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The2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs was the 44th time a spot in theEliteserien was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs.
At the end of the 2017 season,Aalesund andViking were relegated directly to2018 OBOS-ligaen, and were replaced byBodø/Glimt andStart who were directly promoted.
The play-offs betweenEliteserien andOBOS-ligaen have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in OBOS-ligaen. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first to knockout-rounds begins with the four teams in the OBOS-ligaen: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then play each other to determine who meet the Eliteserien club in the final.
Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the2018 season. These were:
The four OBOS-ligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ranheim) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Eliteserien team (Sogndal) for the 16th and final spot in the 2018 Eliteserien season. Ranheim won promotion to Eliteserien with a 1–1 on aggregate and a 5–4 win on penalties against Sogndal.
The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners,Ranheim, advanced to play the 14th placed team inEliteserien over two legs in theEliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.
| Mjøndalen | 3–1 | Ull/Kisa |
|---|---|---|
Gauseth 13' (pen.)Fredriksen 21'Pellegrino 40' | Report | Aalbu 38' |
| Ranheim | 1–0 | Sandnes Ulf |
|---|---|---|
| Lillebo 77' | Report |
| Mjøndalen | 1–2 | Ranheim |
|---|---|---|
| Pellegrino 61' | Report | Karlsen 16' Reginiussen 80' |
The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien,Sogndal, played a two-legged play-off againstRanheim, the winners of theOBOS-ligaen promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the2018 Eliteserien.
1–1 on aggregate. Ranheim won 5–4 on penalties.
| First round | Second round | Final round | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mjøndalen | 3 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Sogndal | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Ullensaker/Kisa | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mjøndalen | 1 | 4 | Ranheim(pen.) | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Ranheim | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ranheim | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 0 | |||||||||||
