The 2021–22 Håndboldligaen (known as the ''HTH Herreligaen'') was the 86th season of the

Danish Handball League The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...

, the top men's

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league in

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. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 10 September 2021 and concluded on 12 June 2022. GOG won their eighth title.

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and

Skive fH Skive fH (Skive forenede Håndboldklubber) is a Danish handball club from Skive. The club has a team in the men's 1st Division. They play their home matches in Freja Arena. The Club is a fusion between Skive KFUM and Skive Håndboldklub and i ...

were relegated.

Format

Under normal circumstances the league is made up of 14 teams. However, for this season only the team had 15 teams. This was because the previous season 2020-21,

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 in 201 ...

had gone

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and was forced to leave the league. The team

finished last in the regular season, and should therefore under normal circumstances have been relegated. They decided however to appeal the relegation, and it was found that due to Aarhus Håndbold's bankruptcy, they had the right to remain in the league. Simultaniously,

Nordsjælland Håndbold Nordsjælland Håndbold is a handball club, based in Helsinge, Denmark. Currently, Nordsjælland Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League, and plays its home matches in Helsinge-Hallen in Helsinge. The women's team is competing in t ...

had won the

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, and

had won the First Division play-off round and thus had to meet the worst placed team in the Håndboldligaen relegation round. This would be Aarhus Håndbold, as they had not competed, and thus had not gained any points at all. This was however decided after

had already secured promotion, as Aarhus Håndbold could not compete. This meant that only one team was relegated, but two were promoted. Therefore it was decided that for the 2021–22 Håndboldligaen, the league would have 15, not 14 teams. In the 15 team league format, it meant that two teams, instead of the usual one team, was relegated directly after the regular season. The regular season also had two rounds more than usual.

Teams

Arenas and locations

The following 15 clubs competed in the Håndboldligaen during the 2021–22 season:

Regular season

League table

Second round

Championship round

Group 1

Group 2

Relegation round

Playoffs

Semifinals

Semifinals were played

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format.

Finals

Game 1

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Game 2

''GOG won the Finals 52–51 on aggregate.''

Third place series

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed teams of the Håndboldligaen faces the 2nd and 3rd-placed team of the 1st Division. The Promotion/relegation play-offs were played

format. The winner of these tournament was promoted to Håndboldligaen and the other teams relegated to 1st Division.

Final standings

Statistics

Top goalscorers

All-Star team

The all-star team was announced on 1 June 2022.

References

External links

Danish Handball Federaration
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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 thr ...

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