Norwegian Men's Handball Cup

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Norwegian Men's Handball Cup
Founded1939 (outdoors)
1958 (indoors)
RegionFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Current champions Kolstad Håndball (2023/2024)
Most successful club(s) Fredensborg BK (15 titles)
Website handball.no
Soccerball current event.svg 2023/24

The Norwegian Men's Handball Cup (Norwegian : NM (Norgesmesterskapet)), is the main domestic cup tournament for Norwegian men's handball clubs, which is organised and supervised by the Norwegian Handball Federation. [1] The competition has been played annually since 1946. Fredensborg BK is the most successful team with 15 titles. [2] Between 1939 and 1974 there was also an outdoor competition besides indoor. [3] [4]

Contents

Since the 2022/23 edition the semifinals and finals are being played in a Final 8 format, where men's final 4 teams play during the same weekend in the same arena. [5]

Finals

Outdoors

Year [6] WinnersScoreRunners-up
1939 SK Arild (1)6–5 Nordstrand IF
1940 Nordstrand IF (1)9–6 Grane
1946 Mode (1)4–2 Nordstrand IF
1947 Oslo HK (1)10–2 Nordstrand IF
1948 Oslo HK (2)9–7 Mode
1949 SK Arild (2)4–2 Nordstrand IF
1950 SK Arild (3)4–3 Oslo HK
1951 SK Arild (4)10–7 Oslo IL
1952 Nordstrand IF (2)8–7 Mode
1953 Nordstrand IF (3)11–3 Gamlebyen
1954 Oslo HK (3)9–5 SK Arild
1955 Oslo HK (4)13–5 Støa
1956 Oslo IL (1)19–7 Støa
1957 Oslo IL (2)13–9 Grønland IF
1958 Oslo IL (3)16–10 Nordstrand IF
1959 Fredensborg BK (1)19–10 Nordstrand IF
1960 Fredensborg BK (2)18–14 Nordstrand IF
1961 Fredensborg BK (3)20–15 Rjukan
1962 Grønland IF (1)18–11 Elverum Håndball
1963 Nordstrand IF (4)17–13 Grønland IF
1964 Oppsal Håndball (1)15–10 Rjukan
1965 Fredensborg BK (4)16–14 Rjukan
1966 Fredensborg BK (5)16–9 SK Arild
1967 Oslo Studentene (1)15–13 Rjukan
1968 Oslo Studentene (2)23–10 Fredensborg BK
1969 Stabæk Håndball (1)18–15 SK Njård
1970 Fredensborg BK (6)17–10 Nordstrand IF
1971 Bækkelagets SK (1)16–3 Oppsal Håndball
1972 Fredensborg BK (7)15–10 Oppsal Håndball
1973 Oppsal Håndball (2)23–14 Bækkelagets SK
1974 Fredensborg BK (8)13–12 Refstad IL

Indoors

Note that the year the title counts for has been changing during the years, sometimes being by what year the cup started and sometimes by season.

Year [7] WinnersScoreRunners-up
1958 SK Arild (5)20–9 Nordstrand IF
1959 Fredensborg BK (9)11–7 SK Arild
1960 Nordstrand IF (5)11–7 Fredensborg BK
1961 Nordstrand IF (6)21–17 Grønland IF
1962 Fredensborg BK (10)24–10 Grønland IF
1963 Grønland IF (2)16–15 Elverum Håndball
1964 SK Arild (6)15–14 Oppsal Håndball
1965 Fredensborg BK (11)19–11 Elverum Håndball
1966 Fredensborg BK (12)18–15 Oslo Studentene
1976/77 Refstad IL (1)15–11 Stavanger IF
1977/78 Fjellhammer IL (1)16–15 Fredensborg BK
1978/79 Fjellhammer IL (2)19–17 Kolbotn IL
1979/80 SK Rapp (1)13–11 Nordstrand IF
1980/81 Kristiansands IF (1)20–18 Refstad IL
1981/82 Fredensborg BK (13)22–17 Stavanger IF
1982/83 Fredensborg BK (14)28–18 Fjellhammer IL
1983/84 Fjellhammer IL (3)14–13 SK Rapp
1984/85 Fredensborg BK (15)20–19 Skiens BK
1985/86 Stavanger IF (1)19–13 SK Rapp
1986/87 IF Urædd (1)21–16 Kragerø IF
1987/88 IF Urædd (2)19–18 Stavanger IF
1988/89 Viking HK (1)21–17 Stavanger IF
1989/90 Sandefjord (1)26–25 Kragerø IF
1990/91 Sandefjord (2)24–18 Runar Håndball
1991/92 Stavanger IF (2)21–20 Runar Håndball
1992/93 Runar Håndball (1)26–16 Viking HK
1993/94 Sandefjord (3)25–14 Fyllingen Håndball
1994/95 Viking HK (2)28–25 Kragerø IF
1995/96 Runar Håndball (2)29–22 Viking HK
1996/97 Viking HK (3)36–35 Runar Håndball
1997/98 Runar Håndball (3)18–17 Sandefjord
1998/99 Sandefjord (4)26–18 Drammen HK
1999/00 Viking HK (4)24–21 Drammen HK
2000/01 Sandefjord (5)22–20 Runar Håndball
2001/02 Sandefjord (6)35–26 Stavanger IF
2002/03 Sandefjord (7)29–26 Runar Håndball
2003/04 Sandefjord (8)32–23 Haslum HK
2004/05 Haslum HK (1)29–25 Runar Håndball
2005/06 Sandefjord (9)30–20 Haslum HK
2006/07 Sandefjord (10)27–26 Haugaland HK
2007/08 Drammen HK (1)33–24 Fyllingen Håndball
2008/09 Runar Håndball (4)27–24 Elverum Håndball
2009/10 Elverum Håndball (1)25–24 Drammen HK
2010 Haslum HK (2)24–20Follo HK
2011 Haslum HK (3)38–28 Drammen HK
2012 FyllingenBergen (1)22–19 Elverum Håndball
2013 FyllingenBergen (2)33–23 Bækkelagets SK
2014 ØIF Arendal (1)23–22 Bodø HK
2015 Bodø HK (1)23–21 FyllingenBergen
2016 Haslum HK (4)28–26 Elverum Håndball
2017 Drammen HK (2)28–23 Bodø HK
2018 Elverum Håndball (2)30–22 Halden HK
2019 Elverum Håndball (3)35–33 Haslum HK
2020 Elverum Håndball (4)37–29 Nærbø IL
2021 Elverum Håndball (5)35–32 ØIF Arendal
2022/23 Kolstad Håndball (1)34–27 Elverum Håndball
2023/24 Kolstad Håndball (2)27–23 Elverum Håndball

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