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2018–19 Handbollsligan
The 2018–19 Handbollsligan was the 85th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–13 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and team 14 was relegated automatically. IFK Kristianstad won the regular season, but IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ... won the playoffs and claimed their sixth Swedish title. League table Playoffs bracket Attendance References {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Handbollsligan Handbollsligan seasons ...
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Handbollsligan
Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure The season starts in September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off. The 14th team is relegated, and the 11th, 12th and 13th team plays matches against the second, third and fourth from Allsvenskan to qualify for next season's Handbollsligan. The season ends with the finals in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directly to EHF European League and the losing team qualifies for the EHF European Cup. Teams for season 2024–25 Swedish Champions *1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona *1932–33 – Redbergslids IK *1933–34 – Redbergslids IK *1934–35 – Majornas IK *1935–36 – S ...
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Lugi HF
Lugi HF is a professional handball team from Lund, Sweden. Both the men's and women's teams play in the top division in 2023–24, Handbollsligan and Handbollsligan (women's). Sports Hall information *Name: – Sparbanken Skåne Arena *City: – Lund *Capacity: – 3000 *Address: – Arenatorget 2–6, 222 28 Lund Men's team Lugi's men's team were promoted to Handbollsligan, the top division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, in 1959. In their debut season in the top-flight, Lugi finished second in the league behind IK Heim, making them List of Swedish men's handball champions, Swedish Championship (SM) silver medalists. They finished third in both 1960–61 and 1961–62, before being relegated in 1962–63. They were promoted back in 1964, but were relegated after one season. Lugi were promoted to Allsvenskan again in 1971 and have since played every season in the top level except 1992–93. By this time a playoffs had been introduced to determine the champions. In 1978, Lu ...
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AIK Handboll
AIK Handboll is the handball section in AIK. The handball section of AIK was founded in 1943. They won the Swedish Championship in 1951 and reached the final again in 1952. The handball section was closed in 1980, but reopened in 2003. Kits Sports Hall information *Name: – Solnahallen *City: – Solna *Capacity: – 2000 *Address: – Ankdammsgatan 46, 171 67 Solna, Sweden Accomplishments * Swedish championship: ** : 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ... External links * * Handball clubs in Sweden 1943 establishments in Sweden Sports clubs and teams in Stockholm Handball clubs established in 1943 Allmänna Idrottsklubben 1940s establishments in Stockholm {{Sweden-sport-team-stub ...
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HIF Karlskrona
HF Karlskrona is a Swedish handball club based in Karlskrona, founded in 1938 under the name ''Hästö IF''. In 2014 they changed their name to ''HIF Karlskrona''. In 2022 they merged with the club Karlskrona Handboll, under the new name HF Karlskrona. Sports Hall information *Name: – Brinova Arena Karlskrona *City: – Karlskrona *Capacity: – 2500 *Address: – Björkholmen, 371 33 Karlskrona, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ... References Handball clubs in Sweden 1938 establishments in Sweden Handball clubs established in 1938 Sports clubs and teams in Blekinge County 2022 mergers and acquisitions Sport in Karlskrona 20th-century establishments in Blekinge County {{Handball-club-stub ...
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Önnereds HK
Önnereds HK is a handball club based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Around 60 teams are organized in the club. Since 1965, handball has been played in the Gothenburg district of Önnered. In 1985, the club was split into a football and a handball department. The handball club moved to the Älvsborg district. In 1992, the ÖHK-hallen was built, which has been the club's home ground since then and now hold up to 1000 spectators. In addition to the large hall, the club also has two smaller ones. The women's team played in the top Swedish division, the Elitserien, in the 2009/10 season. After being relegated in Summer 2010, they compete in the Allsvenskan. From 2013 to 2016, the team appeared again in the Elitserien. After a season in the Allsvenskan, the women's team were promoted once again. The men's team were also promoted to the Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 1 ...
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IFK Ystad
IFK Ystad HK is a Swedish handball club based in Ystad, founded in 1927. History The club won promotion to the top division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, in 1941, but were relegated after one season. They did not return until 1997, when the league had been renamed Elitserien. In 1998–99, IFK Ystad finished 7th in the autumn season and qualified for the spring season of Elitserien. They finished last (8th) in the spring league, but still qualified for the premilinary round of the playoffs. They eliminated Lugi HF in the preliminary round, but were defeated by HK Drott in the quarterfinals. In 1999–2000, the club finished 7th in the spring Elitserien and lost against Alingsås HK in the playoffs preliminary round. In the following season they improved to 4th and qualified directly for the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by IFK Skövde. In 2001–02, IFK Ystad finished second in the spring league, but were defeated by Lugi HF in the quarterfinals. They finished ...
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Eskilstuna Guif
Eskilstuna Guif IF, commonly known as Eskilstuna Guif or Guif, is a handball club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. It has reached the national championship finals on four occasions but never won and currently competes in Handbollsligan, the top domestic handball league. History The club was founded on 26 May 1896 as ''Godtemplarnas Ungdoms- och Idrottsförening'' (). GUIF was one of the first sports clubs in Eskilstuna after Eskilstuna GAK. Handball was introduced in 1932. They have reached the Swedish Championship final four times (1997, 2001, 2009 and 2011), but lost on each occasion. They also finished first in the regular season in 2011–12 and 2013–14, but were eliminated in the semi-finals in both these seasons. They have played 54 seasons in the top division, second only to Redbergslid, and are fourth in the all-time table of the league. Eskilstuna Guif have also been active in athletics, bandy, cross-country skiing, football, gymnastics, ice hockey, and orienteering. ...
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Redbergslids IK
Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena. Redbergslid is the only Scandinavian club to win the EHF Champions League (1959). They also reached the final of the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2003. Noted players of the club include Peter Gentzel, Stefan Lövgren, Ljubomir Vranjes, Magnus Wislander and Andreas Palicka. In the 2022/2023 season Redbergslid were relegated from the Handbollsligan, top Swedish league, after spending 40 years straight (82 in total) in the top league. After being relegated from Allsvenskan (men's handball), the second Swedisk league in 2023/2024, they went undefeated through the third division (Division 1 södra) 2024/2025 and will be playing in the Allsvenskan (men's handball), second Swedish league 2025/2026. Redbergslids women's team won the fourth league (Da ...
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Ystads IF
Ystads IF is a professional handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992, 2022 and 2025. History 1908-1960 Ystads IF was founded in 1908 and took up handball on the programme in 1929. In 1933–34, the club won an unofficial six-team league consisting of teams from the cities of Ystad and Kristianstad. In the same season, they made their debut in Svenska mästerskapet (SM), a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions. They were eliminated by Flottans IF Karlskrona in their first match. Ystads IF played in the highest division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, for the first time in 1940–41, but were relegated after one season. They were promoted again in 1943 and in the same season reached the semi-finals of SM, where they were defeated by Västerås HF. In 1945–46, Ystads IF finished second in the league. They reached the SM semi-finals in 1946–47, but lost to Redbergslids IK. They were rele ...
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IFK Skövde
IFK Skövde is a Swedish handball club from the city of Skövde, whose roots can be traced back to 1907. The current organization, however, got its shape through a reorganization in 1991. The team has been in the Handbollsligan (Swedish highest handball league) since the 1990/91 season, when it ended just outside the playoffs. IFK Skövde has a faithful handball crowd and IFK Skövde is usually found in the top ranking of the audience in the men's highest division. They reached the List of Swedish men's handball champions, Swedish Championship final in 2005, 2007, 2021 and 2022 but never won. History 1907 On 23 September, IFK Skövde Handbolls Club ('' Idrottsföreningen Kamraternas Skövdekrets XIII '') was founded in Skövde Athletes and Sport Society at a meeting at Västra Folkeskolan in Skövde. 1975 the famous "condensation derby" was played in Division III between Skövde AIK and IFK in the Sports Hall. The match had to be canceled when just over 1 minute was left be ...
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Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact ...
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HK Malmö
HK Malmö is a Team handball, handball club based in Malmö, Sweden. The club was formed in May 2007 as a merger of Malmö HP and IFK Malmö Handboll. The men's plays in the Handbollsligan, highest handball division in Sweden, while the women's team play in the Allsvenskan (women's handball), second tier. The club has activities at both elite and grass roots level, both adult and youth level, and men's and women's teams. It also has a Para handball and 30 youth teams. The club runs the handball academy Malmö idrottsgymnasium. History The club has quickly established itself at the top of Swedish handball on the men's side. Their first season in the top flight was the 2007–08 Elitserien (men's handball), 2007-08, where the team was relegated. They did however come back in the 2009–10 Elitserien (men's handball), 2009-2010 season. In the 2017–18 Handbollsligan, 2017-18 season the club reached the semifinal of the Swedish championship for the first time, where they lost to IFK ...
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