GRUNDIGligaen

GRUNDIGligaen

Countries	Norway
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1966
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	First Division
Level on pyramid	Level 1
International cup(s)	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup
Current champions	ØIF Arendal
Most championships	Sandefjord TIF (7 titles)
Website

The GRUNDIGligaen is the premier professional handball league in Norway. It was established in 1966, and it is currently contested by twelve teams. Sandefjord TIF is the championship's most successful team with seven titles, followed by Drammen HK and Oppsal IF with ØØ and ÅÅ respectively.^[1] The league has been sponsored by Grundig since 2014 and therefore the league was called the GRUNDIGligaen. The former sponsor of the league was Posten, hence the former name "Postenligaen".

Teams

The twelve teams of the 2015–16 season. ØIF Arendal are the defending champions.

Team	Location	Arena	Season 14/15
Bodø HK	Bodø	Bodø Spektrum	2nd
Bækkelaget HE	Oslo	Oppsal Arena / Ekeberghallen	10th
Drammen HK	Drammen	Drammenshallen	10th
Elverum Håndball	Elverum	Terningen Arena	3rd
FyllingenBergen	Bergen	Idrettens Hus	Promoted
Halden Topphåndball	Halden	Bjørnholthallen	9th
Haslum HK	Bærum	Nadderud Arena	4th
Kolstad IL	Rælingen	Marikollhallen	Promoted
IL Runar Sandefjord	Sandefjord	Kongsberghallen	7th
Stord HK Elite	Stord	Åsenhallen	Promoted
Viking Håndball	Stavanger	Haukelandshallen	3rd
ØIF Arendal	Arendal	Aquarama	6th

EHF league ranking

For season 2015/2016^[2]

Current ranking	Movement	Last season's ranking	League	Coefficient
17		(17)	Rukometna liga Srbije	21.60
18		(20)	A1 Ethniki/Handball Premier	18.78
19		(24)	Slovenská hadzanárska extraliga	17.30
20		(16)	GRUNDIGligaen	17.10
21		(21)	Türkiye Hentbol Süper Ligi	14.70
22		(23)	Ligat Winner	12.70

Champions

The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1966.

Season Champion 1965-66 Fredensborg 1966-67 Fredensborg 1967-68 OSI 1968-69 BSI 1969-70 OSI 1970-71 Oppsal IF 1971-72 Oppsal IF 1972-73 Oppsal IF 1973-74 Refstad IL 1974-75 Fredensborg 1975-76 Oppsal IF 1976-77 Refstad IL 1977-78 Oppsal IF 1978-79 Refstad IL 1979-80 Oppsal IF 1980-81 Nordstrand IF 1981-82 Fredensborg/Ski 1982-83 Kolbotn IL 1983-84 Kolbotn IL 1984-85 Urædd IF 1985-86 Stavanger IF 1986-87 Stavanger IF 1987-88 Urædd IF 1988-89 Stavanger IF 1989-90 Stavanger IF 1990-91 Sandefjord HK 1991-92 Urædd IF

Year Champion 1992-93 Sandefjord 1993-94 IL Runar 1994-95 IL Runar 1995-96 IL Runar 1996-97 Drammen HK 1997-98 Viking HK 1998-99 Sandefjord TIF 1999-00 IL Runar 2000-01 Sandefjord TIF 2001-02 Sandefjord TIF 2002-03 Sandefjord TIF 2003-04 Sandefjord TIF 2004-05 Sandefjord TIF 2005-06 Sandefjord TIF 2006-07 Drammen HK 2007-08 Drammen HK 2008-09 Fyllingen Håndball 2009-10 Drammen HK 2010-11 Haslum HK 2011-12 Haslum HK 2012-13 Elverum Håndball 2013-14 Haslum HK 2014-15 ØIF Arendal

References

1. in the Norwegian Handball Association's website
2. 2015/16 European Cup place distribution (PDF). European Handball Federation.

External links

• www.handball.no