| Vipers Kristiansand | |||
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| Full name | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| Short name | Vipers | ||
| Founded | 12 January 1938 (as IK Våg) | ||
| Arena | Aquarama Kristiansand | ||
| Capacity | 2,200 | ||
| President | Terje Marcussen | ||
| Head coach |  Tomáš Hlavatý | ||
| League | REMA 1000-ligaen | ||
| 2023–24 | 1st | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Vipers Kristiansand is a professional handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. The team competes in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.
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]
- ^ "Vipers stoppet Larviks vanvittige rekke. Seriemester for første gang" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Vipers til Final 4" (in Norwegian). handball.no. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "EHF FINAL4 WOMEN SETS WORLD RECORD FOR SPECTATOR ATTENDANCE". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Vipers Kristiansand blir slått konkurs" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Vipers leverer ikke konkursbegjæring: – Grunnlag for videre drift" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 21 October 2024.