2011–12 Elitserien (men's handball)

The 2011–12 Elitserien was the 78th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–13 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and team 14 was relegated automatically. Eskilstuna Guif won the regular season, but IK Sävehof won the playoffs and claimed their fifth Swedish title.^[1][2]

Elitserien

2011–12
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	IK Sävehof (5th title)
Runner-up	IFK Kristianstad
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Eskilstuna Guif	32	23	4	5	984	872	112	50
2	Ystads IF	32	22	3	7	918	859	59	47
3	IK Sävehof	32	22	2	8	952	823	129	46
4	Alingsås HK	32	19	2	11	819	770	49	40
5	IFK Skövde	32	15	6	11	929	892	37	36
6	IFK Kristianstad	32	16	4	12	873	847	26	36
7	HK Malmö	32	16	1	15	892	869	23	33
8	Lugi HF	32	15	2	15	850	826	24	32
9	HK Drott Halmstad	32	15	1	16	900	892	8	31
10	Redbergslids IK	32	14	1	17	896	891	5	29
11	HK Aranäs	32	10	2	20	839	945	−106	22
12	H 43 Lund	32	9	1	22	860	986	−126	19
13	Hammarby IF	32	6	2	24	802	905	−103	14
14	Caperiotumba	32	4	5	23	816	953	−137	13

Playoffs bracket

^[3][4][5]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	2	Ystads IF	19	24	33	18	28
	8	Lugi HF	22	20	25	27	25
										2	Ystads IF	32	25	22	25
										3	IK Sävehof	26	34	31	27
	3	IK Sävehof	23	32	31	26	31
	5	IFK Skövde	26	28	26	30	20
																			3	IK Sävehof	29
																			6	IFK Kristianstad	21
	1	Eskilstuna Guif	32*	31	31
	7	HK Malmö	30	29	23
										1	Eskilstuna Guif	30	31	25	27	33
										6	IFK Kristianstad	28	32*	23	34	34
	4	Alingsås HK	23	17	22
	6	IFK Kristianstad	26	22	23

• An asterisk (*) denotes result after extra time

Attendance

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Team	Attendance
IFK Kristianstad	3245
Eskilstuna Guif	1828
IFK Skövde HK	1807
Ystads IF HF	1651
HK Drott Halmstad	1582
Lugi HF	1411
HK Malmö	1173
H 43 Lund	1153
IK Sävehof	1106
Alingsås HK	925
Hammarby IF	891
HK Aranäs	729
Redbergslids IK	699
Caperiotumba	546

References

1. "Handboll 2011/2012 Elitserien Elitserien". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. Handbollboken 2012 (The handball book 2012). Swedish Handball Federation. 2012.
3. "Handboll 2011/2012 Elitserien kvartsfinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
4. "Handboll 2011/2012 Elitserien semifinal". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
5. "Handboll 2011/2012 Elitserien SM-final". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
6. "Bytte kronofogden mot en orange publiksuccé". Retrieved 24 June 2017.