2018–19 Eliteserien (women's handball)

Eliteserien
Season2018–19
ChampionsVipers Kristiansand (2nd title)
RelegatedSkrim Kongsberg
Rælingen HK
Champions LeagueVipers Kristiansand
EHF CupStorhamar Elite
Tertnes Elite
Fredrikstad BK
Byåsen Elite
Matches played148
Goals scored7,723 (52.18 per match)
Top goalscorerRagnhild Valle Dahl (148 goals)
Biggest home win30 goals: VIP 39–9 LHK
Biggest away win21 goals: SKR 23–44 TER
Highest scoring82 goals: VIP 42–40 STO
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Eliteserien is the 52nd season of the Eliteserien, Norway's premier handball league.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will be participating in the 2018/19 edition of Eliteserien. 9 teams were qualified directly from the 2017/18 season. The two top ranked teams from the First Division, Fana and Skrim Kongsberg, and third-place finisher Rælingen HK who defeated Sola HK in the relegation playoff were promoted to the Eliteserien.

Team Town Arena Capacity
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Clubs locations in Norway
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Location of Bergen teams
Byåsen Elite Trondheim Trondheim Spektrum 3400
Fana Bergen Fana Arena 1206
Fredrikstad BK Fredrikstad Kongstenhallen 1500
Gjerpen IF Skien Skienshallen 2800
Larvik HK Larvik Boligmappa Arena Larvik 4500
Molde Elite Molde Molde Arena 2000
Oppsal Oslo Oppsal Arena 5000
Rælingen HK Rælingen Marikollhallen
Skrim Kongsberg Kongsberg Kongsberghallen
Storhamar Elite Hamar Boligpartner Arena 1650
Tertnes Elite Bergen Haukelandshallen 5000
Vipers Kristiansand Kristiansand Aquarama 2200

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vipers Kristiansand 22 21 0 1 722 465 +257 42 Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2 Storhamar Håndball Elite 22 16 1 5 633 525 +108 33 Championship play-offs
3 Tertnes Håndball Elite 22 15 1 6 573 507 +66 31
4 Larvik HK 22 13 1 8 583 513 +70 27
5 Fredrikstad BK 22 13 1 8 575 551 +24 27
6 Byåsen HE 22 11 3 8 577 564 +13 25
7 Molde Elite 22 10 3 9 539 541 −2 23
8 Oppsal 22 8 0 14 550 602 −52 16
9 Fana 22 5 1 16 561 627 −66 11
10 Gjerpen HK Skien 22 5 0 17 520 615 −95 10 Play-off against the third team from First Division
11 Skrim Kongsberg 22 4 2 16 519 685 −166 10 Relegated to First Division
12 Rælingen HK 22 3 3 16 509 666 −157 9
Updated to match(es) played on April 2018. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1.) Points in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 2.) Goal difference in head-to-head matches amongst tied teams; 3.) Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 4.) Points in all matches; 5.) Goal difference in all matches.[1]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away BYÅ FAN FBK GJE LHK MOL OPP RHK SKR STO TER VIP
Byåsen Elite 24–24 25–27 32–24 21–28 32–29 28–25 35–25 38–27 23–31 16–20 18–32
Fana 22–28 23–34 26–24 20–19 20–25 28–25 27–23 27–28 22–35 22–25 25–36
Fredrikstad BK 20–28 29–28 33–19 26–24 28–24 33–23 32–24 34–18 21–27 24–19 19–34
Gjerpen HK Skien 20–29 31–30 21–22 23–28 18–26 30–34 33–20 23–18 18–27 22–25 22–34
Larvik HK 26–29 21–18 28–26 37–24 23–19 31–18 31–19 36–19 28–28 29–25 24–25
Molde Elite 21–21 28–27 20–21 21–26 24–27 25–22 26–26 37–29 23–28 28–28 25–19
Oppsal 22–27 29–27 23–28 23–18 21–32 21–23 22–18 34–28 28–34 29–24 21–29
Rælingen HK 29–29 24–37 33–29 25–19 20–34 20–27 24–30 27–27 11–34 23–25 31–45
Skrim Kongsberg 28–31 29–27 27–27 19–32 24–21 22–23 35–34 20–28 19–33 23–44 22–34
Storhamar Håndball Elite 27–25 40–31 23–19 43–30 23–22 23–24 22–23 36–25 32–19 22–15 19–30
Tertnes Håndball Elite 29–18 29–24 27–23 26–24 28–15 27–22 21–20 31–20 32–21 29–28 20–22
Vipers Kristiansand 28–20 41–26 33–20 37–19 33–19 33–19 37–23 37–14 31–17 40–18 32–24
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Best of three format is applied in all playoff stages, with the higher seeded team playing the second and third game (if necessary) at home. If a game ended with a draw after the regular time, it will proceed to two 5-minutes periods of extra time. If there is still a draw, another 2 × 5-minutes extra time will be played. If the scores are still level after two extra times, the winners are decided by a 7-meter shootout.[3]

Top ranked teams from the regular season choose their opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages.[3] The remaining two highest ranked teams after the quarterfinal stage can not meet in the semifinals.[4]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Vipers Kristiansand 34 44
8 Oppsal 22 28
1 Vipers Kristiansand 39 34
4 Larvik HK 9 17
7 Molde Elite 24 17 22
4 Larvik HK 21 21 24
1 Vipers Kristiansand 42 24
2 Storhamar Håndball Elite 40 23
3 Tertnes Håndball Elite 37 24
5 Fredrikstad BK 28 20
3 Tertnes Håndball Elite 23 33 22
2 Storhamar Håndball Elite 25 30 33
6 Byåsen Elite 21 26
2 Storhamar Håndball Elite 26 29

Quarterfinals

23 April
18:30 		Vipers Kristiansand 34–22 Oppsal Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1030
Referees: Varlo, Dasic
Kristiansen 6 (15–13) Eklo 7
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26 April
18:30 		Oppsal 28–44 Vipers Kristiansand Oppsal Arena, Oslo
Attendance: 377
Referees: Larsen, Johannessen
Aune 9 (13–19) Sulland, Tomac 7
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Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

23 April
18:00 		Larvik HK 21–24 Molde Elite Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 223
Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
Molid, Rivas Toft 5 (12–14) Dahl 9
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26 April
20:00 		Molde Elite 17–21 Larvik HK Molde Arena, Molde
Attendance: 1205
Referees: Fjeldskår, Fjellvang
Dahl 5 (10–10) Molid 6
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28 April
15:00 		Larvik HK 24–22 Molde Elite Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 428
Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
Bergum 10 (12–10) Obaidli 5
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Larvik HK won series, 2–1.

23 April
18:30 		Tertnes Håndball Elite 37–28 Fredrikstad BK Haukelandshallen, Bergen
Attendance: 479
Referees: Larsen, Johannessen
Sørheim 6 (15–15) Christiansen 6
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26 April
18:00 		Fredrikstad BK 20–24 Tertnes Håndball Elite Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad
Attendance: 307
Referees: Larsen, Launes
Groa 4 (11–13) Stankiewicz 6
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Tertnes Håndball Elite won series, 2–0.

23 April
18:30 		Storhamar Håndball Elite 26–21 Byåsen Elite Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 743
Referees: Martinsen, Tekaya
Løke 9 (10–10) Aardahl 4
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26 April
18:00 		Byåsen Elite 26–29 Storhamar Håndball Elite Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 459
Referees: Dasic, Varlo
Alstad 9 (15–13) Skinnehaugen, Venn 6
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Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–0.

Semifinals

1 May
17:00 		Vipers Kristiansand 39–9 Larvik HK Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1110
Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
Olsen 6 (20–3) Løwe 3
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3 May
18:00 		Larvik HK 17–34 Vipers Kristiansand Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 243
Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
Ramberg 8 (9–17) Refsnes 8
Report

Vipers Kristiansand won series, 2–0.

1 May
16:00 		Storhamar Håndball Elite 25–23 Tertnes Håndball Elite Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 910
Referees: Martinsen, Tekaya
Løke 7 (13–11) Solås 4
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4 May
18:15 		Tertnes Håndball Elite 33–30 Storhamar Håndball Elite Fana Arena, Bergen
Attendance: 721
Referees: Isachsen, Hell
Solås 8 (14–16) Venn 7
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7 May
19:15 		Storhamar Håndball Elite 33–22 Tertnes Håndball Elite Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1012
Referees: Nygren, Borge
Riegelhuth 9 (15–13) Solås 5
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Storhamar Håndball Elite won series, 2–1.

Finals

18 May
18:15 		Vipers Kristiansand 42–40 (ET) Storhamar Håndball Elite Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1590
Referees: Nygren, Borge
Refsnes 10 (17–18) Nestaker 17
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FT: 34–34 ET: 8–6

21 May
19:15 		Storhamar Håndball Elite 23–24 Vipers Kristiansand Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1363
Referees: Isachsen, Hell
Nestaker 8 (11–14) Arntzen, Aune, Sulland, Reistad 4
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Vipers Kristiansand won the final series, 2–0.

2018–19 Eliteserien Champions
Vipers Kristiansand
2nd title
Eline Fagerheim, Katrine Lunde, Malin Aune, Carolina Morais, Karine Dahlum, Karoline Olsen, Vilde Jonassen, Sunniva Næs Andersen, Mathilde Kristensen, Pernille Wibe, Hanna Yttereng, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Jeanett Kristiansen, Henny Reistad, Tonje Refsnes, Marta Tomac, Silje Waade, Linn Jørum Sulland (c), Josefine Intelhus
Head coach
Ole Gustav Gjekstad

Awards

All Star Team and other awards

The All Star Team and other awards were announced on 14 June 2019.[5]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Norway Katrine Lunde (Vipers Kristiansand)
Left wing Norway Kristin Venn (Storhamar HE)
Left back Norway Ragnhild Valle Dahl (Molde Elite)
Centre back Norway Henny Reistad (Vipers Kristiansand)
Right back Norway Linn Jørum Sulland (Vipers Kristiansand)
Right wing Norway Malin Aune (Vipers Kristiansand)
Pivot Norway Vilde Johansen (Tertnes HE)
Rookie Norway Christine Karlsen Alver (Fana)
MVP Norway Henny Reistad (Vipers Kristiansand)
Player of the year Norway Henny Reistad (Vipers Kristiansand)
Host Norway Vipers Kristiansand

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Attendances

As of the end of the regular season.[2]
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Vipers Kristiansand 14,893 1,914 (vs. Larvik) 977 (vs. Rælingen HK) 1,354 -10,99%
2 Molde Elite 11,697 1,420 (vs. Vipers) 913 (two matches) 1,063 -0,08%
3 Tertnes Håndball Elite 11,191 2,610 (vs. Fana) 541 (vs. Oppsal) 1,017 +116,88%
4 Storhamar Håndball Elite 10,723 1,589 (vs. Vipers) 611 (vs. Fana) 975 -14,71%
5 Fana[1] 8,734 1,103 (vs. Larvik) 520 (vs. Skrim) 794 +370,08%
6 Byåsen HE 8,455 1,595 (vs. Vipers) 525 (two matches) 769 -40,42%
7 Fredrikstad BK 6,682 1,117 (vs. Larvik) 201 (vs. Skrim) 607 -22,34%
8 Larvik HK 5,686 668 (vs. Gjerpen) 381 (vs. Oppsal) 517 -13,82%
9 Oppsal 4,024 521 (vs. Vipers) 125 (vs. Skrim) 366 -28,56%
10 Rælingen HK[1] 3,943 751 (vs. Vipers) 192 (vs. Molde) 358 +39,77%
11 Skrim Kongsberg[1] 3,391 470 (vs. Vipers) 159 (vs. Fredrikstad) 308 +1.74%
12 Gjerpen HK Skien 3,268 625 (vs. Larvik) 121 (vs. Molde) 297 -33,35%
Total 92,677 2610 (Tertnes vs. Fana) 121 (Gjerpen vs. Molde) 702 -8,04%

1 Teams that played last season in 1. divisjon.

Note: Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

Number of teams by regions

No. teams Region Teams
3 Øst Fredrikstad BK, Oppsal, Rælingen HK
1 Innlandet Storhamar Håndball Elite
3 Sør Gjerpen HK Skien, Larvik HK, Skrim Kongsberg
1 SørVest Vipers Kristiansand
2 Vest Fana, Tertnes Håndball Elite
2 Nord Byåsen Elite, Molde Elite

Relegation playoff

24 April
18:00 		Gjerpen HK Skien 29–26 Follo HK Damer Skienshallen, Skien
Attendance: 347
Referees: Launes, Larsen
Løvdal, Gulmark 7 (13–8) Magnus 6
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28 April
18:00 		Follo HK Damer 21–22 Gjerpen HK Skien Langhus Hallen, Ski
Attendance: 502
Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
Magnus 6 (15–9) Løvdal 6
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Gjerpen HK Skien won series, 2–0 and avoided from the relegation.

References

  1. ^ "Rekkefølgeberegning". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Eliteserien Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2018/2019" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Kvartfinaler Kvinner". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Semifinaler Sluttspill Kvinner". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Årets spillere kåret". NHF. 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Sluttspill Eliteserien kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2018/2019". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2019.