2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen

The 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH GO Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. For the first time ever, the league features 14 teams.

Damehåndboldligaen

Season	2018–19
Champions	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.

Team information

København

NFH

TTH

Odense

Esbjerg

Ringkøbing

Aarhus

Silkeborg

Skanderborg

Aalborg

Ikast

Randers

Viborg

Ajax

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Locations of the 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen

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	3.000 000
Ringkøbing Håndbold	Ringkøbing	Rofi-Centret	1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena Voel-Hallen	3.000 000
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

Regular season

Standings

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

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2019. 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.

Results

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OHC	KBH	NFH	TTH
1	Odense Håndbold	1	1	0	0	27	23	+4	4	Advance to semi-finals		—	–	–	–
2	København Håndbold	1	1	0	0	28	26	+2	3			–	—	–	–
3	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	1	0	0	1	26	28	−2	0			–	26–28	—	–
4	TTH Holstebro	1	0	0	1	23	27	−4	0			23–27	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2019. Source: Stillinger
Rules for classification: Placement in the regular season between tied teams. [3]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESB	AAR	VHK	HIH
1	Team Esbjerg	0	0	0	0	26	27	−1	2	Advance to semi-finals		—	–	–	–
2	Aarhus United	1	1	0	0	23	20	+3	2			–	—	–	23–20
3	Viborg HK	1	1	0	0	27	26	+1	2			27–26	–	—	–
4	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	0	0	0	0	20	23	−3	1			–	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2019. Source: Stillinger
Rules for classification: Placement in the regular season between tied teams. [4]

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 1 May 2019

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Laura Damgaard	EH Aalborg	158
2	Estavana Polman	Team Esbjerg	156
3	Helene Gigstad Fauske	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	149
4	Sofie Bæk Andersen	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	142
5	Lærke Nolsøe	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	116
6	Ida Lagerbon	Ringkøbing Håndbold	112
7	Celine Lundbye Kristiansen	Aarhus United	110
8	Vilde Ingstad	Team Esbjerg	108
9	Julie Jensen	EH Aalborg	107
	Inger Smits	TTH Holstebro	107

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Estavana Polman	Team Esbjerg	208
2	Helene Gigstad Fauske	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	194
3	Laura Damgaard Lund	EH Aalborg	180
4	Sofie Bæk Andersen	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	159
5	Celine Lundbye Kristiansen	Aarhus United	142
6	Lærke Nolsøe	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	141
7	Vilde Ingstad	Team Esbjerg	135
8	Inger Smits	TTH Holstebro	133
9	Marit Røsberg Jacobsen	Team Esbjerg	132
10	Susann Müller	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	129

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
September	Vilde Ingstad	Team Esbjerg
October	Estavana Polman	Team Esbjerg
November	Kelly Dulfer	København Håndbold
January	Helene Gigstad Fauske	Herning-Ikast Håndbold
February	Kelly Dulfer	København Håndbold
March	Estavana Polman	Team Esbjerg
April	Susann Müller	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 20 May 2019.

Englert Nolsøe Ingstad Jacobsen Polman Fauske Burgaard

Number of teams by regions

No. teams	Region	Teams
8	Midtjylland	Aarhus United, Herning-Ikast Håndbold, Randers HK, Ringkøbing Håndbold, 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

External links

• Danish Handball Federaration (in Danish)