2022–23 REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball)

REMA 1000-ligaen

Season	2022–23
Champions	Vipers Kristiansand
Relegated	Volda
EHF Champions League	Vipers Kristiansand
EHF European League	Larvik HK Molde Elite Sola HK Storhamar HE
Top goalscorer	Mona Obaidli (155 goals)
Biggest home win	23 goals: VIP 44–21 TER
Biggest away win	17 goals: LHK 18–35 VIP
Highest scoring	75 goals: VIP 44–31 BYÅ MOL 33–42 VIP
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 23 May 2023.

The 2022–23 REMA 1000-ligaen was the 56th season of REMA 1000-ligaen, Norway's premier handball league.^[1]

Team information

A total of 12 teams participated in the 2022/23 edition of REMA 1000-ligaen. 11 teams were qualified directly from the 2021/22 season. Only Volda Handball from 1. divisjon, was promoted to REMA 1000-ligaen.^[2]

Team	Town	Arena	Capacity	Aker Byåsen Fana Fredrikstad Larvik Molde Romerike Ravens Sola Storhamar Tertnes Vipers Volda class=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway
Aker Topphåndball	Oslo	Oppsal Arena / Ullern Flerbrukshall	5,000 / 250
Byåsen Håndball Elite	Trondheim	Kolstad Arena	2,500
Fana	Bergen	Fana Arena	1,206
Fredrikstad Bkl.	Fredrikstad	Kongstenhallen	1,500
Larvik HK	Larvik	Jotron Arena Larvik	4,000
Molde Elite	Molde	Molde Arena	2,000
Romerike Ravens	Rælingen	Skedsmohallen	3,500
Sola HK	Sola	Åsenhallen	1,200
Storhamar Håndball Elite	Hamar	Boligpartner Arena	1,650
Tertnes Håndball Elite	Bergen	Åsane Arena	2,220
Vipers Kristiansand	Kristiansand	Aqurama	2,200
Volda Handball	Volda	Volda Campus Sparebank1 Arena	2,200

Regular season

Usually, the team placing 12th will be relegated to the 1. divisjon, and the teams placing 9th, 10th and 11th will have to play a relegation playoff tournament.^[3] However, since next season will consist of 14 teams, only the team placed 12th will have to play relegation playoff matches this season, against the team placed 3rd in First Division.^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vipers Kristiansand	22	22	0	0	819	562	+257	44	Championship play-offs
2	Storhamar HE	22	14	3	5	683	580	+103	31
3	Sola HK	22	14	1	7	618	583	+35	29
4	Molde Elite	22	13	0	9	698	647	+51	26
5	Larvik HK	22	11	3	8	627	611	+16	25
6	Fana	22	12	0	10	622	613	+9	24
7	Fredrikstad BK	22	11	1	10	615	648	−33	23
8	Byåsen HE	22	10	1	11	618	637	−19	21
9	Romerike Ravens	22	7	1	14	604	652	−48	15
10	Tertnes HE	22	6	0	16	597	674	−77	12
11	Aker Topphåndball	22	5	0	17	576	700	−124	10
12	Volda Handball	22	2	0	20	512	682	−170	4	Play-off against the third from First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2023. 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.^[5]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.^[6]

Home \ Away	AKE	BYÅ	FAN	FBK	LHK	MOL	RAV	SOL	STO	TER	VIP	VOL
Aker Topphåndball		25–31	20–24	27–31	27–36	29–35	28–23	21–39	28–29	25–20	26–38	22–21
Byåsen HE	35–26		31–28	29–34	23–26	24–29	32–28	28–25	26–29	39–31	21–37	33–23
Fana	35–19	28–27		30–31	29–30	34–29	30–26	25–26	30–27	27–28	25–31	28–27
Fredrikstad BK	33–26	22–26	28–35		27–27	30–37	32–25	37–26	22–27	22–32	28–33	25–24
Larvik HK	37–31	36–24	28–34	26–29		30–26	24–23	23–22	29–29	26–29	18–35	35–26
Molde Elite	38–25	38–28	29–30	34–27	32–26		27–34	23–30	25–27	31–28	33–42	38–21
Romerike Ravens	29–38	26–26	32–22	28–32	30–27	25–28		31–32	20–33	31–29	25–40	36–22
Sola HK	31–23	25–23	32–25	25–26	23–32	29–23	28–27		34–31	35–25	20–25	25–18
Storhamar HE	33–24	30–27	34–20	35–20	25–25	33–36	34–29	27–27		37–22	31–36	39–21
Tertnes HE	33–25	27–31	24–34	27–31	30–27	33–37	22–28	27–30	22–27		24–34	29–31
Vipers Kristiansand	42–30	44–31	36–20	46–27	32–29	40–32	41–19	36–25	35–30	44–21		38–22
Volda Handball	27–31	20–23	18–29	23–21	25–30	22–38	25–29	27–29	22–36	22–34	25–34

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2023. 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.^[7]

Top ranked teams from the regular season choose their opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages.^[7] The remaining two highest ranked teams after the quarterfinal stage can not meet in the semifinals.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Vipers Kristiansand	37	28
	8	Byåsen Håndball Elite	26	26
								1	Vipers Kristiansand	43	37
								5	Larvik HK	18	22
	2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	33	37
	7	Fredrikstad BK	27	24
															1	Vipers Kristiansand	32	32
															2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	19	26
	3	Sola HK	28	34
	6	Fana	25	27
								2	Storhamar Håndball Elite	27	28	25
								3	Sola HK	29	27	24
	4	Molde Elite	32	28
	5	Larvik HK	33	33

Quarterfinals

18 April 18:30	Vipers Kristiansand	37–26	Byåsen Håndball Elite	Aqurama, Kristiansand Attendance: 763 Referees: Isachsen, Hell
	Ježić 7	(20–13)	Hjertner 8
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

23 April 15:00	Byåsen Håndball Elite	26–28	Vipers Kristiansand	Melhushallen Nord, Melhus Attendance: 650 Referees: Hoxha, Førsund
	Eklo 7	(10–13)	Jeřábková 10
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

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19 April 18:00	Storhamar Håndball Elite	33–27	Fredrikstad BK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 607 Referees: Kalløkkebakken, Valbjør
	Zschocke 9	(17–14)	Hulleberg 6
	1×	Report

23 April 16:00	Fredrikstad BK	24–37	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 500 Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
	Hulleberg 5	(13–17)	Obaidli 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–0.

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19 April 18:00	Sola HK	28–25	Fana	Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: 493 Referees: Abrahamsen, Myhrstad
	Herrem, Tveiten 7	(13–10)	Hatle 7
	1× 1×	Report	2×

23 April 18:00	Fana	27–34	Sola HK	Fana Arena, Nesttun Attendance: 658 Referees: Tøraasen, Pettersen
	Kyrkjeeide 7	(11–14)	Knutsen 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Sola HK won series, 2–0.

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19 April 18:30	Molde Elite	32–33	Larvik HK	Molde Arena, Molde Attendance: 119 Referees: Holager, Aksdal
	M. Obaidli 11	(16–15)	Sæteren 8
	2×	Report	2× 1×

23 April 17:15	Larvik HK	33–28	Molde Elite	Jotron Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 439 Referees: Andresen, Wold
	H. Løke 8	(14–11)	M. Obaidli 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

Larvik HK won series, 2–0.

Semifinals

3 May 18:15	Vipers Kristiansand	43–18	Larvik HK	Aqurama, Kristiansand Attendance: 660 Referees: Dasic, Husomanovic
	Valle Dahl 10	(20–8)	H. Løke 5
	4×	Report	1× 5×

11 May 18:15	Larvik HK	22–37	Vipers Kristiansand	Jotron Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 576 Referees: Fjeldskår, Fjellvang
	Kurtović, Rønning 5	(12–19)	Hesselberg 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

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2 May 18:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	27–29 (ET)	Sola HK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,057 Referees: Braseth, Sundet
	Obaidli 10	(12–11)	Novak 9
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 3–5

10 May 18:15	Sola HK	27–28	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: 1,086 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Deila 7	(12–12)	Zschocke 8
	1× 1×	Report	2× 3×

19 May 20:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	25–24	Sola HK	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1,507 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Abdulla 6	(13–8)	Novak 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–1.

Finals

23 May 18:15	Vipers Kristiansand	32–19	Storhamar Håndball Elite	Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 944 Referees: Nygren, Borge
	Vyakhireva 7	(17–7)	Obaidli 9
	1× 2×	Report	1×

27 May 18:15	Storhamar Håndball Elite	26–32	Vipers Kristiansand	Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 887 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
	Obaidli 9	(17–13)	Roberts 10
	1×	Report	2× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

Awards

All Star Team and other awards

The All Star Team and other awards were announced the last days of May 2023, starting on May 15.^[8]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Olivia Lykke Nygaard (Fana)
Left wing	Kristin Venn (Storhamar HE)
Left back	Maja Furu Sæteren (Larvik HK)
Centre back	Anniken Obaidli (Storhamar HE)
Right back	Anna Vyakhireva (Vipers Kristiansand)
Right wing	Jana Knedlíková (Vipers Kristiansand)
Pivot	Caroline Aar Jakobsen (Byåsen HE)
Rookie	Maja Furu Sæteren (Larvik HK)
Public favorite	Anna Vyakhireva (Vipers Kristiansand)
Defense player	Martha Barka (Sola HK)
MVP	Anna Vyakhireva (Vipers Kristiansand)
Player of the year	Henny Reistad ( Team Esbjerg)
Host	Vipers Kristiansand

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 29 March 2023^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mona Obaidli	Molde Elite	155
2	Maja Furu Sæteren	Larvik HK	144
3	Anniken Wollik	Romerike Ravens	139
4	Sara Berg	Fana	137
5	Anniken Obaidli	Storhamar HE	130
6	Maja Muri	Romerike Ravens	129
7	Aurora Kjellevold Hatle	Fana	124
8	Emma Holtet	Tertnes HE	122
9	Amanda Kurtović	Larvik HK	116
	Freja Vinther Christensen	Aker Topphåndball

Relegation play-off

To determine the last available spot in REMA 1000-ligaen, play-off matches are played between the team that ended 12th in REMA 1000-ligaen's regular season and the team who finished 3rd in 1. divisjon.^[10]

Matches

10 May 18:30	Volda	21–28	Oppsal	Volda Campus Sparebank1, Volda Attendance: 766 Referees: Holager, Aksdal
	Græsdal 4	(11–17)	Løken 10
	4×	Report	3×

14 May 16:00	Oppsal	30–33	Volda	Oppsal Arena, Oslo Attendance: 738 Referees: Tøraasen, Pettersen
	Stensrud 8	(18–15)	Andriichuk 12
	4×	Report	3×

20 May 17:00	Volda	33–34 (ET)	Oppsal	Volda Campus Sparebank1, Volda Attendance: 787 Referees: Andresen, Wold
	Stølen 8	(14–12)	Stensrud 15
	2× 3×	Report
	FT: 25–25 ET: 5–5, 3–4

Oppsal won series, 2–1 and were promoted to REMA 1000-ligaen, Volda were relegated to 1. division.

References

1. "REMA 1000-ligaen Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2022/2023" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
2. "Volda og Sandnes rykker opp til REMA 1000-ligaen" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
3. "REMA 1000-ligaen Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2022/2023" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
4. "Utvider REMA 1000-ligaen til 14 lag" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
5. "Rekkefølgeberegning" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
6. "REMA 1000-ligaen Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2022/2023" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
7. "Sluttspill, play-off og kvalifisering". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
8. "Årets priser". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
9. "Topscore" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
10. "Kjemper om den siste REMA 1000-ligaplassen" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

External links

• Norwegian Handball Federaration (in Norwegian)