Eliteserien (men's handball)

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Eliteserien

Current season, competition or edition: 2020–21 season
Countries	Norway
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1966
Number of teams	13
Relegation to	1. Division
Level on pyramid	Level 1
International cup(s)	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup
Current champions	Elverum Håndball
Most championships	League: Sandefjord TIF (7 titles) Play offs: Elverum Håndball (11 titles)
TV partners	TV 2, TV 2 Sportskanalen
Website	http://www.handball.no

Eliteserien^[1] (Rema1000-ligaen) is the premier professional men's 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 Oppsal IF with six. The former sponsor of the league was Grundig, hence the former name "GRUNDIGligaen".^[2]

Teams[]

The thirteen teams of the 2020–21 season. Elverum Håndball are the defending champions.

Team	Location	Arena	Finished pos. in last season
Bækkelaget HE	Oslo	Bækkelagshallen	6th
Drammen HK	Drammen	Drammenshallen
Elverum Håndball	Elverum	Terningen Arena
	Lørenskog		Promoted
FyllingenBergen	Fyllingsdalen	Framohallen	8th
Halden Topphåndball	Halden	Remmenhallen	9th
Haslum HK	Bærum	Nadderud Arena	5th
Kolstad Håndball	Trondheim	Kolstad Arena	4th
	Nærbø	Nye Loen	7th
	Sandefjord	Runarhallen	10th
	Sandefjord		Promoted
Viking Håndball	Stavanger		Promoted
ØIF Arendal Elite	Arendal	Sparebanken Sør Amfi

EHF league ranking[]

For season 2021/2022, see footnote[3] 14.  (11) Ukrainian Handball Super League (34.17) 15.  (15) Swiss Handball League (30.67) 16.  (16) Eliteserien (29.50) 17.  (28) Extraliga (22.00) 18.  (17) Russian Handball Super League (21.33)

Champions[]

The complete list of the Norwegian men's 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 HK 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 FyllingenBergen 2009-10 Drammen HK 2010-11 Haslum HK 2011-12 Haslum HK 2012-13 Elverum Håndball 2013-14 Haslum HK 2014-15 ØIF Arendal 2015-16 ØIF Arendal 2016–17 Elverum Håndball 2017-18 Elverum Håndball 2018-19 ØIF Arendal 2019-20 Elverum Håndball

References[]

1. ^ Official league homepage
2. ^ "Grundig sponser ligahåndballen" (in Norwegian). Elektronikkbransjen. 29 September 2014.
3. ^ EHF coefficient ranking (PDF). European Handball Federation 2020/21.

External links[]

• www.handball.no

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