Handbollsligan

Handbollsligan
Current season, competition or edition:;
Countries	Sweden
Founded	1931
Number of teams	14
Current champions	IK Sävehof
Website	http://handbollsligan.se/

Handbollsligan (literally, "The Handball league") is the highest league in the league system of and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff.

Structure[]

The season starts in the end of September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off, while the two last are relegated and the 11th and 12th team plays matches against the third and fourth from the Allsvenskan and the winners from the .

The season ends with the finals in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directly to EHF European League and the losing team qualifies for the EHF European Cup.

On November 14, 2006, the match between Hammarby IF from Stockholm and LIF Lindesberg from Lindesberg was the highest scoring match ever in Elitserien. Hammarby won with the numbers 53–40. The total was 93 goals.

Teams for season 2020–21[]

Location of teams in 2020/2021 Handbollsligan

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Alingsås HK	Alingsås	Estrad Alingsås	2,800
Eskilstuna Guif	Eskilstuna	STIGA Sports Arena	3,700
IF Hallby	Jönköping	Jönköpings idrottshus	1,500
IFK Ystad	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,700
Önnereds HK	Göteborg		1,500
IFK Kristianstad	Kristianstad	Kristianstad Arena	4,700
Lugi HF	Lund	FFS Arena	3,000
HK Malmö	Malmö	Baltiska Hallen	4,000
Redbergslids IK	Göteborg	Scandinavium	12,312
HK Aranäs	Kungsbacka		1,000
IFK Skövde	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2,516
IK Sävehof	Partille	Partille Arena	4,000
Ystads IF HF	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,700
HK Varberg	Varberg		2,200
OV Helsingborg HK	Helsingborg	Helsingborg Arena	5,000

Swedish Champions[]

1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona
1932–33 – Redbergslids IK
1933–34 – Redbergslids IK
1934–35 – Majornas IK
1935–36 – SoIK Hellas
1936–37 – SoIK Hellas
1937–38 – Västerås IK
1938–39 –
1939–40 – Majornas IK
1940–41 – IFK Kristianstad
1941–42 – Majornas IK
1942–43 – Majornas IK
1943–44 – Majornas IK
1944–45 – Majornas IK
1945–46 – Majornas IK
1946–47 – Redbergslids IK
1947–48 – IFK Kristianstad
1948–49 – IFK Lidingö
1949–50 – IK Heim
1950–51 – AIK Handboll
1951–52 – IFK Kristianstad
1952–53 – IFK Kristianstad
1953–54 – Redbergslids IK
1954–55 – IK Heim
1955–56 – Örebro SK
1956–57 – Örebro SK
1957–58 – Redbergslids IK
1958–59 – IK Heim
1989-60 – IK Heim
1960–61 – Vikingarnas IF
1961–62 – IK Heim
1962–63 – Redbergslids IK
1963–64 – Redbergslids IK
1964–65 – Redbergslids IK
1965–66 – IS Göta
1966–67 – Vikingarnas IF
1967–68 – IF Saab
1968–69 – SoIK Hellas
1969–70 – SoIK Hellas
1970–71 – SoIK Hellas
1971–72 – SoIK Hellas
1972–73 – IF Saab
1973–74 – IF Saab
1974–75 – HK Drott
1975–76 – Ystads IF
1976–77 – SoIK Hellas
1977–78 – HK Drott
1978–79 – HK Drott
1979–80 – LUGI HF
1980–81 – Vikingarnas IF
1981–82 – IK Heim
1982–83 – IK Heim
1983–84 – HK Drott
1984–85 – Redbergslids IK
1985–86 – Redbergslids IK
1986–87 – Redbergslids IK
1987–88 – HK Drott
1988–89 – Redbergslids IK
1989–90 – HK Drott
1990–91 – HK Drott
1991–92 – Ystads IF
1992–93 – Redbergslids IK

1993–94 – HK Drott
1994–95 – Redbergslids IK
1995–96 – Redbergslids IK
1996–97 – Redbergslids IK
1997–98 – Redbergslids IK
1998–99 – HK Drott
1999-00 – Redbergslids IK
2000–01 – Redbergslids IK
2001–02 – HK Drott
2002–03 – Redbergslids IK
2003–04 – IK Sävehof
2004–05 – IK Sävehof
2005–06 – Hammarby IF
2006–07 – Hammarby IF
2007–08 – Hammarby IF
2008–09 – Alingsås HK
2009–10 – IK Sävehof
2010–11 – IK Sävehof
2011–12 – IK Sävehof
2012–13 – HK Drott
2013–14 – Alingsås HK
2014–15 – IFK Kristianstad
2015–16 – IFK Kristianstad
2016–17 – IFK Kristianstad
2017–18 – IFK Kristianstad
2018–19 – IK Sävehof
2019–20 – Cancelled (COVID-19)
2020–21 – IK Sävehof

EHF coefficient ranking[]

For season 2015/2016, see footnote^[1]

7. (11) PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn (38.60)
8. (10) Macedonian Super Liga (36.40)
9. (14) Elitserien (36.33)
10. (12) Belarusian First League (33.90)
11. (8) Swiss Handball League (33.00)

Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph :

Year	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Rank	15	13	13	12	14	9	10

References[]

^ [1] (PDF). European Handball Federation.

External links[]

[2] Swedish handball association
[3] Swedish men's handball league official website

[1] [1] (PDF). European Handball Federation.

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Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
teams	Alingsås HK Eskilstuna Guif Hammarby IF HK Aranäs HK Malmö IF Hallby IFK Kristianstad IFK Skövde IFK Ystad IK Sävehof Lugi HF Redbergslids IK Ystads IF Önnereds HK
Former teams	AIK Borlänge HK Djurgårdens IF Flottans IF Karlskrona GoIF Fram H43 Lund HF Linköpings Lejon HF Olympia HK Aranäs HK Drott HP Warta IFK Karlskrona IFK Lidingö IFK Malmö IFK Trelleborg IFK Tumba IFK Örebro IK Göta IK Heim IK Tord Irsta HF IS Göta Karlstads BIK KFUM Borås Kiruna AIF LIF Lindesberg Majornas IK OV Helsingborg Skånela IF Skövde AIK SoIK Hellas Stockholms-Flottans IF Stockholmspolisens IF UoIF Matteuspojkarna Upsala IF Upsala Studenters IF Vikingarnas IF Visby IF Gute Västerås HF Västerås IK VästeråsIrsta HF Västra Frölunda IF Växjö HF Örebro SK

Current season, competition or edition:

Countries	Sweden
Founded	1931
Number of teams	14
Current champions	IK Sävehof
Website	http://handbollsligan.se/