Handbollsligan

Handbollsligan (literally, "The Handball league") is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a play-off and a final like Super Bowl.

Handbollsligan

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 season
Countries	Sweden
Founded	1931
Number of teams	14
Current champions	IFK Kristianstad
Website	http://handbollsligan.se/

Contents

Structure

The season starts in the end of September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off, while the two last are relegated and the 11th and 12th team plays matches against the third and fourth from the Allsvenskan and the winners from the Division 1.

The season ends with a single final in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directlly to EHF Champions League and the losing team qualifies to the EHF Cup

On November 14 2006, the match between Hammarby IF from Stockholm and LIF Lindesberg from Lindesberg was the most scoring match ever in Elitserien. Hammarby won with the numbers 53–40. Totally 93 goals.

Current clubs (2016–17)

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Alingsås HK	Alingsås	Estrad Arena	2,800
Eskilstuna Guif	Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna Sporthall	2,601
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Eriksdalshallen	2,600
IFK Ystad	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,500
H 43 Lund	Lund	FFS Arena	3,000
IFK Kristianstad	Kristianstad	Kristianstad Arena	5,012
Lugi HF	Lund	FFS Arena	3,000
HK Malmö	Malmö	Baltiska Hallen	4,000
Redbergslids IK	Gothenburg	Lisebergshallen	2,000
Ricoh HK	Stockholm	Solnahallen	1,700
IFK Skövde	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2,516
IK Sävehof	Partille	Partillebohallen	2,000
Ystads IF HF	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,400
HK Aranäs	Kungsbacka	Aranäshallen	1,570
HIF Karlskrona	Karlskrona	Karlskrona idrottshall	1,400

Swedish Champions

Main article: List of Swedish men's handball champions

• 1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona
• 1932–33 – Redbergslids IK
• 1933–34 – Redbergslids IK
• 1934–35 – Majornas IK
• 1935–36 – SoIK Hellas
• 1936–37 – SoIK Hellas
• 1937–38 – Västerås IK
• 1938–39 – Uppsala Studenters IF
• 1939–40 – Majornas IK
• 1940–41 – IFK Kristianstad
• 1941–42 – Majornas IK
• 1942–43 – Majornas IK
• 1943–44 – Majornas IK
• 1944–45 – Majornas IK
• 1945–46 – Majornas IK
• 1946–47 – Redbergslids IK
• 1947–48 – IFK Kristianstad
• 1948–49 – IFK Lidingö
• 1949–50 – IK Heim
• 1950–51 – AIK Handboll
• 1951–52 – IFK Kristianstad
• 1952–53 – IFK Kristianstad
• 1953–54 – Redbergslids IK
• 1954–55 – IK Heim
• 1955–56 – Örebro SK
• 1956–57 – Örebro SK
• 1957–58 – Redbergslids IK
• 1958–59 – IK Heim
• 1989-60 – IK Heim

• 1960–61 – Vikingarnas IF
• 1961–62 – IK Heim
• 1962–63 – Redbergslids IK
• 1963–64 – Redbergslids IK
• 1964–65 – Redbergslids IK
• 1965–66 – IS Göta
• 1966–67 – Vikingarnas IF
• 1967–68 – IF Saab
• 1968–69 – SoIK Hellas
• 1969–70 – SoIK Hellas
• 1970–71 – SoIK Hellas
• 1971–72 – SoIK Hellas
• 1972–73 – IF Saab
• 1973–74 – IF Saab
• 1974–75 – HK Drott
• 1975–76 – Ystads IF
• 1976–77 – SoIK Hellas
• 1977–78 – HK Drott
• 1978–79 – HK Drott
• 1979–80 – LUGI HF
• 1980–81 – Vikingarnas IF
• 1981–82 – IK Heim
• 1982–83 – IK Heim
• 1983–84 – HK Drott
• 1984–85 – Redbergslids IK
• 1985–86 – Redbergslids IK
• 1986–87 – Redbergslids IK
• 1987–88 – HK Drott
• 1988–89 – Redbergslids IK

• 1989–90 – HK Drott
• 1990–91 – HK Drott
• 1991–92 – Ystads IF
• 1992–93 – Redbergslids IK
• 1993–94 – HK Drott
• 1994–95 – Redbergslids IK
• 1995–96 – Redbergslids IK
• 1996–97 – Redbergslids IK
• 1997–98 – Redbergslids IK
• 1998–99 – HK Drott
• 1999-00 – Redbergslids IK
• 2000–01 – Redbergslids IK
• 2001–02 – HK Drott
• 2002–03 – Redbergslids IK
• 2003–04 – IK Sävehof
• 2004–05 – IK Sävehof
• 2005–06 – Hammarby IF
• 2006–07 – Hammarby IF
• 2007–08 – Hammarby IF
• 2008–09 – Alingsås HK
• 2009–10 – IK Sävehof
• 2010–11 – IK Sävehof
• 2011–12 – IK Sävehof
• 2012–13 – HK Drott
• 2013–14 – Alingsås HK
• 2014–15 – IFK Kristianstad
• 2015–16 – IFK Kristianstad
• 2016–17 – IFK Kristianstad
• 2017–18 – IFK Kristianstad

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016

• 7.  (11) PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn (38.60)
• 8.  (10) Macedonian Super Liga (36.40)
• 9.  (14) Elitserien (36.33)
• 10.  (12) Belarusian First League (33.90)
• 11.  (8) Swiss Handball League (33.00)

Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph :

Year	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Rank	15	13	13	12	14	9	10

External links

• [2] Swedish handball association
• [3] Swedish men's handball league official website