Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 1980 |
No. of teams | 36 |
Country | Sweden |
Most recent champion(s) | Örebro HK J20 Promoted to J20 Nationell |
J20 Regional is the 2nd tier junior ice hockey league in Sweden composed of 36 teams in 4 regional divisions (Norra (Northern), Östra (Eastern), Västra (Western) and Södra (Southern)).
Format
The regular season is played in the divisional format from mid September until the beginning of March, at that time the top team in each of the 4 divisions play in the Play off to J20 Nationell against the bottom 2 Nationell teams. The top 2 teams in the play off play the next season in J20 Nationell, the other 4 teams will play in J20 Regional.
Teams
Asplöven HCIF BjörklövenBodens HFKiruna IFPiteå HCIF Sundsvall HockeyVännäs HCÖstersunds IKclass=notpageimage| J20 Regional NorraNorra (Northern) | ||
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Team | City | Arena |
Asplöven HC / Kalix UHC (Cooperative team) | Haparanda | Arena Polarica |
Bodens HF | Boden | Björknäshallen |
IF Björklöven | Umeå | T3 Center |
IF Sundsvall Hockey | Sundsvall | Gärdehov |
Kiruna IF | Kiruna | Lombiahallen |
Piteå HC | Piteå | LF Arena |
Vännäs HC | Vännäs | Vännäs Ishall |
Östersunds IK | Östersund | Z-hallen |
Results
The top teams from each division play in a Promotion and relegation series with the bottom 2 teams from J20 Nationell to determine promotions/relegations. The below table shows the promotions and relegation's from and to J20 Regional.
Year | Promoted to J20 SuperElit | Relegated to J20 Elit | Promoted from J20 Div. 1 | Relegated to J20 Div. 1 |
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2012-13 | Örebro HK | Huddinge IK | Värmdö HC Kungälvs IK |
None |
2011-12 | None | IF Björklöven | None | Kungälvs IK |
2010-11 | None | Troja-Ljungby | Leksands IF | Västerviks IK Skedvi/Säter Vallentuna BK Trångsunds IF Väsby IK |
References
- Eliteprospects.com J20 Elit
- eurohockey.com J20 Elit info
- J20 Elit Södra
- J20 Elit Västra
- J20 Elit Östra
- J20 Elit Norra
Ice hockey in Sweden | |
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National teams | |
League system - Men | |
League system - Women | |