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Elitserien

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Sports League information
Current season2009 � 10 Elitserien season
SportIce hockey
Founded1975
No. of teams12
CountrySweden
Most recent championHV71
TV partnerTV4 Group

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Elitserien, or the Swedish Elite League (SEL), as it is often unofficially called in English, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, and is ranked by the IIHF as the fourth best league in Europe after the Russian Kontinental Hockey League, the Finnish SM-liiga, and the Czech Extraliga.

The first season under the name Elitserien was played in 1975 � 76. The Swedish ice hockey championships have been played in various forms since 1922.

Swedes constitute a large majority of the players in Elitserien, approximately 70% during the 2006 � 07 season. According to the Swedish Ice Hockey Association there were 99 foreign players in the teams' rosters, and a total of 127 foreigners registered with the twelve Elitserien teams at the start of the 2006 � 07 season.

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2009 � 10 season :
Team City Arena Capacity
Brynäs IF Gävle Läkerol Arena 8,265
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Scandinavium 12,044
Färjestads BK Karlstad Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,250
HV71 Jönköping Kinnarps Arena 7,038
Linköpings HC Linköping Cloetta Center 8,500
Luleå HF Luleå Coop Arena 6,000
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600
Rögle BK Ängelholm Lindab Arena 5,040
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena 6,001
Södertälje SK Södertälje AXA Sports Center 7,250
Timrå IK Timrå E.ON Arena 6,000

Top-level ice hockey leagues of Europe

InternationalKontinental Hockey League * Belarusian Extraleague * Erste Bank Eishockey Liga * MOL Liga * Slohokej Liga
NationalBelgium * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Croatia * Czech Republic * Denmark * Estonia * Finland * France * Greece * Germany * Hungary * Iceland * Italy * Ireland * Kazakhstan * Latvia * Lithuania * Netherlands * Norway * Poland * Romania * Serbia * Slovakia * Slovenia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * Turkey * Ukraine * United Kingdom
Related TopicsInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) * Champions Hockey League * Victoria Cup * IIHF Continental Cup * IIHF European Champions Cup * Hockey Europe * Spengler Cup * IIHF Super Cup * United Hockey Europe * European Trophy * List of KHL vs NHL games
Defunct LeaguesSoviet Union * Russia * Czechoslovakia * Yugoslavia * Alpenliga * Six Nations Tournament * Interliga * Panonian League * Eastern European



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