| 09/08/1997 | Trelleborgs FF | - | Halmstads BK | 0:1 (0:1) | ||
| Helsingborgs IF | - | Degerfors IF | 2:2 (2:2) | |||
| IFK Göteborg | - | Västerås SK | 2:0 (1:0) | |||
| Örebro SK | - | Malmö FF | 0:5 (0:5) | |||
| 11/08/1997 | Ljungskile SK | - | IF Elfsborg | 1:1 (1:0) | ||
| IFK Norrköping | - | AIK Solna | 0:2 (0:1) | |||
| Östers IF | - | Örgryte IS | 0:2 (0:0) |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
IFK Göteborg | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34:24 | 10 | 34 |
| 2 |
|
Halmstads BK | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 33:21 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 |
|
Helsingborgs IF | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26:18 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 |
|
IF Elfsborg | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33:22 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 |
|
AIK Solna | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30:16 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 |
|
Malmö FF | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34:20 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 |
|
Örgryte IS | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21:20 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 |
|
Örebro SK | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29:27 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 |
|
IFK Norrköping | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18:21 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 |
|
Trelleborgs FF | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 27:38 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 |
|
Östers IF | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18:29 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 |
|
Degerfors IF | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20:32 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 |
|
Ljungskile SK | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 21:37 | -16 | 12 |
| 14 |
|
Västerås SK | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14:33 | -19 | 12 |