Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till SHL, was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men. It was replaced by a playoff round in the 2014–15 season. Teams Kvalserien was formed after the regular seasons of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien) and the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan had been played. The two worst ranked teams in the SHL and the best four teams in HockeyAllsvenskan formed the league together with the winner of a six-round round-robin tournament between the teams ranked 4–7 from HockeyAllsvenskan. The six Kvalserien teams played each other twice, once at home ice and once on the road, giving 10 games per team and a total of 30 games. The two teams finishing first and second were promoted to the SHL the next season, while the remaining four teams played in HockeyAllsvenskan the next season. Winners 1975 - Djurgårdens IF, Södertälje SK 1976 - IF Björklöven, Örebro IK 1977 - Djurgårdens IF, Timrå IK 1978 - Örebro IK, IF Björklöven 1979 - IF Björklöven, HV71 1980 - Skellefteå AIK, Södertälje SK 1981 - Leksands IF, Timrå IK 1982 - Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF 1983 - Modo AIK 1984 - Hammarby IF 1985 - HV71 1986 - Modo AIK 1987 - Modo AIK, Väsby IK 1988 - IK VIK Hockey 1989 - Västra Frölunda HC 1990 - Modo Hockey 1991 - Västra Frölunda HC 1992 - Leksands IF 1993 - IF Björklöven 1994 - AIK 1995 - Rögle BK 1996 - Brynäs IF 1997 - Södertälje SK, VIK Västerås HK 1998 - AIK, IF Björklöven 1999 - Linköpings HC, VIK Västerås HK 2000 - Timrå IK, IF Björklöven 2001 - Södertälje SK, Linköpings HC 2002 - Timrå IK, Leksands IF 2003 - Linköpings HC, Brynäs IF 2004 - MIF Redhawks, Mora IK 2005 - Leksands IF, Brynäs IF 2006 - IF Malmö Redhawks, Skellefteå AIK 2007 - Skellefteå AIK, Södertälje SK 2008 - Brynäs IF, Rögle BK 2009 - Södertälje SK, Rögle BK 2010 - Södertälje SK, AIK 2011 - Växjö Lakers, Modo Hockey 2012 - Timrå IK, Rögle BK 2013 - Örebro HK, Leksands IF 2014 - Örebro HK, Djurgårdens IF Previous seasons 2000 season IF Björklöven and Timrå IK returned to Elitserien after respectively one and eighteen seasons in lesser divisions. VIK