2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen

Damehåndboldligaen
Season	2020–21
Champions	Odense Håndbold ; (1st title)
Relegated	Vendsyssel Håndbold
Champions League	Odense Håndbold; Team Esbjerg
EHF European League	Viborg HK; Ikast Håndbold
Matches played	232
Goals scored	12,108 (52.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristina Jørgensen ; (269 goals)
Biggest home win	22 goals: ; VHK 41–19 SKA (27 Jan)
Biggest away win	23 goals: ; SKA 12–35 ESB (30 Jan)
Highest scoring	69 goals: ; NFH 33–36 VHK (31 Aug) ; HIH 33–36 ESB (7 Oct)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2021.

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.

Team information

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

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

Standings

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

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

Group 1

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

Source: DHF
Rules for classification: See Tiebreakers

Group 2

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	Advance to semi-finals	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

Top goalscorers

As of 1 June 2021^[4]

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kristina Jørgensen	Viborg HK	180
2	Stine Skogrand	Herning-Ikast	168
3	Kristin Thorleifsdóttir	Randers HK	137
4	Melissa Petrén	HH Elite	134
5	Mia Rej	Odense Håndbold	129
6	Julie Jensen	Silkeborg-Voel	122
7	Ingvild Bakkerud	Herning-Ikast	121
7	Sofia Deen	Skanderborg Håndbold	121
9	Line Haugsted	Viborg HK	120
9	Lois Abbingh	Odense Håndbold	120

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kristina Jørgensen	Viborg HK	269
2	Stine Skogrand	Herning-Ikast	214
3	Lois Abbingh	Odense Håndbold	195
4	Ingvild Bakkerud	Herning-Ikast	179
5	Line Haugsted	Viborg HK	176
6	Mia Rej	Odense Håndbold	163
7	Mathilde Neesgaard	Aarhus United	160
8	Melissa Petrén	HH Elite	157
9	Kristin Thorleifsdóttir	Randers HK	156
9	Marit Røsberg Jacobsen	Team Esbjerg	156

Top goalkeepers

As of 1 June 2021^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	%	Saves	Shots
1	Althea Reinhardt	OHC	38,5	260	676
2	Rikke Marie Granlund	ESB	37,4	238	636
3	Jessica Ryde	HIH	36,1	254	704
4	Anna Kristensen	VHK	35,4	432	1221
5	Johanna Bundsen	KBH	34,8	223	641
6	Ditte Vind	TTH	34,7	326	939
7	Sabine Englert	HIH	34,4	227	660
8	Martina Thörn	AAR	34,2	262	767
9	Nora Persson	AAR	33,8	141	417
10	Sara Keçeci	TTH	39,8	47	118

Top assists

As of 1 June 2021^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Kristina Jørgensen	VHK	147
2	Larissa Nüsser	KBH	134
3	Kristina Kristiansen	NFH	127
4	Sonja Frey	ESB	110
5	Helene Gigstad Fauske	HIH	109
6	Julie Jensen	SIL	103
7	Eira Aune	SIL	102
8	Lois Abbingh	OHC	98
9	Nycke Groot	OHC	97
10	Moa Högdahl	VHK	38

All-Star Team

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

Month	Player of the Month
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

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

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

External links

Danish Handball Federaration (in Danish)

[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.