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Damehåndboldligaen
The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously 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 Team Esbjerg (2024). The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Danish league 4th in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons. Competition format The Kvindeligaen shares the season style with the men's league. It consists of 14 teams, each playing 26 regular season 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Esbjerg
Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectators. They play games in red shirts and black shorts. The coaching team consists of Swedish international Tomas Axnér and Christian Køhler. History Team Esbjerg was founded in 1991, as a cooperation between KVIK Esbjerg and Esbjerg Håndboldklub (EHK). They competed in the Danish Handball League for the first time in 1999, but they relegated the following year. They have been part of the league since 2004. They have won the Danish Championship twice. Once in 2016, after beating FC Midtjylland Håndbold in the final. They lost the first final match 20–17, but won the second 24–19, after a dramatic penalty shootout. Again in 2019, they also beat Herning-Ikast Håndbold, in two matches, with the scores 28–20 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odense Håndbold
Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydbank Arena in the city of Odense and they play in orange shirts and black shorts. History The precursor to Odense Håndbold, GOG Håndbold's women's team, won four Danish championships in the 1990's. Odense Håndbold was created in August 2009 as a break-away club from GOG Svendborg TGI and they overtook GOG's license for the league, which was published in a press meeting August 27, 2009 in Odense Idrætshal. They therefore started their first season in the top flight of Danish handball. The season after they changed their club name to HC Odense to distance itself from GOG. As GOG was heading towards bankruptcy, they had to optain special permition from the Danish Handball Federation to separate the women's team from GOG. They changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikast Håndbold
Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991. History The club was founded as ''Ikast FS Håndboldafdeling'' on 20 June 1970 as a merger of the handball departments of ''Ikast DUI'' and ''Ikast Skytte Gymnastik Forening''. Their breakthrough came in 1991 when they won the Danish Cup and reached the top division, Dame Håndbold Ligaen. They saw success again in 1998 as they won their first and only Danish Championship gold. At the beginning of November 2008, it was announced that the professional division of Ikast-Brande EH had been taken over by football club FC Midtjylland. As a result, the team changed their name to FC Midtjylland Håndbold and switched colors from blue and yellow to red and black. In November 2017, it was announced that FC Midtjylland had sold off the handball team to a group of investors. From the 2018–19 season, they were renamed He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
København Håndbold
København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by Kim Mikkelsen. History The company behind the club was founded on January 24, 2013, and on February 16th they took over the licence of Frederiksberg IF, allowing them to play in the Danish Women's Handball League. FIF had just been promoted the season prior. Their first season was the 2013-14 Damehåndboldligaen. The team finished 13th, one position above the relegation play off. In the 2016-2017 season, they reached the championship playoff for the first time. The club won the Danish Championship for the first time in the 2017/18 season, after first winning the first leg and later the decisive DM-finals against Odense Håndbold. The year before, the team had also played in their first domestic championship final, surprisingly beatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Nykøbing Falster Handball Club) is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2024–25 season, the club competes in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with København Håndbold. History Nykøbing Falster was promoted to the top league in Denmark, Damehåndboldligaen, for the first time for 2013-14, by winning the 1st Division in 2012-13. In their first season in the top league, they finished 11th, which meant relegation/promotion play-off matches against SK Århus. They would go on to lose, but due to Vejen EH's bankruptcy, the club could stay in the league. In 2014-15 they finished last, but once again they were saved by a team withdrawing; this time by Skive fH. In March 2015 it was announced that the club had signed Kristina Kristiansen from the 2016-17 season. This signaled that the team would ramp up investment, and it sparked public interest in the, at the time, relatively obscure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Kvindeligaen
The 2024–25 Kvindeligaen was the 89th season of Kvindeligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions, while EH Aalborg was promoted from the 1. division. Odense Håndbold won the regular season in perfect fashion, winning 26 of 26 games. Later they won the title, when they beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches. Aarhus Håndbold were relegated to the 1st Division after finishing last in the regular season. Team information Regular season Standings Playoffs Pot 1 Pot 2 Playoff Semi final * The match is decided in best of 3. If the result is even after 2 matches, a third match is played. Third place playoff * The match is decided in best of 3. If the result is even after 2 matches, a third match is played. Final * The match is decided in best of 3. If the result is even after 2 matches, a third match is played. Relegation table Relegation playoff Statistics Topscorers Regular season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SønderjyskE Damehåndbold
SønderjyskE Damehåndbold is a women's handball club based in Aabenraa in South Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded in 2004 and has been part of the top tier league, Damehåndboldligaen two times. They promoted to the league again for the 2022/23 season. History SønderjyskE was created as a club for the whole region of South Jutland as it was obvious that it was impossible to create elite teams able to compete in the top leagues on the former basis of city teams. The men's football team used to be solely based in the city of Haderslev under the name Haderslev FK. In 2004 all the elite teams in football, ice hockey and handball merged into SønderjyskE, enabling the clubs to represent not only a city but the whole region of South Jutland (Sønderjylland), which drew more attention to the teams from sponsors, fans and media and made it easier to keep talents in South Jutland. In 2006 TM Tønder Håndbold withdrew from the project, when the team moved their home matches to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjerringbro FH
Bjerringbro FH is a women's handball club from Bjerringbro, Denmark. Currently, Bjerringbro FH competes in the Danish Women's Handball League, since the 2023/24 season. The home arena of the club is Bjerringbro Idræts & Kulturcenter. For the first time in club history on 1 April 2023, the club managed to win the Danish 1st Division for the first time and promote to the Damehåndboldligaen for the 2023-24 season, defeating Holstebro Håndbold by the score 33–27. The men's team fused in 2005 with Silkeborg-Voel KFUM to create Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. Results *Danish 1st Division: **''Winners (1)'': 2023 **''Third place (2)'': 2022, 2019 Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 20 Clara Bak * 24 Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen ;Wingers ;LW * 4 Emilie Bangshøi * 9 Mathilde Piil ;RW * 10 Melina Kristensen * 44 Louise Hald ;Line players * 5 Sofie Lund * 18 Sidsel Poulsen * 19 Rikke Dahl Nielsen * 29 Sara Lilholt ;Back players ;LB * 11 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EH Aalborg
EH Aalborg is a handball club from Aalborg and Nørresundby, Denmark. Currently, EH Aalborg competes in the women's Damehåndboldligaen. The home arena of the club is Nørresundby Idrætscenter. History The club was founded in 2014 under the name ''Team Abybro'' as a fusion of Visse IF and Åbybro HK. The intention was to create a top women's team around Aalborg and in general the Northern Jutland region, after Aalborg DH went bankrupt in 2013. In their first season they started in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of Danish handball, where they were promoted in the first attempt. In their second season, their first in the 1st division, they changed the name of the club to EH Aalborg. They also started playing matches at Nørresundby Idrætscenter in Nørresundby, as well as at DGI-Huset in Aabybro. In 2018-19 the club was promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, the top division in Denmark. They were however relegated again only the following season. In 2024, the club sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skanderborg Håndbold
Skanderborg Håndbold, previously known as Vrold-Skanderborg Håndboldklub is a women's handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club has over 650 members, which makes it one of the biggest handball clubs in Denmark and the biggest in Jutland. In 2021, Aarhus Håndbold merged with Skanderborg Håndbold's men's team, and they changed the name to Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold. History The club was founded in 1982 and was the result of a merger between Stilling-Skanderborg and Vrold-Skanderborg Handball Club. The men's team played in the top division Herrehåndboldligaen from the 2011-12 season until the merger with Aarhus GF Håndbold in 2021. The women's team was promoted to the top division, Damehåndboldligaen in 2016. The promoted team had only amateur players. The club played at Morten Børup Hallen until 2017, where they changed to Fælledhallen. Team :''Squad for the 2024-25 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 12 Sarah Ernebjerg Jensen * 23 Stine Almi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HH Elite
Horsens Håndboldklub Elite, also known as Horsens Håndboldklubis a Danish handball club. For the 2018/19 season, the team promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in Forum Horsens. At elite level the team goes by HH Elite, while at amateur and youth levels, the team is called by their original name, Horsens Håndboldklub. History The club was established in 1985 when Horsens forenede Håndboldklubber (HfH) and Dagnæs IF chose to merge. They decided to merge, as HfH only had a senior level team, while Dagnæs IF had good youth teams, but no senior team at a competitive level. And HfH itself is a merge of Horsens Freja and Horsens forenede Sportsklubber (HfS). Horsens HK therefore can lead its roots back to 1920 when they began playing handball in HfS. Horsens HK played in the top level uninterrupted from 1996 to 2010. Just before the 2011/2012 HH Elite were relegated administratively due to not paying the participants' fee for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM is a Danish handball club from Silkeborg and Voel. In the season 2023-2024 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. The team alternates between playing home matches in Jysk Arena in Silkeborg and Voelhallen in Voel History In 1957 Voel KFUM started around the central Jutland villages Sorring, Gjern and Voel. In 2001 the team entered a sponsorship agreement with Jyske Bank and changed their name to Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. In 2003 the men's team were promoted to the top division in Denmark, Herrehåndboldligaen. After two seasons the men's team merged with Bjerringbro FH to create Bjerringbro-Silkeborg-Voel, which later became Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold. Since then Silkeborg-Voel KFUM has focused on the women's team. In 2011 the team was promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, but were relegated again the year after. Two years after they were promoted again. In their first season back, the 2014-15 Damehåndboldligaen they surprised everyone by r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
