The Danish Badminton League, or Badmintonligaen, is the highest-level national team tournament for badminton clubs in Denmark. It is run by Badminton Denmark, with the regular season lasting from September to February. Københavns Badminton Klub is the most successful club in the competition, with 18 title wins, while Gentofte BK has won the title 16 times, the second-most in the league.
Competition format The league consists of 10 teams, each of which plays against the 9 other teams throughout the season. Each event consists of 9 matches: 2 mixed doubles, 2 men’s singles, 2 ladies singles, 2 men’s doubles, and 1 ladies doubles. The top four teams will then qualify for a final four tournament and the winning club then qualifies for the Europe Cup.
Relegation The last place team will be relegated to the 1st division. The 8th and 9th place teams play a match to decide who remains in the league, with the losing team facing the 2nd place team from 1st division to decide if the team remains or is relegated.
Notable players Many top Danish players such as Rasmus Gemke, Mia Blichfeldt, Line Christophersen, and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen participate in the league; however, foreign players such as Brian Yang, Carolina Marin, Loh Kean Yew, Iris Wang (USA), the Stoeva sisters, Marc Caljouw, Kalle Koljonen, Beiwen Zhang, Ygor Coelho, and Ruben Jill also have competed for various clubs in recent years. Team Slagelse-Skælskør and Vendsyssel Badminton in particular are known for rosters dominated by foreign players.
Season Results
2024-2025 Season #TeamFightsWonScoreSetPoints1Højbjerg/Via Biler (M)9955-26118-62782Vendsyssel9657-24124-62783Skovshoved9751-30110-75714Solrød Strand9545-3698-84625Hvidovre9545-36105-85616RSL ODENSE OBK9441-4094-94537Team Skælskør-Slagelse9437-4486-98458Værløse9334-4778-107429Gentofte9234-4786-1084110Aalborg Triton (O)906-7528-1526
2023-2024 Season #TeamFightsWonScoreSetPoints1Højbjerg/Via Biler9859-22127-59832Skovshoved9855-26123-70773Vendsyssel (M)9651-30118-75704Team Skælskør-Slagelse9545-3696-84615RSL ODENSE OBK9540-4194-99536Hvidovre (O)9437-4489-101487Solrød Strand9236-4592-100438Værløse9432-4979-110429Gentofte9231-5077-1123910Aarhus AB9119-6247-13222
2022-2023 Season #TeamFightsWonScoreSetPoints1Højbjerg/Via Biler9853-28118-74762Vendsyssel (M)9755-26122-62763Skovshoved9754-27118-62754Team Skælskør-Slagelse9746-35101-78645Solrød Strand9546-35107-87626RSL ODENSE OBK9433-4882-101447Gentofte9235-4676-105438Værløse9332-4970-108419Aarhus AB9233-4875-1044110KMB2010 (O)9018-6346-13418
Winners
Season Winner 1949-50 Gentofte BK 1950-51 Gentofte BK 1951-52 Gentofte BK 1952-53 Københavns Badminton Klub 1953-54 Københavns Badminton Klub 1954-55 Københavns Badminton Klub 1955-56 Københavns Badminton Klub 1956-57 Amager Badminton Club 1957-58 Københavns Badminton Klub 1958-59 Københavns Badminton Klub 1959-60 Københavns Badminton Klub 1960-61 Københavns Badminton Klub 1961-62 Københavns Badminton Klub 1962-63 Københavns Badminton Klub 1963-64 Københavns Badminton Klub 1964-65 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 1965-66 Københavns Badminton Klub 1966-67 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 1967-68 Københavns Badminton Klub1968-69 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 1969-70 Københavns Badminton Klub 1970-71 Københavns Badminton Klub 1971-72 Københavns Badminton Klub 1972-73 Københavns Badminton Klub 1973-74 Københavns Badminton Klub 1974-75 Gentofte BK 1975-76 Gentofte BK 1976-77 Gentofte BK 1977-78 Gentofte BK 1978-79 Gentofte BK 1979-80 Hvidovre BK 1980-81 Badmintonklubben Triton Aalborg 1981-82 Højbjerg Badminton Klub 1982-83 Gentofte BK 1983-84 Gentofte BK 1984-85 Badmintonklubben Triton Aalborg 1985-86 Gentofte BK 1986-87 Højbjerg Badminton Klub 1987-88 Badmintonkubben Triton Aalborg 1988-89 Gentofte BK 1989-90 Gentofte BK 1990-91 Gentofte BK 1991-92 Gentofte BK 1992-93 Lillerød BK 1993-94 Lillerød BK 1994-95 Lillerød BK 1995-96 Lillerød BK 1996-97 Gentofte BK 1997-98 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 1998-99 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 1999-00 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2000-01 Hvidovre Badminton Club 2001-02 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2002-23 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2003-04 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2004-05 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2005-06 Hvidovre Badminton Club 2006-07 Kastrup-Magleby Badminton Klub 2007-08 Greve Strands BK 2008-09 Team Skælskør-Slagelse 2009-10 Greve Strands BK 2010-11 Greve Strands BK 2011-12 Team Skælskør-Slagelse 2012-13 Team Skælskør-Slagelse 2013-14 Team Skælskør-Slagelse 2014-15 Greve Strands BK 2015-16 Team Skælskør-Slagelse & Skovshoved Idrætsforening (no final was played) https://www.badmintonplayer.dk/DBF/HoldTurnering/Stilling/#1,2015,,1,1,,,, 2016-17 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 2017-18 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 2018-19 Team Skælskør-Slagelse 2019-20 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 2020-21 Skovshoved Idrætsforening 2021-22 Vendsyssel 2022-23 Vendsyssel 2023-24 Højbjerg Badminton Klub2024-25Vendsyssel
See also Danish National Badminton Championships
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