Elitserien (baseball)
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Elitserien is the highest league of baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and is operated by the Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation. The number of teams in Elitserien has varied through the years. The Swedish baseball championship was inaugurated in 1963.

Teams during 2007

  • Alby
    Alby
    Alby may refer to* Alby, Botkyrka, Sweden, a Stockholm suburb* Alby, Öland on the island of Öland, Sweden* Alby with Thwaite in Norfolk, England* Alby People, a Stone Age people in Öland, Sweden* Alby, Ånge, a village in Ånge Municipality, Sweden...

    Stars
  • Gefle
  • Karlskoga
    Karlskoga
    Karlskoga is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden with 27,500 inhabitants in 2005.-Geography:It is located at the northern shore of lake Möckeln, and the small settlement was initially called Möckelns bodar...

     Bats
  • Leksand
    Leksand
    Leksand is a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,861 inhabitants in 2005.- Sport :Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF ice hockey team. Leksand is also home to the Leksands Baseball and Softball Club, one of the oldest and more successful baseball clubs...

     Lumberjacks
  • Stockholm
    Stockholm
    Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

  • Sundbyberg Heat
  • Tranås
    Tranås
    Tranås is a locality and the seat of Tranås Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 14,017 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:It is close to the lake Sommen in the north of Småland. Its main commercial center is located along the main street, Storgatan. The symbol of the town is the crane as...


Teams during 2006

  • Alby Stars
  • Karlskoga Bats
  • Leksand Lumberjacks
  • Stockholm
  • Sundbyberg Heat
  • Tranås

Teams during 2005

  • Göteborg
    Gothenburg
    Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

     Hajarna
  • Karlskoga Bats
  • Leksand Lumberjacks
  • Oskarshamn Lost Boys
  • Skövde Saints
  • Sundbyberg Heat
  • Tranås

Teams during 2004

  • Alby Stars
  • Karlskoga Bats
  • Leksand Lumberjacks
  • Oskarshamn Lost Boys
  • Rättvik Butchers
  • Skövde Saints
  • Sundbyberg Heat
  • Tranås

Teams during 2003

  • Alby Stars
  • Karlskoga Bats
  • Leksand Lumberjacks
  • Oskarshamn Lost Boys
  • Rättvik Butchers
  • Skövde Saints
  • Sundbyberg Heat
  • Tranås

Past Swedish champions

EWLINE
Year Champions
1963 Solna
1964 Leksand
1965 Wasa
1966 Wasa
1967 Leksand
1968 Leksand
1969 Leksand
1970 Leksand
1971 Leksand
1972 Leksand
1973 Bagarmossen
1974 Bagarmossen
1975 Leksand
1976 Bagarmossen
1977 Bagarmossen
1978 Leksand
1979 Leksand
1980 Bagarmossen
1981 Leksand
1982 Leksand
1983 Leksand
1984 Sundbyberg
EWLINE
Year Champions
1985 Sundbyberg
1986 Sundbyberg
1987 Leksand
1988 Leksand
1989 Skellefteå
1990 Skellefteå
1991 Skellefteå
1992 Skellefteå
1993 Skellefteå
1994 Skellefteå
1995 Skellefteå
1996 Leksand
1997 Leksand
1998 Leksand
1999 Skellefteå
2000 Alby
2001 Rättvik
2002 Rättvik
2003 Sundbyberg
2004 Leksand
2005 Leksand
2006 Sundbyberg
2007 Karlskoga
2008 Stockholm
2009 Stockholm




See also

  • List of sporting events in Sweden
  • Baseball awards#Sweden
  • Baseball awards#Europe
  • Sundsvall Mosquitoes
    Sundsvall Mosquitoes
    The Sundsvall Mosquitoes are a baseball team located in Sundsvall, Sweden. They are in the Swedish Baseball Federation, a professional baseball league throughout Sweden...


External links

Eliserien at Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation's site
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