2012–13 Håndboldligaen (men's handball)

For the women's league, see 2012–13 Damehåndboldligaen.

The 2012–13 Håndboldligaen was the 77th season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.

Håndboldligaen

Season	2012–13
Dates	5 September 2012 - 26 May 2014
Champions	Aalborg Håndbold (2nd title)
Relegated	Viborg HK (Withdrew)
Champions League	Aalborg Håndbold, KIF Kolding
EHF Cup	Skjern Håndbold
Matches played	218
Goals scored	12,030 (55.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeppe Riber (196 goals)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Aalborg Håndbold won the championship, when they beat KIF Kolding København in the final. Nordsjælland Håndbold should have been relegated, when they finished last in the regular season, but due to Viborg HK pulling their men's team, they could stay in the league.^[1]

The previous season's champions, AG København, had gone bankrupt and had fused with KIF Kolding, making KIF Kolding København.^[2]

Team information

KIF

Skjern

TTH

AaB

SønderjyskE

Viborg

Aarhus Håndbold

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Skanderborg

Mors-Thy

Nordsjælland

Ribe-Esbjerg

Skive

TMS

Locations of the 2012–13 Håndboldligaen

The following 14 clubs compete in the Håndboldligaen during the 2013–14 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
AaB Håndbold	Aalborg	Gigantium	4,500
Aarhus GF	Aarhus	NRGi Arena	4,700
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Bjerringbro	Silkeborg-Hallerne	3,900
Viborg HK	Viborg	Viborg Stadionhal	2,865
KIF Kolding København	Kolding	Kolding Hallen	2,650
Mors-Thy	Nykøbing Mors	Jyske Bank Mors Arena	1,500
Nordsjælland	Helsinge	Helsinge-Hallen	1,600
Ribe-Esbjerg	Ribe	Ribe Fritidscenter	2,200
Skanderborg	Skanderborg	Morten Børup Hallen
Skjern	Skjern	Skjern Bank Arena	2,400
Skive fH	Skive	Skivehallerne
SønderjyskE	Sønderborg	Broager Sparekasse Skansen	2,200
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Idrætscenter Vest	3,250
TMS Ringsted	Ringsted	Ringsted-Hallen	1,600

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	KIF Kolding København	26	23	1	2	740	605	+135	47
2	Skjern Håndbold	26	20	2	4	771	647	+124	42
3	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	26	20	1	5	723	635	+88	41
4	Aalborg Håndbold	26	18	1	7	699	617	+82	37
5	Team Tvis Holstebro	26	17	1	8	709	652	+57	35
6	AGF	26	13	0	13	668	680	-12	26
7	Mors-Thy Håndbold	26	11	2	13	685	713	-28	24
8	SønderjyskE	26	11	1	13	740	765	-25	23
9	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	26	9	2	15	708	765	−57	23
10	Viborg HK	26	8	3	15	647	693	−46	19
11	Skanderborg Håndbold	26	7	3	16	681	721	−40	17
12	TMS Ringsted	26	5	3	18	681	746	−65	11
13	Skive fH	26	3	4	19	604	697	−93	10
14	Nordsjælland Håndbold	26	3	4	19	645	756	−111	10

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round
	Relegation

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. Source:^[3]

Championship Round

Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts 1 Aalborg Håndbold 6 5 1 0 182 142 +40 12 2 KIF Kolding København 6 4 1 1 161 136 +25 11 3 SønderjyskE 6 1 0 5 171 196 −25 2 4 Team Tvis Holstebro 6 1 0 5 141 181 −40 2 Championship Playoff Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts 1 Skjern Håndbold 6 5 0 1 167 160 +7 12 2 Mors-Thy Håndbold 6 4 0 2 160 154 +6 8 3 AGF 6 2 0 4 152 157 -5 6 4 BSV 6 1 0 5 149 157 −8 3 Championship Playoff Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Championship Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

	Semifinals							Finals
	Mors-Thy Håndbold		25	26	51
	Aalborg Håndbold		23	29	52
								Aalborg Håndbold		29	29	58
								Skjern Håndbold		21	26	47
	KIF Kolding København		25	20	45
	Skjern Håndbold		22	21	43

Statistics

Topscorers

Regular season

No.	Nat.	Name	Team	Goals
01.	Denmark	Jeppe Riber	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	164
02.	Denmark	Rune Ohm	SønderjyskE Håndbold	150
03.	Denmark	Mikkel Sjøberg	TMS Ringsted	136
04.	Denmark	Henrik Møllgaard	Skjern Håndbold	133
05.	Denmark	Peter Balling	Skanderborg Håndbold	132
06.	Denmark	Patrick Wiesmach	Team Tvis Holstebro	126
06.	Denmark	Jonas Langerhuus	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	126
06.	Sweden	Kim Andersson	KIF Kolding København	126
06.	Denmark	Morten Balling	Mors-Thy Håndbold	126
10.	Denmark	Ronnie Mathiasen	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	125
Updated: 21 March 2013[4]