# 2017–18 Eliteserien (women's handball)

The 2017–18 Eliteserien is the 51st season of the Eliteserien, Norway's premier handball league.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams will be participating in the 2017/18 edition of Eliteserien. Of these, 10 teams qualified directly from the 2016/17 season and the top two teams from the First Division, Molde Elite and Fredrikstad BK.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Byåsen Elite | Trondheim | Trondheim Spektrum | 3400 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Fredrikstad BK | Fredrikstad | Kongstenhallen | 1500 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Gjerpen IF | Skien | Skienshallen | 2800 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Glassverket Elite | Drammen | Drammenshallen | 4200 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Larvik HK | Larvik | Boligmappa Arena Larvik | 4500 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Molde Elite | Molde | Molde Arena | 2000 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Oppsal IF | Oslo | Oppsal Arena | 5000 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Sola HK | Sola | Åsenhallen | 1200 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Stabæk IF | Bærum | Nadderud Arena | 2050 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Storhamar Elite | Hamar | Boligpartner Arena | 1650 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Tertnes Elite | Bergen | Haukelandshallen | 5000 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |
| Vipers Kristiansand | Kristiansand | Aquarama | 2200 | ByåsenFredrikstadGjerpenGlassverketLarvikMoldeOppsalSolaStabækStorhamarTertnesKristiansandclass=notpageimage| Clubs locations in Norway |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vipers Kristiansand | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 698 | 512 | +186 | 38 | Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League |
| 2 | Larvik HK | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 679 | 513 | +166 | 37 | Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup |
| 3 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 676 | 559 | +117 | 34 | Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup |
| 4 | Byåsen Elite | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 641 | 549 | +92 | 28 | Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup |
| 5 | Tertnes Håndball Elite | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 556 | 546 | +10 | 26 | Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Fredrikstad BK | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 544 | 590 | −46 | 21 | Championship play-offs + advance to EHF Cup |
| 7 | Gjerpen HK Skien | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 582 | 600 | −18 | 18 | Championship play-offs |
| 8 | Oppsal | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 563 | 614 | −51 | 18 | Championship play-offs |
| 9 | Molde Elite | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 564 | 631 | −67 | 16 | |
| 10 | Sola HK | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 537 | 592 | −55 | 15 | Play-off against the third team from First Division |
| 11 | Stabæk | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 549 | 654 | −105 | 11 | Relegated to First Division |
| 12 | Glassverket | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 516 | 745 | −229 | 2 | Relegated to First Division |

### Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BYÅ | FBK | GJE | GLA | LHK | MOL | OPP | SOL | STA | STO | TER | VIP |
| Byåsen Elite | | 31–21 | 38–22 | 34–15 | 24–31 | 36–26 | 36–29 | 26–25 | 29–20 | 31–32 | 33–22 | 16–22 |
| Fredrikstad BK | 23–33 | | 21–37 | 31–22 | 21–28 | 26–24 | 24–21 | 30–25 | 26–25 | 28–24 | 22–26 | 18–26 |
| Gjerpen HK Skien | 20–25 | 26–24 | | 35–21 | 20–40 | 27–22 | 32–25 | 26–21 | 40–25 | 24–27 | 19–28 | 30–38 |
| Glassverket | 28–39 | 31–35 | 24–28 | | 19–41 | 24–26 | 24–33 | 26–41 | 29–36 | 22–41 | 27–30 | 19–43 |
| Larvik HK | 32–28 | 25–28 | 32–26 | 36–12 | | 36–23 | 30–22 | 26–16 | 33–26 | 33–23 | 27–19 | 25–25 |
| Molde Elite | 28–34 | 27–27 | 29–25 | 28–24 | 26–33 | | 31–31 | 28–27 | 27–26 | 21–23 | 21–28 | 30–34 |
| Oppsal | 20–33 | 26–19 | 31–26 | 30–25 | 23–24 | 26–27 | | 28–26 | 33–31 | 20–33 | 26–29 | 30–30 |
| Sola HK | 25–22 | 27–31 | 20–28 | 28–29 | 27–26 | 27–25 | 21–20 | | 22–27 | 25–31 | 23–26 | 28–27 |
| Stabæk | 24–28 | 22–24 | 26–21 | 29–26 | 17–35 | 34–31 | 25–30 | 21–21 | | 22–34 | 21–30 | 17–46 |
| Storhamar Håndball Elite | 34–28 | 28–20 | 32–28 | 36–31 | 29–30 | 27–19 | 46–22 | 35–20 | 28–20 | | 26–23 | 25–34 |
| Tertnes Håndball Elite | 20–21 | 27–24 | 23–19 | 31–21 | 28–29 | 25–29 | 20–19 | 20–22 | 31–27 | 22–32 | | 26–25 |
| Vipers Kristiansand | 30–26 | 29–21 | 28–23 | 34–17 | 31–27 | 31–16 | 32–18 | 34–20 | 30–28 | 36–30 | 33–22 | |

## Championship playoffs
### Quarterfinals

| 25 April 18:00 | Oppsal | 22–36 | Vipers Kristiansand | Oppsal Arena, Oslo Attendance: 287 Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
| 25 April 18:00 | Røkke 7 | (9–15) | Sulland 8 | Oppsal Arena, Oslo Attendance: 287 Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
| 25 April 18:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Oppsal Arena, Oslo Attendance: 287 Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
| 29 April 15:30 | Vipers Kristiansand | 38–18 | Oppsal | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 845 Referees: Lien, Blokkhus |
| 29 April 15:30 | Brattset 8 | (16–11) | Andersen 7 | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 845 Referees: Lien, Blokkhus |
| 29 April 15:30 | 2× 3× | Report | 1× 2× | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 845 Referees: Lien, Blokkhus |
Vipers Kristiansand won 74–40 on aggregate.
| 25 April 18:30 | Fredrikstad BK | 20–37 | Larvik HK | Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 408 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 25 April 18:30 | Andersen 9 | (10–23) | Breistøl 9 | Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 408 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 25 April 18:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 1× 3× | Kongstenhallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 408 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 29 April 17:00 | Larvik HK | 36–25 | Fredrikstad BK | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 681 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
| 29 April 17:00 | Tollbring, Rivas Toft 6 | (19–13) | Syversen 8 | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 681 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
| 29 April 17:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 681 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
Larvik HK won 73–45 on aggregate.
| 25 April 18:00 | Tertnes Håndball Elite | 28–30 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 584 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 25 April 18:00 | Sivertsen 10 | (18–16) | Riegelhuth 11 | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 584 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 25 April 18:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 584 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 29 April 17:00 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | 28–25 | Tertnes Håndball Elite | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: – Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen |
| 29 April 17:00 | Løke 6 | (15–9) | Hilby 6 | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: – Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen |
| 29 April 17:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: – Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen |
Storhamar Håndball Elite won 58–53 on aggregate.
| 25 April 20:00 | Gjerpen HK Skien | 27–29 | Byåsen Elite | Skienshallen, Skien Attendance: – Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 25 April 20:00 | Bak 10 | (16–12) | Jacobsen 9 | Skienshallen, Skien Attendance: – Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 25 April 20:00 | 4× | Report | 2× 1× | Skienshallen, Skien Attendance: – Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 29 April 18:45 | Byåsen Elite | 27–27 | Gjerpen HK Skien | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 350 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |
| 29 April 18:45 | Högdahl 9 | (15–17) | Bak, Groa, Hendrikse 5 | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 350 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |
| 29 April 18:45 | 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 350 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |
Byåsen Elite won 56–54 on aggregate.

### Bracket

Highest ranked team from the regular season selects the opponent. The remaining two highest ranked teams from the regular season can not meet in the semifinals.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Vipers Kristiansand | 28 | 30 | 58 | | | | | |
| 4 | Byåsen Elite | 23 | 25 | 48 | | | | | |
| 4 | Byåsen Elite | 23 | 25 | 48 | 1 | Vipers Kristiansand | 29 | 40 | 69 |
| | | | | | 2 | Larvik HK | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| 2 | Larvik HK | 41 | 27 | 68 | 2 | Larvik HK | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| 3 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | 32 | 22 | 54 | | | | | |

### Semifinals

| 2 May 18:30 | Byåsen Elite | 23–28 | Vipers Kristiansand | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 766 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 2 May 18:30 | Venn, Högdahl 5 | (13–17) | Brattset 6 | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 766 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 2 May 18:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 5× | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 766 Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 8 May 18:30 | Vipers Kristiansand | 30–25 | Byåsen Elite | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 787 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 8 May 18:30 | Kristiansen 7 | (17–11) | Örvarsdottir 6 | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 787 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 8 May 18:30 | 2× 4× | Report | 4× 2× | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: 787 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
Vipers Kristiansand won 58–48 on aggregate.
| 6 May 18:00 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | 32–41 | Larvik HK | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1229 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 6 May 18:00 | Enkerud 7 | (13–19) | Mørk, Rivas Toft 8 | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1229 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 6 May 18:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Boligpartner Arena, Hamar Attendance: 1229 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 9 May 18:45 | Larvik HK | 27–22 | Storhamar Håndball Elite | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: – Referees: Isachsen, Hell |
| 9 May 18:45 | Hjertner 6 | (13–8) | Zimny 6 | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: – Referees: Isachsen, Hell |
| 9 May 18:45 | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 5× | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: – Referees: Isachsen, Hell |
Larvik HK won 68–54 on aggregate.

### Finals

| 15 May 18:45 | Larvik HK | 22–29 | Vipers Kristiansand | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 596 Referees: Røen, Arntsen |
| 15 May 18:45 | Andenæs 6 | (15–13) | Brattset 7 | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 596 Referees: Røen, Arntsen |
| 15 May 18:45 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Boligmappa Arena, Larvik Attendance: 596 Referees: Røen, Arntsen |
| 19 May 17:15 | Vipers Kristiansand | 40–28 | Larvik HK | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: – Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 19 May 17:15 | Brattset 8 | (21–12) | Andenæs, Mørk 7 | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: – Referees: Nygren, Borge |
| 19 May 17:15 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 2× | Aquarama, Kristiansand Attendance: – Referees: Nygren, Borge |
Vipers Kristiansand won the final 69–50 on aggregate.
* 2017–18 Eliteserien Champions
* Vipers Kristiansand 1st title
* Sakura Hauge, Eline Fagerheim, Katrine Lunde, Malin Aune, Pernille Wang Skaug, Karine Dahlum, Vilde Jonassen, Sunniva Næs Andersen, Kari Brattset (c), Mathilde Kristensen, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Jeanett Kristiansen, Lina Jensen, Mathilde Flo Hjetland, Karoline Olsen, Tonje Refsnes, Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, Marta Tomac, Kristin Nørstebø, Linn Jørum Sulland
* Head coach
* Kenneth Gabrielsen

## Relegation playoff

| 25 April 18:30 | Rælingen HK | 30–20 | Sola HK | Marikolhallen, Rælingen Attendance: 478 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
| 25 April 18:30 | Hanssen 8 | (16–10) | Nøstvold 8 | Marikolhallen, Rælingen Attendance: 478 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
| 25 April 18:30 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Marikolhallen, Rælingen Attendance: 478 Referees: Liltved, Jørstad |
| 29 April 18:00 | Sola HK | 25–17 | Rælingen HK | Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: – Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
| 29 April 18:00 | Knutsen 7 | (12–10) | Hanssen 7 | Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: – Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
| 29 April 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 3× | Åsenhallen, Sola Attendance: – Referees: Kvakic, Eriksen |
Rælingen HK won 47–45 on aggregate and were promoted to Eliteserien, Sola HK were relegated to First Division.