Austrian handball championship 2002/03
The 42nd season of the Austrian handball championship began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. The reigning champions of the 2001/02 season A1 Bregenz could not defend his title. The HSG Graz had to accept relegation to the handball Bundesliga .
Associations of the HLA 2003/04 |
Handball League Austria
Ten teams are represented in the top division, the HLA. The championship was divided into several phases. In the main round, all teams played a simple round trip against each opponent. After that, the league was divided into two groups.
The first eight teams played in a further round-trip round to make it into the HLA final, while the last two teams had to fight against the best four teams in the second division to stay in the league.
Basic pass HLA
| society | R. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | A1 Bregenz (M) | 18th | 13 | 3 | 2 | 529: 457 | +72 | 29 |
| 2. | Alpla HC Hard | 18th | 12 | 1 | 5 | 488: 430 | +58 | 25th |
| 3. | HIT medicent Innsbruck | 18th | 10 | 2 | 6th | 499: 485 | +14 | 22nd |
| 4th | HC Linz AG | 18th | 9 | 3 | 6th | 451: 420 | +31 | 21st |
| 5. | HC Telekom Vienna WAT Margareten | 18th | 10 | 0 | 8th | 521: 480 | +41 | 20th |
| 6th | Wolfhose West Vienna | 18th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 487: 446 | +41 | 18th |
| 7th | HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach | 18th | 7th | 3 | 8th | 484: 505 | −21 | 17th |
| 8th. | UHC Goldmann Druck Tulln | 18th | 5 | 4th | 9 | 473: 484 | −11 | 14th |
| 9. | UHC UNIQA Stockerau | 18th | 4th | 1 | 13 | 461: 549 | −88 | 9 |
| 10. | HSG Graz | 18th | 2 | 1 | 15th | 384: 521 | −137 | 5 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Master playoff | |
| Relegation playoff | |
| (M) | Last season champions |
Master playoff
| society | R. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alpla HC Hard | 14th | 9 | 2 | 3 | 424: 364 | +60 | 27: 8 |
| 2. | HC Linz AG | 14th | 10 | 2 | 2 | 435: 382 | +53 | 26: 6 |
| 3. | A1 Bregenz (M) | 14th | 9 | 1 | 4th | 414: 373 | +6 | 25: 9 |
| 4th | Wolfhose West Vienna | 14th | 8th | 3 | 3 | 390: 354 | +36 | 22: 9 |
| 5. | HIT medicent Innsbruck | 14th | 6th | 1 | 7th | 416: 417 | −1 | 18:15 |
| 6th | HC Telekom Vienna WAT Margareten | 14th | 6th | 0 | 8th | 357: 397 | −40 | 14:16 |
| 7th | UHC Goldmann Druck Tulln | 14th | 1 | 2 | 11 | 361: 426 | −65 | 5:24 |
| 8th. | HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach | 14th | 1 | 1 | 12 | 362: 446 | −84 | 3:25 |
HLA Final (Best of three)
| society | Gates | society | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpla HC Hard | 22:20 | HC Linz AG | |
| HC Linz AG | 28:17 | Alpla HC Hard | |
| Alpla HC Hard | 29:23 | HC Linz AG |
HLA final score
| society | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Alpla HC Hard |
| 2. | HC Linz AG |
| 3. | A1 Bregenz (M) |
| 4th | Wolfhose West Vienna |
| 5. | HIT medicent Innsbruck |
| 6th | HC Telekom Vienna WAT Margareten |
| 7th | UHC Goldmann Druck Tulln |
| 8th. | HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| EHF Champions League | |
| EHF-CUP | |
| EHF European Cup Winners' Cup | |
| EHF Challenge Cup | |
| (M) | Last season champions |
Relegation playoff
| society | R. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | UHK Krems | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 362: 283 | +79 | 18th |
| 2. | UHC UNIQA Stockerau | 10 | 7th | 0 | 3 | 297: 303 | −6 | 14th |
| 3. | HSG Graz | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 277: 280 | −3 | 10 |
| 4th | UHC Volksbank Gänserndorf | 10 | 4th | 0 | 6th | 262: 273 | −11 | 8th |
| 5. | Wohnsinn Union Leoben | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7th | 281: 301 | −20 | 6th |
| 6th | ULZ Spark. black | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8th | 261: 300 | −39 | 4th |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Handball Bundesliga | |
Web links
- League statistics ( Memento from October 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )