The 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH GO Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. For the first time ever, the league features 14 teams, expanded from the usual 12 teams, it had been before.[1]

Team Esbjerg the championship after beating Herning-Ikast Håndbold in the final. Odense Håndbold won the regular season. Ringkøbing Håndbold were relegated, as they fininished last in the regular season.

Team information

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Locations of the 2018–19 Damehåndboldligaen
Team. Town Arena Capacity
Aarhus United Aarhus Ceres Arena Stadionhal 1.200
Ajax København København Bavnehøj-Hallen 1.000
EH Aalborg Aalborg Nørresundby Idrætscenter 800
Herning-Ikast Håndbold Ikast IBF Arena 2.850
København Håndbold København Frederiksberghallen 1.468
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster
Næstved		 POWER ARENA
Næstved Arena		 1.300
2,500
Odense Håndbold Odense Odense Idrætshal 2.256
Randers HK Randers Arena Randers
Ulvehøjhallen		 3.000
Ringkøbing Håndbold Ringkøbing Rofi-Centret 1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM Silkeborg Jysk Arena
Voel-Hallen		 3.000
Skanderborg Håndbold Skanderborg Skanderborg Fælled 1.700
Team Esbjerg Esbjerg Blue Water Dokken 2.549
Team Tvis Holstebro Holstebro Gråkjær Arena 3.250
Viborg HK Viborg Vibocold Arena Viborg 3.000

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Odense Håndbold 26 23 1 2 724 585 +139 47 Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2 Team Esbjerg 26 22 0 4 779 603 +176 44 Championship play-offs
3 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 26 19 2 5 684 581 +103 40
4 København Håndbold 26 20 0 6 781 647 +134 40
5 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 26 18 1 7 721 630 +91 37
6 Aarhus United 26 14 3 9 619 612 +7 31
7 Viborg HK 26 12 2 12 674 675 −1 26
8 TTH Holstebro 26 9 3 14 653 696 −43 21
9 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 26 9 3 14 646 668 −22 21
10 Skanderborg Håndbold 26 7 2 17 603 688 −85 16
11 Ajax København 26 6 2 18 539 639 −100 14
12 Randers HK 26 7 0 19 590 681 −91 14
13 EH Aalborg 26 3 1 22 596 716 −120 7
14 Ringkøbing Håndbold 26 2 2 22 509 697 −188 6 Relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2019. 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

Home \ Away AAR AJA EHA HIH KBH NFH OHC RHK RIN SIL SKA ESB TTH VHK
Aarhus United 22–22 28–22 18–16 20–28 24–24 25–26 27–25 30–17 25–24 19–14 23–26 25–20 26–24
Ajax København 22–23 22–32 23–26 19–24 20–26 20–26 17–18 17–15 15–15 23–20 22–27 24–23 21–28
EH Aalborg 18–21 20–24 17–22 29–37 21–28 23–31 26–24 23–23 21–24 23–24 22–35 19–23 24–31
Herning-Ikast Håndbold 32–21 29–18 32–21 30–29 24–22 16–18 29–13 28–21 24–21 27–24 23–26 27–26 34–21
København Håndbold 21–27 33–20 32–27 26–29 31–27 24–26 35–18 35–24 29–22 34–21 30–23 37–26 25–32
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold 32–21 30–23 34–13 30–25 30–40 19–25 32–19 29–12 24–23 31–24 21–31 33–32 32–26
Odense Håndbold 24–27 27–17 34–27 31–23 24–19 25–24 34–20 35–22 36–20 33–20 24–23 25–25 28–21
Randers HK 22–23 18–22 22–21 24–26 21–26 23–31 20–28 27–18 31–24 31–28 20–24 23–25 26–21
Ringkøbing Håndbold 21–21 26–24 17–25 18–23 22–25 17–24 18–26 21–18 20–24 23–29 24–29 20–27 19–29
Silkeborg-Voel 25–24 29–23 39–27 22–25 25–33 26–27 22–29 27–26 27–15 31–26 26–28 25–29 28–31
Skanderborg Håndbold 21–19 19–26 22–21 25–25 24–32 24–27 27–28 25–24 28–22 23–27 22–35 27–25 20–24
Team Esbjerg 25–28 35–14 34–25 25–23 28–37 42–27 29–18 33–22 30–12 29–22 29–25 36–22 32–22
TTH Holstebro 26–28 25–22 25–23 23–37 22–26 17–25 27–34 32–26 34–20 22–22 23–23 23–36 24–30
Viborg HK 25–24 23–19 29–28 20–20 31–33 22–32 27–29 26–29 30–22 26–26 26–18 26–29 23–27
Source: [3]
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 OHC KBH NFH TTH
1 Odense Håndbold 1 1 0 0 27 23 +4 4 Advance to semi-finals — – – –
2 København Håndbold 1 1 0 0 28 26 +2 3 – — – –
3 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 1 0 0 1 26 28 −2 0 – 26–28 — –
4 TTH Holstebro 1 0 0 1 23 27 −4 0 23–27 – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2019. Source: Stillinger
Rules for classification: Placement in the regular season between tied teams. [3]


Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESB AAR VHK HIH
1 Team Esbjerg 0 0 0 0 26 27 −1 2 Advance to semi-finals — – – –
2 Aarhus United 1 1 0 0 23 20 +3 2 – — – 23–20
3 Viborg HK 1 1 0 0 27 26 +1 2 27–26 – — –
4 Herning-Ikast Håndbold 0 0 0 0 20 23 −3 1 – – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2019. Source: Stillinger
Rules for classification: Placement in the regular season between tied teams. [4]


Semi-finals

Date Home team in the 1st match Home team in the 2nd match Results
1st match 2nd match 1st match 2nd match
27 April 1 May Team Esbjerg København Håndbold 30–25 23–29
27 April 1 May Odense Håndbold Herning-Ikast Håndbold 26–28 23–17

! 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
14 May 17 May 24 May København Håndbold Odense Håndbold 22–16 35-27 24-27

! 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 Home team in the 2nd match Results
1st match 2nd match 1st match 3rd match
18 May 21 May Team Esbjerg Herning-Ikast Håndbold 28–20 20-19

! 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.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 1 May 2019[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kæmpe strukturændring i kvindernes håndboldliga" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Målscore" [Goalscore] (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Årets hold HTH Ligaen 2019 All-star". kvindesport.dk. 20 May 2019.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Dameh%C3%A5ndboldligaen
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