Danish Men's Handball Cup


The Danish Men's Handball cup is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played annually since 1964.

Tournament structure

The initial fase of the tournament is split in two. They are managed by the three regional federations, Jydsk Håndbold Forbund in Jutland, and Håndboldregion Øst in Sealand together with Fyns Håndbold Forbund in fyn. The western half of the initial tournament lasts 7 rounds, while the eastern half lasts 6 round.
After the initial fase the DHF taking over the tournament at the round of 16. At the round of 16 and onwards, there are no longer geographical considerations, when drawing the matches.
The tournament ultimately results in a final four event scheduled between Christmas and New Year. The winner of the tournament qualify for the annual Super Cup held during the summer where they meet the season's league winner. If the same team wins both the league and the cup, the losing cup finalist will participate as the second team in the Super Cup. The winner also qualifies for the EHF European League.

Continental Qualification

The winner of the tournament qualifies for the continental tournament EHF European League. If the team is already qualified for the tournament or the EHF Champions League, the loser of the final will qualify instead.
If they are also qualified, the qualification spot will go the whichever of the two losing semifinalists, who finished the highest in the league table.

History

From 2001 to 2014 all finals where played in Aarhus, with the exception of 2011 where it took plays in Aalborg. Since 2010 the semifinals and finals have been played at one big event, where the semifinals are played on a saturday, while the final is played the day after, on sunday.

Past winners

Finals

Here is the list of Cup finals since 1964.
YearWinnerResultsRunner-up
1964IF Ajax 21-19Aarhus KFUM
1965IK Skovbakken 13-11Helsingør IF
1966Aarhus KFUM 13-11Tarup-Paarup IF
1967AGF 19-14IF Stadion
1968IK Skovbakken 25-23IF Stadion
1969IF Stadion 25-20Aarhus KFUM
1970HK KVIK Esbjerg 16-15IK Skovbakken
1971Fredericia KFUM 15-13IF Stadion
1972Fredericia KFUM 25-20Helsingør IF
1973Fredericia KFUM 18-16IF Stadion
1974Fredericia KFUM 30-17FIF
1975IK Skovbakken 16-15Holte IF
1976Fredericia KFUM 27-16Aarhus KFUM
1977Fredericia KFUM 30-18Aalborg HK
1978AB 26-21Fredericia KFUM
1979Helsingør IF 20-19IK Skovbakken
1980Aarhus KFUM 21-18Helsingør IF
1981Fredericia KFUM 27-18Helsingør IF
1982Helsingør IF 31-25Gladsaxe HG
1983Gladsaxe HG 19-18IF Ajax
1984HIK 27-18Ribe HK
1985Helsingør IF 39-38Gladsaxe HG
1986Holte IF 43-32Holbæk HK
1987Helsingør IF 25-22Kolding IF
1988Virum-Sorgenfri HK 18-16Gladsaxe HG
1989Kolding IF 29-18Gladsaxe HG
1990GOG 19-14Gladsaxe HG
1991GOG 25-19Kolding IF
1992GOG 22-19Vejlby-Risskov IK
1993Kolding IF 26-21GOG
1994HK Roar 26-19Skjern Håndbold
1995GOG 33-20Vrold-Skanderborg HK
1996GOG 30-29Kolding IF
1997GOG 36-22Otterup HK
1998Kolding IF 27-25Skjern Håndbold
1999Skjern Håndbold 24-20FIF
2000Viborg HK 28-23KIF Kolding
2001KIF Kolding 32-26GOG
2002GOG 32-27Viborg HK
2003GOG 33-30Skjern Håndbold
2004KIF Kolding 41-33Skjern Håndbold
2005GOG Svendborg TGI 36-26Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2006KIF Kolding 37-33Viborg HK
2007KIF Kolding 28-23GOG Svendborg TGI
2008Team Tvis Holstebro 32-23GOG Svendborg TGI
2009FCK Håndbold 31-30Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2010AG København 26-20Århus Håndbold
2011AG København 32-26Aalborg Håndbold
2012Århus Håndbold 27-26Skjern Håndbold
2013KIF Kolding København 28-24Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2014Skjern Håndbold 24-20Team Tvis Holstebro
2015HC Midtjylland 30-26GOG
2016Skjern Håndbold 27-20Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2017TTH Holstebro 26-21GOG
2018Aalborg Håndbold 28-27Skanderborg Håndbold
2019GOG 30-28TTH Holstebro
2020Mors-Thy Håndbold 32-31Aalborg Håndbold
2021Aalborg Håndbold 30-27GOG Håndbold
2022GOG Håndbold 34-29Skjern Håndbold
2023GOG Håndbold 32-25Aalborg Håndbold
2024Aalborg Håndbold 34-29Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Most valuable players

Since 1993, DHF has named an MVP following the cup final.
SeasonPlayerClub
1993