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Elitserien (handball)
Encyclopedia
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball and comprises the top 14 Swedish
handball
teams. The first season began in 1931-32. The season ends with a play-off and a final like Super Bowl
.
The season ends with a single final in the beginning of May.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
teams. The first season began in 1931-32. The season ends with a play-off and a final like Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
.
Structure
The season starts in the end of September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off, while the two last are relegated and the 11th and 12th team plays matches against the third and fourth from the Allsvenskan and the winners from the Division 1.The season ends with a single final in the beginning of May.
Current clubs
- Alingsås HK
- HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- IF Guif
- H 43 LundH 43 LundH 43 Lund is a handball team from Sweden, playing in the Elitserien....
- Hammarby IFHammarby IF HandbollHammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of Swedish sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in the Elitserien. They are currently the "giant" in the Elitserien which is the top handball league in Sweden...
- LIF Lindesberg
- LUGI HF
- Malmö HK
- OV Helsingborg
- Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- IFK SkövdeIFK Skövde HKIFK Skövde is a team handball club from Skövde. Currently, IFK Skövde competes in the Elitserien and the Swedish Handball Cup....
- IK SävehofIK SävehofIK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partillebohallen which has a capacity of 2,000, for Champions League matches they use the Scandinavium where 8,525 people have entry. It has both, a men's and a women's club team.-Men:The Men's team...
- IFK TrelleborgIFK TrelleborgIFK Trelleborg is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg in Skåne County. -Background:Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Trelleborg was founded in 1910 and participates in the sport of handball as well as football....
- Ystads IF
Previous winners
- 1931-32 - Flottans IF Karlskrona
- 1932-33 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1933-34 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1934-35 - Majornas IK
- 1935-36 - SoIK Hellas
- 1936-37 - SoIK Hellas
- 1937-38 - Västerås IKVästerås IKVästerås IK is a Swedish sports club located in Västerås, with the following sections:* VIK Västerås HK – ice-hockey.* Västerås IK Fotboll - football....
- 1938-39 - Uppsala Studenters IF
- 1939-40 - Majornas IK
- 1940-41 - IFK Kristianstad
- 1941-42 - Majornas IK
- 1942-43 - Majornas IK
- 1943-44 - Majornas IK
- 1944-45 - Majornas IK
- 1945-46 - Majornas IK
- 1946-47 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1947-48 - IFK Kristianstad
- 1948-49 - IFK LidingöIFK LidingöIFK Lidingö is a Swedish sports club, part of the IFK system, based on the island of Lidingö outside Stockholm. Although the club takes part in numerous sports, it is most famous for its football, athletics and orienteering sections. The football team are called IFK Lidingö FK.The club was founded...
- 1949-50 - IK Heim
- 1950-51 - AIK HandbollAIK HandbollAIK Handboll is the handball section in AIK. The handball section of AIK was founded in 1943....
- 1951-52 - IFK Kristianstad
- 1952-53 - IFK Kristianstad
- 1953-54 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1954-55 - IK Heim
- 1955-56 - Örebro SKÖrebro SKÖrebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...
- 1956-57 - Örebro SKÖrebro SKÖrebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...
- 1957-58 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1958-59 - IK Heim
- 1989-60 - IK Heim
- 1960-61 - Vikingarnas IF
- 1961-62 - IK Heim
- 1962-63 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1963-64 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1964-65 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1965-66 - IS Göta
- 1966-67 - Vikingarnas IF
- 1967-68 - IF Saab
- 1968-69 - SoIK Hellas
- 1969-70 - SoIK Hellas
- 1970-71 - SoIK Hellas
- 1971-72 - SoIK Hellas
- 1972-73 - IF Saab
- 1973-74 - IF Saab
- 1974-75 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1975-76 - Ystads IF
- 1976-77 - SoIK Hellas
- 1977-78 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1978-79 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1979-80 - LUGI HF
- 1980-81 - Vikingarnas IF
- 1981-82 - IK Heim
- 1982-83 - IK Heim
- 1983-84 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1984-85 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1985-86 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1986-87 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1987-88 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1988-89 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1989-90 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1990-91 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1991-92 - Ystads IF
- 1992-93 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1993-94 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1994-95 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1995-96 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1996-97 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1997-98 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 1998-99 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 1999-00 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 2000-01 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 2001-02 - HK DrottHK DrottHK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the national championships ten times, last in 2002.Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball prior to 2000...
- 2002-03 - Redbergslids IKRedbergslids IKRedbergslids IK, RIK, is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful in Swedish titles, with twenty titles...
- 2003-04 - IK SävehofIK SävehofIK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partillebohallen which has a capacity of 2,000, for Champions League matches they use the Scandinavium where 8,525 people have entry. It has both, a men's and a women's club team.-Men:The Men's team...
- 2004-05 - IK SävehofIK SävehofIK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partillebohallen which has a capacity of 2,000, for Champions League matches they use the Scandinavium where 8,525 people have entry. It has both, a men's and a women's club team.-Men:The Men's team...
- 2005-06 - Hammarby IFHammarby IF HandbollHammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of Swedish sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in the Elitserien. They are currently the "giant" in the Elitserien which is the top handball league in Sweden...
- 2006-07 - Hammarby IFHammarby IF HandbollHammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of Swedish sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in the Elitserien. They are currently the "giant" in the Elitserien which is the top handball league in Sweden...
- 2007-08 - Hammarby IFHammarby IF HandbollHammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of Swedish sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in the Elitserien. They are currently the "giant" in the Elitserien which is the top handball league in Sweden...
- 2008-09 - Alingsås HK
- 2009-10 - IK SävehofIK SävehofIK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partillebohallen which has a capacity of 2,000, for Champions League matches they use the Scandinavium where 8,525 people have entry. It has both, a men's and a women's club team.-Men:The Men's team...
- 2010-11 - IK SävehofIK SävehofIK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partillebohallen which has a capacity of 2,000, for Champions League matches they use the Scandinavium where 8,525 people have entry. It has both, a men's and a women's club team.-Men:The Men's team...
External links
- http://www.handboll.info Swedish handball association
- http://www.heh.nu Swedish men's handball league official website