Handball Liga Austria

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Handball Liga Austria
Current season, competition or edition:
Handball current event 2.svg 2024–25 Handball Liga Austria
Logo spusuLIGA.png
Sport Handball
Founded1961;64 years ago (1961)
No. of teams12
Country Austria
Confederation EHF
Most recent
champion(s)
HC Linz AG (8)
(2023–24)
Most titles Bregenz Handball
(9 titles)
Relegation toHLA Challenger League
International cup(s) EHF Cup
EHF Challenge Cup
Official website http://www.hla.at/

The Handball Liga Austria (HLA) is the professional handball league of Austria.

Contents

Competition format

The current format was introduced in the 2021-2022 season. The competition has 12 teams. The season begins with a regular season where each team plays each other twice, home and away. The table is then separated into two parts, a championship group and a relegation group. The top eight teams meet in quarterfinals, followed by semi- and lastly a final. The winner is declared Austrian champion. The bottom four meets in relegation playoff to see who gets relegated to the HLA Challenger League.

Format prior to 2021-2022

The leagued consisted of 10 teams, who in the regular season played each other twice, home and away. The first five teams qualify for a first playoff round, while the last five play a play-down round. At the end of this second round, the five teams of the playoff round and the top three teams of the play-down round play elimination rounds. The last two play a relegation round.

2017–18 Season participants

The following ten clubs compete in the Handball Liga Austria during the 2016–17 season.

TeamCityArena
Alpla HC Hard Hard Sporthalle am See
Bregenz Handball Bregenz Handball-Arena Rieden Vorkloster
Handball Tirol Schwaz Osthalle Schwaz
Handballclub Fivers Margareten Vienna Sporthalle Margareten
HC Bruck Bruck an der Mur Hannes-Bammer-Sporthalle
HC Linz AG Linz Sport-Neue Mittelschule Linz Kleinmünchen
Moser Medical UHK Krems Krems an der Donau Sport • Halle • Krems
SC Ferlach Ferlach Ballspielhalle Ferlach
SG Handball West Wien Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ Südstadt
HSG Graz Graz Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz

Handball Liga Austria past champions

ClubTitlesYear
1. Bregenz Handball 92001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
2. HC Linz AG 81978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2024
3. Alpla HC Hard 72003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021
4.ATSE Waagner Biro Graz61983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
5. SG Handball West Wien 51966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2023
6.HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach/Köflach51974, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2000
7. UHK Krems 51973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
8.Rapid Wien41963, 1964, 1965, 1967
9.UHC Salzburg31968, 1969, 1972
10. HC Fivers Margareten 32011, 2016, 2018
11.HC Bruck21997, 1998
12.ATSV Linz11961
13.WAT Atzgersdorf11962
14.Union Edelweiß Linz11970
15.Salzburger AK 191411971
16.Union Raika Stockerau11986

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2017–2018, see footnote [1]

References