Danish Handball Cup 2017 (women's handball)

2017 Danish Handball Cup

Tournament details
Country	Denmark
Final positions
Champions	Team Esbjerg
Runner-up	København Håndbold
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Mia Rej (27 goals)
Best player	Ulrika Toft Hansen

The 2017 Danish Handball Cup (Danish: DHF's Landspokalturnering 2017), known as Santander Cup 2017 for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th edition of the national women's handball cup tournament. Randers HK are the defending champions.

Format

The initial 6 rounds are managed by the regional federations with the DHF taking over the tournament at the round of 16. It ultimately results in a final four event between Christmas and New Year. The winner of the tournament qualify for the Super Cup where they meet the season's league winner. If the same team wins both the league and the cup, the losing cup finalist will be participating in the Super Cup.

Round of 16

The round of 16 ties were scheduled for 23–30 August 2017.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
23 August
Ajax København	19–36	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
24 August
Lyngby HK	15–34	FC Midtjylland Håndbold
TTH Holstebro	22–34	København Håndbold
25 August
Ringkøbing Håndbold	16–25	Team Esbjerg
SønderjyskE Håndbold	19–30	Viborg HK
26 August
Skanderborg Håndbold	16–37	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
27 August
Roskilde Håndbold	16–26	Randers HK
30 August
Aarhus United	DSQ[a]	Odense Håndbold

1. Although Odense Håndbold won the game, they were later disqualified for having their newly signed player Mie Højlund on the team sheet despite not yet being eligible to play for her new club. As such Aarhus United will assume their place in the quarter-final against Viborg HK. The game originally ended 18–21.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final ties are scheduled for 24–25 October 2017.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 October
København Håndbold	27–20	Randers HK
Aarhus United	21–18	Viborg HK
25 October
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	22–24	FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Team Esbjerg	27–22	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub

Final4

The final four event is scheduled for 29–30 December 2017 in Jysk Arena, Silkeborg.^[1]

Semi-finals Final                 29 December     Aarhus United 19   30 December   København Håndbold 27   København Håndbold 20   29 December   Team Esbjerg 31   Team Esbjerg 23     FC Midtjylland Håndbold 22   Bronze medal match     30 December     Aarhus United 23     FC Midtjylland Håndbold 22

Semi-finals

29 December 2017 18:00 (CEST)	Aarhus United	19-27	København Håndbold	Jysk Arena, Silkeborg Attendance: 1,550 Referees: Skjøth Søegaard, Kalisz Nielsen
	Petersen 5	(7–10)	Alm 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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29 December 2017 20:00 (CEST)	Team Esbjerg	23–22	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	Jysk Arena, Silkeborg Attendance: 1,683 Referees: Dahl Hermann, Madsen
	Bjørndalen 7	(9–13)	Kristiansen 8
	4× 5×	Report	4× 3×

Bronze medal match

30 December 2017 14:00 (CEST)	Aarhus United	23–22	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	Jysk Arena, Silkeborg Attendance: 1,475 Referees: Krause-Kjær, Pedersen
	Haraldsdóttir 9	(11–12)	Burgaard 5
	2×	Report	2× 3×

Final

30 December 2017 16:00 (CEST)	København Håndbold	20–31	Team Esbjerg	Jysk Arena, Silkeborg Attendance: 1,725 Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen
	Kragballe 4	(11–17)	Toft Hansen 8
	2× 2×	Report	1×

Final ranking and statistics

Top goalscorers As of 30 October 2017.[2] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mia Rej København Håndbold 27 2 Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir Aarhus United 24 3 Veronica Kristiansen FC Midtjylland Håndbold 20 Estavana Polman Team Esbjerg 5 Louise Burgaard FC Midtjylland Håndbold 19 6 Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson Team Esbjerg 18 7 Jenny Alm København Håndbold 15 Vilde Ingstad Team Esbjerg 9 Ulrika Toft Hansen Team Esbjerg 14 10 Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK 13

Danish Handball Cup 2017 winners Team Esbjerg First title Team roster: Sofie Blicher-Toft, Anne Brinch-Nielsen, Ulrika Toft Hansen, Vilde Ingstad, Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson, Maibritt Kviesgaard, Kristina Liščević, Jane Mayes, Lara González Ortega, Estavana Polman, Sanna Solberg, Ine Karlsen Stangvik, Sandra Toft, Maria Mose Vestergaard, Lene Østergaard Head coach: Jesper Jensen Most valuable player MVP was announced after the final on 30 December 2017. Most valuable player:  Ulrika Toft Hansen (SWE)

References

1. "Lodtrækning til Final4 i herrernes og damernes Santander Cup" (in Danish). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
2. "SANTANDER CUP 2017 - 1/8-FINALER" (in Danish). Retrieved 11 October 2017.

External links

• The Danish Handball Federation (in Danish)