REMA 1000-ligaen (men's handball)

(Redirected from Grundigligaen)

REMA 1000-ligaen (Eliteserien i hådball for menn)[1] is the premier men'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 1966, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Sandefjord TIF, is the championship's most successful team with nine titles, followed by Oppsal and Elverum with six titles. Elverum is also the most successful in the playoffs with 11 titles.

REMA 1000-ligaen
SportHandball
Founded1966
No. of teams14
CountryNorway
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)
Kolstad Håndball
Most titlesSandefjord TIF (9 titles)
TV partner(s)TV 2, TV 2 Sport 1, TV 2 Sport 2
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Relegation to1. divisjon
International cup(s)EHF Champions League
EHF European League
EHF European Cup
Official websitehandball.no
Current sports event 2023–24 season

Starting 2023/2024-season, the league consists of the following 14 teams.[2] Kolstad Håndball is the defending champion.

Team Location Arena Finished pos.
in last season
Bergen Håndball Bergen Haukelandshallen 2nd (in 1. divisjon)
Bækkelaget HE Oslo Bækkelagshallen 10th
Drammen HK Drammen Drammenshallen 4th
Elverum Håndball Elverum Terningen Arena 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fjellhammer IL Lørenskog Lørenskoghallen 6th
Halden Topphåndball Halden Remmenhallen 8th
Haslum HK Bærum Nadderud Arena 12th
Kolstad Håndball Trondheim Kolstad Arena 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kristiansand Topphåndball Kristiansand Aquarama 7th
Nærbø IL Nærbø Sparebanken Vest Arena 5th
Runar Sandefjord Sandefjord Runarhallen 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sandnes Sandnes Sandneshallen 8th
TIF Viking Bergen Åsane Arena 1st (in 1. divisjon)
ØIF Arendal Elite Arendal Sparebanken Sør Amfi 9th

List of champions

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The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.

Season   Gold   Silver   Bronze
1965-66 Fredensborg Arild Nordstrand
1966-67 Fredensborg OSI Arild
1967-68 OSI BSI Fredensborg
1968-69 BSI OSI Bækkelaget
1969-70 OSI Arild Oppsal
1970-71 Oppsal Fredensborg Nordstrand
1971-72 Oppsal Fredensborg Arild
1972-73 Oppsal Refstad Fredensborg
1973-74 Refstad Fredensborg Oppsal
1974-75 Fredensborg Oppsal Refstad
1975-76 Oppsal Refstad Fredensborg
1976-77 Refstad Oppsal Nordstrand
1977-78 Oppsal Refstad Fredensborg
1978-79 Refstad Oppsal Fredensborg/Ski
1979-80 Oppsal Kristiansand Sverresborg IF
1980-81 Nordstrand Fredensborg/Ski Kristiansand
1981-82 Fredensborg/Ski Nordstrand Fjellhammer
1982-83 Kolbotn Fredensborg/Ski Oppsal
1983-84 Kolbotn Fjellhammer Fredensborg/Ski
1984-85 Urædd Kolbotn Fredensborg/Ski
1985-86 Stavanger Fredensborg/Ski Urædd
1986-87 Stavanger Urædd Bækkelaget
1987-88 Urædd Stavanger Bækkelaget
1988-89 Stavanger Urædd Kragerø
1989-90 Stavanger Runar Sandefjord
1990-91 Sandefjord Stavanger Runar
1991-92 Urædd Stavanger Viking
1992-93 Sandefjord Urædd Runar
1993-94 Runar Sandefjord Kragerø
1994-95 Runar Drammen Elverum
1995-96 Runar Stavanger Drammen
1996-97 Drammen Viking Sandefjord
1997-98 Viking Sandefjord Runar
1998-99 Sandefjord Viking Runar
1999-00 Runar Sandefjord Viking
2000-01 Sandefjord Drammen Runar
2001-02 Sandefjord Runar Drammen
2002-03 Sandefjord Stavanger Håndball[note 1] Runar
2003-04 Sandefjord Drammen Haslum
2004-05 Sandefjord Haslum Fyllingen
2005-06 Sandefjord Drammen Vestli
2006-07 Drammen Sandefjord Haslum
2007-08 Drammen Runar Haslum
2008-09 Fyllingen Haslum Drammen
2009-10 Drammen Elverum Runar
2010-11 Haslum Elverum Drammen
2011-12 Haslum Elverum Drammen
2012-13 Elverum Haslum BSK/NIF
2013-14 Haslum Elverum Bækkelaget
2014-15 ØIF Arendal Bodø Haslum
2015-16 ØIF Arendal Haslum Elverum
2016-17 Elverum Bækkelaget Haslum
2017-18 Elverum Drammen ØIF Arendal
2018-19 ØIF Arendal Elverum Drammen
2019-20 Elverum ØIF Arendal Drammen
2020-21 Elverum ØIF Arendal Drammen
2021-22 Elverum Drammen Runar
2022-23 Kolstad Elverum Runar
2023-24 Kolstad Elverum Runar

EHF coeffecient rank

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EHF league ranking for 2022/23 season:[3]

Names of the competition

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  • 1965–1972: Hovedserien
  • 1972–1993: 1. divisjon
  • 1993–1997: Eliteserien
  • 1997–2005: Gildeserien[4]
  • 2005–2007: Eliteserien
  • 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge[5]
  • 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig[6]
  • 2017–2019: Eliteserien[7]
  • 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000[8]

References

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  1. ^ Official league homepage
  2. ^ Utvider REMA 1000-ligaen til 14 lag"
  3. ^ "2022/23 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ^ Article confirming the name Gildeserien
  5. ^ Article introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen
  6. ^ Article about the new sponsored league name, GRUNDIGligaen
  7. ^ Back to basic with "Eliteserien" (in English: The Elite series)
  8. ^ Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen"

Notes

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  1. ^ Stavanger Håndball is the result of a merge between Stavanger IF and Viking HK.
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