2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season is the 14th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey has operated under that name. The series consists of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team plays 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 eight participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
AIK 	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094
Almtuna IS 	Uppsala 	Gränby Ishall 	2,800
IF Björklöven 	Umeå 	A3 Arena 	5,400
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	Nobelhallen 	6,300
Karlskrona HK 	Karlskrona 	NKT Arena Karlskrona	5,050
Leksands IF 	Leksand 	Tegera Arena 	7,650
Modo Hockey 	Örnsköldsvik	Fjällräven Center 	7,600
IK Oskarshamn 	Oskarshamn 	Be-Ge Hockey Center 	3,346
IK Pantern 	Malmö 	Malmö Isstadion 	5,800
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje 	AXA Sports Center 	6,200
Tingsryds AIF 	Tingsryd 	Nelson Garden Arena 	3,400
HC Vita Hästen 	Norrköping 	Himmelstalundshallen	4,280
Västerviks IK 	Västervik 	Plivit Trade-hallen 	2,500
VIK Västerås HK	Västerås 	ABB Arena Nord 	4,902
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	AIK IF 	52 	30	5 	9 	8 	172	116	+56	109	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2 	IK Oskarshamn 	52 	28	5 	4 	15	158	103	+55	98 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
3 	Västerås HK 	52 	26	6 	3 	17	155	126	+29	93 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4 	Leksands IF 	52 	25	5 	5 	17	145	128	+17	90 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
5 	BIK Karlskoga 	52 	23	6 	6 	17	146	135	+11	87 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
6 	Modo Hockey 	52 	24	4 	6 	18	143	134	+9 	86 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
7 	Karlskrona HK 	52 	21	4 	6 	21	140	142	−2 	77 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
8 	Västerviks IK 	52 	16	11 	6 	19	136	130	+6 	76 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
9 	Södertälje SK 	52 	19	6 	4 	23	143	151	−8 	73 	
10 	IF Björklöven 	52 	16	6 	8 	22	122	146	−24	68 	
11 	IK Pantern 	52 	16	6 	5 	25	116	159	−43	65 	
12 	Tingsryds AIF 	52 	15	4 	8 	25	116	146	−30	61 	
13 	Almtuna IS 	52 	15	7 	2 	28	128	160	−32	61 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 	HC Vita Hästen	52 	10	5 	8 	29	103	147	−44	48 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
*Note: IK Pantern decided to withdraw from the league on 31 May 2019, due to financial problems.
==Post-season==
===Finals===
The top two teams from the regular season will meet in a best-of-five tournament, with the winner advancing directly to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team forced to play an additional playoff.
*IK Okarshamn - AIK 1:5, 3:1, 3:2, 3:4 OT, 4:1
===HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs===
Teams 3–8 from the regular season will play a single round-robin tournament, with teams 3–5 getting home-ice advantage. The season is then over for all but the winning team, which advances to the meet the loser of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals in a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Leksands IF (Q)	5 	3	2 	0 	0	21	7 	+14	15 	Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2 	HK Västerås HK 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	14	9 	+5 	14 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2019–20 season
3 	BIK Karlskoga 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	12	10	+2 	8 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2019–20 season
4 	Modo Hockey 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	13	12	+1 	7 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2019–20 season
5 	Västerviks IK 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	10	18	−8 	4 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2019–20 season
6 	Karlskrona HK 	5 	0	1 	1 	3	9 	23	−14	3 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2019–20 season
===Playoff to the SHL qualifiers===
In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Play Off inför direktkval till SHL), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series. The winning team will advance to the SHL qualifiers.
*Leksands IF - AIK 2:1, 7:2
===SHL qualifiers===
Two teams from the HockeyAllsvenskan and two teams from the SHL played a best-of-seven series, with the winners qualifying for play in the 2019–20 SHL season and the losers qualifying for play in the 2019–20 HockeyAllsvenskan season. The winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals met team 14 from the SHL, while the winner of the playoff to the SHL qualifiers met team 13 from the SHL. Mora IK and Leksands IF faced each other for the third consecutive year.
For the first time since 2013 and for the first time since the current SHL qualifier format was introduced in 2015, both SHL teams (Timrå IK and Mora IK) failed to re-qualify for the SHL and thus were relegated. IK Oskarshamn and Leksands IF qualified for the SHL by winning their respective series. IK Oskarshamn promoted to the top-tier league for the first time in the club's history.
*IK Okarshamn - Timra IK 4:5 2OT, 3:2 OT, 3:4 OT, 5:2, 1:4, 5:4 OT, 3:0
*Leksands IF - Mora IK 5:3, 4:3, 2:5, 2:1, 3:2 OT
==HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers==
Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season will defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan). 
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	HC Vita Hästen (Q) 	10 	7	0 	0 	3	30	21	+9 	21 	Qualify for the 2019–20 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2 	Kristianstads IK (P, Q)	10 	5	2 	1 	2	30	21	+9 	20 	Qualify for the 2019–20 HockeyAllsvenskan season
3 	Almtuna IS (R) 	10 	6	0 	1 	3	38	21	+17	19 	Qualify for the 2019–20 Hockeyettan season
4 	Tranås AIF 	10 	4	1 	0 	5	26	35	−9 	14 	Qualify for the 2019–20 Hockeyettan season
5 	Hudiksvalls HC 	10 	2	2 	1 	5	21	28	−7 	11 	Qualify for the 2019–20 Hockeyettan season
6 	Bodens HF 	10 	1	0 	2 	7	15	34	−19	5 	Qualify for the 2019–20 Hockeyettan season
*Note: Almtuna IS, despite their sporting relegation, were offered and accepted IK Pantern's spot in HockeyAllsvenskan, after Pantern decided 
to withdraw from the league in May 2019 due to that club's financial struggles.
==References==
Category:2018 in ice hockey
Category:2019 in ice hockey