2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen

Damehåndboldligaen
Season	2018–19
Champion	Team Esbjerg
Relegated	Ringkøbing Håndbold
Champions League	Team Esbjerg
EHF Cup	Odense Håndbold; Herning-Ikast Håndbold; Nykøbing Falster HK; København Håndbold
Matches played	182
Goals scored	9,118 (50.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Estavana Polman; (219 goals)
Biggest home win	21 goals: ; NFH 34–13 EHA (2 Sep) ; ESB 35–14 AJA (26 Oct)
Biggest away win	13 goals: ; SKA 22–35 ESB (15 Sep) ; EHA 22–35 ESB (16 Jan) ; TTH 23–36 ESB (13 Feb)
Highest scoring	70 goals: ; NFH 30–40 KBH (6 Mar)
	← 2017-18 2019-20 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH GO Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. For the first time ever, the league features 14 teams, expanded from the usual 12 teams, it had been before.^[1]

Season2018–19

ChampionTeam Esbjerg

RelegatedRingkøbing Håndbold

Champions LeagueTeam Esbjerg

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Team Esbjerg the championship after beating Herning-Ikast Håndbold in the final.^[2] Odense Håndbold won the regular season. Ringkøbing Håndbold were relegated, as they fininished last in the regular season.

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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
København Håndbold	København	Frederiksberghallen	1.468
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Nykøbing Falster Næstved	POWER ARENA Næstved Arena	1.300 2,500
Odense Håndbold	Odense	Odense Idrætshal	2.256
Randers HK	Randers	Arena Randers Ulvehøjhallen	3.000
Ringkøbing Håndbold	Ringkøbing	Rofi-Centret	1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena Voel-Hallen	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odense Håndbold	26	23	1	2	724	585	+139	47	Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2	Team Esbjerg	26	22	0	4	779	603	+176	44	Championship play-offs
3	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	26	19	2	5	684	581	+103	40
4	København Håndbold	26	20	0	6	781	647	+134	40
5	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	26	18	1	7	721	630	+91	37
6	Aarhus United	26	14	3	9	619	612	+7	31
7	Viborg HK	26	12	2	12	674	675	−1	26
8	TTH Holstebro	26	9	3	14	653	696	−43	21
9	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	26	9	3	14	646	668	−22	21
10	Skanderborg Håndbold	26	7	2	17	603	688	−85	16
11	Ajax København	26	6	2	18	539	639	−100	14
12	Randers HK	26	7	0	19	590	681	−91	14
13	EH Aalborg	26	3	1	22	596	716	−120	7
14	Ringkøbing Håndbold	26	2	2	22	509	697	−188	6	Relegation play-off

Home \ Away	AAR	AJA	EHA	HIH	KBH	NFH	OHC	RHK	RIN	SIL	SKA	ESB	TTH	VHK
Aarhus United		22–22	28–22	18–16	20–28	24–24	25–26	27–25	30–17	25–24	19–14	23–26	25–20	26–24
Ajax København	22–23		22–32	23–26	19–24	20–26	20–26	17–18	17–15	15–15	23–20	22–27	24–23	21–28
EH Aalborg	18–21	20–24		17–22	29–37	21–28	23–31	26–24	23–23	21–24	23–24	22–35	19–23	24–31
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	32–21	29–18	32–21		30–29	24–22	16–18	29–13	28–21	24–21	27–24	23–26	27–26	34–21
København Håndbold	21–27	33–20	32–27	26–29		31–27	24–26	35–18	35–24	29–22	34–21	30–23	37–26	25–32
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	32–21	30–23	34–13	30–25	30–40		19–25	32–19	29–12	24–23	31–24	21–31	33–32	32–26
Odense Håndbold	24–27	27–17	34–27	31–23	24–19	25–24		34–20	35–22	36–20	33–20	24–23	25–25	28–21
Randers HK	22–23	18–22	22–21	24–26	21–26	23–31	20–28		27–18	31–24	31–28	20–24	23–25	26–21
Ringkøbing Håndbold	21–21	26–24	17–25	18–23	22–25	17–24	18–26	21–18		20–24	23–29	24–29	20–27	19–29
Silkeborg-Voel	25–24	29–23	39–27	22–25	25–33	26–27	22–29	27–26	27–15		31–26	26–28	25–29	28–31
Skanderborg Håndbold	21–19	19–26	22–21	25–25	24–32	24–27	27–28	25–24	28–22	23–27		22–35	27–25	20–24
Team Esbjerg	25–28	35–14	34–25	25–23	28–37	42–27	29–18	33–22	30–12	29–22	29–25		36–22	32–22
TTH Holstebro	26–28	25–22	25–23	23–37	22–26	17–25	27–34	32–26	34–20	22–22	23–23	23–36		24–30
Viborg HK	25–24	23–19	29–28	20–20	31–33	22–32	27–29	26–29	30–22	26–26	26–18	26–29	23–27

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OHC	KBH	NFH	TTH
1	Odense Håndbold	6	4	2	160	146	+14	10	Advance to semi-finals	—	19–27	26–21	29–19
2	København Håndbold	6	4	2	173	166	+7	9	Advance to semi-finals	32–40	—	29–34	31–25
3	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	6	4	2	152	142	+10	8		24–19	26–28	—	27–25
4	TTH Holstebro	6	0	6	129	160	−31	0		23–27	22–26	15–20	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ESB	AAR	VHK	HIH
1	Team Esbjerg	6	5	0	1	167	146	+21	12	Advance to semi-finals	—	37–30	29–25	28–24
2	Aarhus United	6	2	1	3	146	164	−18	5	Advance to semi-finals	21–26	—	24–24	23–20
3	Viborg HK	6	1	1	4	145	159	−14	3		27–26	26–29	—	21–28
4	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	6	3	0	3	145	134	+11	7		19–21	31–19	23–22	—

2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen

Team information

Regular season

Standings

Results

Championship playoffs

Group 1

Group 2

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

Top goalscorers

Regular season

Overall

Monthly awards

All-Star Team

Coach of the season

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Date		Home team in the 1st match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	Home team in the 1st match	Home team in the 2nd match	1st match	2nd match
27 April	1 May	Team Esbjerg	København Håndbold	30–25	23–29
27 April	1 May	Odense Håndbold	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	26–28	23–17

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	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
14 May	17 May	24 May	København Håndbold	Odense Håndbold	22–16	35-27	24-27