2015 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final
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| Event | 2014–15 Elitserien | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Scandinavium, Gothenburg | ||||||
| Attendance | 12,312 | ||||||
The 2015 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final (Swedish: SM-finalen i handboll för herrar 2015) was a handball match that took place at Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 24 May 2015 to decide the winner of the 2014–15 Elitserien. The match was contested by regular season winners IFK Kristianstad and defending champions Alingsås HK. Kristianstad won the match by 28–25 to win their first Swedish title since 1953.
Alingsås entered the match as defending champions, having won the title in 2014.[1] Kristianstad had most recently won the title in 1953,[2] having lost the finals in 2012 and 2013.[3] Kristianstad had won the regular season, 10 points ahead of second placed Alingsås (2 points for a win).[4] Kristianstad won both matches between the teams in the regular season, winning by 30–26 at home and 28–27 away.[5] The teams had previously faced each other in the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2013, with Kristianstad winning both times.[6][7] It was the fifth time that Scandinavium hosted the final, following 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2013.[8]
Road to the final
Kristianstad defeated Hammarby IF by 3–2 in the quarter-final series, and Ystads IF by 3–1 in the semi-finals. Alingsås were undefeated in the playoffs before the final, having defeated both HK Malmö and Eskilstuna Guif in straight matches.[9][10]