2003–04 Elitserien (men's handball)

The 2003–04 Elitserien was the 70th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–12 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13–14 were relegated automatically. IK Sävehof won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their first Swedish title.[1][2][3][4] This season ended the dominance of Redbergslids IK and HK Drott; the two clubs won every title except one from 1983–84 to 2002–03, but have only won one title between them since.[5][6]

Elitserien
2003–04
Tournament information
SportHandball
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsIK Sävehof (1st title)
Runner-upRedbergslids IK

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IK Sävehof 26 22 0 4 777 649 128 44
2 IFK Skövde 26 19 2 5 800 710 90 40
3 Redbergslids IK 26 15 4 7 768 697 71 34
4 HK Drott 26 15 2 9 749 691 58 32
5 IFK Ystad 26 13 4 9 687 664 23 30
6 IF Guif 26 12 3 11 659 667 −8 27
7 GF Kroppskultur 26 11 4 11 643 664 −21 26
8 Lugi HF 26 11 2 13 693 709 −16 24
9 H 43 Lund 26 9 5 12 611 653 −42 23
10 Hammarby IF 26 9 3 14 750 745 5 21
11 IFK Tumba 26 9 2 15 656 709 −53 20
12 Djurgårdens IF 26 7 4 15 657 697 −40 18
13 Alingsås HK 26 6 5 15 697 753 −56 17
14 IFK Malmö 26 3 2 21 646 785 −139 8

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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  • Sävehof–Kroppskultur 22–21
  • Kroppskultur–Sävehof 21–25

Sävehof won series 2–0

  • Skövde–Lugi 27–19
  • Lugi–Skövde 32–29
  • Skövde–Lugi 27–23

Skövde won series 2–1

  • Redbergslid–Guif 26–24
  • Guif–Redbergslid 22–27

Redbergslid won series 2–0

  • Drott–IFK Ystad 22–25
  • IFK Ystad–Drott 21–20

IFK Ystad won series 2–0

Semifinals

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  • Sävehof–IFK Ystad 26–27
  • IFK Ystad–Sävehof 19–29
  • Sävehof–IFK Ystad 27–26
  • IFK Ystad–Sävehof 26–30

Sävehof won series 3–1

  • Skövde–Redbergslid 26–29
  • Redbergslid–Skövde 32–35
  • Skövde–Redbergslid 28–29
  • Redbergslid–Skövde 29–19

Redbergslid won series 3–1

Finals

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  • Sävehof–Redbergslid 28–18
  • Redbergslid–Sävehof 14–25
  • Sävehof–Redbergslid 21–19

Sävehof won series 3–0

References

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  1. ^ "Handboll 2003/2004 Elitserien Elitserien". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ Handbollboken 2004 (The handball book 2004). Swedish Handball Federation. 2004.
  3. ^ "Handbollens tronskifte". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Handboll: Sävehof tog SM-guld". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "SM-SLUTSPEL, herrar" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Nyförvärvet ser Sävehof som ett guldlag". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Handboll 2003/2004 Elitserien kvartsfinal". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Handboll 2003/2004 Elitserien semifinal". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Handboll 2003/2004 Elitserien SM-final". Retrieved 10 November 2017.