2021–22 Håndboldligaen

For the women's league, see 2021–22 Damehåndboldligaen.

The 2021–22 Håndboldligaen (known as the HTH Herreligaen) was the 86th season of the Danish Handball League, the top men's handball league in Denmark. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 10 September 2021 and concluded on 12 June 2022.^[1]

Håndboldligaen

Season	2021–22
Dates	10 September 2021 – 12 June 2022
Champion	GOG 8th title
Relegated	TMS Ringsted Skive fH
Champions League	GOG Aalborg Håndbold
European League	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Skjern Skanderborg Aarhus
Matches played	196
Goals scored	12,256 (62.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jerry Tollbring (203 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

GOG won their eighth title.^[2] TMS Ringsted and Skive fH were relegated.^[3]

Format

Under normal circumstances the league is made up of 14 teams. However, for this season only the team had 15 teams. This was because the previous season 2020-21, Aarhus Håndbold had gone bankrupt and was forced to leave the league.^[4]

The team TMS Ringsted finished last in the regular season, and should therefore under normal circumstances have been relegated. They decided however to appeal the relegation, and it was found that due to Aarhus Håndbold's bankruptcy, they had the right to remain in the league. Simultaniously, Nordsjælland Håndbold had won the First Division, and Skive fH had won the First Division play-off round and thus had to meet the worst placed team in the Håndboldligaen relegation round. This would be Aarhus Håndbold, as they had not competed, and thus had not gained any points at all. This was however decided after Skive fH had already secured promotion, as Aarhus Håndbold could not compete. This meant that only one team was relegated, but two were promoted. Therefore it was decided that for the 2021–22 Håndboldligaen, the league would have 15, not 14 teams.^[5][6]

In the 15 team league format, it meant that two teams, instead of the usual one team, was relegated directly after the regular season. The regular season also had two rounds more than usual.^[6]

Teams

Aalborg

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Fredericia

GOG

KIF

Lemvig-Thyborøn

Mors-Thy

Nordsjælland

Ribe-Esbjerg

Skanderborg

Skive

Skjern

SønderjyskE

Ringsted

TTH Holstebro

Locations of the 2021–22 Håndboldligaen

Arenas and locations

The following 15 clubs competed in the Håndboldligaen during the 2021–22 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Aalborg Håndbold	Aalborg	Jutlander Bank Arena	5,009
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Bjerringbro	Silkeborg-Hallerne	2,845
Fredericia Håndboldklub	Fredericia	Fredericia Idrætscenter	2,225
GOG	Gudme	Gudme-Hallerne	2,265
KIF Kolding	Kolding	Tre-For Arena	5,182
Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold	Lemvig	Vestjysk BANK Arena	1,400
Mors-Thy Håndbold	Nykøbing Mors Thisted	Jyske Bank Mors Arena Thy Hallen	2,296 1,284
Nordsjælland Håndbold	Helsinge Hillerød	Helsinge-Hallen Royal Stage	1,600 3,000
Ribe-Esbjerg HH	Esbjerg Ribe	Blue Water Dokken Invactor Arena	3,386 1,976
Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold	Skanderborg Aarhus	Fælledhallen Ceres Arena	1,700 5,000
Skive fH	Skive	Interfjord Arena	2,100
Skjern Håndbold	Skjern	Skjern Bank Arena	3,264
SønderjyskE	Sønderborg	Broager Sparekasse Skansen	2,200
TTH Holstebro	Holstebro	Idrætscenter Vest	3,250
TMS Ringsted	Ringsted	Ringsted-Hallen	1,600

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	GOG	28	25	2	1	929	794	+135	52	Qualification to Championship round
2	Aalborg Håndbold	28	23	1	4	931	808	+123	47
3	Skjern Håndbold	28	18	1	9	810	751	+59	37
4	Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold	28	17	2	9	800	775	+25	36
5	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	28	16	1	11	846	805	+41	33
6	Fredericia Håndboldklub	28	14	1	13	833	831	+2	29
7	Mors-Thy Håndbold	28	12	2	14	819	798	+21	26
8	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	28	12	0	16	798	815	−17	24
9	Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold	28	9	4	15	774	838	−64	22	Qualification to Relegation round
10	Nordsjælland Håndbold	28	8	5	15	769	810	−41	21[a]
11	SønderjyskE Herrer	28	9	3	16	779	801	−22	21[a]
12	KIF Kolding	28	7	5	16	800	856	−56	19[b]
13	TTH Holstebro	28	9	1	18	820	858	−38	19[b]
14	TMS Ringsted (R)	28	8	3	17	805	872	−67	19	Relegated to 1st Division
15	Skive fH (R)	28	6	3	19	751	842	−91	15

Source: Danish Handball Federation (in Danish), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nordsjælland Håndbold is ahead of SønderjyskE Herrer on head-to-head results: 54–50.
2. KIF Kolding is ahead of TTH Holstebro on head-to-head results: 56–56 (a).

Second round

Championship round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	GOG	6	5	0	1	175	171	+4	12[a]	Advance to playoffs
2	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	6	5	0	1	184	160	+24	10
3	Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold	6	2	0	4	165	172	−7	5[b]
4	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	6	0	0	6	167	188	−21	0

Source: Danish Handball Federation (in Danish), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. GOG were added two point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.
2. Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold were added one point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aalborg Håndbold	6	5	0	1	190	176	+14	12[a]	Advance to Playoffs
2	Skjern Håndbold	6	4	0	2	181	163	+18	9[b]
3	Mors-Thy Håndbold	6	2	0	4	193	193	0	4
4	Fredericia Håndboldklub	6	1	0	5	165	197	−32	2

Source: Danish Handball Federation (in Danish), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Aalborg Håndbold were added two point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.
2. Skjern Håndbold were added one point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	SønderjyskE Herrer	4	4	0	0	144	118	+26	9[a]
10	Nordsjælland Håndbold	4	2	1	1	124	121	+3	7[b]
11	Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold	4	2	0	2	123	127	−4	6[c]
12	KIF Kolding	4	0	2	2	122	127	−5	3[d]
13	TTH Holstebro (O)	4	0	1	3	121	141	−20	1	Qualification for Relegation play-offs

Source: Danish Handball Federation (in Danish), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. SønderjyskE Herrer were added one point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.
2. Nordsjælland Håndbold were added two point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.
3. Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold were added two point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.
4. KIF Kolding were added one point for in honoration of the Regular season's standings.

Playoffs

Semifinals

Semifinals were played best-of-three format.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
GOG	2–1	Skjern Håndbold	33–23	27–30	34–29
Aalborg Håndbold	2–0	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	24–22	26–31	–

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
GOG	52–51	Aalborg Håndbold	25–25	27–26

Game 1

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) 20:30	GOG	25–25	Aalborg Håndbold	Phønix Tag Arena, Gudme Attendance: 1,952 Referees: Pedersen, Nygaard
	Tollbring 6	(14–11)	Pálmarsson, Claar 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

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Game 2

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12) 17:00	Aalborg Håndbold	26–27	GOG	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,020 Referees: Madsen, Hansen
	three players 5	(16–13)	Tollbring 8
	4×	Report	1× 3×

GOG won the Finals 52–51 on aggregate.^[2]

Third place series

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Skjern Håndbold	59–64	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	28–30	31–34

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th-placed teams of the Håndboldligaen faces the 2nd and 3rd-placed team of the 1st Division. The Promotion/relegation play-offs were played best-of-three format. The winner of these tournament was promoted to Håndboldligaen and the other teams relegated to 1st Division.^[7]

	Semifinals					Finals
	I/13	TTH Holstebro	w/o
						I/13	TTH Holstebro	2
						II/2	HØJ Elite	0
	II/2	HØJ Elite	2
	II/3	Grindsted GIF Håndbold	1

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Qualification or relegation
1	GOG (C)	39	33	3	3	Qualification for Champions League group phase
2	Aalborg Håndbold	38	30	2	6
3	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	38	23	1	14	Qualification for European League first qualifying round
4	Skjern Håndbold	39	23	1	15	Qualification for European League group phase
5	Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold	34	19	2	13	Qualification for European League second qualifying round
6	Mors-Thy Håndbold	34	14	2	18
7	Fredericia Håndboldklub	34	15	1	18
8	Ribe-Esbjerg HH	34	12	0	22
9	SønderjyskE Herrer	32	13	3	16
10	Nordsjælland Håndbold	32	10	6	16
11	Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold	32	11	4	17
12	KIF Kolding	32	7	7	18
13	TTH Holstebro (O)	34	11	2	21
14	TMS Ringsted (R)	28	8	3	17	Relegated to 1st Division
15	Skive fH (R)	28	6	3	19

Source: Danish Handball Federation - HTH Herreligaen 2021/22
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[8]
1	Jerry Tollbring	GOG	203
2	Bjarke Christensen	Mors-Thy Håndbold	174
3	Martin Risom	TMS Ringsted	167
4	Lasse Mikkelsen	Skjern Håndbold	146
5	Erik Thorsteinsen Toft	Mors-Thy Håndbold	136
6	Magnus Bramming	TTH Holstebro	136
7	Lukas Sandell	Aalborg Håndbold	136
8	Peter Balling	KIF Kolding	135
9	Jacob Lassen	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	132
10	William Bogojevic	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	132

All-Star team

The all-star team was announced on 1 June 2022.^[9]

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Christoffer Bonde	Skjern Håndbold
Left wing	Jerry Tollbring	GOG
Left back	Simon Pytlick	GOG
Centre back	Felix Claar	Aalborg Håndbold
Pivot	Oscar Bergendahl	GOG
Right back	Jacob Lassen	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Right wing	Oskar Vind Rasmussen	TMS Ringsted

See also

• 2021 Danish Cup
• 2021–22 1st Division