Elitserien (women's volleyball)

Elitserien
SportVolleyball
Founded1961
No. of teams11
Country Sweden
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Hylte/Halmstad (2nd title)
Most titlesSollentuna VK (19 titles)
Official websiteElitserien (in Swedish)

Elitserien (Swedish: Elitserien i volleyboll för damer) is the Swedish women's volleyball top division. The regular season usually takes place from October to late February or early March and is followed up by play-offs to determine the Swedish national champion.[1]

Teams

The following clubs are competing in the 2018–19 season:[2]

Previous winners

  • 1961–62: Bosöns IK (1)
  • 1962–63: Bosöns IK (2)
  • 1963–64: Bosöns IK (3)
  • 1964–65: Kolbäcks VK (1)
  • 1965–66: Bosöns IK (4)
  • 1966–67: Bosöns IK (5)
  • 1967–68: Vallentuna VBK (1)
  • 1968–69: Kolbäcks VK (2)
  • 1969–70: Värnamo FK (1)
  • 1970–71: Alingsås VBK (1)
  • 1971–72: Värnamo FK (2)
  • 1972–73: Värnamo FK (3)
  • 1973–74: Värnamo FK (4)
  • 1974–75: Sollentuna VK (1)
  • 1975–76: Sollentuna VK (2)
  • 1976–77: Sollentuna VK (3)
  • 1977–78: Sollentuna VK (4)
  • 1978–79: Sollentuna VK (5)
  • 1979–80: Sollentuna VK (6)
  • 1980–81: Sollentuna VK (7)
  • 1981–82: Sollentuna VK (8)
  • 1982–83: Sollentuna VK (9)
  • 1983–84: Sollentuna VK (10)
  • 1984–85: Sollentuna VK (11)
  • 1985–86: Sollentuna VK (12)
  • 1986–87: Sollentuna VK (13)
  • 1987–88: Sollentuna VK (14)
  • 1988–89: Uppsala Studenters IF (1)
  • 1989–90: Sollentuna VK (15)
  • 1990–91: Sollentuna VK (16)
  • 1991–92: Sollentuna VK (17)
  • 1992–93: Uppsala VBS (2)
  • 1993–94: Vallentuna VBK (2)
  • 1994–95: Sollentuna VK (18)
  • 1995–96: Örebro KFUM (1)
  • 1996–97: Örebro KFUM (2)
  • 1997–98: Örebro KFUM (3)
  • 1998–99: Örebro KFUM (4)
  • 1999–00: Örebro KFUM (5)
  • 2000–01: Örebro KFUM (6)
  • 2001–02: Katrineholms VK (1)
  • 2002–03: Örebro VS (7)
  • 2003–04: Örebro VS (8)
  • 2004–05: Örebro VS (9)
  • 2005–06: Engelholms VS (1)
  • 2006–07: Sollentuna VK (19)
  • 2007–08: Örebro VS (10)
  • 2008–09: Engelholms VS (2)
  • 2009–10: Katrineholms VK (2)
  • 2010–11: Katrineholms VK (3)
  • 2011–12: Lindesbergs VBK (1)
  • 2012–13: Katrineholms VK (4)
  • 2013–14: Hylte VBK (1)
  • 2014–15: Engelholms VS (3)
  • 2015–16: Engelholms VS (4)
  • 2016–17: Engelholms VS (5)[3]
  • 2017–18: Engelholms VS (6)[4]
  • 2018–19: Engelholms VS (7)[5]

Source: Elitserienvolleyboll.se[6]

Titles by team

Club Wins First Title Last Title
Sollentuna VK 19 1975 2007
Örebro KFUM/VS 10 1996 2008
Engelholms VS 7 2006 2019
Bosöns IK 5 1962 1967
Katrineholms VK 4 2002 2013
Värnamo FK 4 1970 1974
Kolbäcks VK 2 1965 1969
Uppsala VBS/Stud 2 1989 1993
Vallentuna VBK 2 1968 1994
Alingsås VK 1 1971 1971
Hylte VBK 2 2014 2022
Lindesbergs VBK 1 2012 2012

References

  1. ^ "SM-slutspel" (in Swedish). Swedish Volleyball Federation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Elitserien damer 2018–19". Svenska Volleybollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Engelholm försvarade guldet – mästare för tredje gången i följd". Elitserienvolleyboll.se (in Swedish). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. ^ Dan Ivarsson (25 April 2018). "Engelholms fjärde raka SM-guld" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Engelholm svenska mästare i volleyboll igen" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. ^ "List of Elitserien winners". Elitserienvolleyboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 December 2016.