The 2001–02 Danish Handball League season was the 66th edition of the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding were the defending champions.

KIF Kolding won the title for a second year in a row, when they beat Bjerringbro FH in the finals. KIF Kolding also won the regular season. IBH Ikast and Kolding Håndboldklub were relegated.

League table The regular season was a double round robin. The 4 best teams qualified for the championship playoff, while the 2 last-placed teams were relegated. The 12th and 11th place met in a relegation play-off. The rest qualified for the next season. The loser of the relegation play-off played the winner of the 1st Division in a play-off, where the winner was promoted to the 2002-03 Håndboldligaen.

Regular season TeamPWDLG+G−Pts1 KIF Kolding262312778648472GOG Håndbold261817759686373Bjerringbro FH261637709642354Virum-Sorgenfri HK26143972873631 5Skjern Håndbold2614210708648306Aalborg HSH261421066163330 7Team Tvis Holstebro2611213643638248Aarhus GF261031368468523 9FCK Håndbold261111466063123 10Ajax Farum261111467770023 11Viborg HK261011567974421 12Elite 300026741568071018 13IBH Ikast2651205917271114Kolding Håndboldklub26512069483511 Champion Playoff Relegation Playoff Relegation

Championship Round The championship round was played with two semifinals; one between the 1st and 4th placed and one between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams.

Semifinals TeamsResultKIF Kolding – Virum-Sorgenfri 32–29Virum-Sorgenfri – KIF Kolding 28–33 TeamsResultGOG – Bjerringbro FH 28–32Bjerringbro FH – GOG 27–25GOG – Skjern Håndbold 31–32

Finals

TeamsResultKIF Kolding – Bjerringbro FH 28–32Bjerringbro FH – KIF Kolding 27–32KIF Kolding – Bjerringbro FH 31–29

Top scorers + Topscorers - regular season # Name Team Goals Matches 1 Heins Kart Pedersen Bjerringbro FH 172 26 2 Lars Rasmussen Virum-Sorgenfri HK 171 26 3 Bilal Šuman KIF Kolding 163 25 4 Kasper Jørgensen Virum-Sorgenfri HK 152 26 5 Jesper Jensen Skjern Håndbold 151 26 6 Christian Back Aalborg HSH 150 25 7 Lasse Andersen Team Tvis Holstebro 148 25 8 John Kristensen FIF 146 26 9 Kristian Gjessing Skjern Håndbold 142 25 10 Klavs Bruun Jørgensen GOG 140 26 source: dhf.dk

References

External links Danish Handball Federation