2019 �20 DAMEHåNDBOLDLIGAEN

Damehåndboldligaen
Season	2019–20
Champions	Team Esbjerg
Relegated	EH Aalborg
Matches played	147
Goals scored	7,508 (51.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mia Rej; (170 goals)
Biggest home win	15 goals: ; OHC 37–22 TTH (25 Oct)
Biggest away win	15 goals: ; HHE 22–37 OHC (16 Oct) ; VHK 24–39 ESB (16 Oct)
Highest scoring	67 goals: ; ESB 37–30 KBH (2 Oct)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 23 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Damehåndboldligaen (known as HTH Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions and HH Elite were promoted from the 1. division.

Team information

København

NFH

TTH

Locations of the 2019–20 Damehåndboldligaen

Team.	Town	Arena	Capacity
Aarhus United	Aarhus	Ceres Arena Stadionhal	1.200
Ajax København	København	Bavnehøj-Hallen	1.000
EH Aalborg	Aalborg	Nørresundby Idrætscenter	800
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
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3.250
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
EH Aalborg	Morten Holmen
TTH Holstebro	Pether Krautmeyer
Nykøbing Falster HK	Jakob Larsen
Ajax København	Dennis Bo Jensen
Viborg HK	Jakob Vestergaard
Aarhus United	Heine Eriksen
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	Mathias Madsen
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	Team Esbjerg	13	13	0	0	376	295	+81	26	Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2	København Håndbold	13	10	0	3	385	333	+52	20	Championship play-offs
3	Odense Håndbold	13	10	0	3	395	307	+88	20
4	Viborg HK	13	8	1	4	339	308	+31	17
5	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	13	8	1	4	349	310	+39	17
6	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	13	7	2	4	358	356	+2	16
7	Randers HK	13	6	2	5	338	332	+6	14
8	Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	13	7	0	6	325	328	−3	14
9	Aarhus United	13	6	1	6	320	321	−1	13
10	Ajax København	13	4	0	9	227	337	−110	8
11	TTH Holstebro	13	2	2	9	302	348	−46	6
12	EH Aalborg	13	2	1	10	314	368	−54	5
13	Skanderborg Håndbold	13	2	0	11	302	346	−44	4
14	HH Elite	13	1	0	12	294	385	−91	2	Relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2019. Source: [1] [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.^[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 10 March 2020.

Home \ Away	AAR	AJA	EHA	HIH	HHE	KBH	NFH	OHC	RHK	SIL	SKA	ESB	TTH	VHK
Aarhus United		28–15	29–25	26–23	24–23	22–30	x	17–26	16–17	27–29	22–17	23–23	28–23	25–23
Ajax København	23–25		21–24	21–21	x	26–28	18–29	21–33	27–30	28–25	28–23	18–26	26–24	x
EH Aalborg	23–28	28–23		29–35	22–17	24–32	28–31	x	x	27–33	25–29	20–29	22–27	17–36
Herning-Ikast Håndbold	23–19	30–16	33–27		26–21	22–28	26–19	26–30	x	29–28	26–16	x	35–20	24–26
HH Elite	26–34	18–24	30–24	23–32		19–28	21–31	22–37	26–27	27–33	25–21	26–24	x	25–29
København Håndbold	22–24	29–20	35–23	23–30	38–25		31–30	31–29	28–26	29–22	x	30–30	27–24	24–32
Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	25–24	22–18	x	24–22	32–20	28–26		22–30	29–29	25–26	26–26	19–31	x	21–26
Odense Håndbold	x	27–28	35–26	24–26	23–17	x	29–23		27–23	30–28	31–26	25–28	37–22	21–25
Randers HK	29–29	x	34–23	25–25	x	22–30	32–27	25–34		23–24	27–25	23–30	28–22	20–23
Silkeborg-Voel	29–25	26–24	29–28	35–26	20–22	26–28	28–23	20–30	29–25		22–17	26–30	26–26	x
Skanderborg Håndbold	23–27	25–19	x	16–27	22–21	27–28	20–25	19–30	21–23	28–31		x	20–22	13–26
Team Esbjerg	29–22	33–23	28–18	26–24	27–21	37–30	27–21	25–27	25–19	x	30–26		37–27	29–22
TTH Holstebro	x	27–26	24–24	24–30	30–25	26–30	24–28	22–26	17–23	15–30	26–23	19–23		18–35
Viborg HK	29–20	23–24	28–16	x	30–25	33–30	23–21	23–31	30–21	27–27	32–21	24–39	28–19

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of last matches played before the season got cancelled due to COVID-19^[3]

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mia Rej	København Håndbold	170
2	Melissa Petrén	HH Elite	140
3	Kristina Jørgensen	Viborg HK	123
4	Dione Housheer	Nykøbing Falster HK	122
5	Linn Blohm	København Håndbold	117
6	Sofia Deen	Skanderborg Håndbold	113
7	Mai Kragballe Nielsen	Randers HK	110
8	Celine Lundbye Kristiansen	Aarhus United	108
9	Jane Schumacher	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	108
10	Helene Kindberg	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	103

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
Month	Player	Club
September	Mia Rej	København Håndbold
October	Jeanett Kristiansen	Herning-Ikast Håndbold
January	Mia Rej	København Håndbold
February	Anna Kristensen	Viborg HK

References

^ "LIGAREGLEMENT" (in Danish). DHF. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ "Kampprogram - HTH GO Ligaen" (in Danish). Divisionsforeningen. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "Målscorer" (in Danish). tophaandbold.dk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

External links

Danish Handball Federaration (in Danish)

[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.

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