Danish Handball League

Danish Handball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16
Countries	Denmark
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1936
Number of teams	14
Domestic cup(s)	Santander Cup
International cup(s)	EHF Champions League
Current champions	KIF Kolding Copenhagen
Website	Danish Handball Federation

The Danish Handball League, officially known as Boxer Herreligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Handball League are recognised as the Danish handball champions. The current champions are KIF Kolding, who gained their twelfth title in June 2009 defeating previous champions FCK Håndbold in playoff finals.

Season

The Danish Handball League season consists of 14 teams, each playing 26 regular season games. The eight best teams of the regular season advance to further games, where they are divided into two groups of four teams each. No. 1 and 2 from the regular season start with 2 points. No. 3 and 4 start with 1 point, while no. 5-8 start with no points. After these six games the two group winners meet in the championship finals, while the runner-ups will play for the bronze medals. Both the finals and the bronze matches are played as a "best of 3" series. The lowest placed team of the regular season is directly relegated to the second-best division, and replaced by the winner of this. The teams finishing as 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 will together with no. 2, 3 and 4 from 1st division be divided in two groups of four teams each. The group winners and the runner-ups will qualify for the league in the next season. No. 3 in each group will meet each other in up to three games to play for the last spot in the league. The loser and no. 4 in each group will play the 1st division the following season.

Championship playoffs until and including 2007/2008

The four best teams of the regular season advance to playoffs, semi finals and finals. Both semi finals as well as the final are played as a "best of 3" serie

EHF league ranking

For season 2015/2016

Current Ranking	Movement	Last Season Ranking	League	Coefficient
3		(3)	LNH Division 1	83,67
4		(6)	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	74,57
5		(4)	Herre Boxerligaen	66,71
6		(5)	A Državna Rokometna Liga	59,13
7		(11)	Polish Ekstraklasa Men's Handball League	38,60

Teams

The fourteen teams of the 2015-16 season are:

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena	2600
GOG	Gudme	Gudmehallerne	2265
HC Midtjylland	Herning	Messecenter Herning	4000
KIF Kolding Copenhagen	Kolding Copenhagen	Sydbank Arena TRE-FOR Arena Brøndby	5100 4400
Skive fH	Skive	Skivehallerne	1000
Mors-Thy Håndbold	Nykøbing Mors	Jyske Bank Mors Arena	2000
Nordsjælland Håndbold	Helsinge Hillerød Helsingør	Helsingehallerne FrederiksborgCentret HelsingørHallen	1600 1100 2500
Ribe-Esbjerg HH	Esbjerg Ribe	Blue Water Dokken Ribe fritidscenter	2571 2000
Skanderborg Håndbold	Skanderborg	Morten Børup Hallen	550
Skjern Håndbold	Skjern	Skjern Bank Arena	3100
SønderjyskE Håndbold	Sønderborg	Broager Sparekasse Skansen	2200
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3250
Aalborg Håndbold	Aalborg	Gigantium Arena Gigantium Isarena	4666 5600
Aarhus Håndbold	Aarhus	Ceres Arena	5001

Champions

The complete list of the Danish handball champions since 1936.

Year	Winner (titles)	Top goalscorer (goals), club
1936	IF Vidar (1)
1937	IF Ajax (1)
1938	IF Vidar (2)
1939	H.G. Handball (1)
1940	H.G. Handball (2)
1941	H.G. Handball (3)
1942	IF Ajax (2)
1943	H.G. Handball (4)
1944	IF Ajax (3)
1945	Season suspended
1946	H.G. Handball (5)
1947	H.G. Handball (6)	Svend Aage Madsen (36), IF Ajax
1948	IF Ajax (4)	Svend Aage Madsen (47), IF Ajax
1949	IF Ajax (5)	Per Theilmann (42), Helsingør IF
1950	IF Ajax (6)	Svend Aage Madsen (48), IF Ajax
1951	Helsingør IF (1)	Per Theilmann (56), Helsingør IF
1952	IF Ajax (7)	Per Theilmann (97), Helsingør IF
1953	IF Ajax (8)	Mogens Olsen (109), Aarhus KFUM
1954	Tarup HK (1)	Mogens Olsen (101), Aarhus KFUM
1955	Aarhus KFUM (1)	Mogens Olsen (130), Aarhus KFUM
1956	H.G. Handball (7)	Mogens Olsen (128), Aarhus KFUM
1957	AGF (1)	Mogens Olsen (144), Aarhus KFUM
1958	Helsingør IF (2)	Mogens Olsen (162), Aarhus KFUM
1959	AGF (2)	Mogens Olsen (178), Aarhus KFUM
1960	H.G. Handball (8)	Jens Ove Hansen (144), IF Stjernen
1961	AGF (3)	Max Nielsen (127), MK 31
1962	Skovbakken (1)	Jørgen P. Hansen (128), Tarup Pårup IF & Peter Nielsen (128), IF Ajax
1963	Aarhus KFUM (2)	Mogens Olsen (102), Aarhus KFUM
1964	IF Ajax (9)	Hans Jørn Graversen (126), USG
1965	AGF (4)	Jørgen Petersen (142), H.G. Handball
1966	H.G. Handball (9)	Mogens Olsen (122), Aarhus KFUM
1967	H.G. Handball (10)	Jørgen Petersen (118), H.G. Handball
1968	H.G. Handball (11)	Karl Erik Jørgensen (131), IF Stjernen
1969	H.G. Handball (12)	Hans Jørn Graversen (132), Skovbakken
1970	H.G. Handball (13)	Hans Jørn Graversen (128), Skovbakken
1971	Efterslægten (1)	Flemming Hansen (161), Fredericia KFUM
1972	IF Stadion (1)	Flemming Hansen (97), Fredericia KFUM
1973	IF Stadion (2)	Flemming Hansen (152), Fredericia KFUM
1974	Aarhus KFUM (3)	Flemming Hansen (137), Fredericia KFUM
1975	Fredericia KFUM (1)	Flemming Hansen (109), Fredericia KFUM
1976	Fredericia KFUM (2)	Flemming Hansen (136), Fredericia KFUM
1977	Fredericia KFUM (3)	Michael Berg (168), Holte IF
1978	Fredericia KFUM (4)	Michael Berg (201), Holte IF
1979	Fredericia KFUM (5)	Michael Berg (148), Holte IF
1980	Aarhus KFUM (4)	Michael Berg (141), Holte IF
1981	Helsingør IF (3)	Michael Berg (148), Holte IF
1982	Skovbakken (2)	Bjarne Jeppesen (117), Fredericia KFUM
1983	Aarhus KFUM (5)	Erik Veje Rasmussen (121), Helsingør IF
1984	Gladsaxe/HG (1)	Michael Berg (125), Holte IF
1985	Helsingør IF (4)	Michael Berg (101), Holte IF & Hans Henrik Hattesen (101), Virum/Sorgenfri HK
1986	HIK (1)	Flemming Hansen (100), Helsingør IF
1987	Kolding IF (1)	Flemming Hansen (98), Helsingør IF
1988	Kolding IF (2)	Kim G. Jacobsen (105), Kolding IF
1989	Helsingør IF (5)	John Mortensen (112), Nyborg GIF
1990	Kolding IF (3)	Otto Mertz (107), Kolding IF
1991	Kolding IF (4)	John Jacobsen (150), Ribe HK
1992	GOG (1)	Per Sabroe Thomsen (121), GOG
1993	Kolding IF (5)	Fritz Thomsen (141), Aalborg KFUM
1994	Kolding IF (6)	Kim Keller Christensen (170), Virum-Sorgenfri HK
1995	GOG (2)	Jan Paulsen (168), HK Roar
1996	GOG (3)	Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (167), Virum-Sorgenfri HK
1997	Virum-Sorgenfri HK (1)	Nikolaj Jacobsen (205), GOG
1998	GOG (4)	Lars E. Jørgensen (142), HK Roar
1999	Skjern Håndbold (1)	Ole Nielsen (158), Team Esbjerg
2000	GOG (5)	Brian Jensen (140), Vrold/Skanderborg HK
2001	Kolding IF (7)	Bilal Schumann (178), Kolding IF
2002	KIF Kolding (8)	Heins Kart Pedersen (172), Bjerringbro FH
2003	KIF Kolding (9)	Lars Rasmussen (179), Ajax/Farum
2004	GOG (6)	Micke Næsby (227), Fredericia HK 1990
2005	KIF Kolding (10)	Robert Gunnarsson (241), Århus GF
2006	KIF Kolding (11)	Jesper Nøddesbo (178), KIF Kolding
2007	GOG (7)	Hans Lindberg (187), Viborg HK
2008	FCK Håndbold (1)	Milutin Dragićević (177), Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2009	KIF Kolding (12)	Fredrik Petersen (171), GOG
2010	AaB Håndbold (1)	Claus Møller Jakobsen (149), Skjern
2011	AG København (1)	Jonas Larholm (160) AaB Håndbold
2012	AG København (2)	Michael Pedersen (184), Skive fH
2013	Aalborg Håndbold (1)	Jeppe Riber (196), Ribe-Esbjerg HH
2014	KIF Kolding Copenhagen (1)	Henrik Møllgaard (228), Skjern
2015	KIF Kolding Copenhagen (2)	Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen (205 goals), Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

See also

• Danish Women's Handball League

External links

• (Danish) Current league statistics
• (Danish) League history
• (Danish) Top goalscorer