Austrian handball championship 2015/16

Austrian handball championship 2014/15

master	Handball club Fivers Margareten
Champions League	Alpla HC Hard
European Cup	Bregenz handball
Teams	10
Games	152 (of which 152 played)
Gates	8686 (ø 57.14 per game)
spectator	103436 (ø 681 per game)
Top scorer	Anton Prakapenia , Tobias Schopf (122 goals)
yellow cards	860 (ø 5.66 per game)
Time penalties	1330 (ø 8.75 per game)
Red cards	72 (ø 0.47 per game)
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Handball Bundesliga Austria 2015/16 ↓

The 55th season of the Austrian handball championship began in August 2015. The reigning champion of the 2014/15 season is Alpla HC Hard .

Handball League Austria

Ten teams are represented in the top division, the HLA. The championship is divided into several phases. In the main round, all teams play a simple round trip against each opponent. After that, the league is divided into two groups.

The first five teams play in a further round-trip for placement in the HLA quarter-finals. The last five teams play for the first three places, which also qualify for the quarter-finals. The qualification will also be played in a round trip. The two worst-placed teams play a best-of-three series against relegation.

HSG Bärnbach / Köflach

ECE Bulls Bruck

Handball Tyrol

HC Linz AG

UHK Krems

Associations of the HLA 2015/16

League leader

Bottom of the table

Tobias Schopf top scorer in the 2015/16 regular season

Anton Prakapenia top scorer of the 2015/16 regular season

Basic pass HLA

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	18th	17th	0	1	627: 499	+128	34: 2
2.	Bregenz handball	18th	12	1	5	541: 503	+38	25:11
3.	Moser Medical UHK Krems	18th	10	3	5	529: 503	+26	23:13
4th	Alpla HC Hard (M)	18th	10	0	7th	535: 493	+42	20:14
5.	Union JURI Leoben	18th	9	1	8th	515: 544	−29	19:17
6th	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	18th	8th	2	8th	519: 510	+9	18:18
7th	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	6th	1	11	493: 517	−24	13:23
8th.	ECE Bulls Bruck	18th	4th	3	11	484: 525	−41	11:25
9.	HC Linz AG	18th	4th	1	13	504: 561	−57	9:27
10.	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	18th	3	0	15th	447: 539	−92	6:30

Legend

Upper playoff

Lower playoff

(M) - Last season champions

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	2	4th	6th	6th	8th	10	10	11	13	13	15th	17th	19th	21st	23	23	23	25th
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	2	2	2	4th	4th	6th	7th	8th	10	10	10	10	10	12	14th	16	16	18th
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	0	0	1	3	5	5	5	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	9	11	11	11	11	11
	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4th	4th	5	5	7th	9	9	9
	0	2	2	2	2	4th	4th	4th	4th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
Green = win • Yellow = draw • Red = defeat

List of goalscorers basic round

placement	player	society	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1	Anton Prakapenia	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	18th	122	3/6	119
1	Tobias Schopf	Moser Medical UHK Krems	18th	122	36/47	86
3	Nikola Bilyk	Handball club Fivers Margareten	18th	121	18/21	103
4th	Espen Lie Hansen	Bregenz handball	18th	117	5/7	112
5	Benas Petreikis	Union JURI Leoben	18th	109	12/19	97
6th	Julius Hoflehner	HC Linz AG	16	108	0/0	108
7th	Sebastian Frimmel	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	102	37/51	65
8th	Martin Breg	ECE Bulls Bruck	18th	101	32/44	69
9	Vlatko Mitkov	Moser Medical UHK Krems	18th	96	5/5	91
10	Goran Kolar	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	18th	94	26/36	68

Playoffs

The first five teams of the regular round played in a further round-trip for the placement in the HLA quarter-finals. The last five teams played for the first three places which also qualified for the quarter finals. The qualification was also played out in a round trip. The two worst-placed teams play a best of three series against relegation. Each team started the playoff phase with the halved points of the regular season, with odd numbers rounded up. In the lower playoff, the youth national team from 1996 also took part out of competition, it played an away game against each team.

Upper playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	8th	6th	0	2	251: 232	+19	29: 4
2.	Bregenz handball	8th	4th	1	3	223: 217	+6	22: 7
3.	Alpla HC Hard (M)	8th	5	0	3	226: 204	+22	21: 6
4th	UHK Krems	8th	4th	0	4th	244: 232	+12	20: 8
5.	Union JURI Leoben	8th	0	1	7th	202: 261	−59	11:15

Lower playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball Tyrol	9	7th	0	2	260: 245	+15	23: 4
2.	SG Handball West Vienna	9	5	1	3	253: 234	+19	18: 6
3.	HC Linz AG	9	5	1	3	271: 254	+17	16: 7
4th	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach	9	5	1	3	257: 244	+13	14: 7
5.	ECE Bulls Bruck	9	1	1	7th	231: 254	−23	9:15
6th	Team 96	5	0	0	5	123: 164	−41	0:10

Legend

Quarter finals

Relegation games

Final series

Final series tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

OPL1

Fivers Margareten

2

UPL3

HC Linz AG

0

OPL1

Fivers Margareten

2

OPL4

UHK Krems

0

OPL4

UHK Krems

2

OPL5

Union JURI Leoben

1

OPL1

Fivers Margareten

2

OPL2

Bregenz handball

0

OPL2

Bregenz handball

2

UPL2

SG Handball West Vienna

0

OPL2

Bregenz handball

2

OPL3

Alpla HC Hard

0

OPL3

Alpla HC Hard

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.

Handball club Fivers Margareten (OPL1) - HC Linz AG (UPL3)
April, 30th	Handball club Fivers Margareten 19 Bilyk	38 : 25 ( 21 : 13)	HC Linz AG 8 ash makers
May 3rd	HC Linz AG 11 Lehner	29: 37 (14: 19 )	Handball club Fivers Margareten 8 fire alarms
Final score in the series: 2-0

Bregenz Handball (OPL2) - SG Handball West Vienna (UPL2)
April, 30th	Bregenz handball 8 bammers	31 : 25 ( 15 : 11)	SG Handball West Vienna 8 Schiffleitner
May 3rd	SG Handball West Vienna 4 Pratschner, Strazdas , Miljak , Schiffleitner	22: 30 (10: 11 )	Bregenz handball 9 Hedin
Final score in the series: 2-0

UHK Krems (OPL4) - Union Leoben (OPL5)
April, 30th	UHK Krems 9 forelock	27: 30 (13: 13)	Union Leoben 7 donors
May 4th	Union Leoben 6 petreikis	24: 35 ( 6:16 )	UHK Krems 6 forelock
May 6th	UHK Krems 10 forelock	32 : 24 ( 15:10 )	Union Leoben 7 Jandl
Final score in the series: 2: 1

Alpla HC Hard (OPL3) - Handball Tirol (UPL1)
April 29	Alpla HC Hard 7 Zeiner	26 : 25 (11: 13 )	Handball Tyrol 6 Djukic
May 4th	Handball Tyrol 9 Djukic	22: 27 (10: 12 )	Alpla HC Hard 7 Schmid
Final score in the series: 2-0

HLA semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals are qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals move into the final of the Handball League Austria.

Handball club Fivers Margareten (OPL1) - UHK Krems (OPL3)
May 13th	Handball club Fivers Margareten 9 Žiūra	37 : 34 (13, 29: 13, 29)	UHK Krems 10 Mitkov
May 16	UHK Krems 12 forelock	24: 30 ( 8:14 )	Handball club Fivers Margareten 8 Martinović , Bilyk
Final score in the series: 2-0

Bregenz Handball (OPL2) - Alpla HC Hard (OPL3)
12th of May	Bregenz handball 8 Esegovic	32 : 26 (14: 16 )	Alpla HC Hard 5 Schmid , Zeiner
May 16	Alpla HC Hard 7 Zeiner	23: 25 ( 13:10 )	Bregenz handball 5 Esegovic
Final score in the series: 2-0

HLA Final (Best of three)

Final: Handball club Fivers Margareten (OPL1) - Bregenz Handball (OPL2)
May 24th	Handball club Fivers Margareten 7 Wöss	30 : 26 ( 13 , 25: 10, 25)	Bregenz handball 7 bammers
May 27th	Bregenz handball 5 breakfasts	18: 24 ( 11 : 9)	Handball club Fivers Margareten 11 Bilyk

HLA final score

	society
1.	Handball club Fivers Margareten
2.	Bregenz handball
3.	Alpla HC Hard (M)
4th	UHK Krems
5.	Union JURI Leoben
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	217	67/86	150
2	Nikola Bilyk	Handball club Fivers Margareten	HLA	210	28/35	182
3	Martin Breg	ECE Bulls Bruck	HLA	178	70/91	108
4th	Anton Prakapenja	Handball Tyrol	HLA	176	7/11	169
5	Vlatko Mitkov	UHK Krems	HLA	163	11/11	152
5	Ante Ešegović	Bregenz handball	HLA	163	64/87	99
7th	Vytautas Žiūra	Handball club Fivers Margareten	HLA	162	34/41	128
8th	Benas Petreikis	Union Leoben	HLA	155	14/24	141
9	Julius Hoflehner	HC Linz AG	HLA	152	0/0	152
10	Tobias Varvne	Bregenz handball	HLA	148	0/0	144

All-Star Team

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

		Image is missing
Left winger Tobias Schopf ( UHK Krems )		Circle player Bojan Beljanski ( Bregenz Handball )		Right winger David Brandfellner ( Handball Club Fivers Margareten )
	Back room left Nikola Bilyk ( handball club Fivers Margareten )		Right back room Vlatko Mitkov ( UHK Krems )
		Back center Vytautas Žiūra ( Handball club Fivers Margareten )

		Goalkeeper Kristian Pilipovic ( Handball Club Fivers Margareten )

	Handball Player of the Year Vytautas Žiūra (Handball Club Fivers Margareten)

Individual evidence

↑ Ziura again voted Austria's handball player of the year. hla.at, May 31, 2016, archived from the original on June 2, 2016 ; Retrieved August 19, 2016 .

[1] Ziura again voted Austria's handball player of the year. hla.at, May 31, 2016, archived from the original on June 2, 2016 ; Retrieved August 19, 2016 .