Elitserien

Elitserien, (also known as the Swedish Elite League or the SEL, as it is often unofficially called in English) is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden. It is the highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden and, based on average player salaries in 2006, is ranked as the fourth highest paying professional ice hockey league in the world (behind the National Hockey League, Russian Superleague (now the KHL), and the Czech Extraliga). As of 2010–11, Elitserien is the world's most evenly matched professional ice hockey league. It's also the most attended league in Europe, averaging 6,385 spectators per game in the 2011–12 regular season.