Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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| 01/06 14:15 | - |
Timra IK vs Orebro HK
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| 01/06 14:15 | - |
IF Malmo Redhawks vs Farjestad BK
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| 01/06 14:15 | - |
Linkoping HC vs Frolunda HC
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| 01/06 17:00 | - |
Brynas IF vs Vaxjo Lakers HC
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| 01/06 17:00 | - |
Lulea HF vs HV71
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| 01/06 17:00 | - |
Djurgardens IF vs Rogle BK
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| 01/06 17:00 | - |
Leksands IF vs Skelleftea AIK
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| 01/08 18:00 | - |
Vaxjo Lakers HC vs Farjestad BK
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| 01/08 18:00 | - |
Leksands IF vs Linkoping HC
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| 01/08 18:00 | - |
Skelleftea AIK vs HV71
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| 01/08 18:00 | - |
Timra IK vs Rogle BK
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| 01/08 18:00 | - |
Djurgardens IF vs Orebro HK
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/03 17:00 | - |
[11] Brynas IF vs Lulea HF
[8]
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4-2 |
| 01/03 17:00 | - |
[5] IF Malmo Redhawks vs Linkoping HC
[10]
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5-0 |
| 01/03 17:00 | - |
[9] Timra IK vs Djurgardens IF
[7]
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2-3 |
| 01/03 14:15 | - |
[6] Farjestad BK vs Skelleftea AIK
[2]
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2-6 |
| 01/03 14:15 | - |
[12] Orebro HK vs Rogle BK
[3]
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3-4 |
| 01/03 14:15 | - |
[14] Leksands IF vs HV71
[13]
|
5-4 |
| 01/03 14:15 | - |
[4] Vaxjo Lakers HC vs Frolunda HC
[1]
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2-3 |
| 12/30 18:00 | - |
[9] Timra IK vs Leksands IF
[14]
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5-4 |
| 12/30 18:00 | - |
[13] HV71 vs IF Malmo Redhawks
[5]
|
2-3 |
| 12/30 18:00 | - |
[7] Djurgardens IF vs Lulea HF
[8]
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3-4 |
| 12/30 18:00 | - |
[12] Linkoping HC vs Orebro HK
[11]
|
4-3 |
| 12/30 18:00 | - |
[2] Skelleftea AIK vs Brynas IF
[10]
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3-1 |
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Modo Hockey
Karlskrona HK
Mora IK
AIK
VIK Västerås HK
HC Vita Hasten
Wikipedia - Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; Swedish: Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1922, the title and the Le Mat Trophy have been awarded to the winner of the SHL playoffs since the league's inaugural 1975–76 season.
The league was founded in 1975 as the Elitserien (known in English as the Swedish Elite League or SEL), and initially featured 10 teams, though this was expanded to 12 for the 1987–88 season. The league was renamed the SHL in 2013, and in 2014, a number of format changes were announced, including an expansion to 14 teams to be finalized prior to the 2015–16 season, and a new format for promotion from and relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-tier league.
Teams from the SHL participate in the IIHF's annual Champions Hockey League (CHL), competing for the European Trophy. Participation is based on the strength of the various leagues in Europe, which excludes the European/Asian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Going into the 2022–23 CHL season, the SHL was ranked the No. 1 league in Europe, allowing them to send their top five teams to compete in the CHL.
In 2025, for the 13th consecutive year, The Hockey Writers ranked the SHL the third strongest professional hockey league in the world, behind the second ranked KHL and the top ranked National Hockey League (NHL).
History
The Swedish Ice Hockey Championship was awarded for the first time in 1922, only two years after ice hockey was introduced in Sweden by the American film director Raoul Le Mat. At this point, the Swedish Championships were held as a separate tournament. It was not until the 1952–53 season that the championship was awarded to the winner of the top-tier hockey league, which at the time was Division I.
Expansion
The inaugural Elitserien season began on 5 October 1975, with the league consisting of 10 teams, each playing one another four times—two at home and two on the road—for a total of 36 games. There has been extensive discussion about the number of teams in the SHL. The league had 12 teams for over 20 years since an expansion from 10 teams in 1987, however, there was general agreement among hockey experts that the league needed to be expanded by at least two more teams. They meant that, apart from just the economic situation for some of the clubs, the competition from HockeyAllsvenskan had shown that more teams were needed in the top-tier league SHL. On 13 March 2014, the SHL and HockeyAllsvenskan announced that the SHL would be expanded to 14 teams, starting in the 2015–16 season. To make this change happen, at least two HockeyAllsvenskan teams would be promoted to the SHL in the 2014–15 season.
European-level play
In 2009, Håkan Loob, the general manager of Färjestad BK, sent a letter to Alexander Medvedev, the owner and president of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League, on behalf of five SHL teams – Färjestad, Frölunda, Djurgården, Linköping and HV71 – that were reportedly "interested in discussing the future of European hockey". It was believed that these five teams had intended to leave the SHL league after the 2009–10 season; they terminated their shareholders' agreements with Hockeyligan, the name at that time for the SHL's interest organisation. The teams also formed an interest group to investigate the possibility of forming a continental hockey league spanning several European countries. These plans were abandoned in November 2011, however, with Frölunda's chairman expressing hopes for the future of the European Trophy (which was disbanded with the formation of the Champions Hockey League in 2013).
Renaming
On 17 June 2013, the league was renamed "Svenska hockeyligan", since this would allow for an easy English translation ("Swedish Hockey League") and a common acronym in the two languages ("SHL"), all of which was considered to be a better brand identity for investment. In 2016, NordicBet became the title sponsor of the league.