Croatian Handball Premier League

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Paket24 Premijer Liga
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Handball current event 2.svg 2023–24 Croatian Handball Premier League
Sport Handball
Founded1991;32 years ago (1991)
No. of teams16
Country Croatia
Confederation EHF
Most recent
champion(s)		 RK Zagreb (2022–23)
International cup(s) EHF Champions League
EHF European League
EHF European Cup
SEHA League
Official website www.hrs.hr

The Croatian Handball Premier League (Croatian : Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez). The league comprises 16 teams.

Contents

The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav leagues.

Format

In the first phase, eight teams from two groups compete in a home-and-away round-robin series. All teams advance from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. The top four teams from the regular season play in the Championship Round, while the bottom four teams play in the Relegation Round. At the end of the season, the bottom finisher is automatically relegated to the second league.

Current teams

Teams for season 2022–23

TeamCity
RK Zagreb Zagreb
RK Nexe Našice Našice
MRK Sesvete Sesvete
HRK Gorica Velika Gorica
RK Poreč Poreč
RK Dubrava Zagreb Zagreb
RK Metković-Mehanika Metković
RK Rudar Rude Rude
GRK Varaždin Varaždin
RK Ribola Kaštela Kaštel Gomilica
RK Zamet Rijeka
RK KTC Križevci Križevci
MRK Trogir Trogir
RK Osijek Osijek
RK Bjelovar Bjelovar
RK Moslavina Kutina

Past champions

ClubTitlesYear
1. RK Zagreb 311992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

EHF coefficients

The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

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References

  1. ↑ "2018/19 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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