2016–17 Håndboldligaen
# 2016–17 Håndboldligaen

The 2016–17 Håndboldligaen, known as the 888ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the 81st season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the Håndboldligaen during the 2016–17 season:

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aalborg Håndbold | Aalborg | Jutlander Bank Arena | 5,009 |
| Aarhus Håndbold | Aarhus | Ceres Arena | 5,001 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | Bjerringbro | Silkeborg-Hallerne | 2,845 |
| GOG | Gudme | Gudme-Hallerne | 2,265 |
| HC Midtjylland | Herning | Messecenter Herning | 3,350 |
| KIF Kolding Copenhagen | Kolding Copenhagen | Tre-For Arena Brøndby Hall | 5,182 5,063 |
| Mors-Thy | Nykøbing Mors Thisted | Jyske Bank Mors Arena Thy Hallen | 2,296 1,284 |
| Randers HH | Randers | Arena Randers | 3,000 |
| Ribe-Esbjerg | Esbjerg Ribe | Blue Water Dokken Invactor Arena | 3,386 1,976 |
| Skanderborg | Skanderborg | Fælledhallen | 2,000 |
| Skjern | Skjern | Skjern Bank Arena | 3,100 |
| SønderjyskE | Sønderborg | Dybbølhallen | 2,200 |
| Tvis Holstebro | Holstebro | Idrætscenter Vest | 3,250 |
| TM Tønder | Tønder | Tønder Sport- og FritidsCenter | 1,500 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2016–17 Håndboldligaen, with their manager, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Aalborg Håndbold | Jan Larsen | Aron Kristjánsson | 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 | Select | Fynske Bank, EnergiFyn |
| HC Midtjylland | Allan Witt | Morten Secher | hummel | eptools, KP Industri |
| KIF Kolding Copenhagen | Jens Boesen | Antonio Carlos Ortega | H2O Sportswear | Jolly Cola, EWII |
| Mors-Thy Håndbold | Johannes Søndergaard | Jan Paulsen | hummel | Jyske Bank |
| Randers HH | Peter Hansen | Ole Bitsch | Salming | Jutlander Bank |
| Ribe-Esbjerg | Rikke Tangaa | Claus Uhrenholt | hummel | fros |
| Skanderborg | Jens Christensen | Nicolej Krickau | Puma | AVR, Skanderborg kommune |
| Skjern Håndbold | Henning Kjærgaard | Ole Nørgaard | Puma | Skjern Bank |
| SønderjyskE | Klaus B. Rasmussen | Morten Henriksen | Diadora | SeaDane Travel |
| TTH Holstebro | Jørgen S. Hansen | Patrick Westerholm | hummel | Vestjysk Bank |
| TM Tønder | Uwe Nielsen | Claus Lyngsøe | hummel | Sparekassen Bredebro |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aalborg Håndbold | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 727 | 630 | +97 | 41 | Championship Play-Off + Advance to Champions League |
| 2 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 731 | 689 | +42 | 38 | Championship Play-Off |
| 3 | TTH Holstebro | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 751 | 692 | +59 | 37 | Championship Play-Off |
| 4 | Skjern Håndbold | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 773 | 689 | +84 | 34 | Championship Play-Off |
| 5 | GOG Håndbold | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 755 | 715 | +40 | 32 | Championship Play-Off |
| 6 | Mors-Thy Håndbold | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 659 | 672 | −13 | 27 | Championship Play-Off |
| 7 | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 676 | 674 | +2 | 27 | Championship Play-Off |
| 8 | KIF Kolding København | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 675 | 666 | +9 | 26 | Championship Play-Off |
| 9 | Århus Håndbold | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 708 | 722 | −14 | 23 | |
| 10 | SønderjyskE Herrer | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 662 | 703 | −41 | 21 | |
| 11 | HC Midtjylland | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 663 | 703 | −40 | 20 | |
| 12 | Skanderborg Håndbold | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 673 | 715 | −42 | 16 | Relegation Play-Off |
| 13 | TM Tønder Håndbold | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 629 | 704 | −75 | 13 | Relegation Play-Off |
| 14 | Randers HH (R) | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 623 | 733 | −110 | 9 | Relegated |

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

### Schedule and results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AAR | BSV | GOG | HCM | KIF | MTH | RAN | REH | SKA | SKJ | SØN | TTH | TØN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aalborg Håndbold | | 27–21 | 28–24 | 25–22 | 34–19 | 26–22 | 28–25 | 25–19 | 24–26 | 24–22 | 26–26 | 28–26 | 25–26 | 29–23 |
| Århus Håndbold | 26–31 | | 22–27 | 29–30 | 26–21 | 32–27 | 29–27 | 36–24 | 24–31 | 35–25 | 37–33 | 23–22 | 23–40 | 33–29 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 24–25 | 30–29 | | 28–25 | 28–20 | 30–25 | 26–22 | 31–28 | 24–22 | 34–27 | 22–31 | 27–26 | 34–33 | 31–27 |
| GOG Håndbold | 34–37 | 33–27 | 37–33 | | 28–21 | 34–29 | 19–37 | 36–24 | 29–27 | 31–30 | 34–28 | 36–27 | 25–23 | 27–29 |
| HC Midtjylland | 27–29 | 28–28 | 28–27 | 27–26 | | 23–27 | 27–29 | 32–29 | 29–22 | 20–22 | 29–27 | 26–27 | 24–33 | 23–29 |
| KIF Kolding København | 30–31 | 21–27 | 28–24 | 18–20 | 27–27 | | 29–29 | 30–26 | 21–22 | 35–30 | 27–30 | 31–30 | 23–24 | 27–20 |
| Mors-Thy Håndbold | 17–27 | 25–21 | 30–27 | 25–24 | 17–24 | 21–26 | | 23–18 | 22–16 | 20–27 | 24–35 | 25–21 | 28–29 | 29–25 |
| Randers HH | 17–26 | 30–23 | 21–22 | 26–36 | 18–31 | 17–23 | 26–27 | | 22–30 | 22–30 | 31–27 | 31–21 | 26–31 | 26–23 |
| Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 36–34 | 25–28 | 18–27 | 28–25 | 31–33 | 21–22 | 24–26 | 25–24 | | 34–29 | 25–21 | 26–25 | 30–23 | 20–25 |
| Skanderborg Håndbold | 24–30 | 31–29 | 29–30 | 22–25 | 26–27 | 19–25 | 25–25 | 23–21 | 28–28 | | 30–31 | 25–25 | 19–24 | 29–25 |
| Skjern Håndbold | 31–28 | 29–29 | 27–28 | 32–27 | 27–24 | 18–21 | 32–23 | 38–20 | 34–26 | 34–27 | | 31–26 | 27–22 | 35–24 |
| SønderjyskE Herrer | 15–28 | 24–24 | 26–28 | 28–32 | 27–25 | 31–25 | 28–28 | 30–26 | 27–26 | 24–23 | 21–29 | | 31–29 | 21–16 |
| TTH Holstebro | 26–24 | 25–22 | 28–31 | 30–29 | 32–26 | 32–30 | 35–27 | 33–30 | 24–26 | 33–27 | 32–31 | 31–31 | | 25–20 |
| TM Tønder Håndbold | 22–28 | 27–25 | 27–34 | 25–31 | 27–22 | 22–26 | 24–28 | 21–21 | 24–31 | 24–24 | 26–29 | 22–22 | 23–28 | |

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

## Winner's playoff

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aalborg Håndbold | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 167 | 162 | +5 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Skjern Håndbold | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 155 | +6 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | GOG Håndbold | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 150 | +25 | 9 | |
| 4 | KIF Kolding København | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 141 | 177 | −36 | 0 | |
| Home \ Away | AAL | GOG | KIF | SKJ |
| Aalborg Håndbold | | 26–34 | 26–22 | 32–24 |
| GOG Håndbold | 25–25 | | 32–20 | 28–26 |
| KIF Kolding København | 27–29 | 29–33 | | 20–29 |
| Skjern Håndbold | 30–29 | 24–23 | 28–23 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 143 | +9 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 154 | +1 | 8 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | TTH Holstebro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 153 | +12 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mors-Thy Håndbold | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 141 | 163 | −22 | 2 | |
| Home \ Away | BSV | MTH | REH | TTH |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | | 24–25 | 28–22 | 26–33 |
| Mors-Thy Håndbold | 24–30 | | 23–24 | 20–27 |
| Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 25–21 | 28–21 | | 25–22 |
| TTH Holstebro | 25–26 | 30–28 | 28–28 | |

## Playoff

### Semifinal

| Date | Date | Date | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | Results | Results | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match |
| 10 May | 13 May | 16 May | Aalborg Håndbold | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 28–26 | 29–27 | 31–23 |
| 11 May | 14 May | 17 May | Skjern Håndbold | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 26–24 | 26–31 | – |

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

### 3rd place

| Date | Date | Date | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | Results | Results | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match |
| 23 May | 28 May | 31 May | Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | Ribe-Esbjerg HH | 30–29 | 26–32 | – |

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

### Final

| Date | Date | Date | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | Results | Results | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match |
| 25 may | 28 May | 5 June | Aalborg Håndbold | Skjern Håndbold | 26–26 | 32–25 | – |

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

## 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,

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

### Group 1

| Date | Date | Date | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | Results | Results | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match |
| 17 April | 20 April | 23 April | TM Tønder Håndbold | Skive fH | 32–35 | 20–22 | 29–24 |

### Group 2

| Date | Date | Date | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | Results | Results | Results |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match | Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match | Home team in the 2nd match | 1st match | 2nd match | 3rd match |
| 17 April | 21 April | 26 April | Skanderborg Håndbold | TMS Ringsted | 32–28 | 23–28 | – |

## Number of teams by regions

| | Region | No. teams | Teams |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 8 | Aarhus Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, HC Midtjylland, Randers HH, Skanderborg Håndbold, Skjern Håndbold, Team Tvis Holstebro |
| 2 | Syddanmark | 5 | KIF Kolding København, GOG, Ribe-Esbjerg HH, SønderjyskE, TM Tønder |
| 3 | Nordjylland | 2 | Aalborg Håndbold, Mors-Thy Håndbold |

## Top Goalscorer

    As of matches played on 29 March 2017

## All Star Team

### Regular season

* Goalkeeper: Mikael Aggefors (AAL)
* Left Wing: Magnus Bramming (TTH)
* Left Back: Jacob Holm (REH)
* Centre Back: Sander Sagosen (AAL)
* Pivot: Bjarte Myrhol (SKJ)
* Right Back: Kasper Søndergaard (SKJ)
* Right Wing: Kasper Kildelund (TTH)
