Vipers Kristiansand

Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.

Vipers Kristiansand
Full nameVipers Kristiansand
Short nameVipers
Founded12 January 1938 (as IK Våg)
ArenaAquarama Kristiansand
Capacity2,200
PresidentTerje Marcussen
Head coachOle Gustav Gjekstad
LeagueREMA 1000-ligaen
2020–211st
Home
Away
Website
Official site

For the first time in the club's history, they qualified for the 2018–19 Women's EHF Final 4 in Budapest, where they took the 3rd place and a historic bronze medal.[1]

Another historic event happened on 30 May 2021, when they won the 2020–21 Women's EHF Final 4 in Budapest,[2] for the first time in the club's history.

Honours

Norwegian League:

  • Gold: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021
  • Silver: 2016/2017
  • Bronze: 2002/2003

Norwegian Cup:

  • Gold: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Silver: 2010

EHF Champions League:

EHF Cup:

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season.

Technical staff

Notable former National Team players

Notable former club players
  • Beate Bang Grimestad
  • Bodil Flo Berge
  • Janne Brox
  • Susanne Fuglestad
  • Hilde Kvifte
  • Ingunn Birkeland
  • Lindy Taraldsen
  • Christin Høgaas Daland
  • Katrine Høyland
  • Helene Jørgensen Vinknes
  • Gerd Elin Albert
  • Susann Iren Hall
  • Pernille Wang Skaug
  • Kristin Nørstebø
  • Jeanett Kristiansen
  • June Andenæs
  • Therese Helgesson
  • Emma Jonsson
  • Sara Nirvander
  • Ulrika Olsson
  • Michelle Brandstrup
  • Sanne Bak Pedersen
  • Mathilde Kristensen
  • Birgit Van Os
  • Renáta Kári-Horváth
  • Karin Weigelt
  • Carolina Morais

Statistics

European record

EHF Champions League
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2017–18 EHF Champions League QT1-SF HC Gomel 43–19
QT1-F HC Podravka Vegeta 42–14
Group D Metz Handball 22–30 22–25 44–55
ŽRK Budućnost 29–19 23–26 52–45
SG BBM Bietigheim 24–29 24–25 48–54
2018–19 EHF Champions League
Third place		 Group D CSM București 27–29 31–26 58–55
Ferencvárosi TC 26–27 35–27 61–54
SG BBM Bietigheim 27–27 34–26 61–53
Main Round
Group 2		 Győri ETO KC 26–33 29–33 55–66
RK Krim Ljubljana 29–21 25–24 54–45
Thüringer HC 31–24 29–21 60–46
QF ŽRK Budućnost 25–18 24–19 49–37
SF Győri ETO KC 22–31
Bronze Match Metz Handball 31–30
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group A Metz Handball 38–38 17–26 55–64
RK Podravka Koprivnica 24–25 34–28 58–53
Ferencvárosi TC 31–22 34–29 65–51
Main Round
Group 1		 Rostov-Don 29–32 26–33 55–65
Team Esbjerg 31–35 30–35 61–70
CSM București 23–25 22–28 45–53
2020–21 EHF Champions League
Winner		 Group A Rostov-Don 23–24 0–10 5th place
Metz Handball 29–28 0–10
Team Esbjerg 28–28 27–27
Ferencvárosi TC 26–31 28–30
CSM București 30–25 29–22
SG BBM Bietigheim 10–0 33–29
RK Krim 37–30 27–26
Round of 16 Odense Håndbold 35–36 30–26 65–62
QF Rostov-Don 34–27 23–23 57–50
SF CSKA Moscow 33–30
Final Brest Bretagne Handball 34–28
2021–22 Champions League Group B CSKA Moscow 24–27 32–28 2nd place
RK Krim Mercator 27–26 37–20
Odense Håndbold 31–27 32–27
Győri Audi ETO KC 29–35 30–29
Metz Handball 18–23 25–31
Kastamonu Bld. GSK 39–25 35–24
IK Sävehof 34–25 42–23
QF RK Krim Mercator 32–25 –

EHF European League (EHF Cup)
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2003–04 EHF Cup Round 3 OF Nea Ionia 37–13 36–21 73–34
Round of 16 ESBF Besançon 31–26 30–32 61–58
QF Eurostandard G.P. Skopje 41–33 33–24 74–57
SF Győri Graboplast ETO 29–26 20–29 49–55
2004–05 EHF Cup Round 3 ZMC Amicitia Zürich 19–27 34–25 53–52
1/8 Győri Graboplast ETO 28–38 25–33 53–71
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 Cassano Magnago 52–10 37–12 89–22
R2 WHC Lada Togliatti 23–29 32–26 55–55
2017–18 EHF Cup
Finalist
 Group B Issy Paris 22–23 24–25 46–48
København Håndbold 30–23 25–30 55–53
Handball Club Lada 30–21 24–29 54–50
QF Brest Bretagne Handball 26–17 29–34 55–51
SF Viborg HK 31–34 29–23 60–57
F SCM Craiova 26–22 25–30 51–52

EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2015–16 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Round 3 Halden HK 25–19 22–20 47–39
Last 16 MKS Selgros Lublin 28–22 22–25 50–47
Quarter-finals RK Krim 29–27 20–30 49–57

References
  1. "Vipers til Final 4" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "TÅRENE KOM FOR KATRINE LUNDE UTE PÅ BANEN: − FANTASTISK" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Vipers Kristiansand". European Handball Federation.
  4. "All-Star team gets fresh look in 2019". European Handball Federation. 24 August 2021.
  5. "Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 May 2021.
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