The 2016–17 Elitserien was the tenth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 21 October 2016, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 25 March 2017. Edsbyns IF won the Swedish national championship title by defeating Bollnäs GIF, 3–1, in the final game, thereby securing Edsbyn's tenth championship title, making the club alone the third most successful Swedish bandy club so far.
Teams
Teams 1–10 from the regular 2015–16 Elitserien league were automatically qualified for this season's play in the top-tier divisionen."Everysport – Bandy Elitserien 2015/2016". Läst 27 februari 2015. All four teams from the 2015/2016 season which played the qualification games (IK Sirius, Gripen Trollhättan BK, Kalix BF and TB Västerås) managed to stay in the Elitserien."Gripen checkade in som fjärde och sista elitlag med nytt kontrakt". Läst 14 mars 2016.
Club Home town Home iceBollnäs GIFBollnäsSävstaås IPBroberg/Söderhamn BandySöderhamnHällåsenEdsbyns IFEdsbynSvenska Fönster Arena*Gripen Trollhättan BKTrollhättanSlättbergshallen*Hammarby IFStockholmZinkensdamms IPKalix BFKalixKalix IPSandvikens AIKSandvikenGöransson Arena*IK SiriusUppsalaStudenternas IPIK TellusStockholmZinkensdamms IPTillberga Bandy VästeråsVästeråsABB Arena Syd*Vetlanda BKVetlandaSapa Arena*Villa Lidköping BKLidköpingSparbanken Lidköping Arena*IFK VänersborgVänersborgArena Vänersborg*Västerås SKVästeråsABB Arena Syd* * – indoor arena
Results League table
Knock-out stage The quarter finals and the semi-finals are played in best of five games, interchangeably on home ice and away ice, while the final is one game played in Stockholm, the Swedish capital. Quarter-finals Villa Lidköping BK – IFK Vänersborg
Bollnäs GIF – Hammarby IF
Edsbyns IF – Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy
Sandvikens AIK – Västerås SK
Semi-finals Villa Lidköping BK – Bollnäs GIF
Edsbyns IF – Sandvikens AIK
Final
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 David KarlssonVilla Lidköping BK562 Christoffer EdlundSandvikens AIK483 Erik PetterssonSandvikens AIK474 Patrik NilssonBollnäs GIF465 Joakim HedqvistIFK Vänersborg446 Joakim AnderssonVetlanda BK437 Daniel AnderssonVilla Lidköping BK378 Sergey LomanovIFK Vänersborg309 Martin SöderbergBroberg/Söderhamn Bandy29 Adam RudellGripen Trollhättan BK
References