Elitserien (women's volleyball)

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]

Elitserien
SportVolleyball
Founded1961
No. of teams11
Country Sweden
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Engelholms VS (7th title)
Most titlesSollentuna VK (19 titles)
Official websiteElitserien (in Swedish)

Teams

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

  • Degerfors VBK Orion
  • Engelholms VS
  • Gislaveds VBK
  • Hylte/Halmstad
  • Lindesbergs VBK
  • Linköpings VC
  • Lunds VK
  • RIG Falköping
  • Sollentuna VK
  • Svedala VBK
  • Örebro VS

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 VK1919752007
Örebro KFUM/VS1019962008
Engelholms VS720062019
Bosöns IK519621967
Katrineholms VK420022013
Värnamo FK419701974
Kolbäcks VK219651969
Uppsala VBS/Stud219891993
Vallentuna VBK219681994
Alingsås VK119711971
Hylte VBK120142014
Lindesbergs VBK120122012

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.
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