Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of Swedish ladies floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 and comprises the top 14 Swedish

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....

 floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 teams. The first season began in 1997-98. The season ends with a play-off and a final.

History

The Elitserien for women was founded in 1997 and replaced the Division 1 leagues as the high level floorball league of Sweden. Between the seasons 1997-98 and 2005-06 the league was divided into a northern and a southern group. Since the 2006-2007 season, it is a national league.

Season structure

The season starts with a regular season with 26 games per team, one home and one away against all teams. In the spring a play-off starts with the eight best teams from the regular season. The quarter finals as well as the semi finals is played in best of five matches, the final is settled in just one. The final is played in Stockholm Globe Arena

Stockholm Globe Arena

The Ericsson Globe is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm . The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build...

 together with the men's Swedish Super League final. The two last teams play in a relegation league to avoid relegation.

Current clubs

• Balrog B/S IK
  Balrog Botkyrka/Södertälje IK
  Balrog B/S IK is a Swedish floorball team from Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm. Balrog B/S is currently playing in the highest Swedish floorball league, Swedish Super League. They debuted in SSL in the 1990/91 season and this is their 9th season in the super league...
  
  
• IBK Dalen
  IBK Dalen
  Innebandyklubb Dalen, also known as IBK Dalen, are a floorball club in the Swedish Super League and are based in the city of Umeå. They travel about 300 miles to their nearest away match....
  
  
• Endre IF
• IBC Engelholm
• IBF Falun
• Huddinge IK
  Huddinge IK
  Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...
  
  
• IKSU
• Karlstad IBF
• KAIS Mora AIF
• Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam IBK
  Pixbo Wallenstam Innebandyklubb, also known as Redfox or Pixbo IBK, is one of the most successful floorball clubs in the world. It is based in Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland and is widely recognized as the best floorball club in Sweden, more specifically, in the Swedish Super League...
  
  
• Rönnby IBK
• Täby IS
• Västerås IBF
• Örnsköldsvik Innebandy

Previous winners

• 1998 - Högdalens AIS
• 1999 - Högdalens AIS
• 2000 - Balrog IK
• 2001 - Balrog IK
• 2002 - Balrog IK
• 2003 - Balrog IK
• 2004 - Örnsköldsviks SK
• 2005 - IKSU
• 2006 - IKSU
• 2007 - Rönnby IBK
• 2008 - IKSU