# 2021–22 REMA 1000-ligaen (men's handball)

The 2021–22 REMA 1000-ligaen was the 57th season of the REMA 1000-ligaen, the top men's handball league in Norway. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 31 August 2021 and concluded on 11 June 2022.
Elverum won their sixth title.

## Teams
### Arenas and locations

The following 14 clubs competed in the Eliteserien during the 2021–22 season:
| Team | Location | Arena |
| Bækkelagets | Oslo, Bekkelaget | Bækkelagshallen |
| Bergen | Bergen | Framohallen |
| Drammen | Drammen | Drammenshallen |
| Elverum | Elverum | Terningen Arena |
| Fjellhammer | Lørenskog | Lørenskoghallen |
| Halden | Halden | Remmenhallen |
| Haslum | Haslum | Nadderud Arena |
| Kolstad | Trondheim | Kolstad Arena |
| Kristiansand | Kristiansand | Aquarama |
| Nærbø | Nærbø | Sparebanken Vest Arena |
| Nøtterøy | Tønsberg | Nøtterøyhallen |
| ØIF Arendal | Arendal | Sparebanken Sør Amfi |
| Runar | Sandefjord | Runarhallen |
| Sandefjord | Sandefjord | Jotunhallen |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Elverum | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 868 | 651 | +217 | 50 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Drammen | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 871 | 712 | +159 | 41 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Runar Sandefjord | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 784 | 725 | +59 | 33 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Kolstad | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 799 | 743 | +56 | 32 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Nærbø | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 813 | 801 | +12 | 32 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | ØIF Arendal | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 794 | 766 | +28 | 30 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Bækkelaget | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 771 | 807 | −36 | 25 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Halden | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 796 | 796 | 0 | 25 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | Fjellhammer | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 703 | 747 | −44 | 22 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Kristiansand | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 716 | 772 | −56 | 22 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Haslum | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 726 | 781 | −55 | 18 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Sandefjord (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 710 | 810 | −100 | 16 | Relegated to 1. divisjon |
| 13 | Bergen (R) | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 740 | 830 | −90 | 10 | Relegated to 1. divisjon |
| 14 | Nøtterøy (R) | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 735 | 886 | −151 | 10 | Relegated to 1. divisjon |

## Playoffs

Quarterfinals were played best-of-three format, semifinals and finals were played best-of-five.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Elverum | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Bækkelaget | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Bækkelaget | 0 | 1 | Elverum | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Nærbø | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Kolstad | 0 | 5 | Nærbø | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Nærbø | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Nærbø | 2 | | | | 1 | Elverum | 3 |
| | | | | | | 6 | ØIF Arendal | 1 |
| 2 | Drammen | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | ØIF Arendal | 1 |
| 8 | Halden | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Halden | 0 | 2 | Drammen | 1 | | | |
| | | | 6 | ØIF Arendal | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Runar Sandefjord | 0 | 6 | ØIF Arendal | 3 | | | |
| 6 | ØIF Arendal | 2 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Elverum | 2–0 | Bækkelaget | 34–25 | 38–21 | – |
| Drammen | 2–0 | Halden | 40–24 | 32–21 | – |
| Runar Sandefjord | 0–2 | ØIF Arendal | 23–30 | 30–36 | – |
| Kolstad | 0–2 | Nærbø | 26–34 | 23–29 | – |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Elverum | 3–0 | Nærbø | 32–26 | 34–24 | 40–28 | – | – |
| Drammen | 1–3 | ØIF Arendal | 29–34 | 31–33 | 38–30 | 28–30 | – |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Elverum | 3–1 | ØIF Arendal | 32–28 | 34–29 | 25–30 | 34–28 | – |

#### Game 1

| 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 19:15 | Elverum | 32–28 | ØIF Arendal | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 1,705 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |
| 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 19:15 | four players 5 | (17–14) | Gjermundsnes 8 | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 1,705 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |
| 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 19:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 1,705 Referees: Braseth, Sundet |

#### Game 2

| 4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 20:15 | ØIF Arendal | 29–34 | Elverum | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,123 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 20:15 | Simonsen 8 | (16–19) | Johansson 7 | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,123 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 20:15 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 2× 1× | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,123 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |

#### Game 3

| 8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) 19:15 | Elverum | 25–30 | ØIF Arendal | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 2,027 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) 19:15 | Pettersen, Heldal 6 | (13–15) | Børm 7 | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 2,027 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |
| 8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) 19:15 | 1× | Report | 3× | Terningen Arena, Elverum Attendance: 2,027 Referees: Jørum, Kleven |

#### Game 4

| 11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) 19:15 | ØIF Arendal | 28–34 | Elverum | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,321 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) 19:15 | Børm 7 | (14–17) | Grøndahl 9 | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,321 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
| 11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) 19:15 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 3× | Sparebanken Sør Amfi, Arendal Attendance: 2,321 Referees: Johannessen, Larsen |
Elverum won the Finals, 3–1 on series.