2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen

Damehåndboldligaen

Season	2017–18
Champions League	København Håndbold Odense Håndbold
EHF Cup	Team Esbjerg FC Midtjylland Håndbold Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Viborg HK
Matches played	132
Goals scored	6,613 (50.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson (168 goals)
Biggest home win	19 goals: OHC 35–16 AJA
Biggest away win	17 goals: OHC 18–35 KBH RIN 16–33 OHC
Highest scoring	71 goals: NFH 36–35 RAN
← 2016-17 2018-19 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2018.

The 2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH GO Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 82nd season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub are the defending champions.

Team information

Team.	Town	Arena	Capacity
Aarhus United	Aarhus	Ceres Arena Stadionhal	1.200
Ajax København	København	Bavnehøj-Hallen	1.000
FC Midtjylland	Ikast	Ikast-Brande Arena	2.850
København Håndbold	København	Frederiksberghallen	1.468
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Nykøbing Falster	POWER ARENA	1.300
Odense Håndbold	Odense	Odense Idrætshal	2.256
Randers HK	Randers	Arena Randers	3.000
Ringkøbing Håndbold	Ringkøbing	Rofi-Centret	1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena	3.000
Team Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Dokken	2.549
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3.250
Viborg HK	Viborg	Viborg Stadionhal	3.000

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	København Håndbold	22	17	1	4	618	532	+86	35	Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2	Odense Håndbold	22	16	1	5	602	508	+94	33	Championship play-offs
3	FC Midtjylland	22	15	0	7	550	488	+62	30
4	Nykøbing F. Håndboldklub	22	13	3	6	623	573	+50	29
5	Team Esbjerg	22	14	0	8	559	526	+33	28
6	Viborg HK	22	12	3	7	562	516	+46	27
7	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	22	11	2	9	598	573	+25	24
8	Randers HK	22	9	2	11	514	516	−2	20
9	Team Tvis Holstebro	22	8	2	12	538	578	−40	18
10	Aarhus United	22	5	2	15	478	547	−69	12
11	Ringkøbing Håndbold	22	2	1	19	505	616	−111	5
12	Ajax København	22	1	1	20	466	640	−174	3	Relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2018. Source: [1][2]
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.^[1]

! In the 2017-18 season, no teams will be directly relegated as the league expands to 14 teams from the 2018-19 season. The last placed team of the regular season will play a best of three relegation playoff against 1. division's third-placed team (as both the winner and the runner-up of 1. division will be automatically promoted to the 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen). Like the men's league, the championship play-offs will include 8 teams.^[2]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	AAR	AJA	FCM	KBH	NFH	OHC	RHK	RIN	SIL	ESB	TTH	VHK
Aarhus United		19–17	19–25	23–29	20–31	22–23	21–24	24–20	32–26	16–26	19–22	24–25
Ajax København	20–30		22–31	23–34	27–39	23–33	21–28	22–27	20–24	19–26	27–26	20–27
FC Midtjylland	32–18	38–22		24–21	26–22	24–17	28–22	34–29	23–26	22–25	32–26	34–25
København Håndbold	31–20	33–28	23–21		27–24	24–24	25–32	38–26	26–21	24–23	33–32	26–17
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	36–21	36–24	26–19	23–31		28–27	36–35	31–21	28–25	26–23	25–25	30–30
Odense Håndbold	24–18	35–16	17–24	18–35	28–31		30–20	31–22	25–24	33–23	36–24	30–29
Randers HK	19–19	31–16	20–22	28–26	29–23	20–23		21–20	29–29	19–22	23–24	21–25
Ringkøbing Håndbold	22–22	26–19	19–22	28–30	21–28	16–33	20–21		25–26	22–29	22–36	15–21
Silkeborg-Voel	29–26	30–22	27–16	26–30	31–27	23–31	26–23	35–27		23–24	25–26	25–25
Team Esbjerg	30–24	30–27	24–19	27–23	24–26	18–27	23–18	29–27	27–34		26–20	24–27
TTH Holstebro	19–25	24–15	21–32	28–20	26–26	19–28	18–21	29–26	36–33	22–35		23–36
Viborg HK	17–16	22–22	23–20	26–29	33–21	25–29	19–20	35–24	25–30	28–21	22–12

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KBH	ESB	NFH	RAN
1	København Håndbold	6	5	0	1	167	140	+27	12	Advance to semi-finals		—	25–26	31–26	28–16
2	Team Esbjerg	6	4	0	2	161	151	+10	8			28–30	—	28–23	30–25
3	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	6	3	0	3	150	153	−3	7			22–23	28–27	—	24–19
4	Randers HK	6	0	0	6	127	161	−34	0			22–30	20–22	25–27	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: DHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OHC	VHK	FCM	SIL
1	Odense Håndbold	6	5	1	0	171	135	+36	13	Advance to semi-finals		—	25–20	31–22	32–21
2	Viborg HK	6	3	0	3	156	148	+8	6			24–29	—	26–29	30–18
3	FC Midtjylland	6	2	0	4	140	150	−10	5			21–27	18–20	—	24–25
4	Silkeborg-Voel	6	1	1	4	141	175	−34	3			27–27	29–36	21–26	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: DHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Championship

Semi-finals

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
5 May	8 May	12 May	København Håndbold	Viborg HK	18–24	25–31	27–26
5 May	8 May	12 May	Odense Håndbold	Team Esbjerg	20–27	21–24	32–23

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

3rd place

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
18 May	22 May	26 May	Team Esbjerg	Viborg HK	28–19	–	–

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Final

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
19 May	22 May	27 May	København Håndbold	Odense Håndbold	28–25	–	–

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Relegation playoff

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
21 April	25 April	28 April	Ajax København	SønderjyskE	21–23	22–35	38–26

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 21 April 2018^[4][5]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Sofie Bæk Andersen Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 131 2 Stine Jørgensen Odense Håndbold 126 3 Stine Skogrand Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 122 4 Veronica Kristiansen FC Midtjylland 121 5 Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK 119 6 Ida Bjørndalen Team Esbjerg 118 7 Mia Rej København Håndbold 111 8 Johanna Westberg Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 97 9 Sarah Iversen 95 10 Kristina Kristiansen 93

Overall Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ida Bjørndalen Team Esbjerg 168 2 Stine Jørgensen Odense Håndbold 164 3 Sofie Bæk Andersen Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 163 Veronica Kristiansen FC Midtjylland Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK 6 Stine Skogrand Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 160 7 Mia Rej København Håndbold 159 8 Johanna Westberg Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 149 9 Line Uno Viborg HK 128 10 Kristina Jørgensen Viborg HK 124

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
September	Natasja Clausen	Ringkøbing
October	Maria Fisker	Randers
November	Mia Rej	København
Januar	Louise Burgaard	Midtjyllland
February	Line Uno	Viborg
March	Annette Jensen	Holstebro
April	Kathrine Heindahl	Odense

References

1. "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
2. "Få overblik: Sådan er ligastrukturen ændret til den nye håndboldsæson" (in Danish). tv2.dk. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
3. "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
4. "Topscorere for pulje" [Top scorers for league] (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
5. "Spiller-score" [Goalscorers] (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

External links

• Danish Handball Federaration (in Danish)