2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen Explained

Competition:	Damehåndboldligaen
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (1st title)
Relegated:	Skanderborg Håndbold
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	København Håndbold Viborg HK Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Matches:	136
Total Goals:	7178
League Topscorer:	Trine Troelsen (199 goals)
Biggest Away Win:	RIN 18-33 FCM
Highest Scoring:	NFH 29-35 ESB NFH 36-28 AAR
Prevseason:	2015-16
Nextseason:	2017-18

The 2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen (known as the Primo Tours Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season of the Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league.

Team information

valign=center	Team.	Town	Arena	Capacity
FC Midtjylland	Ikast	Ikast-Brande Arena	2.850
HC Odense	Odense	Odense Idrætshal	2.256
København Håndbold	København	Frederiksberghallen	1.468
Nykøbing Falster	Nykøbing Falster	Scandlines Arena	1.300
Randers HK	Randers	Arena Randers	3.000
Ringkøbing Håndbold	Ringkøbing	Rofi-Centret	1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena	3.000
SK Aarhus	Aarhus	Viljen Til Sejr Arena	1.152
Skanderborg Håndbold	Skanderborg	Fælledhallen	1.700
Team Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Dokken	2.549
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3.250
Viborg HK	Viborg	Viborg Stadionhal	3.000

The regular season

Results

Championship playoffs

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Quarterfinal

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
5 April	12 April	20 April	Viborg HK	Odense Håndbold	26–28	22–20	21–20
4 April	12 April	19 April	København Håndbold	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	23–29	29–25	31–23

Semifinal

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
24 April	29 April	–	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	København Håndbold	20–21	23–29	–
25 April	30 April	–	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Viborg HK	26–24	27–27	–

Final

Relegation playoff

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Group 2

Top goalscorers

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Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Trine Troelsen	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	180
2	Nathalie Hagman	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	147
3	Stine Jørgensen	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	132
4	Ann Grete Nørgaard	Viborg HK	124
5	Kristina Jørgensen	Skanderborg Håndbold	114
	Laura van der Heijden	Team Esbjerg
7	Mia Rej	København Håndbold	113
8	Stine Skogrand	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	112
9	Line Haugsted	Viborg HK	111
10	Anna Sophie Okkels	SK Aarhus	110

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Trine Troelsen	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	199
2	Nathalie Hagman	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	186
3	Stine Jørgensen	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	159
4	Ann Grete Nørgaard	Viborg HK	155
5	Mia Rej	København Håndbold	154
6	Line Haugsted	Viborg HK	151
7	Anne Mette Hansen	København Håndbold	132
8	Stine Skogrand	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	130
9	Kristina Kristiansen	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	124
10	Veronica Kristiansen	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	123

All Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Sabine Englert (FCM)
• Left Wing: Ann Grete Nørgaard (VHK)
• Left Back: Trine Troelsen (SIL)
• Centre Back: Mia Rej (KBH)
• Pivot: Mette Gravholt (NFH)
• Right Back: Nathalie Hagman (NFH)
• Right Wing: Jéssica Quintino (HCO)

External links

• Danish Handball Federaration

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top scorer. Goalscorers. Danish. Danish Handball Federation.
2. Web site: Topscorer. Top scorer. Danish. Divisionsforeningen Håndbold. 2017-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422033810/http://tophaandbold.dk/statistik/primo-tours-ligaen/topscorer. 2017-04-22. dead.