2014–15 Elitserien (bandy) explained

2014–15 Elitserien season
League:	Elitserien
Sport:	Bandy
Duration:	24 October 2014 – 14 March 2015
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	TV4 and TV4 Sport
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Sandvikens AIK
Season Champ Name:	League winners
League Champ Name:	Swedish Champions
Finals:	Final
Finals Link:	List of Swedish bandy champions
Finals Champ:	Västerås SK
Finals Runner-Up:	Sandvikens AIK
Seasonslistnames:	Elitserien
Prevseason Year:	2013–14
Nextseason Year:	2015–16

The 2014–15 Elitserien was the eighth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 24 October 2014, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 14 March 2015.

Summary

At the end of the former season, it looked like the fourteen teams in the league would be the same as last season, because no Allsvenskan team was able to win enough games in the qualification series in March 2014.^[1] ^[2] GAIS was qualified for continued play in Elitserien, but made a decision to withdraw in May 2014.^[3] The Swedish Bandy Association first offered the vacancy to Gripen Trollhättan BK based on the competitive results in the last season, but then this club was deemed not to fulfill the economic demands of a club in Elitserien, so instead the Bandy Association decided that Tillberga IK will fill the place.^[4]
On 17 September 2014, it was announced that the final will be moved from the Friends Arena to the Tele2 Arena.^[5]
On 21 October 2014, it was announced that a third prize game will be introduced from the 2014–15 season.^[6]

Teams

Team	Location	Home stadium
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	Söderhamn	Hällåsen
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	Dina Arena
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
IFK Kungälv	Kungälv	Skarpe Nord
Ljusdals BK	Ljusdal	Ljusdals IP
Kalix BF	Kalix	Kalix IP
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	Göransson Arena
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP
Tillberga IK	Västerås	ABB Arena
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	Sapa Arena
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	Arena Vänersborg
Västerås SK	Västerås	ABB Arena

League table

Knock-out stage

Final

Relegation play-offs

Group B

Notes and References

Web site: Inga nya lag i Elitserien . https://archive.today/20140311015603/http://www.bandysverige.se/article/15092273/inga-nya-lag-i-elitserien . dead . 11 March 2014 . Bandysverige . Swedish . 7 March 2014 . 10 March 2014 .
Web site: Bittert för Gripen . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310224714/http://www.bandysverige.se/article/15093440/bittert-for-gripen . dead . 10 March 2014 . Bandysverige . Swedish . 9 March 2014 . 10 March 2014 .
Web site: Politikerna knäckte elitklubben. Idrottens Affärer. Swedish. 6 May 2014. 8 May 2014.
Web site: Tillberga spelar i Elitserien 2014/15 . . 12 May 2014 . 12 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513012737/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandynyheter/Senastenytt/TillbergaspelariElitserien201415/ . 13 May 2014 .
Web site: Bandyfinalen flyttar till Tele2 Arena . https://archive.today/20141021163639/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandynyheter/Senastenytt/BandyfinalenflyttartillTele2Arena/ . dead . 21 October 2014 . Svenska Bandyförbundet . Erik Jonsson . Swedish . 17 September 2014 . 21 October 2014 .
Web site: Bronsmatch införs under finalhelgen . https://archive.today/20141021162324/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandynyheter/Senastenytt/Bronsmatchinforsunderfinalhelgen/ . dead . 21 October 2014 . Svenska Bandyförbundet . Erik Jonsson . Swedish . 21 October 2014 . 21 October 2014 .