2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen

The 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen (known as Bambusa Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the 85th season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg are the defending champions, Vendsyssel Håndbold were promoted from the 1. division, while EH Aalborg got relegated.

Damehåndboldligaen

Season	2020–21
Matches played	139
Goals scored	7,165 (51.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristina Jørgensen (144 goals)
Biggest home win	22 goals: VHK 41–19 SKA (27 Jan)
Biggest away win	23 goals: SKA 12–35 ESB (30 Jan)
Highest scoring	69 goals: NFH 33–36 VHK (31 Aug) HIH 33–36 ESB (7 Oct)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Team information

København

NFH

Holstebro

Odense

Esbjerg

Horsens

Aarhus

Silkeborg

Skanderborg

Frederikshavn

Ikast

Randers

Viborg

Ajax

Locations of the 2020–21 Damehåndboldligaen

Team.	Town	Arena	Capacity
Aarhus United	Aarhus	Ceres Arena Stadionhal	1.200
Ajax København	København	Bavnehøj-Hallen	1.000
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Ikast	IBF Arena	2.850
HH Elite	Horsens	Forum Horsens	4.000
København Håndbold	København	Frederiksberghallen	1.468
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Nykøbing Falster Næstved	LÅNLET Arena Næstved Arena	1.300 2,500
Odense Håndbold	Odense	Odense Idrætshal	2.256
Randers HK	Randers	Arena Randers	3.000
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena	3.000
Skanderborg Håndbold	Skanderborg	Skanderborg Fælled	1.700
Team Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Dokken	2.549
Holstebro Håndbold	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3.250
Vendsyssel Håndbold	Frederikshavn	DRINX Arena	600
Viborg HK	Viborg	Vibocold Arena Viborg	3.000

Head coaches

Team	Head coach
København Håndbold	Claus Mogensen
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Jakob Andreasen
Odense Håndbold	Karen Brødsgaard
Team Esbjerg	Jesper Jensen
Vendsyssel Håndbold	Thomas Kjær
Holstebro Håndbold	Pether Krautmeyer
Nykøbing Falster HK	Jakob Larsen
Ajax København	Dennis Bo Jensen
Viborg HK	Jakob Vestergaard
Aarhus United	Heine Eriksen
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Kasper Christensen
Randers HK	Niels Agesen
Skanderborg Håndbold	Jeppe Vestergaard
HH Elite	Lars Frederiksen

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odense Håndbold	20	18	0	2	550	470	+80	36	Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2	Viborg HK	20	17	0	3	629	507	+122	34	Championship play-offs
3	Team Esbjerg	20	16	2	2	614	476	+138	34
4	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	20	13	1	6	546	467	+79	27
5	København Håndbold	20	13	0	7	547	502	+45	26
6	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	20	9	2	9	590	566	+24	20
7	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	20	9	2	9	514	515	−1	20
8	Aarhus United	19	8	2	9	451	451	0	18
9	Holstebro Håndbold	20	7	3	10	471	503	−32	17
10	Ajax København	20	6	2	12	475	518	−43	14
11	Randers HK	20	6	1	13	464	537	−73	13
12	HH Elite	20	5	0	15	449	521	−72	10
13	Skanderborg Håndbold	20	3	0	17	445	586	−141	6
14	Vendsyssel Håndbold	19	1	1	17	417	543	−126	3	Relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source:
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.[2] Last updated on 3 February 2020.

Home \ Away	AAR	AJA	HIH	HHE	KBH	NFH	OHC	RHK	SIL	SKA	ESB	TTH	VEN	VHK
Aarhus United			22–30	29–18	18–21	23–20		22–17	20–20	31–18	20–25	18–26	28–22
Ajax København	21–29		26–23	28–17		25–25	28–30	32–24			23–27	22–24	21–21	24–28
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	30–18				24–19	27–30		33–21	29–28	34–18	33–36	23–23	20–18	28–21
HH Elite	21–29		24–26		23–22	20–22	24–27				25–34	26–18	24–19	24–33
København Håndbold	32–24	25–18	15–26	29–26		33–31	24–29	26–29	22–27	31–18				31–26
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold		30–27			32–36		26–28		28–27	38–24	32–28	27–29	32–24	33–36
Odense Håndbold	33–27	26–19	19–18	27–22		33–30		33–23		28–21	22–32	23–19	29–19
Randers HK	18–18	25–26	24–25	24–22	27–30	26–34	21–26		26–23		25–33	21–19
Silkeborg-Voel	27–21	29–19	20–36	23–24	26–28		18–28	26–21		30–24			27–24	22–32
Skanderborg Håndbold	22–27	19–21		28–21	23–38		25–26	22–21	25–27		12–35		24–28	27–36
Team Esbjerg		31–21	34–28	31–20	29–20	38–26	29–28		29–29	27–24		32–21		28–30
Holstebro Håndbold		32–25		23–22	18–28	26–26	22–23	24–25	21–27	27–26	22–22			27–31
Vendsyssel Håndbold		24–30	22–27	19–27	28–37	25–39		22–23	26–29	19–26	15–34	23–29
Viborg HK	30–27	29–19	29–26	30–19		31–29	23–32	41–23	32–29	41–19		33–21	37–19

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 23 January 2021[3]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kristina Jørgensen Viborg HK 120 2 Stine Skogrand Herning-Ikast 114 3 Mia Rej København / Odense 111 4 Dione Housheer Nykøbing Falster HK 96 5 Julie Jensen Silkeborg-Voel 90 6 Melissa Petrén HH Elite 89 7 Line Haugsted Viborg HK 86 8 Ingvild Bakkerud Herning-Ikast 84 9 Kristin Thorleifsdóttir Randers HK 80 10 Mai Kragballe Nielsen Randers HK 79

Top goalkeepers As of 23 January 2021[4] Rank Player Club % Saves Shots 1 Jessica Ryde HIH 41,8 127 304 2 Sara Keçeci TTH 39,8 47 118 3 Althea Reinhardt OHC 36,8 131 356 4 Ditte Vind TTH 36,5 175 479 5 Rikke Marie Granlund ESB 36,2 114 315 6 Martina Thörn AAR 35,8 142 397 7 Amalie Milling KBH 35,7 106 297 8 Stine Bonde SIL 35,5 163 459 9 Tess Wester OHC 35,2 88 250 10 Eli Marie Raasok SIL 34,8 69 198

Top assists As of 23 January 2021[5] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Sonja Frey ESB 73 2 Kristina Jørgensen VHK 72 3 Larissa Nusser KBH 71 4 Kristina Kristiansen NFH 70 5 Eira Aune SIL 66 6 Julie Jensen SIL 64 7 Mette Bejder VEN 56 8 Mia Rej KBH/OHC 55 9 Trine Knudsen HHE 49 10 Nycke Groot OHC 48

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
September	Kristina Jørgensen	Viborg HK
October	Lærke Nolsøe	Nykøbing Falster HK
November	Mia Rej	København Håndbold
January

Attendances

Since 29 December 2020 the matches are being played behind closed doors.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	3,385	890 (vs. VEN)	375 (vs. AAR)	484
2	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	3,150	500 (vs. two matches)	400 (vs. two matches)	450
3	Team Esbjerg	3,112	902 (vs. NFH)	450 (vs. four matches)	519
4	Viborg HK	3,053	653 (vs. HHE)	400 (vs. six matches)	436
5	Aarhus United	2,943	475 (vs. RAN)	390 (vs. ESB)	420
6	København Håndbold	2,571	398 (vs. HIH & RHK)	326 (vs. OHC)	367
7	HH Elite	2,475	496 (vs. ESB)	384 (vs. AAR)	413
8	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	2,400	400 (six matches )	400 (six matches)	400
9	Randers HK	2,400	405 (vs. OHC)	395 (vs. HHE)	400
10	TTH Holstebro	1,981	400 (vs. OHC)	161 (vs. KBH)	283
13	Skanderborg Håndbold	1,950	412 (vs. RHK)	145 (vs. SIL)	279
12	Odense Håndbold	1,603	486 (vs. HIH)	350 (vs. ESB)	401
13	Ajax København	1,137	240 (vs. TTH)	136 (vs. VEN)	190
14	Vendsyssel Håndbold	892	229 (vs. RAN & ESB)	129 (vs. CPH)	149
Total		32,652	902 (ESB vs. NFH)	129 (VEN vs. CPH)	367

Updated on 6 January 2021.
Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

Number of teams by regions

No. teams	Region	Teams
8	Midtjylland	Aarhus United, Herning-Ikast Håndbold, HH Elite, Randers HK, Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, Skanderborg Håndbold, TTH Holstebro, Viborg HK
2	Hovedstaden	København Håndbold, Ajax København
2	Syddanmark	Team Esbjerg, Odense Håndbold
1	Nordjylland	Vendsyssel Håndbold
1	Sjælland	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub

References

1. "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
2. "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
3. "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
4. "Målmand" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "Assist" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

• Danish Handball Federaration (in Danish)