Handbollsligan (women's)

Handbollsligan

Sport	Handball
Founded	1951
No. of teams	12
Country	Sweden
Most recent champion(s)	IK Sävehof (2024, 17th title)
International cup(s)	Champions League EHF European League EHF European Cup
Official website	https://handbollsligan.se/dam/

Handbollsligan is the highest division of women's handball in Sweden. The inaugural Elitserien season took place in 1951, with Kvinnliga IK Sport winning the championship.

The league currently consists of 12 teams. The eight top teams at the end of every season continue to the playoffs, in which the quarterfinals and semifinals are played as a best-of-five series, unlike the final which is played as a single match. The champion is awarded a spot in the EHF Women's Champions League's qualification stage.^[1]

Historically, the women's Elitserien was dominated by IK Sävehof, with 17 championships.

For the 2016–2017 season, the name of the league was changed to Svensk Handbollselit.^[2] Until then, it was called Elitserien (English: the Elite League) (Swedish: Elitserien i handboll för damer). For the 2023–2024 season it changed name to "Handbollsligan", like the men's league.

Göteborg

Boden

Höör

Partille

Kristianstad

Kungälv

Lund

Skara

Skövde

Nacka

Västerås

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Location of teams in 2020–21 Svensk Handbollselit (SHE)

• BK Heid
• Boden Handboll IF
• H 65 Höörs HK
• IK Sävehof
• Kristianstad HK
• Kungälvs HK
• Lugi HF
• Önnereds HK
• Skara HF
• Skövde HF
• Skuru IK
• VästeråsIrsta HF

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:^[3]

• 9.  (8) Handball-Bundesliga Frauen (56.33)
• 10.  (11) 1. A DRL
• 11.  (10) SHE Women (37.40)
• 12.  (13) PGNiG Superliga (33.00)
• 13.  (12) Extraliga (31.50)