2014–15 Håndboldligaen
# 2014–15 Håndboldligaen

The 2014–15 Håndboldligaen (known as the Boxer Herreligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 79th season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the Håndboldligaen during the 2014–15 season:

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| AaB Håndbold | Aalborg | Gigantium | 4,500 |
| Aarhus Håndbold | Aarhus | NRGi Arena | 4,700 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | Bjerringbro | Silkeborg-Hallerne | 3,900 |
| GOG | Gudme | Gudme-Hallerne | 2,645 |
| HC Midtjylland | Herning | Sportscenter Herning | 1,600 |
| KIF Kolding Copenhagen | Kolding | Tre-For Arena Brøndby Hall | 2,650 4,500 |
| Lemvig-Thyborøn | Lemvig | Vestjysk BANK Arena | 1,400 |
| Mors-Thy | Nykøbing Mors | Jyske Bank Mors Arena | 1,500 |
| Odder | Odder | Spektrum Odder | 700 |
| Ribe-Esbjerg | Ribe | Ribe Fritidscenter | 2,200 |
| Skanderborg | Skanderborg | Morten Børup Hallen | 550 |
| Skjern | Skjern | Skjern Bank Arena | 2,400 |
| SønderjyskE | Sønderborg | Broager Sparekasse Skansen | 2,200 |
| Tvis Holstebro | Holstebro | Idrætscenter Vest | 3,250 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Håndboldligaen, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AaB Håndbold | Jan Larsen | Jesper Jensen | hummel | Jutlander Bank |
| Aarhus Håndbold | Henrik Lundorff | Erik Veje Rasmussen | hummel | Sparkassen Kronjylland, Jytas |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | Frank Lajer | Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen | adidas | Jyske Bank, Grundfos |
| GOG | Kasper Jørgensen | Jakob Larsen | hummel | Daloon, Fyske Bank |
| HC Midtjylland | Allan Witt | Patrick Westerholm | hummel | eptools, KP Industri |
| KIF Kolding Copenhagen | Jens Boesen | Aron Kristjánsson | Kempa | TREFOR |
| Lemvig-Thyborøn | Troels Banggaard | Arne Damgaard | hummel | Vestjysk Bank |
| Mors-Thy | Johannes Søndergaard | Jan Paulsen | hummel | Jyske Bank |
| Odder | Henrik Bentsen | Morten Secher | hummel | Kvickly |
| Ribe-Esbjerg | Rikke Tangaa | Sune Agerschou | hummel | fros |
| Skanderborg | Jens Christensen | Nicolej Krickau | Puma | AVR, Skanderborg kommune |
| Skjern | Henning Kjærgaard | Ole Nørgaard | Puma | Skjern Bank |
| SønderjyskE | Klaus B. Rasmussen | Morten Henriksen | Diadora | SeaDane Travel |
| Tvis Holstebro | Jacob Ørngreen Jørgensen | Klavs Bruun Jørgensen | hummel | Vestjysk Bank |

## Regular season

### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | KIF Kolding Copenhagen | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 741 | 613 | +128 | 45 |
| 2 | Aalborg Håndbold | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 657 | 602 | +55 | 38 |
| 3 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 674 | 634 | +40 | 35 |
| 4 | Team Tvis Holstebro | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 743 | 668 | +75 | 34 |
| 5 | Skjern Håndbold | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 747 | 691 | +56 | 32 |
| 6 | HC Midtjylland | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 670 | 661 | +9 | 28 |
| 7 | GOG Håndbold | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 706 | 672 | +34 | 27 |
| 8 | Aarhus Håndbold | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 691 | 690 | +1 | 27 |
| 9 | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 630 | 626 | +4 | 25 |
| 10 | Mors-Thy Håndbold | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 631 | 638 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE Herrer | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 664 | 696 | −32 | 24 |
| 12 | Lemvig-Thyborøn | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 665 | 776 | −111 | 11 |
| 13 | Skanderborg Håndbold | 26 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 647 | 733 | −86 | 10 |
| 14 | Odder Håndbold | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 635 | 801 | −166 | 4 |

* Championship Round
* Relegation Round
* Relegation

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

! There's a new relegation playoff made in November 2014

### Schedule and results

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

| Aalborg | | 29–24 | 23–22 | 26–20 | 23-20 | 30–26 | 30–20 | 27–25 | 36–28 | 26–18 | 26–22 | 24–24 | 28–24 | 24–24 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarhus Håndbold | 23–16 | | 25–29 | 24-24 | 23–23 | 29-26 | 30–29 | 25-16 | 33–23 | 29–29 | 34–29 | 21–28 | 24–25 | 23–21 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 27-24 | 29–27 | | 22–20 | 25–23 | 16–25 | 29–22 | 29–16 | 32–25 | 23–22 | 31–26 | 25-21 | 29-25 | 32–33 |
| GOG Gudme | 22-22 | 30–27 | 24–25 | | 28–28 | 26-25 | 34–24 | 27–30 | 40–25 | 20–18 | 32–27 | 24-27 | 24–24 | 18–26 |
| HC Midtjylland | 27–26 | 25-26 | 31–24 | 28–28 | | 28–30 | 27–25 | 25-24 | 28–25 | 26–20 | 21–28 | 31–27 | 26–26 | 29-30 |
| KIF Kolding Copenhagen | 20–20 | 31–23 | 24–20 | 34–28 | 30–24 | | 38–26 | 23–19 | 33-20 | 26-22 | 29–17 | 30–27 | 30-19 | 30–26 |
| Lemvig-Thyborøn | 21-22 | 34–30 | 20–28 | 31–35 | 27–32 | 29–37 | | 29–27 | 29–29 | 19-25 | 33–30 | 26–34 | 29-31 | 28–27 |
| Mors-Thy | 22–23 | 26–28 | 24-23 | 26-29 | 20–17 | 22–26 | 27–19 | | 31–16 | 19–18 | 33–25 | 27–23 | 19–18 | 22–27 |
| Odder | 22–27 | 23–33 | 22–29 | 19–41 | 27–28 | 24–28 | 24-32 | 23–24 | | 23–32 | 35–26 | 29–29 | 22–27 | 20–30 |
| Ribe-Esbjerg | 24–26 | 29–25 | 30–19 | 23–18 | 21–21 | 27–28 | 24–19 | 26–24 | 31-25 | | 25–21 | 29–29 | 27–31 | 25-33 |
| Skanderborg | 25-24 | 26–28 | 19–25 | 20–29 | 26–30 | 23–29 | 27–23 | 25-28 | 29-20 | 13–19 | | 27–28 | 29–22 | 27-38 |
| Skjern | 22–30 | 34-24 | 24–24 | 30–24 | 29-19 | 30-31 | 29–22 | 38–32 | 31–29 | 37–25 | 30–28 | | 35–26 | 34–25 |
| SønderjyskE | 27–21 | 31–27 | 22–26 | 35–34 | 20–30 | 19–28 | 35–24 | 22–24 | 28–25 | 19-21 | 30-29 | 26–22 | | 24–29 |
| Tvis Holstebro | 23–24 | 25–26 | 37-31 | 26–27 | 23–23 | 19–24 | 35-25 | 27–24 | 34-32 | 27–20 | 31–23 | 33–25 | 34–28 | |

No .1-8 from the regular season divided into two groups with the top two will advance to the semifinals

### Group 1

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | KIF Kolding København | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 150 | +17 | 10 |
| 2 | Skjern Håndbold | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Team Tvis Holstebro | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 174 | -5 | 5 |
| 4 | Aarhus Håndbold | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 173 | -12 | 4 |
| | KIF | HOL | SKJ | AAR |
| KIF Kolding København | | 33–24 | 31–20 | 23–22 |
| Team Tvis Holstebro | 32-23 | | 24–30 | 39-32 |
| Skjern Håndbold | 27–26 | 29-24 | | 23–29 |
| Aarhus Håndbold | 25-31 | 27-26 | 26-31 | |

### Group 2

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 132 | +25 | 13 |
| 2 | Aalborg Håndbold | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 155 | +13 | 10 |
| 3 | GOG Gudme | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 155 | 169 | -14 | 3 |
| 4 | HC Midtjylland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 149 | 173 | -24 | 1 |
| | AAL | BSV | HCM | GOG |
| Aalborg Håndbold | | 25–28 | 31-27 | 33–27 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 22-19 | | 32-22 | 26-24 |
| HC Midtjylland | 26–29 | 19-25 | | 28–29 |
| GOG | 25-31 | 23-24 | 27-27 | |

## Semifinal

| Dato | Dato | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Result | Result | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. match | 2. match | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Agg. | 1. match | 2. match |
| 9/5 | 23/5 | Aalborg Håndbold | KIF Kolding København | 49-52 | 21-27 | 28-25 |
| 10/5 | 24/5 | Skjern Håndbold | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 52-46 | 31-25 | 21-21 |

## 3rd place

Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match.

| Dato | Dato | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Result | Result | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. match | 2. match | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Agg. | 1. match | 2. match |
| 28/5 | 31/5 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | Aalborg Håndbold | 52-43 | 24-18 | 28-25 |

## Final

Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match.

| Dato | Dato | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Result | Result | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. match | 2. match | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Agg. | 1. match | 2. match |
| 28/5 | 31/5 | Skjern Håndbold | KIF Kolding København | 45-50 | 24-30 | 21-20 |

## Relegation playoff

No. 12-13 from Håndboldligaen and no. 2-3 from the first division is meet each other for the last 2 seats. The winner stays in the league. the loser relegated to Division 1

### Group 1

| Dato | Dato | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Result | Result | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. match | 2. match | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Agg. | 1. match | 2. match |
| 29/3 | 5/4 | Skive fH | Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold | 53-46 | 30-23 | 23-23 |

### Group 2

| Dato | Dato | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Result | Result | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. match | 2. match | Home team in 1. match | Home team in 2. match | Agg. | 1. match | 2. match |
| 30/3 | 6/4 | Randers HH | Skanderborg Håndbold | 55-57 | 26-28 | 29-29 |

## Number of teams by regions

| | Region | No. teams | Teams |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 8 | Aarhus Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, HC Midtjylland, Lemvig-Thyborøn, Odder, Skanderborg, Skjern and Tvis Holstebro |
| 2 | Syddanmark | 4 | GOG, KIF Kolding Copenhagen, Ribe-Esbjerg and SønderjyskE |
| 3 | Nordjylland | 2 | Aalborg Håndbold and Mors-Thy |

## Top goalscorers

Statistics.

    As of 1 June 2015

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 205 |
| 2 | Søren Nørgård | Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold | 178 |
| 3 | Michael Damgaard | Team Tvis Holstebro | 177 |
| 4 | Kristian Klitgaard | Odder Håndbold | 163 |
| 5 | Mads Christiansen | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 157 |
| 6 | Bo Spellerberg | KIF Kolding København | 156 |
| 7 | Henrik Møllgaard | Skjern Håndbold | 151 |
| 8 | Håvard Tvedten | Aalborg Håndbold | 149 |
| 9 | Minik Dahl Høegh | GOG | 138 |
| 9 | Sebastian Skube | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 138 |
| 9 | Lasse Mikkelsen | Skjern Håndbold | 138 |

## All Star Team

* Goalkeeper: Sebastian Frandsen (REHH)
* Left Wing: Søren Nørgård (LTH)
* Left Back: Michael Damgaard (THH)
* Centre Back: Sebastian Skube (BSV)
* Pivot: Cyril Viudes (KIF)
* Right Back: Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen (BSV)
* Right Wing: Patrick Wiesmach Larsen (THH)
