Hockeyettan


 * Not to be confused with Swedish Division I, which was the top-tier league in Sweden from 1944–1975.

The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 56 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. From 1944–45 to 1974–75, Division I was the formal, official name of the actual first division, just as the name implies. Unofficially the series was also called "Allsvenskan" (the All Swedish league), When the then-named Elitserien was inaugurated as a new top division from 1975–76, Division 1 became the name of the second level. In 1999/2000 the Allsvenskan was inaugurated as a new second division, and thus, Division 1 became the third level.

At present there are six geographically constituted leagues: Division 1 A, B, C, D, E and F. At mid-season the top four teams in each league form three new leagues called Allettan Norra (North), Mellan (Middle) and Södra (South). The word "Allettan" is a paraphrase of the older typical first league name "Allsvenskan", which means "the All Swedish (league)". The word "etta" means (number) one, referring to the division being Division 1.

While these teams play the Allettan leagues, the remaining teams in each original Division 1 league play a continuation league for their respective division, more known as a Spring league. The two last teams in each league play a qualification league with Division 2 teams to qualify for the next Division 1 season.

The four best teams in the Allettan leagues, and the winners of the continued Division 1 leagues, play three Play Off rounds to battle for four spots in the Kvalserien qualification league for the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The three winners of the Allettan leagues, and the best one of the second-placed Allettan teams, go directly to Play Off 3 – the final playoff series before reaching Kvalserien – while the remaining second-placed Allettan teams go directly to Play Off 2. The third and fourth placed Allettan teams start out playing Play Off 1, facing the winners of the Spring leagues. The teams from the northern Allettan face the winners of the northern leagues A and B, the teams from the middle Allettan the winners from C and D, and the teams from the southern league the winners of E and F. The six winning teams from Play Off 1 are ranked after their league positions, points and goal difference, and the two top-ranked of them together with the two worst second-placed Allettan teams face the four other Play Off 1 winners in Play Off 2. The automatically qualified teams for Play Off 3 face the winners in Play Off 2.

There is no system that picks out the specific opponents for the Play Off 2 and Play Off 3 teams; they are picked out by drawing of lots. Each Play Off series is a best-of-three series, where the teams that win two games advance to the next Play Off round. In each Play Off series, the better-ranked team gets home advantage (two home games). For the better-ranked teams, the first game is played on the road, the second at home and a possible third game at home. The four Play Off 3 winners and the two last teams in HockeyAllsvenskan play the qualification league, Kvalserien, for the next season of HockeyAllsvenskan.

Participating teams
As of the 2012–13 season.