1979–80 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1979–80 Division 1 season
League	Division 1
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	40
Promoted from Division 1	Södertälje SK to Elitserien
Relegated to Division 2	CRIF Östersunds IK IK Viking Fagersta AIK Åkers IF Linköpings HC Tibro IK Halmstads HK
Division 1 seasons
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979-80 was the fifth season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1980–81 season.

Regular season

Northern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Timrå IK	27	23	3	1	194	94	49
2.	Kiruna AIF	27	19	3	5	149	66	41
3.	Luleå HF	27	20	1	6	162	99	41
4.	IFK Kiruna	27	12	3	12	148	158	27
5.	Bodens BK	27	9	4	14	119	126	22
6.	Piteå IF	27	7	5	15	129	151	19
7.	Järveds IF	27	9	1	17	124	181	19
8.	Kågedalens AIF	27	6	6	15	105	136	18
9.	CRIF	27	8	2	17	97	154	18
10.	Östersunds IK	27	6	4	17	104	164	16

Eastern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Örebro IK	36	30	2	4	304	153	62
2.	Södertälje SK	36	25	4	7	235	139	54
3.	Hammarby IF	36	22	5	9	187	117	49
4.	Västerås IK	36	18	7	11	162	146	43
5.	Almtuna IS	36	18	3	15	160	139	39
6.	Huddinge IK	36	15	6	15	161	167	36
7.	Väsby IK	36	14	4	18	171	171	32
8.	NSA-76	36	10	7	19	125	155	27
9.	Åkers IF	36	4	3	29	96	246	11
10.	Linköpings HC	36	2	3	31	120	288	7

Southern Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	IFK Bäcken	27	19	4	4	160	95	42
2.	Karlskrona IK	27	16	4	7	119	97	36
3.	IF Troja	27	17	0	10	145	114	34
4.	Nybro IF	27	15	3	9	117	88	33
5.	Mörrums GoIS	27	11	3	13	117	130	25
6.	Tingsryds AIF	27	10	4	13	108	116	24
7.	Malmö IF	27	9	5	13	122	129	23
8.	Gislaveds SK	27	10	1	16	131	134	21
9.	Tibro IK	27	7	5	15	100	151	19
10.	Halmstads HK	27	4	5	18	94	159	13

Western Group

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Mora IK	27	24	0	3	234	73	48
2.	Bofors IK	27	20	2	5	190	99	42
3.	Strömsbro IF	27	16	4	7	157	130	36
4.	IK Rommehed	27	15	3	9	149	119	33
5.	Malungs IF	27	13	1	13	115	108	27
6.	Falu IF	27	12	3	12	115	126	27
7.	Avesta BK	27	9	3	15	113	160	21
8.	Hofors IK	27	9	2	16	98	152	20
9.	IK Viking	27	4	1	22	63	182	9
10.	Fagersta AIK	27	2	3	22	74	159	7

Playoffs

North/East

First round

• Timrå IK - Hammarby IF 1:2 (4:0, 2:4, 3:4)
• Kiruna AIF - Västerås IK 2:1 (13:3, 1:6, 4:1)
• Örebro IK - Luleå HF 0:2 (2:4, 5:6)
• Södertälje SK - IFK Kiruna 2:0 (12:4, 16:4)

Second round

• Södertälje SK - Hammarby IF 2:1 (5:8, 3:1, 4:2)
• Luleå HF - Kiruna AIF 2:1 (5:1, 2:3, 4:2)

South/West

First round

• Mora IK - Nybro IF 2:0 (2:1, 8:1)
• Bofors IK - IF Troja 2:1 (6:4, 2:7, 11:2)
• IFK Bäcken - IK Rommehed 0:2 (4:5, 4:5 OT)
• Karlskrona IK - Strömsbro IF 2:1 (9:4, 3:9, 6:4)

Second round

• Mora IK - Karlskrona IK 2:1 (4:1, 0:7, 6:0)
• Bofors IK - IK Rommehed 2:1 (3:4, 4:3, 4:3)

Elitserien promotion

Main article: 1980 Kvalserien

External links

• Historical Division 1 statistics on Svenskhockey.com

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