For the women's league, see 2017–18 Damehåndboldligaen.

The 2017–18 Håndboldligaen, known as the 888ligaen for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Nordsjælland Håndbold was the promoted team from the previous year's 1st Division.[1]

Skjern Håndbold was declared Danish champion after they beat Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final.

HC Midtjylland was declared bankrupt during the season, and it was thus administratively relegated to the 2nd Division, the third tier of Danish handball.[2]

Team information

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Locations of the 2017–18 Håndboldligaen

14 clubs competed in the Håndboldligaen during the 2017–18 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity
Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Jutlander Bank Arena 5,009
Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Ceres Arena 5,001
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Bjerringbro Jysk Arena 2,845
GOG Gudme SU`VI:T Arena 2,265
HC Midtjylland Herning Messecenter Herning 3,350
KIF Kolding Copenhagen Kolding

Copenhagen

Tre-For Arena
Brøndby Hall 		5,182
5,063
Mors-Thy Nykøbing Mors

Thisted

Jyske Bank Mors Arena

Thy Hallen

2,296

1,284

Nordsjælland Håndbold Helsinge
Hillerød 		Helsinge-Hallen
FrederiksborgCentret 		1,600
1,100
Ribe-Esbjerg Esbjerg

Ribe

Blue Water Dokken

Invactor Arena

3,386

1,976

Skanderborg Skanderborg Fælledhallen 2,000
Skjern Skjern Skjern Bank Arena 3,264
SønderjyskE Sønderborg Skansen 2,200
TTH Holstebro Holstebro Idrætscenter Vest 3,250
TM Tønder Tønder Tønder Sport- og FritidsCenter 1,500

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 Håndboldligaen, with their manager, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aalborg Håndbold Jan Larsen Iceland Aron Kristjánsson hummel Jutlander Bank
Aarhus Håndbold Henrik Lundorff Denmark Erik Veje Rasmussen hummel Sparkassen Kronjylland, Jytas
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Frank Lajer Denmark Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen adidas Jyske Bank, Grundfos
GOG Kasper Jørgensen Denmark Nicolej Krickau Select Fynske Bank, EnergiFyn
HC Midtjylland Allan Witt Norway Jonas Wille hummel eptools, KP Industri
KIF Kolding Copenhagen Jens Boesen Denmark Lars Frederiksen H2O Sportswear Jolly Cola, EWII
Mors-Thy Håndbold Johannes Søndergaard Denmark Søren Hansen hummel Jyske Bank
Nordsjælland Håndbold Jørgen Simonsen Denmark Ian Marko Fog hummel GF Forsikring
Ribe-Esbjerg Rikke Tangaa Denmark Jan Leslie hummel fros
Skanderborg Jens Christensen Denmark Nick Rasmussen Puma AVR, Skanderborg kommune
Skjern Håndbold Henning Kjærgaard Denmark Ole Nørgaard Puma Skjern Bank
SønderjyskE Klaus B. Rasmussen Denmark Kasper Christensen Diadora SeaDane Travel
TTH Holstebro Jørgen S. Hansen Finland Patrick Westerholm hummel Vestjysk Bank
TM Tønder Uwe Nielsen Denmark Torben Sørensen hummel Sparekassen Bredebro

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Ribe-Esbjerg HH Denmark Jan Leslie Mutual Consent 29 November 2017[3] Denmark Sune Agerschou 29 November 2017 11th

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skjern Håndbold 26 20 3 3 739 674 +65 43 Championship Play-Off + Advance to Champions League
2 GOG Håndbold 26 20 2 4 759 632 +127 42 Championship Play-Off
3 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 26 20 0 6 789 668 +121 40
4 Aalborg Håndbold 26 16 0 10 711 656 +55 32
5 TTH Holstebro 26 14 3 9 694 660 +34 31
6 KIF Kolding København 26 11 3 12 713 719 −6 25
7 Nordsjælland Håndbold 26 10 4 12 726 745 −19 24
8 Århus Håndbold 26 11 1 14 732 737 −5 23
9 Mors-Thy Håndbold 26 11 1 14 691 715 −24 23
10 Ribe-Esbjerg HH 26 9 4 13 719 708 +11 22
11 SønderjyskE Herrer 26 8 1 17 693 741 −48 17
12 Skanderborg Håndbold 26 8 1 17 642 691 −49 17 Relegation Play-Off
13 HC Midtjylland 26 6 1 19 606 778 −172 13
14 TM Tønder Håndbold (R) 26 5 2 19 654 744 −90 12 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2018. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

! There's a new relegation playoff made in November 2014 [4]

Schedule and results

Home \ Away AAL AAR BSV GOG HCM KIF MTH NSH REH SKA SKJ SØN TTH TØN
Aalborg Håndbold 29–24 24–23 27–25 28–26 30–20 25–21 33–29 29–25 23–26 25–27 28–24 25–26 31–28
Århus Håndbold 20–24 32–34 24–31 33–15 33–26 27–28 28–28 30–26 24–30 26–29 33–29 27–29 29–22
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 36–28 38–28 24–25 38–19 31–28 40–31 30–31 30–27 28–22 26–19 28–20 27–25 31–15
GOG Håndbold 30–26 33–23 21–19 41–13 24–22 31–22 24–21 31–23 28–27 26–31 32–22 28–23 34–22
HC Midtjylland 17–36 26–30 32–30 30–35 23–24 25–23 20–34 27–26 26–21 21–27 25–41 17–27 27–25
KIF Kolding København 23–22 25–28 28–34 32–31 37–24 35–31 33–28 31–27 29–23 24–28 29–30 26–26 27–27
Mors-Thy Håndbold 18–24 28–33 26–30 23–29 27–28 31–28 29–22 29–23 24–23 24–24 38–33 20–19 29–23
Nordsjælland Håndbold 30–28 32–25 24–36 25–34 30–30 31–29 32–31 27–27 32–28 29–32 26–26 27–22 31–26
Ribe-Esbjerg HH 23–25 24–26 27–30 33–23 29–16 23–24 29–25 34–32 33–22 29–29 30–28 21–21 25–25
Skanderborg Håndbold 24–23 25–29 24–20 23–30 20–19 29–29 22–29 26–25 31–34 19–26 27–19 22–32 29–19
Skjern Håndbold 31–29 32–27 30–31 29–29 25–24 25–24 30–26 31–27 33–29 31–30 27–22 34–23 26–22
SønderjyskE Herrer 28–35 27–31 21–30 26–30 26–24 23–28 30–33 30–26 26–28 28–20 24–21 29–26 23–28
TTH Holstebro 26–24 32–31 26–28 18–18 29–26 32–35 32–22 31–22 33–29 23–22 30–31 27–31 27–24
TM Tønder Håndbold 26–30 35–31 31–32 24–36 36–26 25–27 18–23 22–25 25–35 28–27 28–31 26–23 24–29
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 4 June 2018[5][6]

Winner's playoff

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aalborg Håndbold 6 5 0 1 186 166 +20 11 Advance to semifinals
2 Skjern Håndbold 6 3 0 3 173 174 −1 8
3 TTH Holstebro 6 3 1 2 172 168 +4 7
4 Aarhus Håndbold 6 0 1 5 155 178 −23 1
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Home \ Away AAL AAR SKJ TTH
Aalborg Håndbold 28–27 33–30 35–23
Aarhus Håndbold 29–35 26–33 21–29
Skjern Håndbold 26–25 26–28 35–30
TTH Holstebro 31–27 27–27 32–22
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 GOG Håndbold 6 3 2 1 191 181 +10 10 Advance to semifinals
2 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 3 2 1 181 170 +11 9
3 KIF Kolding København 6 3 1 2 182 185 −3 7
4 Nordsjælland Håndbold 6 0 1 5 174 192 −18 1
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Home \ Away BSV GOG KIF NSH
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 28–29 31–28 30–30
GOG Håndbold 32–32 29–29 38–31
KIF Kolding København 27–32 33–32 39–36
Nordsjælland Håndbold 24–28 28–31 25–26
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff

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
10-05-18 13-05-18 16-05-18 Skjern Håndbold GOG Håndbold 28–31 24–23 38–30
10-05-18 13-05-18 16-05-18 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Aalborg Håndbold 28–20 32–28 –

! 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
21-05-18 28-05-18 31-05-18 GOG Håndbold Aalborg Håndbold 25–26 37–31 25–22

! 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 3rd match 1st match 2nd match 3rd match
20-05-18 29-05-18 Skjern Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 29–29 27–26 –

! 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

No. 5 from the relegation playoff and winner, of the playoff match between 2nd and 3rd, from the first division is meet each other for the last seat. The winner stays in the league. the loser relegated to Division 1.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SønderjyskE Herrer 3 3 0 0 95 81 +14 7
2 Mors-Thy Håndbold 3 2 0 1 92 95 −3 6
3 Ribe-Esbjerg HH 3 0 1 2 84 91 −7 3
4 Skanderborg Håndbold 3 0 1 2 83 87 −4 2
5 HC Midtjylland[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ HC Midtjylland was excluded from the relegation playoff on 23 April 2017 due to license violation. The results were abandoned.[7]
Home \ Away HCM MTH REH SKA SØN
HC Midtjylland DQ DQ DQ DQ
Mors-Thy Håndbold DQ 32–31 27–26
Ribe-Esbjerg HH DQ 22–28
Skanderborg Håndbold DQ 31–31
SønderjyskE Håndbold DQ 38–33 29–26
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Number of teams by regions

Region No. teams Teams
1 Midtjylland 6 Aarhus Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, HC Midtjylland, Skanderborg Håndbold, Skjern Håndbold, TTH Holstebro
2 Syddanmark 5 KIF Kolding København, GOG, Ribe-Esbjerg HH, SønderjyskE, TM Tønder
3 Nordjylland 2 Aalborg Håndbold, Mors-Thy Håndbold
4 Hovedstaden 1 Nordsjælland Håndbold

References

  1. ^ Hansen, Mie (19 March 2017). "Nordsjælland-oprykning glæder Nyegaard: - Tror de vil have manges sympati" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ Nielsen, Allan; Braad Jacobsen, Henrik (23 April 2018). "HC Midtjylland er erklæret konkurs og ryger ned i 2. division". Politiken. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Jan Leslie stopper med øjeblikkelig virkning" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  4. ^ "tournament info (Danish)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  5. ^ "Topscorere for pulje" [Top scorers for league] (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Spiller-score" [Goalscorers] (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. ^ "HC MIDTJYLLAND KONKURS". dhf.dk. 23 April 2018.
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