1944–45 Division 2 season (Swedish ice hockey)

The 1944–45 season of Division 2, then the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, consisted of 35 clubs divided into six geographical groups. The six group winners continued to qualifiers for promotion to Division 1 to replace the four teams with the poorest records in the 1944–45 Division 1 season.
The group winners were Mora IK (norra), UoIF Matteuspojkarna (östra), Västerås SK (Västmanland), Forshaga IF (västra), Södertälje IF (Sörmland), and Atlas Diesels IF (södra). Of these clubs, Mora, Västerås SK, Södertälje IF, and Atlas Diesels were promoted. Three clubs were relegated from Division 2 to play in their local district leagues for 1945–46 season, these being IFK Lidingö, IF Eyra, and GoIF Tjalve.
==Final standings==
===Division 2 norra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Mora IK 	10	6	1	3	64	32 	+32	13	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	IK Huge 	10	6	1	3	58	38 	+20	13	
3	Brynäs IF 	10	6	1	3	49	33 	+16	13	
4	Strömsbro IF	10	5	1	4	52	35 	+17	11	
5	Gefle IF 	10	4	1	5	39	43 	–4 	9 	
6	Hofors IK 	10	0	1	9	25	106	–81	1 	
===Division 2 östra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	UoIF Matteuspojkarna	12	11	0	1 	99	23	+76	22	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	Reymersholms IK 	12	8 	0	4 	77	47	+30	16	
3	IFK Stockholm 	12	8 	0	4 	61	37	+24	16	
4	Årsta SK 	12	6 	0	6 	64	57	+7 	12	
5	IF Vesta 	12	4 	0	8 	41	67	–26	8 	
6	IK Sirius 	12	3 	1	8 	45	76	–31	7 	
7	IFK Lidingö 	12	1 	1	10	17	97	–80	3 	Relegated to district-level leagues for 1945–46 season
===Division 2 västmanlandsgruppen===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Västerås SK 	8	6	1	1	72	16	+56	13	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	Västerås IK 	8	6	1	1	65	19	+46	13	
3	IF Aros 	8	5	0	3	45	26	+19	10	
4	IK Westmannia	8	1	0	7	21	81	–60	2 	
5	IFK Arboga 	8	1	0	7	12	73	–61	2 	
===Division 2 västra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Forshaga IF 	10	8	1	1	49	23	+26	17	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	Skoghalls IF 	10	8	0	2	45	22	+23	16	
3	Färjestads BK	9 	4	1	4	17	25	–8 	9 	
4	Skiveds IF 	10	3	2	5	23	29	–6 	8 	
5	BK Forwards 	9 	3	1	5	29	35	–6 	7 	
6	IF Eyra 	10	9	1	9	18	47	–29	1 	Relegated to district-level leagues for 1945–46 season
===Division 2 sörmlandsgruppen===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Södertälje IF 	8	7	0	1	74	18	+56	14	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	IFK Tumba 	8	6	1	1	38	16	+22	13	
3	Åkers IF 	8	4	1	3	29	20	+9 	9 	
4	GUIF 	8	1	0	7	18	54	–36	2 	
5	Stallarholmens SK	8	1	0	7	19	70	–51	2 	
===Division 2 södra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Atlas Diesels IF	9 	7	1	1 	66	32 	+34	15	Continues to qualifier for promotion to Division 1
2	Djurgårdens IF 	10	5	2	3 	39	26 	+13	12	
3	IFK Norrköping 	10	6	0	4 	44	33 	+11	12	
4	Norrköpings AIS 	10	5	1	4 	51	37 	+14	11	
5	IK Sleipner 	9 	4	0	5 	24	20 	+4 	8 	
6	GoIF Tjalve 	10	0	0	10	28	104	–76	0 	Relegated to district-level leagues for 1945–46 season
==Promotion qualifier==
The 1945 qualifier for promotion to Division 1 consisted of the six group winners from the 1944–45 Division 2 season. The four best teams from the qualifier were promoted to Division 1 for the 1945–46 season, replacing the four bottom teams from the 1944–45 Division 1 season (Sandvikens IF and Surahammars IF from the north group, and Skuru IK and IF Göta from the southern group). Mora IK, Västerås SK, Södertälje IF, and Atlas Diesels IF were promoted as a result of this qualifier.
;Sodra-Vastra-Sormlandsgruppen
*Forshaga - Atlas Diesel 2:2
*Sodertalje IF - Atlas Diesel 6:2
*Atlas Diesel - Forshaga 7:4
;Ostra-Norra-Vastmanlandsgruppen
*Vasteras SK - Mora 1:1
*Mora - Matteuspojkarna 2:0
*Vasteras SK - Matteuspojkarna 6:4
==See also==
* 1944–45 Swedish Division I season
* 1945 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship
==External links==
* Division 2 norra 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
* Division 2 östra 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
* Division 2 västmanlandsgruppen 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
* Division 2 västra 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
* Division 2 sörmlandsgruppen 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
* Division 2 södra 1944/45 on Svenskhockey.com
Category:1944 in ice hockey
Category:1945 in ice hockey