The 2017–18 Elitserien is the eleventh season of the present highest

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men's

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

top division,

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmin ...

. The regular season begins in late-October 2017.

Teams

Teams 1–10 from the regular 2016–17 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen. Three teams from the 2016–2017 season which played the qualification games (

IK Tellus IK Tellus is a Swedish sports club, having teams in football, bandy and handball. The club is located in Tellusborg, Stockholm. Background Tellusborgs IF was formed on 11 April 1921 and brought together several disparate groups of youngsters in ...

, Kalix BF och TB Västerås) managed to stay in the Elitserien, while

Gripen Trollhättan BK Gripen Trollhättan BK is a bandy club in Trollhättan, Sweden, formed in 1936. The club was named Gripens BK 1936–1988. The men's team played in the Swedish first division the seasons 1973–74, 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2004–05. The 2006–0 ...

was relegated to second-tier

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

and replaced by

IFK Motala IFK Motala is a sports club in Motala, Sweden, founded in 1932 and practicing bandy and soccer. IFK Motala's bandy team currently plays in Elitserien, and home games are played at the Motala Isstadion Motala () is a locality and the seat of Mota ...

."Klart: IFK Motala till Elitserien".
Läst 12 mars 2017. * – indoor arena

League table

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Sandvikens AIK vs IFK Vänersborg

Hammarby IF vs Vetlanda BK

Edsbyns IF vs Bollnäs GIF

Västerås SK vs Villa Lidköping BK

Semi-finals

Sandvikens AIK vs Hammarby IF

Edsbyns IF vs Villa Lidköping BK

Final

Relegation playoffs

References

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Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...