this year's kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitement went on until the end, when 4 out of 6 teams all had 16 points before the final round and had the chance to qualify for the 2008–09 elitserien season. in the final round, rögle beat former elitserien club mora at home 3–2 and brynäs beat västerås away 7–0, which made brynäs win the group, followed by rögle. before the qualification began, no one believed rögle could qualify, but they surprised everyone and qualified for the 2008–09 elitserien season, despite finishing only third in hockeyallsvenskan. brynäs finished last in the 2007–08 elitserien season, but succeeded to win the qualification and thus managed to stay in the highest division. rögle's game-winning goal against mora in the final round was scored with 26 seconds left of regulation time.