1998–99 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1998-99 was the 24th and last season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL). The Allsvenskan was founded as the new second-level league for the 1999-2000 season. Division 1 became the the new third-level league for the following season.
== Format ==
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of eight teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining six teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to five bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams in each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The four worst teams in each qualifying group had to play in a relegation round in an attempt to qualify for the new Allsvenskan for the following season.
Of the eight teams in the Allsvenskan, the top two qualified directly for the Kvalserien. The third-sixth place teams qualified for the second round of the playoffs. The two playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the top two teams qualified for the following Elitserien season. 
== Regular season ==
=== Northern Group ===
==== First round ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Timrå IK 	28	23	2	3 	152	47 	48
2.	IF Sundsvall 	28	15	7	6 	107	65 	37
3.	Skellefteå AIK 	28	15	4	9 	111	79 	34
4.	Bodens IK 	28	11	7	10	84 	86 	29
5.	Piteå HC 	28	13	3	12	114	118	29
6.	Kiruna IF 	28	11	4	13	96 	109	26
7.	Örnsköldsviks SK	28	8 	1	19	74 	121	17
8.	AIK Härnösand 	28	1 	2	25	56 	169	4
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Piteå HC 	10	9	0	1	54	24	21(3)
2.	Skellefteå AIK 	10	8	0	2	47	17	21(5)
3.	Bodens IK 	10	4	1	5	36	40	13(4)
4.	Örnsköldsviks SK	10	3	3	4	39	39	10(1)
5.	Kiruna IF 	10	1	4	5	26	40	8(2)
6.	AIK Härnösand 	10	0	2	8	23	65	2(0)
 
=== Western Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Mora IK 	28	19	5	4 	137	61 	43
2.	IFK Arboga 	28	15	6	7 	115	84 	36
3.	IFK Kumla 	28	15	3	10	108	87 	33
4.	Bofors IK 	28	11	8	9 	97 	97 	30
5.	Grums IK 	28	11	6	11	112	115	28
6.	Örebro IK 	28	8 	7	13	93 	112	23
7.	Surahammars IF	28	10	0	18	87 	127	20
8.	Sunne IK 	28	3 	5	20	70 	136	11
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Bofors IK 	8 	5	3	0	44	20	17(4)
2.	IFK Kumla 	8 	4	3	1	31	21	16(5)
3.	Grums IK 	8 	4	1	3	29	26	12(3)
4.	Sunne IK 	8 	2	1	5	26	31	5(0)
5.	Surahammars IF	8 	1	0	7	23	55	3(1)
 
=== Eastern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Södertälje SK 	28	20	3	5 	112	54 	43
2.	Huddinge IK 	28	19	4	5 	84 	49 	42
3.	Arlanda HC 	28	16	9	3 	116	69 	41
4.	Lidingö HC 	28	14	6	8 	88 	66 	34
5.	Hammarby IF 	28	9 	4	15	87 	95 	22
6.	Nyköpings HC 	28	6 	2	20	73 	106	14
7.	Tumba/Botkyrka HC	28	7 	0	21	69 	127	14
8.	Uppsala AIS 	28	6 	2	20	63 	126	14
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Arlanda HC 	10	6	1	3	46	34	18(5)
2.	Hammarby IF 	10	7	0	3	43	22	17(3)
3.	Lidingö HC 	10	5	1	4	44	36	15(4)
4.	Nyköpings HC 	10	5	1	4	44	41	13(2)
5.	Uppsala AIS 	10	2	3	5	24	48	7(0)
6.	Tumba/Botkyrka HC	10	1	2	7	25	45	5(1)
 
=== Southern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Linköpings HC 	28	18	7 	3 	132	72 	43
2.	IF Troja-Ljungby	28	14	7 	7 	120	85 	35
3.	Rögle BK 	28	11	12	5 	102	80 	34
4.	Tranås AIF 	28	13	4 	11	106	105	30
5.	Tingsryds AIF 	28	12	5 	11	132	112	29
6.	IK Oskarshamn 	28	9 	5 	14	101	125	23
7.	Olofströms IK 	28	7 	3 	18	97 	137	17
8.	Mörrums GoIS 	28	6 	1 	21	67 	141	13
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Rögle BK 	10	8	0	2	59	25	21(5)
2.	Tranås AIF 	10	8	0	2	49	26	20(4)
3.	Tingsryds AIF	10	6	1	3	50	30	16(3)
4.	Mörrums GoIS 	10	3	2	5	32	59	8(0)
5.	IK Oskarshamn	10	2	1	7	28	52	7(2)
6.	Olofströms IK	10	0	2	8	33	59	3(1)
 
== Promotion round ==
=== Allsvenskan ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Södertälje SK 	14	9	3	2	58	31	21
2.	Linköpings HC 	14	9	3	2	52	36	21
3.	Mora IK 	14	7	4	3	46	28	18
4.	Timrå IK 	14	6	1	7	39	34	13
5.	IF Troja-Ljungby	14	4	4	6	33	44	12
6.	IF Sundsvall 	14	3	5	6	35	46	11
7.	Huddinge IK 	14	3	3	8	27	35	9
8.	IFK Arboga 	14	2	3	9	28	64	7
 
=== Playoffs ===
==== First round ====
* IFK Kumla - Bofors IK 2:1 (6:2, 3:4, 4:2)
* Hammarby IF - Arlanda HC 2:0 (7:1, 4:2)
* Skellefteå AIK - Piteå HC 2:0 (5:3, 6:4)
* Tranås AIF - Rögle BK 1:2 (2:3 OT., 4:3, 2:6)
==== Second round ====
* IFK Kumla - Timrå IK 0:2 (1:8, 4:6)
* Hammarby IF - IF Sundsvall 1:2 (1:3, 2:1 SO, 4:7)
* Rögle BK - Mora IK 0:2 (4:6, 4:6)
* Skellefteå AIK - IF Troja-Ljungby 1:2 (2:1 OT, 1:3, 4:5 OT)
==== Third round ====
* Timrå IK - Mora IK 0:2 (2:4, 1:3)
* IF Sundsvall - IF Troja-Ljungby 0:2 (0:1, 1:2 OT)
=== Kvalserien ===
== Relegation round == 
=== Northern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Bodens IK 	10	8	1	1	47	21	17
2.	Kiruna IF 	10	8	1	1	40	21	17
3.	Kalix HF 	10	4	2	4	37	39	10
4.	AIK Härnösand 	10	4	0	6	31	37	8
5.	Örnsköldsviks SK	10	3	1	6	36	35	7
6.	KB-65 	10	0	1	9	18	65	1
 
=== Western Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Grums IK 	8 	8	0	0	61	17	16
2.	Sunne IK 	8 	4	0	4	29	28	8
3.	Surahammars IF	8 	4	0	4	27	30	8
4.	Arvika HC 	8 	3	1	4	26	35	7
5.	Valbo AIF 	8 	0	1	7	18	51	1
 
=== Eastern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Lidingö HC 	10	9	0	1	53	24	18
2.	Nyköpings HC 	10	6	2	2	51	31	14
3.	Uppsala AIS 	10	4	2	4	39	40	10
4.	Tumba/Botkyrka HC 	10	3	2	5	43	32	8
5.	Mälarhöjden-Bredäng	10	2	3	5	26	41	7
6.	Tierps IF 	10	1	1	8	22	66	3
 
=== Southern Group === 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tingsryds AIF	10	8	1	1	64	21	17
2.	IK Oskarshamn	10	6	1	3	46	34	13
3.	Gislaveds SK 	10	5	2	3	45	44	12
4.	Olofströms IK	10	4	2	4	35	42	10
5.	Mörrums GoIS 	10	1	2	7	29	47	4
6.	Nittorps IK 	10	1	2	7	23	54	4
== External links ==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
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Category:1998–99 ice hockey leagues