The 2017–18 Eliteserien is the 51st season of the

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

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's premier

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league.

Teams

A total of 12 teams will be participating in the 2017/18 edition of ''

''. Of these, 10 teams qualified directly from the 2016/17 season and the top two teams from the First Division,

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and

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Regular season

Standings

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Vipers Kristiansand won 74–40 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Larvik HK won 73–45 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Storhamar Håndball Elite won 58–53 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Byåsen Elite won 56–54 on aggregate.''

Bracket

Highest ranked team from the regular season selects the opponent. The remaining two highest ranked teams from the regular season can not meet in the semifinals.

Semifinals

''Vipers Kristiansand won 58–48 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Larvik HK won 68–54 on aggregate.''

Finals

''Vipers Kristiansand won the final 69–50 on aggregate.''

Top goalscorers

Regular season

Playoffs

Overall

Relegation playoff

''Rælingen HK won 47–45 on aggregate and were promoted to Eliteserien, Sola HK were relegated to First Division.''

References

External links

Official website
(in Norwegian) {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Eliteserien Norway, women 2017 in Norwegian women's sport 2018 in Norwegian women's sport