Elitserien (men's handball)

Handbollsligan

Countries	Sweden
Founded	1931
Number of teams	14
Current champions	IFK Kristianstad

Handbollsligan (literally, "The Handball league") is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a play-off and a final like Super Bowl.

Structure

The season starts in the end of September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off, while the two last are relegated and the 11th and 12th team plays matches against the third and fourth from the Allsvenskan and the winners from the Division 1.

The season ends with a single final in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directlly to EHF Champions League and the losing team qualifies to the EHF Cup

On November 14 2006, the match between Hammarby IF from Stockholm and LIF Lindesberg from Lindesberg was the most scoring match ever in Elitserien. Hammarby won with the numbers 53–40. Totally 93 goals.

Current clubs (2016–17)

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Alingsås HK	Alingsås	Estrad Arena	2,800
Eskilstuna Guif	Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna Sporthall	2,601
Hammarby IF	Stockholm	Eriksdalshallen	2,600
IFK Ystad	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,500
H 43 Lund	Lund	FFS Arena	3,000
IFK Kristianstad	Kristianstad	Kristianstad Arena	5,012
Lugi HF	Lund	FFS Arena	3,000
HK Malmö	Malmö	Baltiska Hallen	4,000
Redbergslids IK	Gothenburg	Lisebergshallen	2,000
Ricoh HK	Stockholm	Solnahallen	1,700
IFK Skövde	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2,516
IK Sävehof	Partille	Partillebohallen	2,000
Ystads IF HF	Ystad	Ystad Arena	2,400
HK Aranäs	Kungsbacka	Aranäshallen	1,570
HIF Karlskrona	Karlskrona	Karlskrona idrottshall	1,400

Previous winners

1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona 1932–33 – Redbergslids IK 1933–34 – Redbergslids IK 1934–35 – Majornas IK 1935–36 – SoIK Hellas 1936–37 – SoIK Hellas 1937–38 – Västerås IK 1938–39 – Uppsala Studenters IF 1939–40 – Majornas IK 1940–41 – IFK Kristianstad 1941–42 – Majornas IK 1942–43 – Majornas IK 1943–44 – Majornas IK 1944–45 – Majornas IK 1945–46 – Majornas IK 1946–47 – Redbergslids IK 1947–48 – IFK Kristianstad 1948–49 – IFK Lidingö 1949–50 – IK Heim 1950–51 – AIK Handboll 1951–52 – IFK Kristianstad 1952–53 – IFK Kristianstad 1953–54 – Redbergslids IK 1954–55 – IK Heim 1955–56 – Örebro SK 1956–57 – Örebro SK 1957–58 – Redbergslids IK 1958–59 – IK Heim 1989-60 – IK Heim

1960–61 – Vikingarnas IF 1961–62 – IK Heim 1962–63 – Redbergslids IK 1963–64 – Redbergslids IK 1964–65 – Redbergslids IK 1965–66 – IS Göta 1966–67 – Vikingarnas IF 1967–68 – IF Saab 1968–69 – SoIK Hellas 1969–70 – SoIK Hellas 1970–71 – SoIK Hellas 1971–72 – SoIK Hellas 1972–73 – IF Saab 1973–74 – IF Saab 1974–75 – HK Drott 1975–76 – Ystads IF 1976–77 – SoIK Hellas 1977–78 – HK Drott 1978–79 – HK Drott 1979–80 – LUGI HF 1980–81 – Vikingarnas IF 1981–82 – IK Heim 1982–83 – IK Heim 1983–84 – HK Drott 1984–85 – Redbergslids IK 1985–86 – Redbergslids IK 1986–87 – Redbergslids IK 1987–88 – HK Drott 1988–89 – Redbergslids IK

1989–90 – HK Drott 1990–91 – HK Drott 1991–92 – Ystads IF 1992–93 – Redbergslids IK 1993–94 – HK Drott 1994–95 – Redbergslids IK 1995–96 – Redbergslids IK 1996–97 – Redbergslids IK 1997–98 – Redbergslids IK 1998–99 – HK Drott 1999-00 – Redbergslids IK 2000–01 – Redbergslids IK 2001–02 – HK Drott 2002–03 – Redbergslids IK 2003–04 – IK Sävehof 2004–05 – IK Sävehof 2005–06 – Hammarby IF 2006–07 – Hammarby IF 2007–08 – Hammarby IF 2008–09 – Alingsås HK 2009–10 – IK Sävehof 2010–11 – IK Sävehof 2011–12 – IK Sävehof 2012–13 – HK Drott 2013–14 – Alingsås HK 2014–15 – IFK Kristianstad 2015–16 – IFK Kristianstad

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016[1] 7.  (11) PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn (38.60) 8.  (10) Macedonian Super Liga (36.40) 9.  (14) Elitserien (36.33) 10.  (12) Belarusian First League (33.90) 11.  (8) Swiss Handball League (33.00)

Sesonal Coefficient Ranking Graph.: Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Rank 15 13 13 12 14 9 10

References

1. (PDF). European Handball Federation.

External links

• Swedish handball association
• Swedish men's handball league official website

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