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. Nordsjælland Håndbold was the recently promoted team from the Danish 1st Division.
GOG won their eighth title. TMS Ringsted and Skive fH were relegated.
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.
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. Simultaneously, 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.
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.
Teams
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 MorsThisted Jyske Bank Mors ArenaThy Hallen 2,2961,284 Nordsjælland Håndbold HelsingeHillerød Helsinge-HallenRoyal Stage 1,6003,000 Ribe-Esbjerg HH EsbjergRibe Blue Water DokkenInvactor Arena 3,3861,976 Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold SkanderborgAarhus FælledhallenCeres Arena 1,7005,000 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-Hallen1,600
Regular season
League table
Second round
Championship round
Group 1
Group 2
Relegation round
Playoffs
Semifinals Semifinals were played best-of-three format.
Finals
Game 1
Game 2
GOG won the Finals 52–51 on aggregate.
Third place series
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.
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Final standings
Statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jerry TollbringGOG 203 2 Bjarke ChristensenMors-Thy Håndbold 174 3 Martin RisomTMS Ringsted 167 4 Lasse MikkelsenSkjern Håndbold 146 5 Erik Thorsteinsen ToftMors-Thy Håndbold 136 6 Magnus BrammingTTH Holstebro 136 7 Lukas SandellAalborg Håndbold 136 8 Peter BallingKIF Kolding 135 9 Jacob LassenBjerringbro-Silkeborg 132 10 William BogojevicBjerringbro-Silkeborg 132
All-Star team The all-star team was announced on 1 June 2022.
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
Coach of the season Nick Rasmussen
See also 2021 Danish Cup 2021–22 1st Division
References
External links Danish Handball Federaration