The Danish Men's Handball League, formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen is the men's top

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professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

league. The winners of the Danish Men's Handball League are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The current champions are

GOG Håndbold GOG is a handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball having won the Danish Handball Championship 8 times and the Danish Handball Cup a record 10 ti ...

Season

The Danish Men's Handball League season consists of 14 teams, each playing 26

regular season In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of Se ...

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 top teams in each group will play semifinals. No. 1 from one group is up against no. 2 from the other. The winners will meet in finals, while the losers will play against each other for the bronze medal. Semifinals, finals, and bronze games are all played in best of 3. 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 are put in a group where they will play against each other. In the second-best division, the teams that end up 2nd and 3rd will play against each other in best of 3. The winner of those games will get to meet the lowest placed team from the 9-13 group from the top league, yet again in best of 3. The winner will get to play in the top league next season, while the loser plays in the second-best division.

Teams

The season of 2021/22, 15 teams will be participating instead of the usual 14. The cause for this is that

Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF, Brabrand IF, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose later to ...

went bankrupt during last season and was removed from the league, and the rules says that therefore the lowest placed team, TMS Ringsted, had the right to keep their place in the league. However, this was discovered after Skive fH already had qualified. Nordsjælland won the second-best league and are therefore also qualified for Håndboldligaen. In conclusion, the only solution was to have 15 teams this season. ''The teams for the 2021-22 season are:''

Champions

The complete list of the Danish men's handball champions since 1936.

Total titles won

The following clubs have won the Danish championship.

EHF coefficients

The following data indicates

coefficient rankings between European handball leagues. ;Country ranking: EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season: *5. (''3'') Super Liga (93.00) *6. (''6'')

Polish Superliga The Polish Superliga, also known as the PGNiG Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland. The current champion is Vive Kielce, the most titled Polish handball club, maintaining its position at the top of the tab ...

(77.00) *7. (''6'') Danish Handball League (74.50) *8. (''9'') 1ª Divisão (69.00) *9. (''8'')

Croatian Premier Handball League The Croatian Handball Premier League ( hr, Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (''Hrvatski rukometni savez''). The league comprises 16 teams. The ...

(46.33) ;Club ranking: EHF Club Ranking as of 14 July 2022: * 7.

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

(424) * 15. GOG (315) * 37. Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (135) * 51.

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded in May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 an ...

(100) * 54. Skjern (94)

References

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Current league statistics

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