Austrian handball championship 2013/14

Austrian handball championship 2013/14
master	Alpla HC Hard
Champions League	Alpla HC Hard
European Cup	Bregenz handball
Cup winners	Alpla HC Hard
Relegated	SC Ferlach
Teams	10
Games	147  (of which 147 played)
Gates	8944  (ø 60.84 per game)
spectator	103617  (ø 705 per game)
Top scorer	Tobias Schopf  (130 goals)
yellow cards	912  (ø 6.2 per game)
Time penalties	1214  (ø 8.26 per game)
Red cards	42  (ø 0.29 per game)
← Austrian Handball Championship 2012/13 Austrian Handball Championship 2014/15 →
Handball Bundesliga Austria 2013/14 ↓

The 53rd season of the Austrian handball championship began in August 2013. The reigning champions of the 2012/13 season Alpla HC Hard was able to defend the title. The SC Ferlach was relegated to the Handball Bundesliga Austria .

Bregenz handball HC Hard Fivers West Vienna Union Leoben HSG Bärnbach / Köflach SC Ferlach Handball Tyrol HC Linz AG UHK Krems

Associations of the HLA 2013/14

League leader

Bottom of the table

Tobias Schopf top scorer in the 2013/14 regular season

Handball League Austria

Ten teams are represented in the top division, the HLA. The championship is divided into several phases. First a main round is played, then the teams are divided into two groups and play in playoffs for a place in the HLA final.

Basic pass HLA

In the basic round, all teams played a simple round-trip round against every opponent. The first five teams qualify for the upper playoff while the remaining teams have to go to the lower playoff.

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Alpla HC Hard (M)	18th	14th	1	3	541: 447	+94	29: 7
2.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	18th	12	3	3	585: 504	+81	27: 9
3.	Bregenz handball	18th	11	3	4th	563: 512	+51	25:11
4th	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	12	1	5	536: 483	+53	25:11
5.	UHK Krems	18th	10	0	8th	510: 504	+6	20:16
6th	Handball Tyrol	18th	10	0	8th	490: 477	+13	20:16
7th	SC Ferlach	18th	5	0	13	493: 565	−72	10:26
8th.	Union Leoben	18th	5	0	13	549: 591	−42	10:26
9.	HC Linz AG	18th	4th	1	13	472: 562	−90	9:25
10.	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	18th	2	1	15th	485: 579	−94	5:31

Legend
	Upper playoff
	Lower playoff
(M)	Last season champions

List of goalscorers basic round

placement	player	society	Division	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1	Tobias Schopf	UHK Krems	HLA	130	35	95
2	Sasa Barisic-Jaman	Union Leoben	HLA	125	42	83
3	Goran Gorenac	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	HLA	118	21st	97
4th	Stefan Lehner	HC Linz AG	HLA	108	22nd	86
5	Miro Barisic	SC Ferlach	HLA	106	33	73
6th	Filip Gavranović	Bregenz handball	HLA	97	0	97
7th	Fabian Posch	SC Ferlach	HLA	95	7th	88
8th	Christoph Edelmüller	Handball club Fivers Margareten	HLA	94	18th	76
9	Domagoj Surać	Union Leoben	HLA	93	0	93
10	Povilas babarskas	Bregenz handball	HLA	89	0	89

Playoffs

The first five teams of the regular season play in a further round-trip for the placement in the HLA quarter-finals, with each team having to play a home game against the youth national team from the 1994 year. The last five teams play for the first three places which also qualify for the quarterfinals. The qualification will also be played out in a round trip plus a home game against Team 94. The two worst-placed teams play a best of three series against relegation.

Upper playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Alpla HC Hard (M)	9	6th	1	2	259: 240	+19	28: 5
2.	SG Handball West Vienna	9	5	2	2	266: 247	+19	25: 6
3.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	9	4th	1	4th	263: 255	+8	23: 9
4th	Bregenz handball	9	4th	1	4th	256: 240	+16	22: 9
5.	UHK Krems	9	3	1	5	224: 246	−22	17:11
6th	Team 94	5	0	0	5	123: 163	−40	0:10

Lower playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball Tyrol	9	4th	2	3	250: 237	+20	20: 8
2.	Union Leoben	9	3	3	3	242: 253	−11	14: 9
3.	HC Linz AG	9	4th	1	4th	232: 242	−10	14: 9
4th	SC Ferlach	9	4th	0	5	239: 236	+3	13:10
5.	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	9	4th	1	4th	247: 240	+7	12: 9
6th	Team 94	5	2	1	2	148: 150	−2	5: 5

Legend
	Quarter finals
	Relegation games

Final series

Final series tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

2

UPL3

HC Linz AG

0

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

2

OPL5

UHK Krems

0

OPL4

Bregenz handball

0

OPL5

UHK Krems

2

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

2

OPL3

HC Fivers Margareten

1

OPL2

SG Handball West Vienna

2

UPL2

Union Leoben

0

OPL2

SG Handball West Vienna

0

OPL3

HC Fivers Margareten

2

OPL3

HC Fivers Margareten

2

UPL1

Handball Tyrol

0

HLA quarter finals

For the quarter-finals, all participants of the top and the top three of the bottom playoff are qualified. The first against the eighth, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth placed from a table of upper and lower playoffs. Everything is played in best of three series, the winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.

Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - HC Linz AG (UPL3) April 25 Alpla HC Hard 7 Zeiner 35 : 21 ( 12:10  ) HC Linz AG 8 padezanine April 28 HC Linz AG 6 leaners 23: 33 (9: 15 ) Alpla HC Hard 6 Jochum , Tanaskovic Final score in the series: 2-0

SG Handball West Vienna (OPL2) - Union Leoben (UPL2) April 25 SG Handball West Vienna 7 strazdas 34 : 28 ( 15  : 13) Union Leoben 8 ragot April 28 Union Leoben 7 Surać 23: 33 (12: 15 ) SG Handball West Vienna 10 Machinek Final score in the series: 2-0

Bregenz Handball (OPL4) - UHK Krems (OPL5) April 25 Bregenz handball 7 Mayer 26: 27 (11: 14 ) UHK Krems 6 Schopf , Mitkov April 28 UHK Krems 6 Waltz , Schopf, Mitkov 27 : 24 (11: 14 ) Bregenz handball 7 Mayer Final score in the series: 0: 2

HC Fivers Margareten (OPL3) - Handball Tirol (UPL1) April 25 HC Fivers Margareten 7 Žiūra , Kirveliavičius 35 : 31 (16: 17 ) Handball Tyrol 11 Maraković April 28 Handball Tyrol 6 Maraković, Andriuska 32: 36 (11: 17 ) HC Fivers Margareten 10 Žiūra Final score in the series: 2-0

HLA semifinals

In the semi-finals, the winners of the quarter-finals play for a place in the HLA finals, whereby the matches are arranged according to the same scheme as in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals will also be played in best-of-three mode.

Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - UHK Krems (OPL5) May 9 Alpla HC Hard 7 Tanaskovic 26 : 23 (7: 9 ) UHK Krems 5 Schopf, Visy , Mitkov 12th of May UHK Krems 9 forelock 27: 28 ( 13  : 12) Alpla HC Hard 7 Zeiner Final score in the series: 2-0

SG Handball West Vienna (OPL2) - HC Fivers Margareten (OPL3) May 9 SG Handball West Vienna 6 Hermann 22: 28 (13: 14 ) HC Fivers Margareten 5 Eitutis May 13th HC Fivers Margareten 5 Edelmüller , Žiūra 30 : 27 (12: 13 ) SG Handball West Vienna 5 Wilczynski , Ivanović Final score in the series: 2-0

HLA Final (Best of three)

Final: Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - HC Fivers Margareten (OPL3)
23. May	Alpla HC Hard 6 Krsmančić	28 : 25 ( 13  : 11)	HC Fivers Margareten 7 Kirveliavičius
May 26	HC Fivers Margareten 7 Eitutis	27 : 25 ( 13:10  )	Alpla HC Hard 5 Schmid , Knauth
30th May	Alpla HC Hard 6 weavers	31 : 28 ( 15  : 12)	HC Fivers Margareten 4 Edelmüller, Žiūra, Kirveliavičius

HLA final score

	society
1.	Alpla HC Hard (M)
2.	Handball club Fivers Margareten
3.	SG Handball West Vienna
4th	UHK Krems
5.	Bregenz handball
6th	Handball Tyrol

Legend
	EHF Champions League
	EHF-CUP
	EHF Challenge Cup
(M)	Last season champions

List of goalscorers final score

placement	player	society	Division	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1	Tobias Schopf	UHK Krems	HLA	201	51	150
2	Stefan Lehner	HC Linz AG	HLA	170	45	125
3	Sasa Barisic-Jaman	Union Leoben	HLA	161	42	119
4th	Miro Barisic	SC Ferlach	HLA	158	46	112
5	Goran Gorenac	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	HLA	153	0	153
6th	Filip Gavranović	Bregenz handball	HLA	152	0	152
7th	Christoph Edelmüller	Handball club Fivers Margareten	HLA	146	24	122
8th	Lucas Mayer	Bregenz handball	HLA	145	0	145
8th	Vytautas Žiūra	Handball club Fivers Margareten	HLA	145	48	97
10	Domagoj Surać	Union Leoben	HLA	138	0	138

HLA relegation games (Best of three)

The last and penultimate of the lower playoffs play off relegation to the Handball Bundesliga Austria in three finals .

society	Gates	society
SC Ferlach	25:26	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach
HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	35:34	SC Ferlach

All-Star Team

After the end of the season, subsequent players were recognized for their achievements and were elected to the All-Star Team .

Left winger Thomas Weber ( Alpla HC Hard )				Circle player Christoph Edelmüller ( Handball Club Fivers Margareten )				Right winger Michael Knauth ( Alpla HC Hard )
		Left back room Dominik Schmid ( Alpla HC Hard )				Right back room Lucas Mayer ( Bregenz Handball )
				Back center Vytautas Žiūra ( Handball club Fivers Margareten )
				Goalkeeper Golub Doknić ( Alpla HC Hard )
		Handball Player of the Year Vytautas Žiūra (Handball Club Fivers Margareten)

Web links

• League statistics on sis-handball.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ziura & do Nascimento "Handball player of the year". oehb.sportlive.at, June 23, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2015 .