2008–09 Elitserien (men's handball)

Elitserien
2008–09
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Alingsås HK (1st title)
Runner-up	IF Guif
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Elitserien was the 75th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–12 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13–14 were relegated automatically. IK Sävehof won the regular season, but Alingsås HK won the playoffs and claimed their first Swedish title.^[1]^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	IK Sävehof	26	18	4	4	791	675	116	40
2	Alingsås HK	26	16	4	6	740	680	60	36
3	IF Guif	26	17	1	8	793	708	85	35
4	Ystads IF	26	15	2	9	782	726	56	32
5	Hammarby IF	26	14	3	9	795	719	76	31
6	Redbergslids IK	26	14	3	9	767	754	13	31
7	Lugi HF	26	14	1	11	711	703	8	29
8	LIF Lindesberg	26	12	4	10	735	725	10	28
9	IFK Skövde	26	12	1	13	772	735	37	25
10	H 43 Lund	26	11	2	13	705	717	−12	24
11	HK Drott	26	9	1	16	706	741	−35	19
12	IFK Trelleborg	26	7	1	18	700	793	−93	15
13	IFK Ystad	26	5	0	21	673	844	−171	10
14	IFK Tumba	26	4	1	21	673	823	−150	9

Playoffs bracket

^[3]^[4]^[5]

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

2	Alingsås HK	25	22	29	23	38

8	LIF Lindesberg	24	26	26	25	22
							2	Alingsås HK	27	19	30	22	35

							5	Hammarby IF	22	30	29	27	26
4	Ystads IF	34	27	30	29

5	Hammarby IF	36*	33	23	32
														2	Alingsås HK	29

														3	IF Guif	26
1	IK Sävehof	30	29	27

6	Redbergslids IK	20	26	23
							1	IK Sävehof	35	26	28	22	20

							3	IF Guif	25	30	26	28	22
3	IF Guif	31	30	26	35

7	Lugi HF	33	25	25	22

An asterisk (*) denotes result after extra time

Attendance

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Team	Attendance
Eskilstuna Guif	1975
Lugi HF	1940
IFK Skövde HK	1832
Ystads IF HF	1714
LIF Lindesberg	1554
H 43 Lund	1313
IK Sävehof	1271
HK Drott Halmstad	1053
Alingsås HK	1039
IFK Ystad HK	1027
Hammarby IF	947
Redbergslids IK	744
IFK Trelleborg	701
IFK Tumba	539

References

^ "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien Elitserien". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ Handbollboken 2009 (The handball book 2009). Swedish Handball Federation. 2009.
^ "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien kvartsfinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien semifinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien SM-final". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ "Bytte kronofogden mot en orange publiksuccé". Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[ES-1] "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien Elitserien". Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[bok-2] Handbollboken 2009 (The handball book 2009). Swedish Handball Federation. 2009.

[QF-3] "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien kvartsfinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[SF-4] "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien semifinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[F-5] "Handboll 2008/2009 Elitserien SM-final". Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[publik-6] "Bytte kronofogden mot en orange publiksuccé". Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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