The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for

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women's

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clubs. It is administered by the

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, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league is officially called Bambusa Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons. It has previously been known as HTH GO Ligaen, Primo Tours Ligaen, Boxer Dameligaen, TOMS Ligaen and GuldBageren Ligaen. The current title holder is

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. It was created in August 2009 and took over G ...

(2022). The

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(EHF) ranks the Danish league 4th in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.

Competition format

The Danish Women's Handball League shares the season style with the men's league. It consists of 14 teams, each playing 26

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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.

Seasons

Current teams (2021/22)

The fourteen teams of the 2021/22 season are:

Champions

The complete list of champions since 1936:

Medal table

The all-time medal table for the women's championship is as follows:

Top scorers

The following list shows the top scorers from recent seasons: * 2000/01:

Mette Vestergaard Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

, FIF (133) * 2001/02:

Camilla Andersen Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

, Slagelse FH (181) * 2002/03:

, Slagelse FH (215) * 2003/04:

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, Slagelse FH (175) * 2004/05:

Bojana Popović Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recogniti ...

, Slagelse FH (174) * 2005/06:

Tanja Milanović Tanja Milanović (born June 15, 1977) is a former handballer from Serbia, playing left back. She set her career in October 2010. Among the clubs she played for are ŽORK "Napredak" Kruševac, Madeira Andebol SAD, Randers HK, FC Midtjylland ...

, Ikast-Bording EH (172) * 2006/07: Mette Sjøberg, FCK Håndbold (167) * 2007/08:

Nadine Krause Nadine Krause (born 25 March 1982, in Waiblingen) is a former German handballer who last played for Bayer Leverkusen as a left back. She made her debut on the German A-Team in 1999, at the age of 17. She was top scorer at the 2005 World Champions ...

, FCK Håndbold (153) * 2008/09:

Grit Jurack Grit Jurack (born 22 October 1977) is a former German handball player, who played on the German women's national handball team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team.,

, Viborg HK (125) * 2011/12:

Mette Gravholt Mette Gravholt (born 12 December 1984) is a retired Danish handball player who played for Fredericia HK and Danish national team. Gravholt is openly lesbian. She met Betina Lambæk, with whom she has a son Matteo who was born via ivf in 2017. T ...

, Team Tvis Holstebro (141) * 2012/13:

Estavana Polman Estavana Polman (born 5 August 1992) is a Dutch handball player for CS Rapid București and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands in younger age categories as well and collected the silver medal at the 2011 Women's 19 Europea ...

, SønderjyskE Damer (138) * 2013/14:

, Team Esbjerg (152) * 2014/15: Jette Hansen, Silkeborg-Voel KFUM (157) * 2015/16:

Nathalie Hagman Nathalie Mari Hagman (born 19 July 1991) is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Swedish national handball team. She played her first match for Sweden in 2009 at the age of 17. To date, Hagman is still the youngest ever d ...

, Team Tvis Holstebro (191) * 2016/17:

Trine Troelsen Trine Bach Troelsen (born May 2, 1985 in Tarm) is a retired Danish team handball player who played for the Danish women's national handball team. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship The 2010 European Women's Handball Championsh ...

, Silkeborg-Voel KFUM (199) * 2017/18:

Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson (born 6 May 1983) is a former Norwegian handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg. She made her debut for the Norwegian national team in 2004. She won the Champions League with Viborg HK in 2009. She had initiall ...

, Team Esbjerg (168) * 2018/19: Laura Damgaard Lund, EH Aalborg (158) * 2019/20:

Mia Rej Mia Rej (born 2 February 1990) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denma ...

, København Håndbold (170) * 2020/21: Kristina Jørgensen, Viborg HK (180) * 2021/22: Mathilde Neesgaard, Aarhus United (179)

Statistics

EHF coefficients

The following data indicates

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(157.67) *2. (''5'')

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(''4'') Liga Națională (94.50)

Broadcasting rights

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In European competitions

References

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