2017–18 Eliteserien (women's handball)

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

Eliteserien

Season	2017–18
Champions	Vipers Kristiansand (1st title)
Relegated	Sola HK Stabæk Glassverket
Champions League	Vipers Kristiansand
EHF Cup	Larvik HK Storhamar Elite Byåsen Elite Fredrikstad BK
Matches played	146
Goals scored	7,905 (54.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Linn Jørum Sulland (168 goals)
Biggest home win	24 goals: LHK 36–12 GLA STO 46–22 OPP
Biggest away win	29 goals: STA 17–46 VIP
Highest scoring	73 goals: STO 32–41 LHK
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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	Byåsen Fredrikstad Gjerpen Glassverket Larvik Molde Oppsal Sola Stabæk Storhamar Tertnes Kristiansand 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Regular season As of the end of the regular season.[2] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Melanie Bak Gjerpen HK Skien 143 2 Ida Marie Wernersen Fredrikstad BK 139 3 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 138 4 Ragnhild Valle Dahl Molde Elite 132 5 Betina Riegelhuth Storhamar HE 124 6 Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Byåsen Elite 118 7 Henny Reistad Stabæk 116 8 Kari Brattset Vipers Kristiansand 108 9 Tonje Nøstvold Sola HK 106 10 Celine Sivertsen Tertnes HE 104 Line Ellertsen Sola HK Jenny Handal Sneve Stabæk

Playoffs As of the end of the playoffs.[5] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kari Brattset Vipers Kristiansand 39 2 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 30 Jeanett Kristiansen Vipers Kristiansand 4 June Andenæs Larvik HK 26 5 Moa Högdahl Byåsen Elite 25 6 Mathilde Rivas Toft Larvik HK 24 7 Thea Mørk Larvik HK 20 Kristine Breistøl Larvik HK Maria Hjertner Larvik HK 10 Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Byåsen Elite 18

Overall As of the end of the season.[2][5] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 168 2 Melanie Bak Gjerpen HK Skien 158 3 Ida Marie Wernersen Fredrikstad BK 147 Kari Brattset Vipers Kristiansand 5 Betina Riegelhuth Storhamar HE 140 6 Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Byåsen Elite 136 7 Ragnhild Valle Dahl Molde Elite 132 8 Moa Högdahl Byåsen Elite 125 9 Celine Sivertsen Tertnes HE 117 10 Henny Reistad Stabæk 116

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.

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.

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)