 The top 2 teams qualified directly for promotion to Allsvenskan, the third played a play-off against the fourteenth from Allsvenskan to decide who qualified to play in Allsvenskan 2011.The bottom 2 teams qualified directly for relegation to Division 1, the thirteenth and the fourteenth played a play-off against the numbers two from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who qualified to play in Superettan 2011.The 13th and 14th placed teams in the 2010 Superettan, Jönköpings Södra and Öster, plays against the runners up from the 2010 Division 1, Sirius and Qviding.