1998–99 Elitserien (men's handball)

The 1998–99 Elitserien was the 65th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. The league was split into an autumn league and a spring league. The eight highest placed teams in the autumn league qualified for the spring league, whereas the four lowest placed teams qualified for Allsvenskan along with the highest placed teams from the autumn season of Division I (the second level). The six highest placed teams in the spring season of Elitserien qualified for the quarterfinals, whereas the two lowest placed teams qualified for the preliminary round of the playoffs, along with the two highest placed teams of Allsvenskan. HK Drott won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their ninth Swedish title.[1][2][3]

Elitserien
1998–99
Tournament information
SportHandball
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsHK Drott (9th title)
Runner-upRedbergslids IK

League tables

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Autumn

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 HK Drott 16 13 1 2 484 380 104 27
2 Redbergslids IK 16 11 3 2 428 337 91 25
3 Alingsås HK 16 9 2 5 390 370 20 20
4 IF Guif 16 9 1 6 396 388 8 19
5 IK Sävehof 16 9 1 6 381 391 −10 19
6 IFK Skövde 16 8 2 6 402 390 12 18
7 IFK Ystad 16 6 3 7 360 404 −44 15
8 GF Kroppskultur 16 6 1 9 359 384 −25 13
9 HP Warta 16 6 0 10 389 410 −21 12
10 LUGI HF 16 4 2 10 411 421 −10 10
11 IFK Tumba 16 4 0 12 356 410 −54 8
12 Polisen/Söder 16 3 0 13 354 425 −71 6

Spring

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 HK Drott 30 23 1 6 839 703 136 47
2 Redbergslids IK 30 21 4 5 769 640 129 46
3 IFK Skövde 30 17 3 10 752 709 43 37
4 IF Guif 30 15 2 13 747 741 6 32
5 Alingsås HK 30 14 3 13 724 696 28 31
6 GF Kroppskultur 30 12 1 17 652 706 −54 25
7 IK Sävehof 30 12 1 17 678 744 −66 25
8 IFK Ystad 30 11 3 16 666 732 −66 25

Playoffs

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First round

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  • IFK Ystad–LUGI HF 36–22
  • LUGI HF–IFK Ystad 33–29

IFK Ystad won 65–55 on aggregate

  • GIK Wasaiterna–IK Sävehof 26–22
  • IK Sävehof–GIK Wasaiterna 25–23

GIK Wasaiterna won 49–27 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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  • HK Drott–IFK Ystad 27–24
  • IFK Ystad–HK Drott 26–21
  • HK Drott–IFK Ystad 28–25

HK Drott won series 2–1

  • Redbergslids IK–GF Kroppskultur 34–9
  • GF Kroppskultur–Redbergslids IK 14–21

Redbergslids IK won series 2–0

  • IFK Skövde–GIK Wasaiterna 32–19
  • GIK Wasaiterna–IFK Skövde 19–31

IFK Skövde won series 2–0

  • IF Guif–Alingsås HK 30–32
  • Alingsås HK–IF Guif 26–23

Alingsås HK won series 2–0

Semifinals

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  • HK Drott–Alingsås HK 28–21
  • Alingsås HK–HK Drott 24–28

HK Drott won series 2–0

  • Redbergslids IK–IFK Skövde 18–16
  • IFK Skövde–Redbergslids IK 23–26

Redbergslids IK won series 2–0

Finals

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  • HK Drott–Redbergslids IK 30–19
  • Redbergslids IK–HK Drott 32–18
  • HK Drott–Redbergslids IK 27–18
  • Redbergslids IK–HK Drott 21–23

HK Drott won series 3–1

References

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  1. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 Elitserien". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 Elitserien vår". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. ^ Handbollboken 1999 (The handball book 1999). Swedish Handball Federation. 1999.
  4. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 Elitserien SM-kval". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 SM-slutspel kvartsfinal". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 SM-slutspel semifinal". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Handboll 1998/1999 SM-slutspel SM-final". Retrieved 10 November 2017.