REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball) - Wikipedia
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| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country | Norway |
| Confederation | EHF |
| Most recent champion(s) | Vipers Kristiansand (2023/24) |
| Most titles | Larvik HK (18 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | TV 2, TV 2 Sport 1, TV 2 Sport 2 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | 1. divisjon |
| International cup(s) | Women's EHF Champions League Women's EHF European League |
| Official website | http://www.handball.no |
 2024–25 season |
REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Larvik HK is the championship's most successful team with nineteen titles, followed by IL Vestar with nine and Vipers Kristiansand with seven.
Currently the winner of the championship play-offs is granted a spot in the EHF Champions League's group stage.
There was fourteen teams of the 2024/25 season, where Vipers Kristiansand was the defending champion. However, only thirteen teams remained when Vipers went bankrupt in January 2025.[1][2]
| Team | Location | Arena | Finished pos. in last season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byåsen | Trondheim | Kolstad Arena | 10th |
| Fana | Bergen | Fana Arena | 11th |
| Follo | Ski | Stil Arena | 13th |
| Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | Kongstenhallen | 5th |
| Gjerpen | Skien | Skienshallen | 8th |
| Haslum | Bærum | Nadderud Arena | 1st (in 1. divisjon) 
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| Molde | Molde | Molde Arena | 7th |
| Larvik | Larvik | Jotron Arena Larvik | 4th |
| Oppsal | Oslo | Oppsal Arena | 6th |
| Ravens | Rælingen | Skedsmohallen | 12th |
| Sola | Sola | Åsenhallen | 
|
| Storhamar | Hamar | Boligpartner Arena | 
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| Tertnes | Bergen | Åsane Arena | 9th |
| Vipers | Kristiansand | Aquarama | 
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The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.
The following data indicates Norwegian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
- Country ranking
EHF League Ranking for 2023/24 season:[3]
In European competitions
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| Champions League | EHF European League | EHF European Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | |||
| Vipers Kristiansand | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larvik HK | 1 | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2005, 2008 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Storhamar HE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bækkelagets SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1998, 1999 | 1 | 0 | |||
| IL Vestar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tertnes HE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gjerpen IF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Nordstrand IF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Byåsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| IK Junkeren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL | 4 titles | 2 | 9 | 1 title | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 titles | 5 | 8 |
Notable foreign players
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- List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in REMA 1000-ligaen
Names of the competition
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- 1967–1975: Hovedserien
- 1975-1993: 1. divisjon
- 1993–2000: Eliteserien
- 2000–2005: Gildeserien[4]
- 2005–2007: Eliteserien
- 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge[5]
- 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig[6]
- 2017–2019: Eliteserien[7]
- 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000[8]
- ^ "Vipers er konkurs: – Skjemmer seg ut for resten av verden" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Vipers er konkurs: – En fryktelig nyhet" (in Norwegian). VG. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "2023/24 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Ny serieordning". www.vg.no. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Article introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen". Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Article about the new sponsored league name, GRUNDIGligaen". Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "REMA 1000-ligaen | handball.no". handball.no - Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen | Nyheter". REMA 1000. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ The season was finished before it was halfway played. The teams played between 9 and 12 (out of 22) matches.