GRUNDIGligaen (women)

GRUNDIGligaen

Countries	Norway
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1968
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	First Division
Level on pyramid	Level 1
International cup(s)	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup Women's EHF Cup
Current champions	Larvik HK
Most championships	Larvik HK (17 titles)
Website

The GRUNDIGligaen is the premier women's professional handball league in Norway. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by twelve teams. Larvik HK, which has dominated the competition in recent years, is the championship's most successful team with seventeen titles, followed by IL Vestar and Byåsen IL with nine and five respectively.^[1]

As of 2013 it is one of six European leagues that are granted a direct spot in the Champions League's group stage for the champion plus an additional qualifier spot for the runner-up. 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. Larvik HK are the defending champions.

Team	Location	Arena	Season 14/15
Byåsen HE	Trondheim	Trondheim Spektrum	5th
Glassverket Elite	Drammen	Drammenshallen	2nd
HK Halden	Halden	Remmenhallen	10th
Larvik HK	Larvik	Boligmappa Arena Larvik	1st
Molde Elite	Molde	Idrettens Hus	Promoted
Nordstrand HE	Oslo	Bjørnholthallen	9th
Oppsal IF	Oslo	Oppsal Arena	4th
Rælingen	Rælingen	Marikollhallen	Promoted
Skrim Kongsberg	Kongsberg	Kongsberghallen	7th
Sola Håndball	Sola	Åsenhallen	Promoted
Tertnes Håndball	Bergen	Haukelandshallen	3rd
Vipers Kristiansand	Kristiansand	Aquarama	6th

EHF league ranking

For season 2015/2016^[2]

Current ranking	Movement	Last season's ranking	League	Coefficient
1		(1)	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	112,44
2		(2)	Danish League	100,67
3		(4)	Russian Super League	84,44
4		(3)	GRUNDIGligaen	68,67
5		(5)	Liga Națională	67,56
6		(7)	Bundesliga	57,11

Champions

The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.

Season Champion 1967–68 Sørskogbygda 1968–69 Skjeberg 1969–70 Brandval 1970–71 Freidig 1971–72 Vestar 1972–73 Vestar 1973–74 Vestar 1974–75 Vestar 1975–76 Vestar 1976–77 Vestar 1977–78 Vestar 1978–79 Vestar 1979–80 Skogn 1980–81 Skogn 1981–82 Skjeberg 1982–83 Skjeberg 1983–84 Bækkelaget 1984–85 Freidig 1985–86 Sverresborg 1986–87 Byåsen 1987–88 Byåsen 1988–89 Vestar 1989–90 Byåsen 1990–91 Gjerpen 1991–92 Bækkelaget

Year Champion 1992–93 Gjerpen 1993–94 Larvik 1994–95 Bækkelaget 1995–96 Byåsen 1996–97 Larvik 1997–98 Byåsen 1998–99 Bækkelaget 1999-00 Larvik 2000–01 Larvik 2001–02 Larvik 2002–03 Larvik 2003–04 Nordstrand 2004–05 Larvik 2005–06 Larvik 2006–07 Larvik 2007–08 Larvik 2008–09 Larvik 2009–10 Larvik 2010–11 Larvik 2011–12 Larvik 2012–13 Larvik 2013–14 Larvik 2014–15 Larvik 2015–16 TBD 2016–17 TBD

References

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

External links

• www.handball.no