Faroese handball championship
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| Current season | 2019/20 |
| sport | Handball |
| Association | Hondbóltssamband Føroya |
| League foundation | 1943 |
| Teams | 7th |
| Title holder |
Kyndil Tórshavn (women) H71 Tórshavn (men) |
| Record champions |
Neistin Tórshavn (women) Kyndil Tórshavn (men) |
| Website | www.hsf.fo |
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The Faroese handball championship has been held in the Faroe Islands since 1943. While there was no interruption in handball league operations for women , no champions were played out for men in 1946 and 1947. In addition to the championship, a cup competition has been held since 1985 and 1987 respectively .
Women
The women wore the championship until 2004 in the 1st deild kvinnur ( German 1st league of women ), from 2005 the first league was called Sunsetkappingin due to sponsorship , in 2013/14 Elektron deildin and from 2014 to 2018 hvonn deildin . The SMS-deildin has been playing since the 2018/19 season . With a few exceptions, Neistin dominated the league up to and including 1997, the next championships only followed again in 2011 and 2012. Neistin also holds the record for most championships in a row. From 1982 to 1990 these were won nine times in a row. The championship is held from September to April. In the league, seven teams play against each other three times. After the league games are over, the first and second placed will meet in best-of-three mode, with the winner being the Faroese champions. In the EHF ranking list , the Faroe Islands are ranked 41st for the 2019/20 season with 0.14 points, which means that one participant would be eligible for the EHF Cup and three participants for the EHF Challenge Cup . In 2016/17 Neistin Tórshavn took part in the EHF Cup.
Previous masters
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Record champions
| title | team | Seasons |
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| 41 | Neistin Tórshavn | 1943, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
| 8th | Stjørnan Klaksvík | 1945, 1977, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| 8th | Kyndil Torshavn | 1964, 1975, 1981, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| 6th | Vestmanna ÍF | 1951, 1963, 1968, 2001, 2002, 2018 |
| 5 | Søljan Sandavágur | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965 |
| 3 | VB Vágur | 1950, 2003, 2005 |
| 2 | Vípan Tórshavn | 1944, 1949 |
| 2 | Skála ÍF | 1991, 1993 |
| 1 | EB Eiði | 1947 |
| 1 | Tjaldur Runavík | 2009 |
Participants 2019/20
Men
The men played in the 1st deild menn ( German 1st league of men ) until 2004 . In 2005 the name was changed to Atlantic Airways deildin , also due to sponsorship , from 2015 to 2017 the league was called FTZ deildin ., Since the 2018/19 season in Okkara-deildin . In contrast to the women, there are mainly two teams with Kyndil and VÍF , which alternately dominated the league. From 1957 to 1998 there was only another master in 1978 with Neistin Tórshavn. Kyndil also holds the record for most championships in a row, winning the title nine times in a row from 1958 to 1967. The championship is held from September to April. In the league, seven teams play against each other three times. After the league games are over, the first and second placed will meet in best-of-three mode, with the winner being the Faroese champions. In the EHF ranking list , the Faroe Islands are in last position with zero points for the 2019/20 season, which means that four participants would be eligible for the EHF Challenge Cup . In 2019/20 H71 Tórshavn took part.
Previous masters
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Record champions
| title | team | Seasons |
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| 30th | Kyndil Torshavn | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
| 24 | Vestmanna ÍF | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2016 |
| 8th | Neistin Tórshavn | 1949, 1953, 1955, 1978, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| 5 | Stranda ÍF | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1999, 2003 |
| 5 | H71 Tórshavn | 2009, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | Kollafjarðar ÍF | 2013, 2014 |
| 1 | SÍF Sandavágur | 1956 |
Participants 2019/20
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elektron deildin = Fremsta kvinnudeildin ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Faroese), September 20, 2013
- ↑ Kvinnudeildin eitur hvonn deildin (Faroese), October 22, 2014
- ↑ Um hvonn kappingina (Faroese)
- ↑ Women - Ranking for 2019/20 (PDF, 36KB; English)
- ↑ Besta mansdeildin eitur nú FTZ deildin (Faroese), May 16, 2015
- ↑ To FTZ og hvonn kappingina (Faroese)
- ↑ Men - Ranking for 2019/20 (PDF, 41KB; English)