The champion was directly promoted to the Women's League, called Elitedivisionen at the time.
Meanwhile, the two worst ranked teams were relegated to 2nd Division, known as Women's Denmark Series at the time.
In the 2020–21 season, the 1st Division contained 20 teams, split into four groups of five, each playing a double roun-robin tournament.
Starting with the 2021–2022 season, the 1st Division consists of 8 teams playing in a double round-robin tournament, with home and away games.
Both qualification leagues are again played as double round-robin tournaments among the six participating teams.