2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen

The 2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen (known as the Primo Tours Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier handball league. Team Esbjerg were the defending champions.

Damehåndboldligaen

Season	2016–17
Champions	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (1st title)
Relegated	Skanderborg Håndbold
Champions League	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
EHF Cup	København Håndbold Viborg HK Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Matches played	136
Goals scored	7,178 (52.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trine Troelsen (199 goals)
Biggest home win	KBH 35-21 SKA FCM 30-18 TTH
Biggest away win	RIN 18-33 FCM
Highest scoring	NFH 29-35 ESB NFH 36-28 AAR
← 2015-16 2017-18 →

Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub won their first title ever, when they beat København Håndbold in the final 27-25.^[1] Skanderborg Håndbold were relegated, as they finished last in the regular season.

This was the first time in 10 years, that a team from outside Jutland won the title.^[1]

After the season SK Aarhus went bankrupt, and they did therefore not compete in the following season. Aarhus United took over their license, and could thus play their first season in the league.^[2]

Team information

FCM

HCO

KBH

NFH

RAN

RIN

SIL

SKA

AAR

ESB

TTH

VHK

Locations of the 2017–18 Primo Tour Ligaen

Team.	Town	Arena	Capacity
FC Midtjylland	Ikast	Ikast-Brande Arena	2.850
HC Odense	Odense	Odense Idrætshal	2.256
København Håndbold	København	Frederiksberghallen	1.468
Nykøbing Falster	Nykøbing Falster	Scandlines Arena	1.300
Randers HK	Randers	Arena Randers	3.000
Ringkøbing Håndbold	Ringkøbing	Rofi-Centret	1.100
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	Silkeborg	Jysk Arena	3.000
SK Aarhus	Aarhus	Viljen Til Sejr Arena	1.152
Skanderborg Håndbold	Skanderborg	Fælledhallen	1.700
Team Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Dokken	2.549
Team Tvis Holstebro	Holstebro	Gråkjær Arena	3.250
Viborg HK	Viborg	Viborg Stadionhal	3.000

The regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Midtjylland	22	19	1	2	619	510	+109	39	Semifinal
2	Nykøbing F. Håndboldklub	22	14	2	6	657	587	+70	30
3	Viborg HK	22	14	1	7	584	554	+30	29	Quarterfinal
4	København Håndbold	22	13	2	7	642	563	+79	28
5	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	22	13	1	8	620	572	+48	27
6	Odense Håndbold	22	13	0	9	558	554	+4	26
7	Team Esbjerg	22	11	2	9	603	572	+31	24
8	Randers HK	22	9	2	11	551	584	−33	20
9	SK Aarhus	22	8	1	13	552	595	−43	17
10	Team Tvis Holstebro	22	4	2	16	565	629	−64	10	Relegation Round
11	Ringkøbing Håndbold	22	3	3	16	522	624	−102	9
12	Skanderborg Håndbold	22	1	3	18	505	634	−129	5	Relegation

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	FCM	HCO	KBH	NFH	RAN	RIN	SIL	AAR	SKA	ESB	TTH	VHK
FC Midtjylland		30–24	28–26	23–31	34–22	32–22	33–28	29–20	34–20	27–25	30–18	26–25
HC Odense	23–28		29–23	27–21	21–22	33–30	18–28	31–29	26–22	22–21	26–23	26–20
København Håndbold	25–27	32–28		30–30	33–22	35–23	34–28	30–21	35–21	31–24	28–22	33–29
Nykøbing Falster	22–23	27–22	32–26		32–25	35–28	33–28	36–28	28–26	29–35	33–21	33–23
Randers HK	16–21	22–24	27–27	28–28		20–19	24–34	26–21	34–21	27–30	31–22	22–28
Ringkøbing Håndbold	18–33	21–34	20–33	33–28	25–27		27–23	23–26	24–24	24–30	27–25	25–25
Silkeborg-Voel	19–26	27–20	32–28	29–27	36–25	31–25		22–27	28–20	22–22	34–30	35–26
SK Aarhus	27–33	28–29	32–25	25–30	21–25	21–21	26–25		27–20	22–27	24–23	22–30
Skanderborg Håndbold	22–27	19–21	22–27	24–32	24–29	21–20	22–30	24–26		27–34	25–37	22–25
Team Esbjerg	23–26	26–21	23–22	25–28	28–32	30–19	38–31	32–29	27–27		31–25	27–30
Team Tvis Holstebro	30–30	23–26	26–30	27–29	29–24	28–27	25–28	25–29	27–27	26–32		18–24
Viborg HK	24–19	32–27	17–29	31–23	25–21	30–21	26–21	27–16	26–25	25–23	34–35

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

Championship playoffs

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Quarterfinal

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
5 April	12 April	20 April	Viborg HK	Odense Håndbold	26–28	22–20	21–20
4 April	12 April	19 April	København Håndbold	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM	23–29	29–25	31–23

Semifinal

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
24 April	29 April	–	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	København Håndbold	20–21	23–29	–
25 April	30 April	–	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	Viborg HK	26–24	27–27	–

Bronze Match

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
9 May	14 May	17 May	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	Viborg HK	30–25	22–30	–

Final

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
13 May	20 May	27 May	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	København Håndbold	26–29	26–29	27–25

Relegation playoff

! Best of three matches. In the case of a tie after the second match, a third match is played. Highest ranking team in the regular season has the home advantage in the first and possible third match.

Group 1

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
12 April	18 April	21 April	Ringkøbing Håndbold	Hadsten Sports Klub Håndbold	20–20	28–18	–

Group 2

Date			Home team in the 1st match & 3rd match	Home team in the 2nd match	Results
1st match	2nd match	3rd match			1st match	2nd match	3rd match
15 April	20 April	23 April	TTH Holstebro	SønderjyskE Damer	28–23	27–23	–

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 27 May 2017^[3][4]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Trine Troelsen Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 180 2 Nathalie Hagman Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 147 3 Stine Jørgensen FC Midtjylland Håndbold 132 4 Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK 124 5 Kristina Jørgensen Skanderborg Håndbold 114 Laura van der Heijden Team Esbjerg 7 Mia Rej København Håndbold 113 8 Stine Skogrand Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 112 9 Line Haugsted Viborg HK 111 10 Anna Sophie Okkels SK Aarhus 110

Overall Rank Player Club Goals 1 Trine Troelsen Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 199 2 Nathalie Hagman Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 186 3 Stine Jørgensen FC Midtjylland Håndbold 159 4 Ann Grete Nørgaard Viborg HK 155 5 Mia Rej København Håndbold 154 6 Line Haugsted Viborg HK 151 7 Anne Mette Hansen København Håndbold 132 8 Stine Skogrand Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 130 9 Kristina Kristiansen Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 124 10 Veronica Kristiansen FC Midtjylland Håndbold 123

All Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Sabine Englert (FCM)
• Left Wing: Ann Grete Nørgaard (VHK)
• Left Back: Trine Troelsen (SIL)
• Centre Back: Mia Rej (KBH)
• Pivot: Mette Gravholt (NFH)
• Right Back: Nathalie Hagman (NFH)
• Right Wing: Jéssica Quintino (HCO)