2015–16 Elitserien (bandy)

2015–16 Elitserien season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Bandy
Duration	23 October 2015 – 19 March 2016
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	TV4 and TV4 Sport
Regular season
Final
Champions	Västerås SK
Runners-up	Villa Lidköping BK

The 2015–16 Elitserien was the ninth season of the present highest Swedish men's bandy top division, Elitserien. The regular season began on 23 October 2015, and the final was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm on 19 March 2016. Västerås SK won the Swedish national championship title by defeating Villa Lidköping BK, 5-2, in the final game.

Summary

The league started on 23 October 2015.

Teams

Bollnäs

Broberg/Söderhamn

Edsbyn

Gripen Trollhättan

Hammarby

IFK Kungälv

Kalix

Sandviken

Sirius

Tillberga

Vetlanda

Villa Lidköping

IFK Vänersborg

Västerås

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Locations of the 2015–16 Elitserien teams

Team	Location	Home stadium
Bollnäs GIF	Bollnäs	Sävstaås IP
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy	Söderhamn	Hällåsen
Edsbyns IF	Edsbyn	Dina Arena
Gripen Trollhättan BK	Trollhättan	Slättbergshallen
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Zinkensdamms IP
IFK Kungälv	Kungälv	Skarpe Nord
Kalix BF	Kalix	Kalix IP
Sandvikens AIK	Sandviken	Göransson Arena
IK Sirius	Uppsala	Studenternas IP
TB Västerås	Västerås	ABB Arena
Vetlanda BK	Vetlanda	Sapa Arena
Villa Lidköping BK	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena
IFK Vänersborg	Vänersborg	Arena Vänersborg
Västerås SK	Västerås	ABB Arena

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Västerås SK	26	21	0	5	159	85	+74	42	Advance to Knock-out stage
2	Villa Lidköping BK	26	19	2	5	140	77	+63	40
3	Bollnäs GIF	26	18	3	5	132	81	+51	39
4	Sandvikens AIK	26	17	4	5	165	111	+54	38
5	Vetlanda BK	26	15	1	10	125	124	+1	31
6	Hammarby IF	26	12	6	8	120	95	+25	30
7	Edsbyns IF	26	13	3	10	121	99	+22	29
8	IFK Vänersborg	26	12	4	10	120	110	+10	28
9	Broberg/Söderhamn	26	11	2	13	100	117	−17	24
10	IFK Kungälv	26	9	3	14	104	115	−11	21
11	Kalix Bandy	26	7	4	15	84	124	−40	18	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12	TB Västerås	26	6	1	19	111	160	−49	13
13	IK Sirius	26	4	0	22	68	152	−84	8
14	Gripen Trollhättan BK	26	1	1	24	64	163	−99	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2015. Source:

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals								Semi-finals								Final
	Västerås SK			5	4	7
	IFK Vänersborg			2	3	2
									Västerås SK	11	4	4	8	8
									Sandvikens AIK	3	12	9	4	4
	Sandvikens AIK	8	7	6	2	8
																	19 March – Stockholm
	Hammarby IF	4	3	7	3	3
																	Västerås SK					5
																	Villa Lidköping BK					2
	Villa Lidköping BK			7	8	9
	Vetlanda BK			2	2	4
									Villa Lidköping BK		8	7	7	3
									Bollnäs GIF		1	8	3	2
	Bollnäs GIF	1	7	4	5	5
	Edsbyns IF	3	3	5	4	2

Final

19 March 2016

16:00 UTC+1

Västerås SK	5–2	Villa Lidköping BK
Jansson Holmberg Bergström Sjöström Gröhn	Report	Karlsson Esplund

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of end of season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christoffer Edlund	Sandvikens AIK	59
2	David Karlsson	Villa Lidköping BK	54
3	Erik Pettersson	Sandvikens AIK	45
	Joakim Andersson	Vetlanda BK
5	Joakim Hedqvist	IFK Vänersborg	44
	Martin Söderberg	Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy
7	Christian Mickelsson	Bollnäs GIF	36
8	Daniel Andersson	Villa Lidköping BK	28
9	Jonas Nilsson	Västerås SK	27
	Ted Bergström	Västerås SK