The 2025/2026 Swedish Elitserien season is officially underway. Defending champions Team Clan opened with a dominant win at home, while BK Kaskad also started strong. BK Full House had a challenging Saturday against both Clan and Kaskad but turned things around on Sunday with a key road win against Köping.
Saturday Matches Overview
Team Clan Nässjö BK – BK Full House 17-2
The defending champions wasted no time making a statement. Clan rolled over
Full House in their season opener, posting 7557 as a team and controlling all
four series.
"We know everyone is chasing us this year, so we wanted to start the season well," said Alexander Tigerstrand, who was one of the Clan's leaders on Saturday.
The match started tight, with Clan edging the first series 4–1 by just 20
pins. From there, they never looked back. Peter Hellström fired a 300 game in
the second series, and both Robin Ilhammar (1013) and Alexander Tigerstrand
(1011) broke the 1000 barrier.
Despite the lopsided score, Full House's Ben Robinson had the highest
individual series of the match with 1030.
Clan made some notable offseason additions, including Emil Holmberg from Bodens BS, Alexander Holm from Team Alingsås BC, and Robin Jacobsson from BK Wik. While Holm and Jacobsson were not in the lineup, Holmberg made his debut for Clan and opened with scores of 215 and 182.
BK Kaskad – BK Full House 13-7
Later the same day, Full House traveled to Norrköping for a closer match
against BK Kaskad. The teams split the first two series 4–1, but Kaskad pulled
ahead with a strong third series and held on to secure the win.
Filip Wilhelmsson led Kaskad with 865, supported by four teammates between 801
and 828. Raymond Teece (880) and Jimmy-Dan Mortensen (807) were the only Full
House bowlers to score above 200 average.
Sunday Match Overview
IKW/Köping BK – BK Full House 8–12
Full House closed the weekend on a high note, picking up their first win of the season in Köping. After two close series, the visitors broke away in the third with a 5–0 sweep that put the match out of reach.
Raymond Teece led Full House again with 918, followed by Jimmy-Dan Mortensen
(897), who also swept all four lane points. Kim Andersson added 845.
Köping, missing several key players, couldn’t find their rhythm. Viktor
Danielsson (849) and Erik Hermansson (824) led the scoring for the home team,
but their efforts wasn't enough to take the win.
New Format Introduced for 2025/2026 Season
This season brings a major change to the Elitserien playoff format.
Only the top two teams after the regular season will earn direct spots in the
Final Four.
Teams finishing third to eighth will fight for the
remaining two spots in a play-in tournament - adding more pressure to every
regular season point.
Next four Swedish Elitserien ganes will be plaued on September 21-22,
