2023–24 REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball)

REMA 1000-ligaen

Season	2023–24
Champions	Vipers Kristiansand
Relegated	Aker Topphåndball
EHF Champions League	Vipers Kristiansand Storhamar HE
EHF European League	Sola HK Larvik HK Fredrikstad BK
Top goalscorer	Maja Furu Sæteren (234 goals)
Biggest home win	21 goals: VIP 40–19 FBK
Biggest away win	25 goals: AKE 17–42 VIP
Highest scoring	79 goals: VIP 45–34 OPP
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2024.

The 2023–24 REMA 1000-ligaen is the 57th season of REMA 1000-ligaen, Norway's premier handball league.^[1][2][3][4]

Team information

A total of 14 teams will be participating in the 2023/24 edition of REMA 1000-ligaen. 11 teams were qualified directly from REMA 1000-ligaen 2022/23 season, and Follo HK Damer, Gjerpen HK Skien and Oppsal from First Division, was promoted to REMA 1000-ligaen.^[5]

Team	Town	Arena	Capacity	Aker and Oppsal Byåsen Fana Follo Fredrikstad Larvik Molde Romerike Ravens Gjerpen Sola Storhamar Tertnes Vipers class=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway
Aker Topphåndball	Oslo	Ullern Flerbrukshall	250
Byåsen Håndball Elite	Trondheim	Kolstad Arena	2,500
Fana	Bergen	Fana Arena	1,206
Follo HK Damer	Ski	Stil Arena	2,500
Fredrikstad Bkl.	Fredrikstad	Kongstenhallen	1,500
Gjerpen HK Skien	Skien	Gjerpenhallen	300
Larvik	Larvik	Jotron Arena Larvik	4,000
Molde Elite	Molde	Molde Arena	2,000
Oppsal	Oslo	Oppsal Arena	5,000
Romerike Ravens	Rælingen	Skedsmohallen	3,500
Sola	Sola	Åsenhallen	1,200
Storhamar Håndball Elite	Hamar	Boligpartner Arena	1,650
Tertnes Håndball Elite	Bergen	Åsane Arena	2,220
Vipers Kristiansand	Kristiansand	Aquarama	2,200

Regular season

The teams placed 12th and 13th will have to play relegation playoff matches this season, against the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the First Division. The team placed 14th will be relegated to the First Division.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vipers	26	26	0	0	931	659	+272	52	Championship play-offs
2	Storhamar	26	23	0	3	851	635	+216	46
3	Sola	26	19	0	7	832	719	+113	38
4	Larvik	26	17	0	9	777	729	+48	34
5	Fredrikstad	26	15	1	10	739	777	−38	31
6	Oppsal	26	12	1	13	754	830	−76	25
7	Molde	26	12	0	14	730	787	−57	24
8	Gjerpen	26	11	1	14	681	708	−27	23
9	Tertnes	26	8	3	15	737	805	−68	19
10	Byåsen	26	9	0	17	700	772	−72	18
11	Fana	26	8	1	17	717	775	−58	17
12	Ravens	26	7	1	18	717	776	−59	15	Play-off against the 2nd and 3rd from First Division
13	Follo	26	6	0	20	669	782	−113	12
14	Aker	26	5	0	21	654	735	−81	10	Relegated to First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1.) Points in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 2.) Goal difference in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 3.) Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 4.) Points in all matches; 5.) Goal difference in all matches.^[6]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.^[7]

Home \ Away	AKE	BYÅ	FAN	FOL	FBK	GJE	LHK	MOL	OPP	RAV	SOL	STO	TER	VIP
Aker Topphåndball		24–26	22–28	25–26	23–31	24–27	23–25	35–22	29–31	24–23	21–31	25–28	23–24	17–42
Byåsen HE	31–23		19–26	33–25	30–32	30–23	21–38	27–20	26–27	33–21	28–33	25–30	32–27	23–39
Fana	26–25	20–30		25–26	24–28	26–23	27–35	28–31	32–33	32–27	31–35	23–34	33–33	30–37
Follo HK Damer	26–23	26–29	32–31		25–28	24–25	25–29	30–32	30–28	24–29	20–34	21–33	24–33	27–36
Fredrikstad BK	21–34	33–26	28–25	33–20		26–26	26–32	30–25	29–25	30–28	29–35	23–39	35–32	29–38
Gjerpen HK Skien	23–20	38–27	28–29	28–21	34–26		24–28	22–26	37–19	20–38	24–32	17–30	28–26	20–36
Larvik HK	28–27	30–27	30–26	32–23	32–38	23–32		27–28	33–28	29–33	31–29	32–26	39–21	23–31
Molde Elite	34–26	33–27	27–31	25–23	27–26	29–27	24–26		33–34	28–30	35–37	22–29	32–35	25–41
Oppsal Håndball	34–30	37–32	27–26	33–32	29–32	25–23	33–34	32–33		29–25	22–35	22–35	34–29	30–35
Romerike Ravens	24–29	30–29	27–32	33–27	28–29	21–24	34–29	29–32	28–30		29–30	20–38	23–23	22–35
Sola HK	26–30	32–21	34–28	33–27	32–22	30–37	30–27	37–30	40–21	39–27		19–28	37–31	22–25
Storhamar HE	33–21	36–18	33–24	30–25	41–24	32–23	32–25	36–27	34–23	34–29	34–29		29–27	20–30
Tertnes HE	28–24	31–28	33–29	23–30	27–32	29–27	24–33	28–30	26–26	34–32	24–32	25–44		28–31
Vipers Kristiansand	37–27	38–22	38–25	39–30	40–19	31–21	37–27	34–20	45–34	33–27	37–29	28–26	38–36

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: NHF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

Best of three format is applied in all play-off stages, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third game (if necessary) at home. If a game ended with a draw after the regular time, it will proceed to two 5-minutes periods of extra time. If there is still a draw, another 2 × 5-minutes extra time will be played. If the scores are still level after two extra times, the winners are decided by a 7-meter shootout.^[8]

Top ranked teams from the regular season choose their opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages.^[8] The remaining two highest ranked teams after the quarterfinal stage can not meet in the semifinals.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Vipers Kristiansand	31	33
	8	Gjerpen HK Skien	19	19
								1	Vipers Kristiansand	34	39
								4	Larvik HK	27	25
	4	Larvik HK	35	27	28
	7	Molde Elite	29	32	27
															1	Vipers Kristiansand	37	32
															2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	33	27
	2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	29	39
	6	Oppsal	28	27
								2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	25	27	32
								3	Sola HK	27	23	26
	3	Sola HK	30	37
	5	Fredrikstad BK	24	21

Quarterfinals

23 April 17:30	Vipers Kristiansand	31–19	Gjerpen HK Skien	Aqurama, Kristiansand Attendance: 731 Referees: Dale, Skjold
	Vyakhireva 6	(15–11)	Skrettingland 5
	2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

29 April 19:00	Gjerpen HK Skien	19–33	Vipers Kristiansand	Skienshallen, Skien Attendance: 743 Referees: Essajee, Olsen
	Høsøien 4	(11–15)	Vyakhireva 7
	3×	Report	1×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

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24 April 18:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	29–28	Oppsal	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 438 Referees: Holgar, Aksdal
	Nestaker 11	(14–15)	Svendsberget 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

28 April 18:00	Oppsal	27–39	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Oppsal Arena, Oslo Attendance: 460 Referees: Liltved, Haavi
	Lund, Porsmyr, Svendsberget 5	(13–20)	Nestaker 7
	1×	Report	1× 1×

Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–0.

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24 April 18:00	Sola HK	30–24	Fredrikstad BK	Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: 469 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
	Knutsen, Magnussen 5	(18–9)	Solberg 7
	2×	Report	3×

27 April 29:00	Fredrikstad BK	21–34	Sola HK	Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 100 Referees: Fjeldskår, Fjellvang
	Nordrum 6	(11–17)	Herrem 13
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Sola HK won series, 2–0.

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24 April 18:00	Larvik HK	35–29	Molde Elite	Jotron Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 336 Referees: Kalløkkebakken, Valbjør
	Sæteren 13	(18–13)	Sand 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 2×

23 April 17:15	Molde Elite	32–27	Larvik HK	Frænahallen, Elnesvågen Attendance: 500 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
	Alver 7	(16–15)	Sæteren 12
	2×	Report	2×

2 May 18:15	Larvik HK	28–27	Molde Elite	Jotron Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 355 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Sæteren 7	(15–16)	Obaidli 6
		Report	1×

Larvik HK won series, 2–1.

Semifinals

8 May 18:15	Vipers Kristiansand	34–25	Larvik HK	Aqurama, Kristiansand Attendance: 1,003 Referees: Fjeldskår, Fjellvang
	Abbingh, Arcos 5	(20–10)	Sæteren 10
		Report	3×

14 May 18:15	Larvik HK	25–39	Vipers Kristiansand	Jotron Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 388 Referees: Dasic, Husomanovic
	Sæteren 7	(9–20)	Vyakhireva 8
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

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7 May 18:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	25–27	Sola HK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 761 Referees: Jørum, Kleven
	Abdulla, Nestaker, Obaidli, Svele 4	(13–16)	Novak 10
		Report	1×

15 May 18:15	Sola HK	23–27	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Braseth, Sundet
	Tveiten 8	(12–12)	Venn 6
	3×	Report	4×

18 May 18:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	32–26	Sola HK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 857 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Nestaker, Venn 8	(16–14)	Herrem 5
	5× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–1.

Finals

21 May 18:15	Vipers Kristiansand	37–33	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 892 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Vyakhireva 10	(19–16)	Venn 8
	2×	Report	1× 4×

24 May 18:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	27–32	Vipers Kristiansand	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,387 Referees: Braseth, Sundet
	Venn 7	(13–14)	Abbingh 9
	2×	Report	6×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

Awards

All Star Team and other awards

The All Star Team and other awards were announced, beginning 10 May 2024.^[9]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Eli Marie Raasok (Storhamar HE)
Left wing	Camilla Herrem (Sola HK)
Left back	Maja Furu Sæteren (Larvik HK)
Centre back	Anniken Obaidli (Storhamar HE)
Right back	Anna Vyakhireva (Vipers Kristiansand)
Right wing	Tuva Høve (Vipers Kristiansand)
Pivot	Maja Muri (Romerike Ravens)
Rookie	Tiril Jørstad Palm (Gjerpen HK Skien)
Public favorite	Tiril Jørstad Palm (Gjerpen HK Skien)
Defense player	Martha Barka (Sola HK)
MVP	Maja Furu Sæteren (Larvik HK)
Player of the year	Henny Reistad ( Team Esbjerg)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 21 April 2024^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maja Furu Sæteren	Larvik HK	234
2	Christine Karlsen Alver	Molde Elite	180
3	Maja Muri	Romerike Ravens	160
4	Karoline Lund	Oppsal Håndball	154
5	Camilla Herrem	Sola HK	141
6	Karoline Elise Syversen	Fredrikstad BK	134
7	Anniken Obaidli	Storhamar HE	132
	Emma Holtet	Tertnes HE
	Henriette Espetvedt Eggen	Tertnes HE
10	Julie Hulleberg	Fredrikstad BK	130

Relegation play-off

To determine the last two available spots in REMA 1000-ligaen, play-off matches are played between the teams that ended 12th and 13th in REMA 1000-ligaen's regular season and the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the First Division.^[11]

Matches

26 April 19:00	Romerike Ravens	30–29	Flint Tønsberg	Skedsmohallen, Lillestrøm Attendance: 298 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Holstad 9	(13–14)	Mogstad 11
	1×	Report	3×

1 May 17:00	Flint Tønsberg	25–29	Romerike Ravens	REMA 1000 Arena, Tønsberg Attendance: 677 Referees: Liltved, Haavi
	Mogstad 7	(11–17)	Muri 10
	1× 1×	Report	1×

Romerike Ravens won series, 2–0.

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28 April 16:30	Follo HK Damer	26–19	Volda	Stil Arena, Langhus Attendance: 297 Referees: Holager, Aksdal
	Sundfær 8	(12–12)	Guðmundsdóttir 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

1 May 17:30	Volda	32–26	Follo HK Damer	Volda Campus Sparebank1 Arena, Volda Attendance: 565 Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
	Guðmundsdóttir, Nilsson 7	(15–13)	Alvestad 7
	5×	Report	6×

5 May 16:00	Follo HK Damer	34–23	Volda	Stil Arena, Langhus Attendance: 310 Referees: Dasic, Husomanovic
	Gjikokaj 7	(17–13)	Rye 5
	1× 1×	Report	1×

Follo HK Damer won series, 2–1.

References

1. "REMA 1000-ligaen Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2023/2024" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
2. "Kommende kamper" (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "Tabelltipset REMA 1000-ligaen kvinner: – Bedre, men ikke gode nok" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
4. "Kari Aalvik Grimsbø er gravid som hovedtrener: – Elsker det" (in Norwegian). VG. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
5. "Oppsal rykket opp etter ekstraomganger" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
6. "Rekkefølgeberegning" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
7. "REMA 1000-ligaen Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2023/2024" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
8. "Sluttspill, play-off og kvalifisering". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
9. "Årets priser i REMA 1000-ligaen 2023/2024". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
10. "Topscore" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
11. "Slik spilles sluttspillet og kvalifiseringen" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

External links

• Norwegian Handball Federaration (in Norwegian)