REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball)

REMA 1000-ligaen
Current season, competition or edition:; 2021–22 season
Countries	Norway
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1968
Number of teams	14
Relegation to	1. Division
Level on pyramid	Level 1
International cup(s)	Champions League; Women's EHF European League; Women's EHF European Cup
Current champions	Vipers Kristiansand (2020/21)
Most championships	Larvik HK (18 titles)
TV partners	TV 2, TV 2 Sportskanalen
Website	http://www.handball.no

REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by thirteen teams. Larvik HK, which has dominated the competition in recent years, is the championship's most successful team with eighteen titles, followed by IL Vestar and Byåsen IL with nine and five respectively. The league has previously been known as eliteserien, Gildeserien, Postenligaen and GRUNDIGligaen.^[1]

Currently the champion is granted a spot in the EHF Champions League's group stage.

The fourteen teams^{[note 1]} of the 2021–22 season. Vipers Kristiansand is the defending champion.

Team	Location	Arena	Finished pos. in last season
Aker Topphåndball	Oslo	Ullern Flerbrukshall	9th
Byåsen Elite	Trondheim	Trondheim Spektrum	8th
Flint Tønsberg	Tønsberg	Slagenhallen	10th
Fana Elite	Bergen	Fana Arena	6th
Fredrikstad BK	Fredrikstad	Kongstenhallen	7th
Follo HK	Follo	Stil Arena	1st (in 1. division)
Molde HK	Molde	Molde Arena	4th
Larvik HK	Larvik	Jotron Arena Larvik	13th
Oppsal IF	Oslo	Oppsal Arena	11th
Romerike Ravnes	Rælingen	Marikollhallen	12th
Sola HK	Sola	Åsenhallen
Storhamar Elite	Hamar	Boligpartner Arena
Tertnes Elite	Bergen	Haukelandshallen	5th
Vipers Kristiansand	Kristiansand	Aquarama

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
1971/72-1989/79	Vestar
1979/80-1980/81	Skogn
1981/82-1982/83	Skjeberg
1983/84	Bækkelaget
1984/85	Freidig
1985/86	Sverresborg
1986/87-1987/88	Byåsen
1988/89	Vestar
1989/90	Byåsen
1990/91	Gjerpen
1991/92	Bækkelaget
1992/93	Gjerpen
1993/94	Larvik
1994/95	Bækkelaget
1995/96	Byåsen
1996/97	Larvik
1997/98	Byåsen
1998/99	Bækkelaget
1999/00-2002/03	Larvik
2003/04	Nordstrand
2004/05-2016/17	Larvik
2017/18-2020/21	Vipers

Statistics[]

EHF coefficients[]

The following data indicates Norwegian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

Country ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season:^[2]

1. (1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (158.33)
2. (2) Russian Superleague (117.33)
3. (4) Bambusa Kvindeligaen (115.00)
4. (3) Liga Națională (111.86)
5. (5) Ligue Butagaz Énergie (95.17)
6. (6) REMA 1000-ligaen (84.00)

In European competitions[]

	Champions League				EHF Cup			Challenge Cup			Cup Winners' Cup
	C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF	C	RU	SF	C	RU	SF	C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF
Larvik HK	1	2011	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2005, 2008	1	1
Vipers Kristiansand	1	2021	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0
Bækkelagets SK	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1998, 1999	1	0
IL Vestar	0		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Tertnes HE	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1
Gjerpen IF	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	3
Nordstrand IF	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0
Byåsen	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	3
IK Junkeren	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0

TOTAL	2 titles		2	8	0	4	4	0	2	2	4 title		5	8

Names of the competition[]

2000–2005: Gildeserien^[3]
2006–2007: Eliteserien
2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge^[4]
2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig^[5]
2017–2019: Eliteserien^[6]
2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000^[7]

References[]

Notes[]

^ Usually the league consists of twelve teams, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the current 2021/2022 consists of fourteen team since last years season wasn't fully played.

External links[]

Norges Håndballforbund

[1] Velkommen til Grundigligaen!

[3] "2021/22 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[4] Article confirming the name Gildeserien

[5] Article introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen

[6] Article about the new sponsored league name, GRUNDIGligaen

[7] Back to basic with "Eliteserien" (in English: The Elite series)

[8] Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen"

[2] Usually the league consists of twelve teams, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the current 2021/2022 consists of fourteen team since last years season wasn't fully played.

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