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Odense secure top spot in Kvindeligaen with impressive 23rd successive win

Elma Halilcevic and Helene Fauske celebrates another win for Odense
Elma Halilcevic and Helene Fauske celebrates another win for OdenseČTK / imago sportfotodienst / Marco Wolf
Odense on Tuesday evening recorded their 23rd successive win against Silkeborg-Voel to secure top spot in Kvindeligaen.

Odense won the match at home 34-25 and are now certain to finish in first place in the regular season.

Odense has picked up 23 wins in 23 matches and is thus steering towards a perfect regular season with three games to go. Odense enjoy an eight-point gap to Team Esbjerg and Ikast Handball who have played one match less.

Thanks to their emphatic performance, Odense will now head into the playoffs, where the best eight teams are divided into two pools, with the best cards at hand as they are certain to carry two points with them and thus has a big advantage.

In the semi-final and final series, best-of-three games are played. The team with the best position from the regular season has home court advantage in a possible third game.

In theory, the teams can therefore reach the same number of points, but as both of them have lost both away and at home to Odense, Odense are certain to claim top spot in the league.