2019–20 Damehåndboldligaen
# 2019–20 Damehåndboldligaen

The 2019–20 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions and HH Elite were promoted from the 1. division.

## Team information

| Team. | Town | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aarhus United | Aarhus | Ceres Arena Stadionhal | 1.200 |
| Ajax København | København | Bavnehøj-Hallen | 1.000 |
| EH Aalborg | Aalborg | Nørresundby Idrætscenter | 800 |
| Herning-Ikast Håndbold | Ikast | IBF Arena | 2.850 |
| HH Elite | Horsens | Forum Horsens | 4.000 |
| København Håndbold | København | Frederiksberghallen | 1.468 |
| Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub | Nykøbing Falster Næstved | LÅNLET Arena Næstved Arena | 1.300 2,500 |
| Odense Håndbold | Odense | Odense Idrætshal | 2.256 |
| Randers HK | Randers | Arena Randers | 3.000 |
| Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | Silkeborg | Jysk Arena | 3.000 |
| Skanderborg Håndbold | Skanderborg | Skanderborg Fælled | 1.700 |
| Team Esbjerg | Esbjerg | Blue Water Dokken | 2.549 |
| Team Tvis Holstebro | Holstebro | Gråkjær Arena | 3.250 |
| Viborg HK | Viborg | Vibocold Arena Viborg | 3.000 |

### Head coaches

| Team | Head coach |
| - | - |
| København Håndbold | Claus Mogensen |
| Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | Jakob Andreasen |
| Odense Håndbold | Karen Brødsgaard |
| Team Esbjerg | Jesper Jensen |
| EH Aalborg | Morten Holmen |
| TTH Holstebro | Pether Krautmeyer |
| Nykøbing Falster HK | Jakob Larsen |
| Ajax København | Dennis Bo Jensen |
| Viborg HK | Jakob Vestergaard |
| Aarhus United | Heine Eriksen |
| Herning-Ikast Håndbold | Mathias Madsen |
| Randers HK | Niels Agesen |
| Skanderborg Håndbold | Jeppe Vestergaard |
| HH Elite | Lars Frederiksen |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Team Esbjerg | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 295 | +81 | 26 | Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League |
| 2 | København Håndbold | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 385 | 333 | +52 | 20 | Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Odense Håndbold | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 395 | 307 | +88 | 20 | Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Viborg HK | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 339 | 308 | +31 | 17 | Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 349 | 310 | +39 | 17 | Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Silkeborg-Voel KFUM | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 358 | 356 | +2 | 16 | Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Randers HK | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 338 | 332 | +6 | 14 | Championship play-offs |
| 8 | Nykøbing Falster Håndbold | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 325 | 328 | −3 | 14 | Championship play-offs |
| 9 | Aarhus United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 320 | 321 | −1 | 13 | |
| 10 | Ajax København | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 227 | 337 | −110 | 8 | |
| 11 | TTH Holstebro | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 302 | 348 | −46 | 6 | |
| 12 | EH Aalborg | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 314 | 368 | −54 | 5 | |
| 13 | Skanderborg Håndbold | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 302 | 346 | −44 | 4 | |
| 14 | HH Elite | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 294 | 385 | −91 | 2 | Relegation play-off |

### Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top. Last updated on 10 March 2020.

| Home \ Away | AAR | AJA | EHA | HIH | HHE | KBH | NFH | OHC | RHK | SIL | SKA | ESB | TTH | VHK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarhus United | | 28–15 | 29–25 | 26–23 | 24–23 | 22–30 | x | 17–26 | 16–17 | 27–29 | 22–17 | 23–23 | 28–23 | 25–23 |
| Ajax København | 23–25 | | 21–24 | 21–21 | x | 26–28 | 18–29 | 21–33 | 27–30 | 28–25 | 28–23 | 18–26 | 26–24 | x |
| EH Aalborg | 23–28 | 28–23 | | 29–35 | 22–17 | 24–32 | 28–31 | x | x | 27–33 | 25–29 | 20–29 | 22–27 | 17–36 |
| Herning-Ikast Håndbold | 23–19 | 30–16 | 33–27 | | 26–21 | 22–28 | 26–19 | 26–30 | x | 29–28 | 26–16 | x | 35–20 | 24–26 |
| HH Elite | 26–34 | 18–24 | 30–24 | 23–32 | | 19–28 | 21–31 | 22–37 | 26–27 | 27–33 | 25–21 | 26–24 | x | 25–29 |
| København Håndbold | 22–24 | 29–20 | 35–23 | 23–30 | 38–25 | | 31–30 | 31–29 | 28–26 | 29–22 | x | 30–30 | 27–24 | 24–32 |
| Nykøbing Falster Håndbold | 25–24 | 22–18 | x | 24–22 | 32–20 | 28–26 | | 22–30 | 29–29 | 25–26 | 26–26 | 19–31 | x | 21–26 |
| Odense Håndbold | x | 27–28 | 35–26 | 24–26 | 23–17 | x | 29–23 | | 27–23 | 30–28 | 31–26 | 25–28 | 37–22 | 21–25 |
| Randers HK | 29–29 | x | 34–23 | 25–25 | x | 22–30 | 32–27 | 25–34 | | 23–24 | 27–25 | 23–30 | 28–22 | 20–23 |
| Silkeborg-Voel | 29–25 | 26–24 | 29–28 | 35–26 | 20–22 | 26–28 | 28–23 | 20–30 | 29–25 | | 22–17 | 26–30 | 26–26 | x |
| Skanderborg Håndbold | 23–27 | 25–19 | x | 16–27 | 22–21 | 27–28 | 20–25 | 19–30 | 21–23 | 28–31 | | x | 20–22 | 13–26 |
| Team Esbjerg | 29–22 | 33–23 | 28–18 | 26–24 | 27–21 | 37–30 | 27–21 | 25–27 | 25–19 | x | 30–26 | | 37–27 | 29–22 |
| TTH Holstebro | x | 27–26 | 24–24 | 24–30 | 30–25 | 26–30 | 24–28 | 22–26 | 17–23 | 15–30 | 26–23 | 19–23 | | 18–35 |
| Viborg HK | 29–20 | 23–24 | 28–16 | x | 30–25 | 33–30 | 23–21 | 23–31 | 30–21 | 27–27 | 32–21 | 24–39 | 28–19 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of last matches played before the season got cancelled due to COVID-19

Regular season

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

1

Mia Rej

København Håndbold

170

2

Melissa Petrén

HH Elite

140

3

Kristina Jørgensen

Viborg HK

123

4

Dione Housheer

Nykøbing Falster HK

122

5

Linn Blohm

København Håndbold

117

6

Sofia Deen

Skanderborg Håndbold

113

7

Mai Kragballe Nielsen

Randers HK

110

8

Celine Lundbye Kristiansen

Aarhus United

108

9

Jane Schumacher

Silkeborg-Voel KFUM

108

10

Helene Kindberg

Silkeborg-Voel KFUM

103 :

### Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| - | - | - |
| Month | Player | Club |
| September | Mia Rej | København Håndbold |
| October | Jeanett Kristiansen | Herning-Ikast Håndbold |
| January | Mia Rej | København Håndbold |
| February | Anna Kristensen | Viborg HK |

## Number of teams by regions

| No. teams | Region | Teams |
| - | - | - |
| 8 | Midtjylland | Aarhus United, Herning-Ikast Håndbold, HH Elite, Randers HK, Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, Skanderborg Håndbold, TTH Holstebro, Viborg HK |
| 2 | Hovedstaden | København Håndbold, Ajax København |
| 2 | Syddanmark | Team Esbjerg, Odense Håndbold |
| 1 | Nordjylland | EH Aalborg |
| 1 | Sjælland | Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub |
