Croatian_First_League_of_Handball
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.
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Croatian Handball Premier League | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991; 33 years ago (1991) |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| 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 |
The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav leagues.
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.
Teams for season 2022–23
- 1992 : Zagreb Loto
- 1993 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (2)
- 1994 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (3)
- 1995 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (4)
- 1996 : Croatia banka Zagreb (5)
- 1997 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (6)
- 1998 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (7)
- 1999 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (8)
- 2000 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (9)
- 2001 : RK Zagreb (10)
- 2002 : RK Zagreb (11)
- 2003 : RK Zagreb (12)
- 2004 : RK Zagreb (13)
- 2005 : RK Zagreb (14)
- 2006 : RK Zagreb (15)
- 2007 : RK CO Zagreb (16)
- 2008 : RK CO Zagreb (17)
- 2009 : RK CO Zagreb (18)
- 2010 : RK CO Zagreb (19)
- 2011 : RK CO Zagreb (20)
- 2012: RK CO Zagreb (21)
- 2013 : RK Zagreb (22)
- 2014 : RK Zagreb (23)
- 2015 : RK PPD Zagreb (24)
- 2016 : RK PPD Zagreb (25)
- 2017: RK PPD Zagreb (26)
- 2018 : RK PPD Zagreb (27)
- 2019 : RK PPD Zagreb (28)
- 2020 : Voided due to the coronavirus pandemic
- 2021 : RK PPD Zagreb (29)
- 2022 : RK PPD Zagreb (30)
- 2023 : RK PPD Zagreb (31)
| Club | Titles | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | RK Zagreb | 31 | 1992, 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 |
- won by the green table
The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
EHF League Ranking for 2018/19 season:[1]
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EHF Club Ranking as of 3 March 2019:[2]
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- "2018/19 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.