The 2016âÂÂ17 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 12th season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league featured 14 teams, each playing each other four times, for a total of 52 regular season games.
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In the HockeyAllsvenskan finals (), the first and second place teams from the regular season met in a best-of-five series, where the winner advanced to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team continued to a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. The matches were held on 5 March, 7 March, and 9 March.
In the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs (), teams 3âÂÂ8 met in a single-round robin tournament. Teams 3âÂÂ5 had an extra game on home-ice. The matches were held on 6âÂÂ14 March. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.
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In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals met the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that were played on 16 March, 18 March, and 20 March. The winning team advanced to the SHL qualifiers.
In the SHL qualifiers (), the winners of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals and the playoff to the SHL qualifiers were paired against teams 13 and 14 from the 2016âÂÂ17 SHL season. Each pair played a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2017âÂÂ18 SHL season, and the loser playing in the 2017âÂÂ18 HockeyAllsvenskan season. These series began on 22 and 23 March, and were completed by 1 April. Rögle won their series, 4âÂÂ0, to secure continued SHL play. Mora then won their series, 4âÂÂ2, to qualify for SHL play for the first time since the 2007âÂÂ08 season.
VästerÃÂ¥s and Södertälje, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Huddinge IK) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>