2008 Kvalserien

The 2008 Kvalserien was played between 19 March and 10 April 2008. The top two ranked teams, which were Brynäs and Rögle, qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season.

This year's Kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitement went on until the end, when 4 out of 6 teams all had 16 points before the final round and had the chance to qualify for the 2008–09 Elitserien season. In the final round, Rögle beat former Elitserien club Mora at home 3–2 and Brynäs beat Västerås away 7–0, which made Brynäs win the group, followed by Rögle. Before the qualification began, no one believed Rögle could qualify, but they surprised everyone and qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season, despite finishing only third in HockeyAllsvenskan. Brynäs finished last in the 2007–08 Elitserien season, but succeeded to win the qualification and thus managed to stay in the highest division. Rögle's game-winning goal against Mora in the final round was scored with 26 seconds left of regulation time.

Leksand were a big disappointment for everyone; they were one of the favourites to have a possibility to qualify, but failed. Even Malmö were one of the favourites, having 15 points after the first six rounds and topping the Kvalserien at that time, but the team only managed two more points in the last four games.

Västerås was by far the worst team in the qualification. They were the 5th team in HockeyAllsvenskan and qualified for the qualification in a kind-of-playoff series between the teams from 4 to 7 in HockeyAllsvenskan to compete for the last spot in the qualification rounds for Elitserien. Västerås' only win in the 2008 Kvalserien came against Malmö.

Standings

#	Teams	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Brynäs IF (Q)	10	6	3	1	0	0	40	23	+17	19
2	Rögle BK (Q)	10	6	3	1	0	0	39	35	+5	19
3	Malmö Redhawks	10	5	3	1	0	1	35	30	+5	17
4	Mora IK	10	5	4	1	0	0	26	26	0	16
5	Leksands IF	10	4	5	0	1	0	34	30	+4	14
6	Västerås HK	10	1	9	0	0	0	15	46	−31	3

Q = Qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season

Game log

2008 Kvalserien game log

March

Round	Date	Home	Visitor	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	Wednesday, March 19	Brynäs IF	VIK Västerås HK	4–2	Läkerol Arena	5,360
		Malmö Redhawks	Leksands IF	3–0	Malmö Isstadion	5,388
		Mora IK	Rögle BK	2–1	FM Mattsson Arena	3,871
2	Friday, March 21	Rögle BK	Malmö Redhawks	5–3	Ängelholms Ishall	4,185
		Leksands IF	Brynäs IF	2–3	Ejendals Arena	7,650
		VIK Västerås HK	Mora IK	1–3	ABB Arena	5,035
3	Sunday, March 23	Brynäs IF	Rögle BK	6–1	Läkerol Arena	6,116
	Sunday, March 23	IF Malmö Redhawks	Mora IK	4–1	Malmö Isstadion	3,924
	Monday, March 24	Leksands IF	Västerås IK	9–1	Ejendals Arena	7,427
4	Thursday, March 27	Mora IK	Brynäs IF	2–2	FM Mattsson Arena	4,112
		Rögle BK	Leksands IF	2–5	Ängelholms Ishall	4,184
		VIK Västerås HK	IF Malmö Redhawks	1–2	ABB Arena	2,791
5	Saturday, March 29	Brynäs IF	IF Malmö Redhawks	2–3	Läkerol Arena	6,293
		Rögle BK	VIK Västerås HK	7–4	Ängelholms Ishall	2,258
		Leksands IF	Mora IK	2–0	Ejendals Arena	7,650

April

Round	Date	Home	Visitor	Result	Venue	Attendance
6	Tuesday, April 1	IF Malmö Redhawks	Brynäs IF	7–5	Malmö Isstadion	5,673
		Mora IK	Leksands IF	4–3	FM Mattsson Arena	4,500
		VIK Västerås HK	Rögle BK	2–4	ABB Arena	1,532
7	Friday, April 4	Brynäs IF	Mora IK	6–2	Läkerol Arena	6,704
		IF Malmö Redhawks	VIK Västerås HK	1–2	Malmö Isstadion	4,837
		Leksands IF	Rögle BK	4–8	Ejendals Arena	7,650
8	Sunday, April 6	Mora IK	IF Malmö Redhawks	5–4	FM Mattsson Arena	3,478
		Rögle BK	Brynäs IF	4–2	Ängelholms Ishall	4,600
		VIK Västerås HK	Leksands IF	2–4	ABB Arena	4,918
9	Tuesday, April 8	Brynäs IF	Leksands IF	3–0	Läkerol Arena	8,214
		IF Malmö Redhawks	Rögle BK	4–4	Malmö Isstadion	5,800
		Mora IK	VIK Västerås HK	5–0	FM Mattsson Arena	4,111
10	Thursday, April 10	Rögle BK	Mora IK	3–2	Ängelholms Ishall	4,600
		Leksands IF	IF Malmö Redhawks	5–4 (OT)	Ejendals Arena	6,198
		VIK Västerås HK	Brynäs IF	0–7	ABB Arena	5,103

External links

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