The 2014–15 Håndboldligaen (known as the Boxer Herreligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the Håndboldligaen, Denmark's premier Handball league.

KIF Kolding København won the championship, when they beat Skjern Håndbold in the final. Odder Håndbold was relegated, as they finished last in the regular season. Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold was also relegated, as they finished 12th in the regular season, and afterwards lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Skive fH.

Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the Håndboldligaen during the 2014–15 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity AaB Håndbold Aalborg Gigantium 4,500 Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus NRGi Arena 4,700 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Bjerringbro Silkeborg-Hallerne 3,900 GOG Gudme Gudme-Hallerne 2,645 HC Midtjylland Herning Sportscenter Herning 1,600 KIF Kolding Copenhagen Kolding Tre-For ArenaBrøndby Hall 2,6504,500 Lemvig-Thyborøn Lemvig Vestjysk BANK Arena 1,400 Mors-Thy Nykøbing Mors Jyske Bank Mors Arena 1,500 Odder Odder Spektrum Odder 700 Ribe-Esbjerg Ribe Ribe Fritidscenter 2,200 Skanderborg Skanderborg Morten Børup Hallen 550 Skjern Skjern Skjern Bank Arena 2,400 SønderjyskE Sønderborg Broager Sparekasse Skansen 2,200 Tvis Holstebro Holstebro Idrætscenter Vest 3,250

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Håndboldligaen, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor. Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAaB Håndbold Jan Larsen Jesper Jensen hummel Jutlander BankAarhus Håndbold Henrik Lundorff Erik Veje Rasmussen hummel Sparkassen Kronjylland, JytasBjerringbro-Silkeborg Frank Lajer Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen adidas Jyske Bank, GrundfosGOG Kasper Jørgensen Jakob Larsen hummel Daloon, Fyske BankHC Midtjylland Allan Witt Patrick Westerholm hummel eptools, KP IndustriKIF Kolding Copenhagen Jens Boesen Aron Kristjánsson Kempa TREFORLemvig-Thyborøn Troels Banggaard Arne Damgaard hummel Vestjysk BankMors-Thy Johannes Søndergaard Jan Paulsen hummel Jyske BankOdder Henrik Bentsen Morten Secher hummel KvicklyRibe-Esbjerg Rikke Tangaa Sune Agerschou hummel frosSkanderborg Jens Christensen Nicolej Krickau Puma AVR, Skanderborg kommuneSkjern Henning Kjærgaard Ole Nørgaard Puma Skjern BankSønderjyskE Klaus B. Rasmussen Morten Henriksen Diadora SeaDane TravelTvis Holstebro Jacob Ørngreen Jørgensen Klavs Bruun Jørgensen hummel Vestjysk Bank

Regular season

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPts 1 KIF Kolding Copenhagen 26 22 1 3 741 613 +128 45 2 Aalborg Håndbold 26 17 4 5 657 602 +55 38 3 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 26 17 1 8 674 634 +40 35 4 Team Tvis Holstebro 26 16 2 8 743 668 +75 34 5 Skjern Håndbold 26 14 4 8 747 691 +56 32 6 HC Midtjylland 26 11 6 9 670 661 +9 28 7 GOG Håndbold 26 11 5 10 706 672 +34 27 8 Aarhus Håndbold 26 12 3 11 691 690 +1 27 9 Ribe-Esbjerg HH 26 11 3 12 630 626 +4 25 10 Mors-Thy Håndbold 26 12 0 14 631 638 -7 24 11 SønderjyskE Herrer 26 11 2 13 664 696 −32 24 12 Lemvig-Thyborøn 26 5 1 20 665 776 −111 11 13 Skanderborg Håndbold 26 5 0 21 647 733 −86 10 14 Odder Håndbold 26 1 2 23 635 801 −166 4

Championship Round Relegation Round Relegation Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

! There's a new relegation playoff made in November 2014

Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top. ResultsAalborg 29–2423–2226–2023-2030–2630–2027–2536–2826–1826–2224–2428–2424–24Aarhus Håndbold23–16  25–29 24-2423–2329-2630–2925-1633–2329–2934–2921–2824–2523–21Bjerringbro-Silkeborg27-2429–27  22–20 25–2316–2529–2229–1632–2523–2231–2625-2129-2532–33GOG Gudme22-2230–2724–25  28–28 26-2534–2427–3040–2520–1832–2724-2724–2418–26HC Midtjylland27–2625-2631–2428–28  28–30 27–2525-2428–2526–2021–2831–2726–2629-30KIF Kolding Copenhagen20–2031–2324–2034–2830–24 38–2623–1933-2026-2229–1730–2730-1930–26Lemvig-Thyborøn21-2234–3020–2831–3527–3229–37 29–2729–2919-2533–30 26–34 29-3128–27Mors-Thy22–2326–2824-2326-2920–1722–26 27–19  31–1619–1833–2527–2319–1822–27Odder 22–27 23–3322–2919–4127–2824–2824-3223–24 23–3235–2629–29 22–27 20–30Ribe-Esbjerg24–2629–2530–1923–1821–2127–2824–19 26–24 31-25 25–2129–2927–3125-33Skanderborg25-24 26–28 19–2520–2926–3023–2927–2325-2829-2013–19 27–2829–2227-38 Skjern22–3034-2424–2430–2429-1930-3129–2238–3231–2937–25 30–28  35–2634–25SønderjyskE27–2131–2722–2635–3420–3019–2835–2422–2428–2519-2130-2926–22  24–29 Tvis Holstebro23–2425–2637-3126–2723–2319–2435-2527–2434-3227–2031–2333–2534–28 

No .1-8 from the regular season divided into two groups with the top two will advance to the semifinals

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPts 1 KIF Kolding København 6 4 0 2 167 150 +17 10 2 Skjern Håndbold 6 4 0 2 160 160 0 8 3 Team Tvis Holstebro 6 2 0 4 169 174 -5 5 4 Aarhus Håndbold 6 2 0 4 161 173 -12 4

KIFHOLSKJAARKIF Kolding København   33–24 31–20 23–22 Team Tvis Holstebro 32-23   24–30 39-32 Skjern Håndbold 27–26 29-24   23–29 Aarhus Håndbold 25-31 27-26 26-31  

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPts 1 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 6 0 0 157 132 +25 13 2 Aalborg Håndbold 6 4 0 2 168 155 +13 10 3 GOG Gudme 6 1 1 4 155 169 -14 3 4 HC Midtjylland 6 0 1 5 149 173 -24 1

AAL BSV HCM GOGAalborg Håndbold  25–28 31-27 33–27 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 22-19   32-22 26-24 HC Midtjylland 26–29 19-25   28–29 GOG 25-31 23-24 27-27  

Semifinal

DateHome team in 1. matchHome team in 2. matchResult1. match2. matchAgg.1. match2. match 9/5 23/5 Aalborg Håndbold KIF Kolding København 49-52 21-27 28-25 10/5 24/5 Skjern Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 52-46 31-25 21-21

3rd place Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match. DatoHome team in 1. match Home team in 2. matchResult1. match2. matchAgg.1. match2. match 28/5 31/5 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Aalborg Håndbold 52-43 24-18 28-25

Final Highest ranking team in the regular season plays at home in the second match. DatoHome team in 1. matchHome team in 2. matchResult1. match2. matchAgg.1. match2. match 28/5 31/5 Skjern Håndbold KIF Kolding København 45-50 24-30 21-20

Relegation playoff No. 12-13 from Håndboldligaen and no. 2-3 from the first division is meet each other for the last 2 seats. The winner stays in the league. the loser relegated to Division 1

Group 1

DateHome team in 1st matchHome team in 2nd matchResult1st match2nd matchAgg.1st match2nd match 29/3 5/4 Skive fH Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold 53-46 30-23 23-23

Group 2

DateHome team in 1st matchHome team in 2nd matchResult1st match2nd matchAgg.1st match2nd match 30/3 6/4 Randers HH Skanderborg Håndbold 55-57 26-28 29-29

Number of teams by regions RegionNo. teamsTeams1Midtjylland8Aarhus Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, HC Midtjylland, Lemvig-Thyborøn, Odder, Skanderborg, Skjern and Tvis Holstebro2Syddanmark4GOG, KIF Kolding Copenhagen, Ribe-Esbjerg and SønderjyskE3Nordjylland2Aalborg Håndbold and Mors-Thy

Top goalscorers Statistics.

RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen Bjerringbro-Silkeborg2052 Søren Nørgård Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold1783 Michael Damgaard Team Tvis Holstebro1774 Kristian Klitgaard Odder Håndbold1635 Mads Christiansen Bjerringbro-Silkeborg1576 Bo Spellerberg KIF Kolding København1567 Henrik Møllgaard Skjern Håndbold1518 Håvard Tvedten Aalborg Håndbold1499 Minik Dahl Høegh GOG138 Sebastian Skube Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Lasse Mikkelsen Skjern Håndbold

All Star Team Goalkeeper: Sebastian Frandsen (REHH) Left Wing: Søren Nørgård (LTH) Left Back: Michael Damgaard (THH) Centre Back: Sebastian Skube (BSV) Pivot: Cyril Viudes (KIF) Right Back: Nikolaj Ø. Nielsen (BSV) Right Wing: Patrick Wiesmach Larsen (THH)

Coach of the season Patrick Westerholm - TTH Holstebro

References

External links Danish Handball Federaration