1990–91 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1990-91 was the 16th 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. The teams were given zero to seven bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams from each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The last-place 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 10 teams in the Allsvenskan - in addition to the eight participants from Division 1, the two last place teams from the Elitserien also participated - the top two teams qualified directly for the Allsvenskan final, from which the winner was promoted directly to the Elitserien. The second place team qualified for the Kvalserien, which offered another opportunity to be promoted. The third and fourth place teams in the Allsvenskan qualified for the third round of the playoffs, while teams that finished fifth through eighth played in the second round. The three 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. 	IF Björklöven 	18	16	1	1 	94 	33 	33
2. 	Skellefteå AIK 	18	14	3	1 	82 	38 	31
3. 	IF Sundsvall/Timrå IK	18	13	0	5 	104	68 	26
4. 	Bodens IK 	18	8 	2	8 	86 	77 	18
5. 	Kiruna IF 	18	8 	1	9 	71 	76 	17
6. 	IF Tunadal 	18	6 	4	8 	78 	78 	16
7. 	Husums IF 	18	6 	1	11	60 	76 	13
8. 	Lejonströms SK 	18	6 	0	12	66 	104	12
9. 	Piteå HC 	18	4 	2	12	65 	85 	10
10.	Sollefteå HK 	18	2 	0	16	46 	117	4
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Bodens IK 	14	10	2	2 	69	44	28(6)
2.	IF Sundsvall/Timrå IK	14	8 	3	3 	66	46	26(7)
3.	Kiruna IF 	14	7 	3	4 	74	61	22(5)
4.	IF Tunadal 	14	6 	1	7 	57	69	17(4)
5.	Piteå HC 	14	5 	5	4 	57	56	16(1)
6.	Husums IF 	14	5 	2	7 	51	46	15(3)
7.	Lejonströms SK 	14	5 	2	7 	58	57	14(2)
8.	Sollefteå HK 	14	1 	0	13	35	88	2(0)
 
=== Western Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	IK Vita Hästen 	18	17	0	1 	109	37 	34
2. 	Mora IK 	18	13	2	3 	103	43 	28
3. 	Örebro IK 	18	11	1	6 	83 	45 	23
4. 	Grums IK 	18	8 	2	8 	75 	80 	18
5. 	IK Westmannia Köping	18	7 	3	8 	71 	74 	17
6. 	Strömsbro/Gävle 	18	6 	4	8 	71 	60 	16
7. 	IK Tälje 	18	7 	2	9 	63 	75 	16
8. 	Arvika HC 	18	6 	4	8 	63 	85 	16
9. 	Falu IF 	18	3 	1	14	47 	119	7
10.	Avesta BK 	18	1 	3	14	41 	108	5
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Örebro IK 	14	12	0	2 	78	32 	31(7)
2.	Arvika HC 	14	9 	1	4 	60	48 	21(2)
3.	IK Westmannia Köping	14	7 	1	6 	63	41 	20(5)
4.	Grums IK 	14	6 	1	7 	66	59 	19(6)
5.	IK Tälje 	14	7 	1	6 	72	61 	18(3)
6.	Strömsbro/Gävle 	14	6 	1	7 	60	65 	17(4)
7.	Avesta BK 	14	3 	2	9 	42	82 	8(0)
8.	Falu IF 	14	2 	1	11	50	103	6(1)
 
=== Eastern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Huddinge IK 	18	16	2	0 	100	33 	34
2. 	R/A 73 HC 	18	13	1	4 	77 	50 	27
3. 	Väsby IK 	18	11	3	4 	101	49 	25
4. 	Hammarby IF 	18	8 	4	6 	67 	48 	20
5. 	Uppsala AIS 	18	8 	1	9 	75 	83 	17
6. 	Danderyd 	18	5 	5	8 	60 	64 	15
7. 	IFK Lidingö 	18	5 	3	10	64 	85 	13
8. 	IFK Tumba 	18	5 	2	11	54 	107	12
9. 	Nacka HK 	18	4 	2	12	47 	69 	10
10.	Östersunds IK	18	3 	1	14	44 	101	7
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Väsby IK 	14	12	1	1 	62	28	32(7)
2.	Uppsala AIS 	14	8 	4	2 	64	39	25(5)
3.	Hammarby IF 	14	7 	3	4 	63	37	23(6)
4.	Danderyd 	14	7 	3	4 	57	37	21(4)
5.	Nacka HK 	14	4 	1	9 	37	50	10(1)
6.	IFK Tumba 	14	3 	2	9 	34	66	10(2)
7.	IFK Lidingö 	14	3 	1	10	43	78	10(3)
8.	Östersunds IK	14	4 	1	9 	31	56	9(0)
 
=== Southern Group ===
==== First round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Boro HC 	18	12	5	1 	106	65 	29
2. 	Mölndals IF 	18	11	5	2 	97 	59 	27
3. 	Rögle BK 	18	11	2	5 	100	48 	24
4. 	Tyringe SoSS 	18	11	2	5 	89 	65 	24
5. 	IF Troja-Ljungby	18	9 	3	6 	84 	69 	21
6. 	Mörrums GoIS 	18	6 	4	8 	71 	69 	16
7. 	Hanhals HF 	18	6 	2	10	72 	84 	14
8. 	Karlskrona IK 	18	4 	4	10	74 	112	12
9. 	Linköpings HC 	18	4 	0	14	53 	121	8
10.	Osby IK 	18	2 	1	15	66 	120	5
 
==== Qualification round ==== 
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	Rögle BK 	14	12	1	1 	89	37	32(7)
2.	IF Troja-Ljungby	14	11	1	2 	66	37	28(5)
3.	Tyringe SoSS 	14	8 	2	4 	63	45	24(6)
4.	Mörrums GoIS 	14	7 	1	6 	58	54	19(4)
5.	Linköpings HC 	14	5 	1	8 	48	82	12(1)
6.	Hanhals HF 	14	3 	2	9 	50	63	11(3)
7.	Karlskrona IK 	14	3 	1	10	50	70	9(2)
8.	Osby IK 	14	2 	1	11	36	72	5(0)
 
== Allsvenskan ==
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA 	Pts
1. 	Västra Frölunda HC	18	13	2	3 	82	51 	28
2. 	Leksands IF 	18	10	6	2 	67	44 	26
3. 	Huddinge IK 	18	10	3	5 	78	64 	23
4. 	IF Björklöven 	18	9 	3	6 	66	50 	21
5. 	Mora IK 	18	8 	3	7 	80	50 	19
6. 	IK Vita Hästen 	18	7 	4	7 	59	64 	18
7. 	Mölndals IF 	18	7 	3	8 	60	67 	17
8. 	Boro HC 	18	4 	4	10	49	66 	12
9. 	Skellefteå HC 	18	2 	7	9 	44	57 	11
10.	R/A 73 HC 	18	2 	1	15	52	114	5
=== Final ===
* Västra Frölunda HC - Leksands IF 1:3 (3:6, 1:2, 8:2, 1:5)
== Playoffs ==
=== First round ===
* Bodens IK - Uppsala AIS 2:0 (6:5 OT, 6:5)
* Väsby IK - Sundsvall IF/Timrå IK 2:0 (3:2, 2:0)
* Rögle BK - Arvika HC 2:0 (6:2, 7:2)
* IF Troja-Ljungby - Örebro IK 2:0 (4:3 OT, 4:3 OT)
=== Second round ===
* Mora IK - Rögle BK 0:2 (3:5, 1:7)
* IK Vita Hästen - Bodens IK 2:1 (7:0, 4:5 OT, 2:1)
* Mölndals IF - Väsby IK 2:0 (7:4, 4:1)
* Boro HC - IF Troja-Ljungby 2:1 (2:3 OT, 4:3 OT, 5:2)
=== Third round ===
* Huddinge IK - Boro HC 0:2 (2:3 OT, 2:5)
* IF Björklöven - Mölndals IF 0:2 (2:5, 2:3)
* Rögle BK - IK Vita Hästen 2:1 (2:1 OT, 3:4 OT, 5:1)
== Elitserien promotion ==
== External links ==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
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