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Swedish Hockey League

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Established
1975 (51 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-15

Current Season
2026-2027

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Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
Sweden

Gender
Male

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19 Sep	FrölundFrölunda HC	1:15pm	Växjö Växjö Lakers
19 Sep	HV71HV71	1:15pm	Malmö RMalmö Redhawks
19 Sep	LinköpiLinköpings HC	1:15pm	Timrå ITimrå IK
19 Sep	FärjestFärjestad BK	4:00pm	Örebro Örebro HK
19 Sep	Luleå HLuleå HF	4:00pm	Rögle BRögle BK
19 Sep	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK	4:00pm	Brynäs Brynäs IF
19 Sep	DjurgårDjurgårdens IF	4:00pm	IF BjörIF Björklöven
22 Sep	Rögle BRögle BK	5:00pm	DjurgårDjurgårdens IF
22 Sep	Växjö Växjö Lakers	5:00pm	Malmö RMalmö Redhawks
22 Sep	LinköpiLinköpings HC	5:00pm	Brynäs Brynäs IF
Results
02 May	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK	7 - 3	Rögle BRögle BK
30 Apr	Rögle BRögle BK	2 - 3	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK
28 Apr	Rögle BRögle BK	2 - 1	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK
25 Apr	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK	5 - 1	Rögle BRögle BK
23 Apr	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK	4 - 1	Rögle BRögle BK
16 Apr	Växjö Växjö Lakers	2 - 3	Rögle BRögle BK
15 Apr	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK	2 - 1	Luleå HLuleå HF
14 Apr	Rögle BRögle BK	4 - 1	Växjö Växjö Lakers
13 Apr	Luleå HLuleå HF	3 - 2	SkelleftSkellefteå AIK
12 Apr	Rögle BRögle BK	2 - 4	Växjö Växjö Lakers

Description

The SHL (or Swedish Hockey League, Swedish: Svenska hockeyligan) is a Swedish ice hockey league, and the highest division of the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 12 teams, though an expansion to 14 teams is planned for the 2015–16 season. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned though various formats since 1922, the title, as well as the Le Mat Trophy, have been awarded to the winner of the SHL playoffs since the league's inaugural 1975–76 season.

As of 2010–11, the SHL was the world's most evenly matched professional ice hockey league. During the 2011–12 season, the SHL was the most well attended hockey league in Europe, averaging 6,385 spectators per match, however in 2013–14, the SHL was third best in Europe, with an attendance average of 5,978.

The league was founded in 1975 as Elitserien (in English often called 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.


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Teams

Brynäs IF		Djurgårdens IF		Färjestad BK
Frölunda HC		HV71		Leksands IF
Linköpings HC		Luleå HF		Malmö Redhawks
Örebro HK		Rögle BK		Skellefteå AIK
Timrå IK		Växjö Lakers

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Last 5 winners
Luleå HF (2025)
Skellefteå AIK (2024)
Växjö Lakers (2023)
Färjestad BK (2022)
Växjö Lakers (2021)

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