2017–18 Eliteserien (women's handball)

The 2017–18 Eliteserien is the 51st season of the Eliteserien, Norway's premier handball league.[1]

Eliteserien
Season2017–18
ChampionsVipers Kristiansand (1st title)
RelegatedSola HK
Stabæk
Glassverket
Champions LeagueVipers Kristiansand
EHF CupLarvik HK
Storhamar Elite
Byåsen Elite
Fredrikstad BK
Matches played146
Goals scored7,905 (54.14 per match)
Top goalscorerLinn Jørum Sulland (168 goals)
Biggest home win24 goals:
LHK 36–12 GLA
STO 46–22 OPP
Biggest away win29 goals:
STA 17–46 VIP
Highest scoring73 goals:
STO 32–41 LHK
← 2016–17

Teams

A total of 12 teams will be participating in the 2017/18 edition of Eliteserien. Of these, 10 teams qualified directly from the 2016/17 season and the top two teams from the First Division, Molde HK and Fredrikstad BK.

Team Location Arena Capacity
Clubs locations in Norway
Byåsen Elite Trondheim Trondheim Spektrum 3400
Fredrikstad BK Fredrikstad Kongstenhallen 1500
Gjerpen IF Skien Skienshallen 2800
Glassverket Elite Drammen Drammenshallen 4200
Larvik HK Larvik Boligmappa Arena Larvik 4500
Molde HK Molde Molde Arena 2000
Oppsal IF Oslo Oppsal Arena 5000
Sola HK Sola Åsenhallen 1200
Stabæk IF Bærum Nadderud Arena 2050
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 18 2 2 698 512 +186 38 Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2 Larvik HK 22 18 1 3 679 513 +166 37 Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup
3 Storhamar Håndball Elite 22 17 0 5 676 559 +117 34
4 Byåsen Elite 22 14 0 8 641 549 +92 28
5 Tertnes Håndball Elite 22 13 0 9 556 546 +10 26 Championship play-offs
6 Fredrikstad BK 22 10 1 11 544 590 −46 21 Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup
7 Gjerpen HK Skien 22 9 0 13 582 600 −18 18 Championship play-offs
8 Oppsal 22 8 2 12 563 614 −51 18
9 Molde Elite 22 7 2 13 564 631 −67 16
10 Sola HK 22 7 1 14 537 592 −55 15 Play-off against the third team from First Division
11 Stabæk 22 5 1 16 549 654 −105 11 Relegated to First Division
12 Glassverket 22 1 0 21 516 745 −229 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2018. Source: [2]
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.[3]

Results

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

Home \ Away BYÅ FBK GJE GLA LHK MOL OPP SOL STA STO TER VIP
Byåsen Elite 31–21 38–22 34–15 24–31 36–26 36–29 26–25 29–20 31–32 33–22 16–22
Fredrikstad BK 23–33 21–37 31–22 21–28 26–24 24–21 30–25 26–25 28–24 22–26 18–26
Gjerpen HK Skien 20–25 26–24 35–21 20–40 27–22 32–25 26–21 40–25 24–27 19–28 30–38
Glassverket 28–39 31–35 24–28 19–41 24–26 24–33 26–41 29–36 22–41 27–30 19–43
Larvik HK 32–28 25–28 32–26 36–12 36–23 30–22 26–16 33–26 33–23 27–19 25–25
Molde Elite 28–34 27–27 29–25 28–24 26–33 31–31 28–27 27–26 21–23 21–28 30–34
Oppsal 20–33 26–19 31–26 30–25 23–24 26–27 28–26 33–31 20–33 26–29 30–30
Sola HK 25–22 27–31 20–28 28–29 27–26 27–25 21–20 22–27 25–31 23–26 28–27
Stabæk 24–28 22–24 26–21 29–26 17–35 34–31 25–30 21–21 22–34 21–30 17–46
Storhamar Håndball Elite 34–28 28–20 32–28 36–31 29–30 27–19 46–22 35–20 28–20 26–23 25–34
Tertnes Håndball Elite 20–21 27–24 23–19 31–21 28–29 25–29 20–19 20–22 31–27 22–32 26–25
Vipers Kristiansand 30–26 29–21 28–23 34–17 31–27 31–16 32–18 34–20 30–28 36–30 33–22
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals
25 April
18:00		 Oppsal 22–36 Vipers Kristiansand Oppsal Arena, Oslo
Attendance: 287
Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
Røkke 7 (9–15) Sulland 8
2× 2× Report 3× 3×
29 April
15:30		 Vipers Kristiansand 38–18 Oppsal Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: 845
Referees: Lien, Blokkhus
Brattset 8 (16–11) Andersen 7
2× 3× Report 1× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won 74–40 on aggregate.

25 April
18:30		 Fredrikstad BK 20–37 Larvik HK Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad
Attendance: 408
Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
Andersen 9 (10–23) Breistøl 9
2× 5× Report 1× 3×
29 April
17:00		 Larvik HK 36–25 Fredrikstad BK Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 681
Referees: Liltved, Jørstad
Tollbring, Rivas Toft 6 (19–13) Syversen 8
2× 1× Report 3× 1×

Larvik HK won 73–45 on aggregate.

25 April
18:00		 Tertnes Håndball Elite 28–30 Storhamar Håndball Elite Haukelandshallen, Bergen
Attendance: 584
Referees: Nygren, Borge
Sivertsen 10 (18–16) Riegelhuth 11
3× 3× Report 3× 4×
29 April
17:00		 Storhamar Håndball Elite 28–25 Tertnes Håndball Elite Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: –
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen
Løke 6 (15–9) Hilby 6
2× 3× Report 3× 4×

Storhamar Håndball Elite won 58–53 on aggregate.

25 April
20:00		 Gjerpen HK Skien 27–29 Byåsen Elite Skienshallen, Skien
Attendance: –
Referees: Jørum, Kleven
Bak 10 (16–12) Jacobsen 9
 4× Report 2× 1×
29 April
18:45		 Byåsen Elite 27–27 Gjerpen HK Skien Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 350
Referees: Braseth, Sundet
Högdahl 9 (15–17) Bak, Groa, Hendrikse 5
3× Report 3× 2×

Byåsen Elite won 56–54 on aggregate.

Bracket

Highest ranked team from the regular season selects the opponent. The remaining two highest ranked teams from the regular season can not meet in the semifinals.[4]

  Semifinals Finals
                         
1 Vipers Kristiansand 28 30 58  
4 Byåsen Elite 23 25 48  
    1 Vipers Kristiansand 29 40 69
  2 Larvik HK 22 28 50
2 Larvik HK 41 27 68
3 Storhamar Håndball Elite 32 22 54  

Semifinals
2 May
18:30		 Byåsen Elite 23–28 Vipers Kristiansand Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 766
Referees: Nygren, Borge
Venn, Högdahl 5 (13–17) Brattset 6
3× 3× Report  5×
8 May
18:30		 Vipers Kristiansand 30–25 Byåsen Elite Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: 787
Referees: Johannessen, Larsen
Kristiansen 7 (17–11) Örvarsdottir 6
2× 4× Report 4× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won 58–48 on aggregate.

6 May
18:00		 Storhamar Håndball Elite 32–41 Larvik HK Boligpartner Arena, Hamar
Attendance: 1229
Referees: Jørum, Kleven
Enkerud 7 (13–19) Mørk, Rivas Toft 8
 3× Report 1× 3×
9 May
18:45		 Larvik HK 27–22 Storhamar Håndball Elite Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: –
Referees: Isachsen, Hell
Hjertner 6 (13–8) Zimny 6
2× 1× Report 2× 5×

Larvik HK won 68–54 on aggregate.

Finals
15 May
18:45		 Larvik HK 22–29 Vipers Kristiansand Boligmappa Arena, Larvik
Attendance: 596
Referees: Røen, Arntsen
Andenæs 6 (15–13) Brattset 7
3× 2× Report 2× 3×
19 May
17:15		 Vipers Kristiansand 40–28 Larvik HK Aquarama, Kristiansand
Attendance: –
Referees: Nygren, Borge
Brattset 8 (21–12) Andenæs, Mørk 7
2× 3× Report 2× 2×

Vipers Kristiansand won the final 69–50 on aggregate.

2017–18 Eliteserien Champions
Vipers Kristiansand
1st title
Sakura Hauge, Eline Fagerheim, Katrine Lunde, Malin Aune, Pernille Wang Skaug, Karine Emilie Dahlum, Vilde Jonassen, Sunniva Næs Andersen, Kari Brattset (C), Mathilde Kristensen, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Jeanett Kristiansen, Lina Jensen, Mathilde Flo Hjetland, Karoline Olsen, Tonje Haugjord Refsnes, Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, Marta Tomac, Kristin Nørstebø, Linn Jørum Sulland
Head Coach
Kenneth Gabrielsen

Top goalscorers

Relegation playoff
25 April
18:30		 Rælingen HK 30–20 Sola HK Marikolhallen, Rælingen
Attendance: 478
Referees: Liltved, Jørstad
Hanssen 8 (16–10) Nøstvold 8
2× 4× Report 3× 3×
29 April
18:00		 Sola HK 25–17 Rælingen HK Åsenhallen, Sola
Attendance: –
Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen
Knutsen 7 (12–10) Hanssen 7
2× 4× Report 2× 3×

Rælingen HK won 47–45 on aggregate and were promoted to Eliteserien, Sola HK were relegated to First Division.

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References
  1. Official league website (in Norwegian)
  2. "Eliteserien Kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2017/2018". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "Rekkefølgeberegning". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. "Sluttspill Kvinner 2018". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. "Sluttspill Eliteserien kvinner, Håndballsesongen 2017/2018". handball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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