The 47th season of the Austrian handball championship began in August 2007 and ended in May 2008. The reigning champions of the 2006/07 season A1 Bregenz was able to defend his title. The descent from the HLA which had SG Handball West Wien accept.
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 six teams played in the further rounds of the round to make it into the HLA semifinals, while the last four teams had to fight against the top four teams in the second division to stay in the league.