REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball)
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country | Norway |
| Confederation | EHF |
| Most recent champion(s) | Vipers Kristiansand (2023/24) |
| Most titles | Larvik HK (18 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | TV 2, TV 2 Sport 1, TV 2 Sport 2 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | 1. divisjon |
| International cup(s) | Women's EHF Champions League Women's EHF European League |
| Official website | http://www.handball.no |
 2024–25 season | |
REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Larvik HK is the championship's most successful team with nineteen titles, followed by IL Vestar with nine and Vipers Kristiansand with six.
Currently the winner of the championship play-offs is granted a spot in the EHF Champions League's group stage.
The fourteen teams of the 2024/25 season. Vipers Kristiansand is the defending champion.
| Team | Location | Arena | Finished pos. in last season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byåsen | Trondheim | Kolstad Arena | 10th |
| Fana | Bergen | Fana Arena | 11th |
| Follo | Ski | Stil Arena | 13th |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Kongstenhallen | 5th |
| Gjerpen | Skien | Skienshallen | 8th |
| Haslum | Bærum | Nadderud Arena | 1st (in 1. divisjon) 
|
| Molde | Molde | Molde Arena | 7th |
| Larvik | Larvik | Jotron Arena Larvik | 4th |
| Oppsal | Oslo | Oppsal Arena | 6th |
| Ravens | Rælingen | Skedsmohallen | 12th |
| Sola | Sola | Åsenhallen | 
|
| Storhamar | Hamar | Boligpartner Arena | 
|
| Tertnes | Bergen | Åsane Arena | 9th |
| Vipers | Kristiansand | Aquarama | 
|
List of champions
[edit]The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.
List of topscorers
[edit]
Statistics
[edit]EHF coefficients
[edit]The following data indicates Norwegian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
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- Country ranking
EHF League Ranking for 2023/24 season:[1]
- 1.
(5) 
REMA 1000-ligaen (185.67) - 2.
(1) 
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (172.33) - 3. (2)
Ligue Butagaz Énergie (168.33) - 4. (3)
Russian Superleague (139.00) - 5. (4)
Bambusa Kvindeligaen (127.00) - 6.
(6) 
Liga Națională (124.00)
In European competitions
[edit]| Champions League | EHF European League | EHF European Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | |||||||
| Vipers Kristiansand | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Larvik HK | 1 | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2005, 2008 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Storhamar HE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bækkelagets SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1998, 1999 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| IL Vestar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tertnes HE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gjerpen IF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Nordstrand IF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Byåsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| IK Junkeren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 4 titles | 2 | 9 | 1 title | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 titles | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
Notable foreign players
[edit]- Angola
- Argentina
- Austria
Ausra Fridrikas- Iris Morhammer
- Sorina Teodorovic
- Petra Blazek
- Kristina Logvin
- Belarus
Iryna Tryzno- Katsiaryna Silitskaya
- Brazil
Mariane Oliveira Fernandes- Bárbara Arenhart
- Gabriela Moreschi
- Tamires Morena Lima
- Dayane Rocha
- Caroline Martins
- Chana Masson
- Mayssa Pessoa
- Bulgaria
- Canada
Kimberley Ewanovich
- Czech Republic
Erika Polozova- Iva Zamorska
- Jana Knedlíková
- Markéta Jeřábková
- Markéta Šustáčková
- Croatia
Suzana Zuljani- Teodora Tomac
- Nataša Janković
- Ana Debelić
- Katarina Ježić
- Denmark
- Anja Andersen
- Camilla Andersen
- Gitte Madsen
- Janne Kolling
- Lene Rantala
- Merete Møller
- Susan Andersen
- Karen Brødsgaard
- Kristina Bille
- Anne Petersen Waage
- Louise Pedersen
- Michelle Brandstrup
- Sanne Bak Pedersen
- Pernille Huldgaard Christensen
- Hanne Frandsen
- Mathilde Kristensen
- Sandra Toft
- Annette Jensen
- Melanie Bak
- Lærke Sofie Sørensen
- Mie Sørensen
- Sarah Paulsen
- Lise Binger
- Melanie Felber
- Charlotte Bisser
- Cecilie Mørch Hansen
- Julie Gantzel Pedersen
- Sofie Fynbo Larsen
- Ann Grete Nørgaard
- Melina Kristensen
- Louise Engstrøm
- Julie Stokkendal Poulsen
- Marianne Haugsted
- Mathilde Berner Rømer
- Freja Vinter Christensen
- Sarah Nørklit Lønborg
- Maja Eiberg Jørgensen
- Faroe Islands
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Renáta Kári-Horváth
- Gabriella Juhász
- Rita Lakatos
- Zsuzsanna Tomori
- Blanka Kajdon
- Iceland
Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir- Berglind Íris Hansdóttir
- Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir
- Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir
- Helena Örvarsdóttir
- Thea Imani Sturludóttir
- Italy
Irene Fanton
- Japan
- Kosovo
Mirela Gjikokaj
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
Birgit Van Os- Lynn Molenaar
- Talissa Sabrina Groen
- Jessy Kramer
- Lynn Knippenborg
- Charris Rozemalen
- Martine Smeets
- Annick Lipman
- Rinka Duijndam
- Lois Abbingh
- Merel Freriks
- Larissa Nüsser
- Romé Celine Steverink
- North Macedonia
Ivana Gakidova
- Poland
Izabela Duda- Daria Boltromiuk
- Alina Wojtas
- Aleksandra Zimny
- Alicja Lucyna Zacharska
- Patrycja Świerżewska
- Marlena Urbańska
- Romania
- Anca Mihaela Stoica
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Maja Breznik
- Spain
Reyes Baello Vidal- Nerea Pena
- Lysa Tchaptchet
- Paula Arcos
- South Korea
- Sweden
Karin Nilsson- Mia Hermansson-Högdahl
- Lina Olsson Rosenberg
- Therese Helgesson
- Emma Jonsson
- Sara Nirvander
- Ulrika Olsson
- Karin Carlsson
- Martina Thörn
- Sandra Wrede
- Cassandra Tollbring
- Hanna Åhlén
- Elinore Johansson
- Moa Fredriksson
- Linnea Arrhenius
- Louise Karlsson
- Jenny Caroline Sandgren
- Esmeralda Fetahovic
- Evelina Eriksson
- Isabelle Gulldén
- Olivia Löfqvist
- Sofie Börjesson
- Jamina Roberts
- Nina Koppang
- Carin Strömberg
- Switzerland
Karin Weigelt- Mia Emmenegger
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
Britt Goodwin- Zoe van der Weel
- United States
Karoline Borg
Names of the competition
[edit]- 1967–1975: Hovedserien
- 1975-1993: 1. divisjon
- 1993–2000: Eliteserien
- 2000–2005: Gildeserien[2]
- 2005–2007: Eliteserien
- 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge[3]
- 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig[4]
- 2017–2019: Eliteserien[5]
- 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000[6]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "2023/24 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Ny serieordning". www.vg.no. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Article introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen". Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Article about the new sponsored league name, GRUNDIGligaen". Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "REMA 1000-ligaen | handball.no". handball.no - Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen | Nyheter". REMA 1000. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The season was finished before it was halfway played. The teams played between 9 and 12 (out of 22) matches.