2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen

Damehåndboldligaen
Season2020–21
ChampionOdense Håndbold
(1st title)
RelegatedVendsyssel Håndbold
Champions LeagueOdense Håndbold
Team Esbjerg
EHF European LeagueViborg HK
Ikast Håndbold
Matches played232
Goals scored12,108 (52.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Kristina Jørgensen
(269 goals)
Biggest home win22 goals:
VHK 41–19 SKA (27 Jan)
Biggest away win23 goals:
SKA 12–35 ESB (30 Jan)
Highest scoring69 goals:
NFH 33–36 VHK (31 Aug)
HIH 33–36 ESB (7 Oct)
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.

Odense Håndbold won the title, and Vendsyssel Håndbold were relegated, as they finished last in the regular season. This was the first time Odense won the Danish championship.[1]

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.[2]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.[3]

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: [4]
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 HIH ESB KBH SIL
1 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 6 5 0 1 183 151 +32 11 Advance to semi-finals — 30–27 26–29 29–22
2 Team Esbjerg 6 4 0 2 186 158 +28 10 21–31 — 33–23 35–27
3 København Håndbold 6 2 0 4 157 177 −20 4 25–30 25–33 — 26–29
4 Silkeborg-Voel 6 1 0 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 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

Semi-finals

Date Home team in the 1st match Home team in the 2nd match Results
1st match 2nd match 1st match 2nd match
11 May 15 May Odense Håndbold Team Esbjerg 27–26 28–27
12 May 15 May Ikast Håndbold Viborg HK 35–32 18–28

! 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.

3rd place

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
22 May 25 May 31 May Team Esbjerg Ikast Håndbold 29–29 23-23 28-29

! 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.

Final

Date Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match Home team in the 2nd match Results
1st match 2nd match 1st match 2nd match
22 May 29 May Odense Håndbold Viborg HK 28–20 30-26

! 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.

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.

Date Home team in the 1st match Home team in the 2nd match Results
1st match 2nd match 1st match 2nd match
09 May 12 May Horsens HK SønderjyskE 32–28 31–27

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 1 June 2021[5]


All-Star Team

Source:[8]

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
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

  1. ^ "Tak for sæson 2020-2021" (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ^ "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ Bambusa Kvindeligaen 2020/21 - Kampprogram
  5. ^ "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Målmand" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Assist" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Kvindeligaen - All-Star". tophaandbold.dk (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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