REMA 1000-ligaen (men's handball)

{{Infobox sports league

| sport = Handball

| name = REMA 1000-ligaen

| image =

| logo_size = 270px

| founded = 1966

| teams = 14

| country = Norway

| confed = EHF

| champions = Kolstad Håndball

| most_champs = Sandefjord TIF (9 titles)

| tv = TV 2, TV 2 Sport 1, TV 2 Sport 2

| level = Level 1

| relegation = 1. divisjon

| confed_cup = EHF Champions League
EHF European League
EHF European Cup

| website = [https://www.handball.no/ handball.no]

| current = 2023–24 season

}}

REMA 1000-ligaen (Eliteserien i håndball for menn)[https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/kampaktivitet/topphandball/eliteserien/ Official league homepage] is the premier men'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 1966, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Sandefjord TIF, is the championship's most successful team with nine titles, followed by Oppsal and Elverum with six titles. Elverum is also the most successful in the playoffs with 11 titles.

Starting 2023/2024-season, the league consists of the following 14 teams.[https://www.handball.no/nyheter/2022/12/utvider-rema-1000-ligaen-til-14-lag/ Utvider REMA 1000-ligaen til 14 lag"] Kolstad Håndball is the defending champion.

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! Team

! Location

! Arena

! Finished pos.
in last season

Bergen Håndball

| Bergen

| Haukelandshallen

| 2nd (in 1. divisjon) Image:Arrow-up.png

Bækkelaget HE

| Oslo

| Bækkelagshallen

| 10th

Drammen HK

| Drammen

| Drammenshallen

| 4th

Elverum Håndball

| Elverum

| Terningen Arena

| {{silver02}}

Fjellhammer IL

| Lørenskog

| Lørenskoghallen

| 6th

Halden Topphåndball

| Halden

| Remmenhallen

| 8th

Haslum HK

| Bærum

| Nadderud Arena

| 12th

Kolstad Håndball

| Trondheim

| Kolstad Arena

| {{gold01}}

Kristiansand Topphåndball

| Kristiansand

| Aquarama

| 7th

Nærbø IL

| Nærbø

| Sparebanken Vest Arena

| 5th

Runar Sandefjord

| Sandefjord

| Runarhallen

| {{bronze03}}

Sandnes

| Sandnes

| Sandneshallen

| 8th

TIF Viking

| Bergen

| Åsane Arena

| 1st (in 1. divisjon) Image:Arrow-up.png

ØIF Arendal Elite

| Arendal

| Sparebanken Sør Amfi

| 9th

List of champions

The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.

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bgcolor="#efefef" align=left !Season !scope="col" style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" \| {{gold1}} Gold !scope="col" style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" \| {{silver2}} Silver !scope="col" style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" \| {{bronze3}} Bronze
1965-66 \|Fredensborg \|Arild \|Nordstrand
1966-67 \|Fredensborg \|OSI \|Arild
1967-68 \|OSI \|BSI \|Fredensborg
1968-69 \|BSI \|OSI \|Bækkelaget
1969-70 \|OSI \|Arild \|Oppsal
1970-71 \|Oppsal \|Fredensborg \|Nordstrand
1971-72 \|Oppsal \|Fredensborg \|Arild
1972-73 \|Oppsal \|Refstad \|Fredensborg
1973-74 \|Refstad \|Fredensborg \|Oppsal
1974-75 \|Fredensborg \|Oppsal \|Refstad
1975-76 \|Oppsal \|Refstad \|Fredensborg
1976-77 \|Refstad \|Oppsal \|Nordstrand
1977-78 \|Oppsal \|Refstad \|Fredensborg
1978-79 \|Refstad \|Oppsal \|Fredensborg/Ski
1979-80 \|Oppsal \|Kristiansand \|Sverresborg IF
1980-81 \|Nordstrand \|Fredensborg/Ski \|Kristiansand
1981-82 \|Fredensborg/Ski \|Nordstrand \|Fjellhammer
1982-83 \|Kolbotn \|Fredensborg/Ski \|Oppsal
1983-84 \|Kolbotn \|Fjellhammer \|Fredensborg/Ski
1984-85 \|Urædd \|Kolbotn \|Fredensborg/Ski
1985-86 \|Stavanger \|Fredensborg/Ski \|Urædd
1986-87 \|Stavanger \|Urædd \|Bækkelaget
1987-88 \|Urædd \|Stavanger \|Bækkelaget
1988-89 \|Stavanger \|Urædd \|Kragerø
1989-90 \|Stavanger \|Runar \|Sandefjord
1990-91 \|Sandefjord \|Stavanger \|Runar
1991-92 \|Urædd \|Stavanger \|Viking
1992-93 \|Sandefjord \|Urædd \|Runar
1993-94 \|Runar \|Sandefjord \|Kragerø
1994-95 \|Runar \|Drammen \|Elverum
1995-96 \|Runar \|Stavanger \|Drammen
1996-97 \|Drammen \|Viking \|Sandefjord
1997-98 \|Viking \|Sandefjord \|Runar
1998-99 \|Sandefjord \|Viking \|Runar
1999-00 \|Runar \|Sandefjord \|Viking
2000-01 \|Sandefjord \|Drammen \|Runar
2001-02 \|Sandefjord \|Runar \|Drammen
2002-03 \|Sandefjord \|Stavanger Håndball{{refn\|group=note\|Stavanger Håndball is the result of a merge between Stavanger IF and Viking HK.}} \|Runar
2003-04 \|Sandefjord \|Drammen \|Haslum
2004-05 \|Sandefjord \|Haslum \|Fyllingen
2005-06 \|Sandefjord \|Drammen \|Vestli
2006-07 \|Drammen \|Sandefjord \|Haslum
2007-08 \|Drammen \|Runar \|Haslum
2008-09 \|Fyllingen \|Haslum \|Drammen
2009-10 \|Drammen \|Elverum \|Runar
2010-11 \|Haslum \|Elverum \|Drammen
2011-12 \|Haslum \|Elverum \|Drammen
2012-13 \|Elverum \|Haslum \|BSK/NIF
2013-14 \|Haslum \|Elverum \|Bækkelaget
2014-15 \|ØIF Arendal \|Bodø \|Haslum
2015-16 \|ØIF Arendal \|Haslum \|Elverum
2016-17 \|Elverum \|Bækkelaget \|Haslum
2017-18 \|Elverum \|Drammen \|ØIF Arendal
2018-19 \|ØIF Arendal \|Elverum \|Drammen
2019-20 \|Elverum \|ØIF Arendal \|Drammen
2020-21 \|Elverum \|ØIF Arendal \|Drammen
2021-22 \|Elverum \|Drammen \|Runar
2022-23 \|Kolstad \|Elverum \|Runar
2023-24 \|Kolstad \|Elverum \|Runar

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!Season

!scope="col" style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" | {{gold1}} Gold

!scope="col" style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" | {{silver2}} Silver

!scope="col" style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" | {{bronze3}} Bronze

1965-66

|Fredensborg

|Arild

|Nordstrand

1966-67

|Fredensborg

|OSI

|Arild

1967-68

|OSI

|BSI

|Fredensborg

1968-69

|BSI

|OSI

|Bækkelaget

1969-70

|OSI

1970-71

|Fredensborg

1971-72

|Fredensborg

1972-73

|Fredensborg

1973-74

|Refstad

|Fredensborg

|Oppsal

1974-75

|Fredensborg

1975-76

|Fredensborg

1976-77

1977-78

|Fredensborg

1978-79

|Refstad

|Oppsal

|Fredensborg/Ski

1979-80

1980-81

|Fredensborg/Ski

1981-82

|Fredensborg/Ski

|Nordstrand

|Fjellhammer

1982-83

|Kolbotn

|Fredensborg/Ski

|Oppsal

1983-84

|Kolbotn

|Fjellhammer

|Fredensborg/Ski

1984-85

|Urædd

|Kolbotn

|Fredensborg/Ski

1985-86

|Stavanger

|Fredensborg/Ski

|Urædd

1986-87

|Stavanger

|Urædd

|Bækkelaget

1987-88

|Urædd

|Stavanger

|Bækkelaget

1988-89

|Stavanger

|Urædd

|Kragerø

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

|Urædd

1992-93

|Urædd

1993-94

|Kragerø

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

|Stavanger Håndball{{refn|group=note|Stavanger Håndball is the result of a merge between Stavanger IF and Viking HK.}}

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

|BSK/NIF

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2022-23

2023-24

EHF coeffecient rank

EHF league ranking for 2022/23 season:{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/ehf-announces-place-distribution-for-2022-23-european-club-competitions/|title=2022/23 season ranking|publisher=European Handball Federation|format=PDF|access-date=11 May 2023}}

15. 15px (15) {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Quickline Handball League (31.40)
16. 15px (18) {{flagicon|Russia}} Superleague (30.60)
17. 15px (16) {{flagicon|Norway}} REMA 1000-ligaen (30.50)
18. 15px (17) {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Niké Handball Extraliga (20.40)
19. 15px (20) {{flagicon|Austria}} ZTE Meisterliga (17.75)

Names of the competition

1965–1972: Hovedserien
1972–1993: 1. divisjon
1993–1997: Eliteserien
1997–2005: Gildeserien[http://www.vg.no/sport/haandball/ny-serieordning/a/9551574/ Article confirming the name Gildeserien]
2005–2007: Eliteserien
2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge[http://www.topphandball.no/postenligaen-kvinner/ Article introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen]
2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig[http://www.topphandball.no/velkommen-til-grundigligaen/ Article about the new sponsored league name, GRUNDIGligaen]
2017–2019: Eliteserien[https://www.handball.no/regioner/nhf-sentralt/kampaktivitet/topphandball/eliteserien/ Back to basic with "Eliteserien" (in English: The Elite series)]
2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000[https://www.rema.no/nyheter/eliteserien-i-handball-blir-rema-1000-ligaen/ Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen"]

References

Notes

External links

[https://www.handball.no/ Official website]

Category:Handball competitions in Norway

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Category:Professional sports leagues in Norway