Vipers Kristiansand

Norwegian handball club

Vipers Kristiansand

Full name| Vipers Kristiansand
Short name| Vipers
Founded| 12 January 1938 (as IK Våg)
Dissolved| 13 January 2025
Arena| Aquarama Kristiansand
Capacity| 2,200

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Vipers Kristiansand was a professional handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. The team competed in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, from its promotion in 2001 until its bankruptcy in 2025.

They claimed their first Norwegian championship in 2018, ending an 18 times streak for the champions from Larvik HK.[1] Since then, they've shown strong dominance in Norway and claimed 7 consecutive league titles, 7 cup titles and 5 playoff titles.

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.[2] On 30 May 2021, they won the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League and the following year they succeeded again, becoming the first Norwegian team to win EHF Champions League two years in a row. In 2023, they claimed another Women's EHF Final 4 title and secured the treble while the EHF FINAL4 Women in Budapest broke the world record for spectator attendance at women’s handball matches.[3]

On 20 October 2024, the club announced they were going to seek bankruptcy.[4] On 21 October 2024, it was reported that the club would not seek bankruptcy after all. A group of investors were interested in saving the club, in exchange that a new board of directors were elected and that the current one collectively stepped off.[5]

However, on 13 January 2025, the club officially declared bankruptcy with all players being let go of their contracts.[6][7]

## Achievements

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REMA 1000-ligaen:

* Gold: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
* Silver: 2016/2017
* Bronze: 2002/2003

Norwegian Cup:

* Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022/23, 2023/2024[8]
* Silver: 2010

EHF Champions League:

* Winner: 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023
* Bronze: 2018/2019

EHF Cup:

* Finalist: 2017/2018

## Team

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### Transfers

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Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Leaving

* Tomáš Hlavatý (Head coach) (to the  Czech women's national team)
* Lene Rantala (Assistant coach) (to (to  Larvik HK)
* Dina Frisendal (GK) (to  Fana)
* Silje Solberg-Østhassel (GK) (pregnant) without club
* Katrine Lunde (GK) (to  Odense Håndbold)
* Tuva Høve (RW) (to  Byåsen HE)
* Jana Knedlíková (RW) (to  DHC Slavia Prague)
* Mia Emmenegger (RW) (to  Team Esbjerg)
* Vilde Jonassen (LW)  without club
* Mina Hesselberg (LW) (to  Larvik HK)
* Sunniva Næs Andersen (LW) (pregnant) without club
* Merel Freriks (P) (to  Team Esbjerg)
* Ana Debelić (P) (to  RK Podravka Koprivnica)
* Jamina Roberts (LB) (to  Ikast Håndbold)
* Paula Arcos (LB) (to  Gloria Bistrița)
* Lois Abbingh (LB) (to  Borussia Dortmund Handball)
* Marta Tomac (CB) (retires)
* Larissa Nüsser (CB) (to  Gloria Bistrița)
* Carin Strömberg (CB) (to  Chambray Touraine Handball)
* Nina Koppang (RB) (to  Team Esbjerg)
* Silje Waade (RB) (to  Byåsen HE)

### Notable former national team players

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* Veronica Kristiansen
* Elise Alsand
* Kristine Lunde-Borgersen
* Kari Brattset Dale
* Pernille Wibe
* Linn Jørum Sulland
* Emilie Hegh Arntzen
* Malin Aune
* Henny Reistad
* Nora Mørk
* Heidi Løke
* Andrea Austmo Pedersen
* Ragnhild Valle Dahl
* Kjerstin Boge Solås
* Karine Dahlum
* Silje Solberg-Østhassel
* Katrine Lunde
* Sunniva Næs Andersen
* Silje Waade
* Marta Tomac
* Carolina Morais
* Katarina Ježić
* Ana Debelić
* Markéta Jeřábková
* Jana Knedlíková
* Louise Pedersen
* Annette Jensen
* Nerea Pena
* Lysa Tchaptchet
* Paula Arcos
* Océane Sercien-Ugolin
* Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir
* Angie Geschke
* Luisa Schulze
* Zsuzsanna Tomori
* Sakura Hauge
* Jessy Kramer
* Lynn Knippenborg
* Charris Rozemalen
* Annick Lipman
* Merel Freriks
* Lois Abbingh
* Larissa Nüsser
* Anna Vyakhireva
* Mia Emmenegger
* Isabelle Gulldén
* Evelina Eriksson
* Sofie Börjesson
* Jamina Roberts
* Nina Koppang
* Carin Strömberg

### Notable former club players

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* 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
* Hanna Yttereng
* Tonje Refsnes
* Dina Frisendal
* Tuva Høve
* Vilde Jonassen
* Mina Hesselberg
* Therese Helgesson
* Emma Jonsson
* Sara Nirvander
* Ulrika Olsson
* Michelle Brandstrup
* Sanne Bak Pedersen
* Mathilde Kristensen
* Julie Stokkendal Poulsen
* Birgit Van Os
* Renáta Kári-Horváth
* Karin Weigelt

### Kit manufacturers

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Period  | Kit manufacturer

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–2016  |  Playmaker
2016–2023  |  Umbro
2023–2025  |  Puma

## Statistics

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### Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

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Last updated on 11 January 2025[9]
| Rank  | Name  | Seasons

played

| Goals

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1  |  Jana Knedlíková | 5  | 263
2  |  Sunniva Næs Andersen | 8  | 205
3  |  Anna Vyakhireva | 2  | 197
4  |  Markéta Jeřábková | 2  | 192
5  |  Henny Reistad | 3  | 189
6  |  Linn Jørum Sulland | 4  | 187
7  |  Jamina Roberts | 3  | 184
8  |  Nora Mørk | 2  | 179
9  |  Ragnhild Valle Dahl | 4  | 173
10  |  Emilie Hegh Arntzen | 4  | 152

### Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

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| Season  | Player  | Award

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2018–19[10] |  Linn Jørum Sulland | Top Scorer (89 goals)
Katrine Lunde | All-Star Team (Best Goalkeeper)
2020–21[11] |  Henny Reistad | Most Valuable Player
Nora Mørk | All-Star Team (Best Right Back)
Henny Reistad | All-Star Team (Best Young Player)
Ole Gustav Gjekstad | Best Coach
2021–22[12] |  Markéta Jeřábková | Most Valuable Player
Nora Mørk | All-Star Team (Best Right Back)
2022–23[13] |  Anna Vyakhireva | Most Valuable Player
2023–24 |  Anna Vyakhireva | Top Scorer (113 goals)

## European record

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Aggregate

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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
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
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
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
Winner | 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 | 33–24  | 32–25  | 65–49
SF |  Metz Handball | 33–27
Final |  Győri Audi ETO KC | 33–31
2022–23 | EHF Champions League
Winner | Group A |  Odense Håndbold | 34–27  | 34–24  | 1st place
RK Krim Mercator | 27–21  | 36–31
SG BBM Bietigheim | 30–32  | 34–32
Brest Bretagne Handball | 31–24  | 36–29
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26–26  | 27–26
DHK Baník Most | 43–21  | 39–24
CSM București | 35–29  | 24–27
QF |  CS Rapid București | 31–25  | 40–31  | 71–56
SF |  Győri Audi ETO KC | 37–35
Final |  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 28–24
2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group B |  Team Esbjerg | 37–38  | 37–32  | 4th place
Metz Handball | 34–36  | 29–31
CS Rapid București | 29–30  | 35–30
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 37–26  | 35–27
Zagłębie Lubin | 34–20  | 28–24
RK Krim Mercator | 24–24  | 29–23
Ikast Håndbold | 26–30  | 31–32
Playoffs |  DVSC Schaeffler | 29–28  | 27–27  | 56–55
QF |  Győri ETO KC | 23–30  | 26–24  | 49–54
2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B |  Team Esbjerg | 29–30  | 0–10  | Withdrawn
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 32–23  | 20–26
HB Ludwigsburg | 30–23  | 29–33
Győri ETO KC | 22–27  | 0–10
Brest Bretagne Handball | 27–30  | 0–10
CS Rapid București | 30–30  | 0–10
Odense Håndbold | 26–24  | 0–10

## References

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1. ^ "Vipers stoppet Larviks vanvittige rekke. Seriemester for første gang" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 16 April 2018.
2. ^ "Vipers til Final 4" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. ^ "EHF FINAL4 WOMEN SETS WORLD RECORD FOR SPECTATOR ATTENDANCE". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
4. ^ "Vipers Kristiansand blir slått konkurs" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 20 October 2024.
5. ^ "Vipers leverer ikke konkursbegjæring: – Grunnlag for videre drift" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 21 October 2024.
6. ^ "Vipers er konkurs: – Skjemmer seg ut for resten av verden" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 13 January 2025.
7. ^ "Vipers er konkurs: –⁠ En fryktelig nyhet" (in Norwegian). VG. 13 January 2025.
8. ^ "NM-finaler Kvinner (innendørs)" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
9. ^ "Vipers Kristiansand". European Handball Federation.
10. ^ "All-Star team gets fresh look in 2019". European Handball Federation. 24 August 2021.
11. ^ "Fan Favourite Oftedal leads Győr quartet in All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 May 2021.
12. ^ "Győr quintet headline EHF Champions League All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 3 June 2022.
13. ^ "Live blog: Vipers take third straight EHF Champions League trophy". eurohandball.com. 4 June 2023.

## External links

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Related topics|

* Norwegian Handball Federation
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* See also: EHF
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