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2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen

The 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen (known as Bambusa Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions, Vendsyssel Håndbold were promoted from the 1. division.

Damehåndboldligaen
Season2020–21
ChampionsOdense Håndbold
(1st title)
RelegatedVendsyssel Håndbold
Champions LeagueOdense Håndbold
Team Esbjerg
EHF European LeagueViborg HK
Ikast Håndbold
Matches played232
Goals scored12,108 (52.19 per match)
Top goalscorerDenmark Kristina Jørgensen
(269 goals)
Biggest home win22 goals:
VHK 41–19 SKA (27 Jan)
Biggest away win23 goals:
SKA 12–35 ESB (30 Jan)
Highest scoring69 goals:
NFH 33–36 VHK (31 Aug)
HIH 33–36 ESB (7 Oct)
All statistics correct as of 31 May 2021.

Team information edit

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Locations of the 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen
Team. Town Arena Capacity
Aarhus United Aarhus Ceres Arena Stadionhal 1.200
Ajax København København Bavnehøj-Hallen 1.000
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
Holstebro Håndbold Holstebro Gråkjær Arena 3.250
Vendsyssel Håndbold Frederikshavn DRINX Arena 600
Viborg HK Viborg Vibocold Arena Viborg 3.000

Head coaches edit

Team Head coach
København Håndbold   Claus Mogensen
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM   Jakob Andreasen
Odense Håndbold   Ulrik Kirkely
Team Esbjerg   Jesper Jensen
Vendsyssel Håndbold   Thomas Kjær
Holstebro Håndbold   Pether Krautmeyer
Nykøbing Falster HK   Jakob Larsen
Ajax København   Dennis Bo Jensen
Viborg HK   Jakob Vestergaard
Aarhus United   Heine Eriksen
Herning-Ikast Håndbold   Kasper Christensen
Randers HK   Niels Agesen
Skanderborg Håndbold   Jeppe Vestergaard
HH Elite   Lars Frederiksen

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Team Esbjerg 26 22 2 2 821 627 +194 46 Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2 Odense Håndbold 26 23 0 3 720 619 +101 46 Championship play-offs
3 Viborg HK 26 22 0 4 813 652 +161 44
4 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 26 17 1 8 714 624 +90 35
5 København Håndbold 26 16 0 10 712 672 +40 32
6 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 26 15 2 9 776 712 +64 32
7 Aarhus United 26 11 2 13 614 633 −19 24
8 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 26 10 2 14 664 704 −40 22
9 Holstebro Håndbold 26 9 3 14 629 672 −43 21
10 Ajax København 26 8 3 15 625 653 −28 19
11 Randers HK 26 9 1 16 605 696 −91 19
12 HH Elite 26 7 1 18 601 682 −81 15
13 Skanderborg Håndbold 26 3 0 23 592 768 −176 6
14 Vendsyssel Håndbold 26 1 1 24 586 758 −172 3 Relegation play-off
Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1.) Points in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 2.) Goal difference in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 3.) Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 4.) Points in all matches; 5.) Goal difference in all matches.[1]

Results edit

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.[2]

Home \ Away AAR AJA HIH HHE KBH NFH OHC RHK SIL SKA ESB TTH VEN VHK
Aarhus United 21–20 22–30 29–18 18–21 23–20 18–22 22–17 20–20 31–18 20–25 18–26 28–22 19–23
Ajax København 21–29 26–23 28–17 20–22 25–25 28–30 32–24 31–20 34–23 23–27 22–24 21–21 24–28
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 30–18 27–23 34–23 24–19 27–30 23–30 33–21 29–28 34–18 33–36 23–23 20–18 28–21
HH Elite 21–29 22–22 24–26 23–22 20–22 24–27 24–29 35–26 25–20 25–34 26–18 24–19 24–33
København Håndbold 32–24 25–18 15–26 29–26 33–31 24–29 26–29 22–27 31–18 27–29 31–27 37–26 31–26
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 34–26 30–27 30–25 30–23 32–36 26–28 27–19 28–27 38–24 32–28 27–29 32–24 33–36
Odense Håndbold 33–27 26–19 19–18 27–22 32–27 33–30 33–23 32–23 28–21 22–32 23–19 29–19 21–33
Randers HK 18–18 25–26 24–25 24–22 27–30 26–34 21–26 26–23 29–25 25–33 21–19 22–20 26–29
Silkeborg-Voel 27–21 29–19 20–36 23–24 26–28 26–30 18–28 26–21 30–24 28–36 27–25 27–24 22–32
Skanderborg Håndbold 22–27 19–21 26–31 28–21 23–38 27–35 25–26 22–21 25–27 12–35 26–28 24–28 27–36
Team Esbjerg 35–25 31–21 34–28 31–20 29–20 38–26 29–28 34–16 29–29 27–24 32–21 39–22 28–30
Holstebro Håndbold 24–29 32–25 25–28 23–22 18–28 26–26 22–23 24–25 21–27 27–26 22–22 29–28 27–31
Vendsyssel Håndbold 24–25 24–30 22–27 19–27 28–37 25–39 25–33 22–23 26–29 19–26 15–34 23–29 24–30
Viborg HK 30–27 29–19 29–26 30–19 36–21 31–29 23–32 41–23 32–29 41–19 33–34 33–21 37–19
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Championship playoffs edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIH ESB KBH SIL
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 5 0 1 183 151 +32 11 Advance to semi-finals — 30–27 26–29 29–22
2 Team Esbjerg 6 4 0 2 186 158 +28 10 21–31 — 33–23 35–27
3 København Håndbold 6 2 0 4 157 177 −20 4 25–30 25–33 — 26–29
4 Silkeborg-Voel 6 1 0 5 153 193 −40 2 27–37 22–37 26–29 —
Source: DHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OHC VHK AAR NFH
1 Odense Håndbold 6 3 1 2 175 161 +14 9 Advance to semi-finals — 30–25 30–23 27–27
2 Viborg HK 6 4 0 2 178 154 +24 9 34–30 — 30–15 28–23
3 Aarhus United Elitehandball 6 2 1 3 145 170 −25 5 27–26 23–29 — 28–26
4 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 6 1 2 3 163 176 −13 4 25–32 33–32 29–29 —
Source: DHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 1 June 2021[4]


All-Star Team edit

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Anna Kristensen (Viborg HK)
Right wing   Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (Team Esbjerg)
Right back   Stine Skogrand (Herning-Ikast Håndbold)
Centre back   Mia Rej (København Håndbold/Odense Håndbold)
Left back   Kristina Jørgensen (Viborg HK)
Left wing   Lærke Nolsøe (Nykøbing Falster HK)
Pivot   Marit Frafjord (Team Esbjerg)

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
September   Kristina Jørgensen Viborg HK
October   Lærke Nolsøe Nykøbing Falster HK
November   Mia Rej Odense Håndbold
January   Stine Skogrand Herning-Ikast Håndbold
February   Sofia Deen Skanderborg Håndbold
March   Kristina Jørgensen København Håndbold
April   Mie Højlund Odense Håndbold


Number of teams by regions edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ Bambusa Kvindeligaen 2020/21 - Kampprogram
  4. ^ "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Målmand" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Assist" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links edit

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