Then the bandy season begins:
Men:
October 28.
Women:
29 October.
This is how the opening round is played:
Ladies:
Uppsala – Mölndal
Villa/Lidköping – Sunvära
Västerås – KS Bandy
AIK – Sandviken (31 Oct)
* Skirö is above the first round.
Plays his debut against KS Bandy on 5/11.
Gentlemen:
AIK – Sandviken
Broberg – Hammarby
Vetlanda – Bollnäs
Villa/Lidköping – Motala
Vänersborg – Sirius
Västerås – Frillesås
Gripen – Edsbyn (29 Oct)
The newcomers:
In the men's elite series, Gripen/Trollhättan is back in the top series, while the series was slimmed down from 16 to 14 teams, and the trio Örebro, Rättvik and Tellus left.
On the women's side, Uppsala BoIS is back in the elite series, as is Sunvära SK.
Here, the series was expanded from eight to ten teams, but became one team short when Skutskär chose to withdraw from the elite series.
Thus, the coming season will be carried out with nine teams.
This is how it went last season:
Edsbyn took their 13th SM gold on the men's side after a 5-4 victory in the final against Villa/Lidköping.
But on the women's side, Lidköping got a gold when the Villa ladies defeated AIK 4-0 and defended the SM gold from 2021.
CLIP: Second straight SC gold for Villa/Lidköping (March 19)
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Villa Lidköping Swedish champions in bandy Photo: Bildbyrån
Some of the hottest pre-season transfers:
- Bollnäs struck with a late super signing, when star Erik Pettersson chose to leave AIK and instead signed a multi-year contract with the health club.
- Västerås made a strong signing when Christoffer Fagerström chose to leave Russian Baikal and come home to Sweden.
- Reigning champions Villa have made a fine signing in Sandviken's experienced national team midfielder Emma Ahlander.
- Emma Nilsson has left the final team AIK and moved home to Småland, where she strengthens the parent club Skirö AIK.
The SM finals in SVT:
SVT broadcasts the women's and men's SM finals live from the Studenternas IP in Uppsala, on March 17-18, 2023. And this with a new format.
The women's final will be played on Friday, March 17, at 7:00 p.m., while the men's final will be played on Saturday, March 18 at 5:00 p.m.
CLIP: Edsbyn won the SM gold after great drama in the bandy final (March 19)
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Edsbyn took SM gold after defeating Villa Lidköping.
Photo: Bildbyrån/SVT