Austrian handball championship 2017/18

Austrian handball championship 2017/18
Champions League	Alpla HC Hard
European Cup	Bregenz Handball , SG Handball West Vienna
Climbers	HC Bruck
Relegated	Union Leoben
Teams	10
Top scorer	Srđan Predragović  (180 goals)
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Handball Bundesliga Austria 2017/18 ↓

The 57th season of the Austrian handball championship started in August 2017. The reigning champion of the 2016/17 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.

Bregenz handball HC Hard Fivers West Vienna HSG Graz SC Ferlach HC Bruck Handball Tyrol HC Linz AG UHK Krems

Associations of the HLA 2017/18

Main round HLA

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	18th	14th	1	3	539: 496	+43	29: 7
2.	Alpla HC Hard (M)	18th	14th	0	4th	526: 448	+78	28: 8
3.	Bregenz handball	18th	11	2	5	502: 478	+24	24:12
4th	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	10	2	6th	515: 490	+25	22:14
5.	Moser Medical UHK Krems	18th	10	2	6th	541: 514	+27	22:14
6th	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	18th	7th	2	9	469: 460	+9	16:20
7th	HC Linz AG	18th	8th	0	10	521: 524	−3	16:20
8th.	SC Ferlach	18th	3	3	12	442: 516	−29	9:27
9.	HSG Graz	18th	3	1	14th	479: 520	−41	7:29
10.	HC Bruck	18th	3	1	14th	440: 528	−88	7:29

Legend
	Upper playoff
	Lower playoff
(M)	Last season champions

List of goalscorers main round

placement	player	society	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1	Srđan Predragović	HC Linz AG	18th	180	53/66	127
2	Dean Pomorisac	SC Ferlach	17th	119	11/16	108
3	Viggo Kristjansson	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	109	45/50	64
4th	Martin Breg	HC Bruck	18th	106	18/30	88
5	Nemanja Belos	HSG Graz	14th	105	1/1	104
6th	Dominik Schmid	Alpla HC Hard	18th	100	14/26	86
7th	Luka Kikanović	Bregenz handball	18th	98	26/31	72
8th	Fabian Posch	UHK Krems	18th	96	0/0	96
8th	Vytautas Žiūra	Handball club Fivers Margareten	18th	96	29/37	67
10	Sebastian Frimmel	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	94	9/14	85

Placement round

The first five teams in the main round played in a further round-trip round for the voting order for the HLA quarter-finals. The last five teams played for the first three places which also qualified for the quarter finals. The qualification is also played out in a round trip. The two worst-placed teams play a best of three series against relegation. Each team started the placement round with halved points from the main round; odd numbers are rounded up.

Upper playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Alpla HC Hard (M)	8th	7th	1	0	229: 199	+30	29: 1
2.	Handball club Fivers Margareten	8th	4th	0	4th	222: 223	−1	23: 8
3.	Moser Medical UHK Krems	8th	4th	0	4th	236: 243	−7	19: 8
4th	SG Handball West Vienna	8th	2	1	5	219: 217	+2	16:11
5.	Bregenz handball	8th	2	0	6th	203: 227	−24	16:12

Lower playoff

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	HC Linz AG	8th	5	0	3	239: 234	+5	18: 6
2.	SC Ferlach	8th	6th	0	2	219: 209	+10	17: 4
3.	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	8th	4th	0	4th	206: 205	+1	16: 8
4th	HSG Graz	8th	4th	0	4th	226: 220	+6	12: 8
5.	HC Bruck	8th	1	0	7th	204: 226	−22	6:14

Legend
	Quarter finals
	Relegation games

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 .

HSG Graz (UPL9) - HC Bruck (UPL10) April 28 HSG Graz 7 Belos 31  : 25 ( 17  : 11) HC Bruck 8 Breg 5th of May HC Bruck 9 Breg 28  : 24 ( 13  : 11) HSG Graz 4 Ivanjko, Borovnik, Gesslbauer , Pusterhofer 12th of May HSG Graz 5 Belos 24  : 23 ( 14 : 12) HC Bruck 9 Breg Status in the series: 2: 1

Final series

Final series tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

2

UPL2

SC Ferlach

0

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

2

OPL4

SG Handball West Vienna

1

OPL4

SG Handball West Vienna

2

OPL5

Bregenz handball

0

OPL1

Alpla HC Hard

1

OPL2

Fivers Margareten

3

OPL2

Fivers Margareten

2

UPL1

HC Linz AG

0

OPL2

Fivers Margareten

2

OPL3

UHK Krems

1

OPL3

UHK Krems

2

UPL3

Handball Tyrol

1

HLA quarter finals

For the quarter-finals, all participants of the top and the top three of the bottom playoff are qualified. The top four of the top playoffs may choose their placement based on their opponents. Everything is played in best of three series, the winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.

Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - SC Ferlach (UPL2) April 27 Alpla HC Hard 8 Surać 34  : 17 ( 16:10  ) SC Ferlach 6 Pomorisac , Semikov 1st of May SC Ferlach 9 semikov 22: 30 (10: 16 ) Alpla HC Hard 7 Herburgers Final score in the series: 2-0

Handball club Fivers Margareten (OPL2) - HC Linz AG (UPL1) April 27 Handball club Fivers Margareten 5 silent 35  : 24 ( 17:10  ) HC Linz AG 8 Predragović 1st of May HC Linz AG 8 Ascherbauer , Bajgoric 29: 33 (15: 17 ) Handball club Fivers Margareten 7 Martinović Final score in the series: 2-0

UHK Krems (OPL3) - Handball Tirol (UPL3) April 27 UHK Krems 7 Feichtinger 28  : 25 ( 18  : 12) Handball Tyrol 5 Wanitschek , Helt Jepsen , Prakapenja 1st of May Handball Tyrol 7 prakapenja 28  : 27 ( 15  : 13) UHK Krems 6 Jochmann , Posch , Prokop , 5th of May UHK Krems 7 Jochmann 31  : 29 ( 16:18 ) Handball Tyrol 8 prakapenja Final score in the series: 2: 1

SG Handball West Vienna (OPL4) - Bregenz Handball (OPL5) April 27 SG Handball West Vienna 5 Jelinek 27  : 22 ( 15  : 8) Bregenz handball 6 Kikanović 1st of May Bregenz handball 5 Ešegović 23: 25 (10: 11 ) SG Handball West Vienna 7 leaders , Frimmel 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.

Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - SG Handball West Vienna (OPL4) May 9 Alpla HC Hard 6 Schmid 25: 26 ( 11:10  ) SG Handball West Vienna 6 Frimmel , Kristjansson May 13th SG Handball West Vienna 5 Jelinek 24: 29 (11: 12 ) Alpla HC Hard 5 Schmid , Tanasković May 15 Alpla HC Hard 7 Zivkovic 28  : 27 ( 13 , 24: 10, 24) SG Handball West Vienna 6 Jelinek Final score in the series: 2: 1

Handball club Fivers Margareten (OPL2) - UHK Krems (OPL3) May 9 Handball club Fivers Margareten 7 Žiūra 35  : 30 ( 20  : 14) UHK Krems 9 Feichtinger 12th of May UHK Krems 8 Feichtinger 30  : 23 ( 15  : 8) Handball club Fivers Margareten 4 Martinović I. , Kolar May 15 Handball club Fivers Margareten 6 Martinović I. 28  : 27 (11: 15 ) UHK Krems 7 Jochmann , Hajdu Final score in the series: 2: 1

HLA final (best of five)

Final: Alpla HC Hard (OPL1) - Handball Club Fivers Margareten (OPL2)
May 18	Alpla HC Hard 8 Zeiner	30 : 26 ( 12  : 11)	Handball club Fivers Margareten 12 I. Martinović
23. May	Handball club Fivers Margareten 5 Schweiger , Kolar	31  : 23 ( 14  : 12)	Alpla HC Hard 5 Surać
May 26	Alpla HC Hard 5 Tanasković	23: 30 (9: 16 )	Handball club Fivers Margareten 9 Žiūra
May 29th	Handball club Fivers Margareten 7 I. Martinović	26  : 24 ( 13:10  )	Alpla HC Hard 6 Raschle
Final score in the series: 1: 3

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 Sebastian Frimmel ( SG Handball West Vienna )				Circle player Fabian Posch ( UHK Krems )		Image is missing		Right winger Michael Knauth ( Alpla HC Hard )
		Left back room Dominik Schmid ( Alpla HC Hard )				Back room right Srđan Predragović ( HC Linz AG )
				Center back Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson ( SG Handball West Vienna )
				Goalkeeper Golub Doknić ( Alpla HC Hard )
		Handball player of the year Dominik Schmid (Alpla HC Hard)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Table GD of the HLA. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed on August 11, 2017 . 
2. ^ Table OPR of the HLA. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed December 27, 2017 . 
3. ^ Table UPR of the HLA. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed December 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Match report 1. AS HSG Graz - HC Bruck. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 28, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Match report 2. AS HC HSG Graz - HC Bruck. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 5, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Match report 3. AS HSG Graz - HC Bruck. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 12, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Schedule 1/4 final. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Match report 1. VF Alpla HC Hard - SC Ferlach. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Match report 2. VF SC Ferlach - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 1, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
10. ^ Match report 1. VF handball club Fivers Margareten - HC Linz AG. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
11. ^ Match report 2. VF HC Linz AG - Handball club Fivers Margareten. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 1, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Game report 1. VF UHK Krems - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Match report 2. VF SG Handball West Vienna - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 1, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Match report 3. VF UHK Krems - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 5, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Match report 1. VF SG Handball West Vienna - Bregenz Handball. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Match report 2. VF Bregenz Handball - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 1, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
17. ^ Match report 1. HF Alpla HC Hard - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 9, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Match report 2. HF Alpla HC Hard - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 13, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Match report 3. HF Alpla HC Hard - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 15, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
20. ^ Match report 1. HF handball club Fivers Margareten - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 9, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Match report 2. HF Handball Club Fivers Margareten - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 12, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
22. ↑ Match report 3rd HF handball club Fivers Margareten - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 15, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
23. ^ Match report 1. F Alpla HC Hard - Handball club Fivers Margareten. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 18, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
24. ↑ Match report 2. F handball club Fivers Margareten - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 23, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Match report 3. F Alpla HC Hard - Handball club Fivers Margareten. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 26, 2018, accessed on May 28, 2018 . 
26. ↑ Match report 4. F handball club Fivers Margareten - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 29, 2018, accessed on May 30, 2018 . 
27. ↑ Dominik Schmid Handball player of the year. hla.at, accessed on June 7, 2018 .