Name
Swedish Hockey League

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Established
1975 (48 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-15

Current Season
2022-2023

API Football ID
47

Sport
Ice Hockey

Location
Sweden

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
SHL

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Latest Results
24 Apr 23 Växjö Lakers 3 - 0  Skellefteå AIK
22 Apr 23 Skellefteå AIK 1 - 4  Växjö Lakers
20 Apr 23 Växjö Lakers 2 - 3  Skellefteå AIK
17 Apr 23 Skellefteå AIK 0 - 1  Växjö Lakers
15 Apr 23 Växjö Lakers 3 - 2  Skellefteå AIK
11 Apr 23 Örebro HK 0 - 1  Skellefteå AIK
10 Apr 23 Frölunda HC 1 - 2  Växjö Lakers
09 Apr 23 Skellefteå AIK 3 - 2  Örebro HK
08 Apr 23 Växjö Lakers 3 - 2  Frölunda HC
07 Apr 23 Örebro HK 0 - 1  Skellefteå AIK

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The SHL (or Swedish Hockey League, Swedish: Svenska hockeyligan) is a Swedish ice hockey league, and the highest division of the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 12 teams, though an expansion to 14 teams is planned for the 2015–16 season. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned though various formats since 1922, the title, as well as the Le Mat Trophy, have been awarded to the winner of the SHL playoffs since the league's inaugural 1975–76 season.

As of 2010–11, the SHL was the world's most evenly matched professional ice hockey league. During the 2011–12 season, the SHL was the most well attended hockey league in Europe, averaging 6,385 spectators per match, however in 2013–14, the SHL was third best in Europe, with an attendance average of 5,978.

The league was founded in 1975 as Elitserien (in English often called the Swedish Elite League or SEL), and initially featured 10 teams, though this was expanded to 12 for the 1987–88 season. The league was renamed the SHL in 2013, and in 2014, a number of format changes were announced, including an expansion to 14 teams to be finalized prior to the 2015–16 season, and a new format for promotion from and relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier league.


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2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
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2015-2016
2016-2017

2017-2018
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2019-2020
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2021-2022
2022-2023

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Färjestad BK

Frölunda HC

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IK Oskarshamn

Leksands IF

Linköpings HC

Luleå HF

Malmö Redhawks

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Örebro HK

Rögle BK

Skellefteå AIK

Timrå IK

Växjö Lakers

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