2014–15 Håndboldligaen Explained

Competition:	Håndboldligaen
Season:	2014–15
Winners:	KIF Kolding Copenhagen (14th title)
Relegated:	Odder Håndbold Lemvig-Thyborøn
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	KIF Kolding Copenhagen Skjern Håndbold (Wildcard)
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Team Tvis Holstebro
Matches:	218
Total Goals:	11388
League Topscorer:	Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen
Biggest Home Win:	GOG 40–25 Odder Mors-Thy 31–16 Odder
Biggest Away Win:	Odder 19–41 GOG
Highest Scoring:	SønderjyskE 35–34 GOG
Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 Håndboldligaen (known as the Boxer Herreligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 79th season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.

Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the Håndboldligaen during the 2014–15 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
AaB Håndbold	Aalborg	Gigantium	4,500
Aarhus Håndbold	Aarhus	NRGi Arena	4,700
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Bjerringbro	Silkeborg-Hallerne	3,900
GOG	Gudme	Gudme-Hallerne	2,645
HC Midtjylland	Herning	Sportscenter Herning	1,600
KIF Kolding Copenhagen	Kolding	Tre-For Arena Brøndby Hall	2,650 4,500
Lemvig-Thyborøn	Lemvig	Vestjysk BANK Arena	1,400
Mors-Thy	Nykøbing Mors	Jyske Bank Mors Arena	1,500
Odder	Odder	Spektrum Odder	700
Ribe-Esbjerg	Ribe	Ribe Fritidscenter	2,200
Skanderborg	Skanderborg	Morten Børup Hallen	550
Skjern	Skjern	Skjern Bank Arena	2,400
SønderjyskE	Sønderborg	Broager Sparekasse Skansen	2,200
Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Idrætscenter Vest	3,250

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Håndboldligaen, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AaB Håndbold	Jan Larsen	Jesper Jensen	hummel	Jutlander Bank
Aarhus Håndbold	Henrik Lundorff	Erik Veje Rasmussen	hummel	Sparkassen Kronjylland, Jytas
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Frank Lajer	Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen	adidas	Jyske Bank, Grundfos
GOG	Kasper Jørgensen	Jakob Larsen	hummel	Daloon, Fyske Bank
HC Midtjylland	Allan Witt	Patrick Westerholm	hummel	eptools, KP Industri
KIF Kolding Copenhagen	Jens Boesen	Aron Kristjánsson	Kempa	TREFOR
Lemvig-Thyborøn	Troels Banggaard	Arne Damgaard	hummel	Vestjysk Bank
Mors-Thy	Johannes Søndergaard	Jan Paulsen	hummel	Jyske Bank
Odder	Henrik Bentsen	Morten Secher	hummel	Kvickly
Ribe-Esbjerg	Rikke Tangaa	Sune Agerschou	hummel	fros
Skanderborg	Jens Christensen	Nicolej Krickau	Puma	AVR, Skanderborg kommune
Skjern	Henning Kjærgaard	Ole Nørgaard	Puma	Skjern Bank
SønderjyskE	Klaus B. Rasmussen	Morten Henriksen	Diadora	SeaDane Travel
Tvis Holstebro	Jacob Ørngreen Jørgensen	Klavs Bruun Jørgensen	hummel	Vestjysk Bank

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1		26	22	1	3	741	613	+128	45
2		26	17	4	5	657	602	+55	38
3		26	17	1	8	674	634	+40	35
4		26	16	2	8	743	668	+75	34
5		26	14	4	8	747	691	+56	32
6		26	11	6	9	670	661	+9	28
7		26	11	5	10	706	672	+34	27
8		26	12	3	11	691	690	+1	27
9		26	11	3	12	630	626	+4	25
10		26	12	0	14	631	638	-7	24
11		26	11	2	13	664	696	−32	24
12		26	5	1	20	665	776	−111	11
13		26	5	0	21	647	733	−86	10
14		26	1	2	23	635	801	−166	4

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round
	Relegation

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

! There's a new relegation playoff made in November 2014 ^[1]

Schedule and results

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

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Aalborg		29–24	23–22	26–20	23-20	30–26	30–20	27–25	36–28	26–18	26–22	24–24	28–24	24–24
Aarhus Håndbold	23–16		25–29	24-24	23–23	29-26	30–29	25-16	33–23	29–29	34–29	21–28	24–25	23–21
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	27-24	29–27		22–20	25–23	16–25	29–22	29–16	32–25	23–22	31–26	25-21	29-25	32–33
GOG Gudme	22-22	30–27	24–25		28–28	26-25	34–24	27–30	40–25	20–18	32–27	24-27	24–24	18–26
HC Midtjylland	27–26	25-26	31–24	28–28		28–30	27–25	25-24	28–25	26–20	21–28	31–27	26–26	29-30
KIF Kolding Copenhagen	20–20	31–23	24–20	34–28	30–24		38–26	23–19	33-20	26-22	29–17	30–27	30-19	30–26
Lemvig-Thyborøn	21-22	34–30	20–28	31–35	27–32	29–37		29–27	29–29	19-25	33–30	26–34	29-31	28–27
Mors-Thy	22–23	26–28	24-23	26-29	20–17	22–26	27–19		31–16	19–18	33–25	27–23	19–18	22–27
Odder	22–27	23–33	22–29	19–41	27–28	24–28	24-32	23–24		23–32	35–26	29–29	22–27	20–30
Ribe-Esbjerg	24–26	29–25	30–19	23–18	21–21	27–28	24–19	26–24	31-25		25–21	29–29	27–31	25-33	25-33
Skanderborg	25-24	26–28	19–25	20–29	26–30	23–29	27–23	25-28	29-20	13–19		27–28	29–22	27-38
Skjern	22–30	34-24	24–24	30–24	29-19	30-31	29–22	38–32	31–29	37–25	30–28		35–26	34–25
SønderjyskE	27–21	31–27	22–26	35–34	20–30	19–28	35–24	22–24	28–25	19-21	30-29	26–22		24–29
Tvis Holstebro	23–24	25–26	37-31	26–27	23–23	19–24	35-25	27–24	34-32	27–20	31–23	33–25	34–28

No .1-8 from the regular season divided into two groups with the top two will advance to the semifinals

Group 1

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1		6	4	0	2	167	150	+17	10
2		6	4	0	2	160	160	0	8
3		6	2	0	4	169	174	-5	5
4		6	2	0	4	161	173	-12	4

width=200		KIF	HOL	SKJ	AAR
		33–24	31–20	23–22
	32-23		24–30	39-32
Skjern Håndbold	27–26	29-24		23–29
Aarhus Håndbold	25-31	27-26	26-31

Group 2

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1		6	6	0	0	157	132	+25	13
2		6	4	0	2	168	155	+13	10
3	GOG Gudme	6	1	1	4	155	169	-14	3
4		6	0	1	5	149	173	-24	1

width=200		AAL	BSV	HCM	GOG
Aalborg Håndbold		25–28	31-27	33–27
	22-19		32-22	26-24
	26–29	19-25		28–29
	25-31	23-24	27-27

Semifinal

Dato		Home team in 1. match	Home team in 2. match	Result
1. match	2. match			Agg.	1. match	2. match
9/5	23/5	Aalborg Håndbold	KIF Kolding København	49-52	21-27	28-25
10/5	24/5	Skjern Håndbold	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	52-46	31-25	21-21

3rd place

Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match.

Final

Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match.

Relegation playoff

No. 12-13 from Håndboldligaen and no. 2-3 from the first division is meet each other for the last 2 seats. The winner stays in the league. the loser relegated to Division 1

Group 2

Number of teams by regions

	Region	No. teams	Teams
1	Midtjylland	8	Aarhus Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, HC Midtjylland, Lemvig-Thyborøn, Odder, Skanderborg, Skjern and Tvis Holstebro
2	Syddanmark	4	GOG, KIF Kolding Copenhagen, Ribe-Esbjerg and SønderjyskE
3	Nordjylland	2	Aalborg Håndbold and Mors-Thy

Top goalscorers

Statistics.^[3]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	205
2	Søren Nørgård	Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold	178
3	Michael Damgaard	Team Tvis Holstebro	177
4	Kristian Klitgaard	Odder Håndbold	163
5	Mads Christiansen	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	157
6	Bo Spellerberg	KIF Kolding København	156
7	Henrik Møllgaard	Skjern Håndbold	151
8	Håvard Tvedten	Aalborg Håndbold	149
9	Minik Dahl Høegh	GOG	138
	Sebastian Skube	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
	Lasse Mikkelsen	Skjern Håndbold

All Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Sebastian Frandsen (REHH)
• Left Wing: Søren Nørgård (LTH)
• Left Back: Michael Damgaard (THH)
• Centre Back: Sebastian Skube (BSV)
• Pivot: Cyril Viudes (KIF)
• Right Back: Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen (BSV)
• Right Wing: Patrick Wiesmach Larsen (THH)

External links

• Danish Handball Federaration

Notes and References

1. Web site: tournament info (Danish) . 2015-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150311153603/http://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/turneringsinfo . 2015-03-11 . dead .
2. http://kampe.dhf.dk/dhf/Turneringer-og-resultater/Pulje-Komplet-Kampprogram.aspx?PuljeId=28274 Results
3. Web site: Top scorers . 2015-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074132/https://www.hbold.dk/maal/herre_haandbold_ligaen//men/2014-15/scorers . 2015-05-18 . dead .