Kvindeligaen (handball)


The Kvindeligaen is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons. It has previously been known as HTH GO Ligaen, Primo Tours Ligaen, Boxer Dameligaen, TOMS Ligaen and GuldBageren Ligaen. The current title holder is Odense Håndbold. The European Handball Federation ranks the Danish league 4th in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.

Competition format

The Kvindeligaen shares the season style with the men's league. It consists of 14 teams, each playing 26 regular season games. The eight best teams of the regular season advance to further games, where they are divided into two groups of four teams each. No. 1 and 2 from the regular season start with 2 points. No. 3 and 4 start with 1 point, while no. 5-8 start with no points. After these six games the two top teams in each group will play semifinals. No. 1 from one group is up against no. 2 from the other. The winners will meet in finals, while the losers will play against each other for the bronze medal. Semifinals, finals, and bronze games are all played in best of 3.
The lowest placed team of the regular season is directly relegated to the second-best division, and replaced by the winner of this. The teams finishing as 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are put in a group where they will play against each other. In the second-best division, the teams that end up 2nd and 3rd will play against each other in best of 3. The winner of those games will get to meet the lowest placed team from the 9-13 group from the top league, yet again in best of 3. The winner will get to play in the top league next season, while the loser plays in the second-best division.

Seasons

Current teams (2024/25)

The fourteen teams of the 2023/24 season are:
TeamFinishing pos.
in last season 2023/24		First season of
current spell in
top division		Top division
titles
Aarhus Håndbold11th2017-180
EH Aalborg1st in 2024-250
HH Elite12th2019-200
Ikast Håndbold4th1991-924
København Håndbold6th2013-141
Nykøbing F. Håndbold2012-131
Odense Håndbold2009-102
SønderjyskE Håndbold8th2022-230
Ringkøbing Håndbold10th2021-220
Skanderborg Håndbold9th2018-190
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM5th2014-150
Team Esbjerg2007-084
Bjerringbro FH13th2023-240
Viborg HK7th1988-8914

Champions

The complete list of champions since 1936:

Medal table

The all-time medal table for the women's championship is as follows:
TeamGoldSilverBronze
Viborg HK1464
FIF København1286
HG København541
Team Esbjerg537
Herning-Ikast Håndbold4713
GOG440
Odense Håndbold332
Slagelse DT320
Helsingør IF221
IF AIA-Tranbjerg141
Randers HK122
Rødovre HK121
Svendborg HK113
IF Stjernen111
Lyngså BK111
København Håndbold110
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub110
Aalborg DH022
Glostrup IC013
Holstebro012
IK Skovbakken012
Frederikshavn f.I.011
Funder GF010
Holstebro KFUM010
K.I. København002
FCK Håndbold002
Hørsholm-Usserød IK001
Næstved IF001
Greve IF001
NNfH Lemvig001
KIF Vejen001

Top scorers

The following list shows the top scorers since 1965/66:

Statistics

EHF coefficients

The following data indicates Danish coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
;Country ranking:
EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:

Broadcasting rights