Faroe Islands Handball League

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Burn Menn League
SportHandball
Founded1943; 81 years ago (1943)
No. of teams7
CountryFaroe Islands
Most recent
champion(s)
H71
Official website[1]

Burn Menn League is the highest league in the league system of handball on the Faroe Islands and comprises the top 7 Faroese handball teams. The first season began in 1942–43.[1]

Current teams[edit]

Teams for season 2023–24[edit]

Team Location
as shown on map
VÍF Vestmanna
H71 Hoyvík
Kyndil Tórshavn Tórshavn
Hondbóltsfelagið Neistin Tórshavn
KÍF Kollafjørður
Team Klaksvík Klaksvík
Stranda ÍF Strendur

Past champions[edit]

Numbers of titles won by each club
Club Numbers of
titles
Years
1. Kyndil Tórshavn 30 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
2. VÍF 24 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1968, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2021
3. Hondbóltsfelagið Neistin 8 1949, 1953, 1955, 1978, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011
4. H71 7 2009, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
5. Stranda ÍF 5 1997, 1999
6. KÍF 2 2013, 2014
7. SÍF Sandavágur 1 1956

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hagtøl yvir føroyameistarar / Menn" (in Faroese). Hondbóltssamband Føroya. 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.