockey 	10	2	3	5	25	45	7
6.	Helsingborgs HC 	10	0	1	9	17	52	1
== External links ==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
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