Serie A (men's handball)

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Serie A Gold
Current season, competition or edition:
Handball current event 2.svg 2023–24 Serie A (men's handball)
Sport Handball
Founded1969
No. of teams14
Country Italy
Confederation EHF
Most recent
champion(s)
Junior Fasano
Most titles Pallamano Trieste 1970 (17 titles)
Relegation to Serie A2
International cup(s) EHF European Cup
Official website https://www.federhandball.it/

The Italian Serie A, officially named Serie A Gold, is the highest level men's handball league of Italy.

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Competition format

The league has 14 teams playing against each other in a round-robin tournament. The champion is determined by playoffs between the top four teams at the end of the regular season. The team ranked last at the end of the regular season, as well as the losing team of the playouts, are relegated to Serie A2.

2023/24 Season participants

The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A during the 2022-23 season.

TeamCityArena
SSV Bozen Loacker Bolzano PalaGasteiner
Pallamano Pressano Lavis PaLavis
Sport Club Meran Handball Merano Centro Scolastico "Karl Wolf"
Polisportiva Cingoli Cingoli PalaQuaresima
Cassano Magnago HC Cassano Magnago PalaTacca
Pallamano Carpi 2019 Carpi PalaVallauri
SSV Brixen Handball Bressanone Raffeisen Arena
Junior Fasano Fasano PalaZizzi
Pallamano Trieste 1970 Trieste PalaChiarbola
Pallamano Conversano 1973 Conversano Pala San Giacomo
Handball Sassari Sassari PalaSantoru
ASV Eppan Handball Appiano sulla strada del vino Raiffeisenhalle
Pallamano Secchia Rubiera Rubiera PalaBursi
ASD Albatro Siracusa Siracusa PalaLoBello

Serie A past champions

ClubTitlesYear
1.Pallamano Trieste171976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
2.Handball Club Conversano72003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2022
3. SSV Bozen Loacker 52012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
4. Junior Fasano 42014, 2016, 2018, 2023
HC Rovereto41974, 1975, 1978, 1980
5.CC Ortigia Siracusa31987, 1988, 1989
Handball Casarano32007, 2008, 2009
8.SSV Brixen Handball21991, 1992
Pallamano Prato21998, 1999
10.Buscaglione Roma11970
HC Flaminio Genovesi Roma11971
CUS Verona11972
C.S. Esercito Roma11973
HC Scafati11984
SC Merano12005

EHF coefficient ranking

For the season 2022/2023: [1]

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References

  1. "EHF announces place distribution for 2022/23 European club competitions". European Handball Federation . 22 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.