The 12 teams played 2 double rounds of 22 games each. Then the best eight teams determined the Swiss champions in play-off style. Quarter-finals , semi-finals and the final were each played according to the best-of-seven mode.
The other four teams determined in the playouts the team that had to play against the champions of National League B to stay in the league.
The HC La Chaux-de-Fonds played thus against the champion of the National League B is the last place in the National League A .
League qualification
series
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
Lausanne HC
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HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
4: 2
3: 4
5: 3
3: 1
2: 6
2-0
5: 2
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Lausanne HC had to compete in the Vernets Hall in Geneva because the Malley was occupied because of the Curling World Cup. The Lausanne sat still with 4: 2 by and got into the National League A in which HC La Chaux-de-Fonds had meanwhile the aisle in the National League B compete.