Austrian handball championship 2018/19

Austrian handball championship 2018/19
master	UHK Krems
European Cup	Alpla HC Hard , SG Handball West Vienna
Relegated	Union Leoben
Teams	10
← Austrian handball championship 2017/18 Austrian Handball Championship 2019/20 →
Handball Bundesliga Austria 2018/19 ↓

The 58th season of the Austrian handball championship began in August 2018. The reigning champions of the 2017/18 season is the handball club Fivers Margareten .

Handball League Austria

Ten teams are represented in the top division, the spusu league. 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 Union Leoben Handball Tyrol HC Linz AG UHK Krems

Associations of the HLA 2018/19

Main round HLA

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	UHK Krems	18th	13	1	4th	524: 481	+43	27: 9
2.	Alpla HC Hard	18th	10	4th	4th	467: 437	+30	24:12
3.	HSG Graz	18th	10	2	6th	468: 466	+2	22:14
4th	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	9	2	7th	504: 470	+34	20:16
5.	Bregenz handball	18th	8th	4th	6th	482: 455	+27	20:16
6th	Handball club Fivers Margareten (M)	18th	8th	3	7th	514: 502	+12	19:17
7th	Handball Tyrol	18th	7th	5	6th	476: 462	+14	19:17
8th.	Union Leoben	18th	6th	2	10	510: 550	−40	14:22
9.	SC Ferlach	18th	4th	2	12	521: 562	−31	10:26
10.	HC Linz AG	18th	2	1	15th	472: 553	−81	5:31

Legend
	Upper playoff
	Lower playoff
(M)	Last season champions

List of goalscorers main round

placement	player	society	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
1	Nemanja Beloš	HSG Graz	18th	108	19/21	89
2	Dean Pomorisac	SC Ferlach	17th	106	9/13	97
3	Sebastian Spendier	Handball Tyrol	18th	102	18/26	84
4th	Viggo Kristjansson	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	99	21/31	78
4th	Julian Pratschner	SG Handball West Vienna	18th	99	23/26	76
6th	Damir Djukic	Union Leoben	18th	96	1/2	95
7th	Vlatko Mitkov	Bregenz handball	17th	92	31/46	61
8th	Christian Hallmann	Union Leoben	18th	91	27/32	64
9	Marko Tanasković	Union Leoben	16	90	0/0	90
10	Advertisement Ratajec	SC Ferlach	18th	85	34/40	51

Placement round

The first five teams in the main round played in a further round-trip 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 were rounded up.

Bonus round

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	UHK Krems	8th	6th	0	2	228: 204	+24	26: 4
2.	Alpla HC Hard	8th	5	1	2	213: 194	+19	23: 5
3.	SG Handball West Vienna	8th	4th	0	4th	214: 207	+7	18: 8
4th	HSG Graz	8th	2	1	5	206: 223	−17	16:11
5.	Bregenz handball	8th	2	0	6th	186: 2019	−33	14:12
Final score

Qualifying round

	society	R.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Handball club Fivers Margareten (M)	8th	6th	1	1	251: 225	+26	23: 3
2.	Handball Tyrol	8th	4th	0	4th	208: 215	−7	18: 8
3.	SC Ferlach	8th	5	0	3	236: 229	+7	15: 6
4th	Union Leoben	8th	2	1	5	221: 236	−15	12:11
5.	HC Linz AG	8th	1	2	5	219: 230	−11	7:12
Stand: Final stand

Legend
	Quarter finals
	Relegation games

Spusu Liga Relegation Games (Best of three)

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

Union Leoben (UPL9) - HC Linz AG (UPL10) April 27 Union Leoben 9 Wulz 31  : 25 ( 17  : 12) HC Linz AG 10 Predragović May 4th HC Linz AG 12 Predragović 33  : 31 ( 16  : 13) Union Leoben 9 Tanasković May 11th Union Leoben 7 Djukic 31: 38 (16, 29: 16, 29) HC Linz AG 12 Predragović Final score in the series: 1: 2

Final series

Final series tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

OPL1

UHK Krems

2

UPL3

SC Ferlach

0

OPL1

UHK Krems

2

UPL1

Fivers Margareten

0

OPL4

HSG Graz

0

UPL1

Fivers Margareten

2

OPL1

UHK Krems

3

OPL2

Alpla HC Hard

2

OPL2

Alpla HC Hard

2

UPL2

Handball Tyrol

1

OPL2

Alpla HC Hard

2

OPL3

SG Handball West Vienna

1

OPL3

SG Handball West Vienna

2

OPL5

Bregenz handball

0

Spusu Liga quarter finals

All participants in the bonus round and the first three in the qualifying round are qualified for the quarter-finals. The top four in the bonus round can 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.

UHK Krems (OPL1) - SC Ferlach (UPL3) April 27 UHK Krems 8 Jochmann 32  : 22 ( 16  : 11) SC Ferlach 6 Rath April 29 SC Ferlach 8 Golcar 24: 33 (13: 17 ) UHK Krems 6 sheep Final score in the series: 2-0

Alpla HC Hard (OPL2) - Handball Tirol (UPL2) April 27 Alpla HC Hard 6 Schweighofer 17: 19 ( 5:10 ) Handball Tyrol 5 Feichtinger April, 30th Handball Tyrol 5 Wanitschek , Rafnsson 18: 25 (9: 13 ) Alpla HC Hard 8 Zeiner May 4th Alpla HC Hard 6 Raschle 25  : 15 ( 9  : 3) Handball Tyrol 4 donors Final score in the series: 2: 1

SG Handball West Vienna (OPL3) - Bregenz Handball (OPL5) 26th of April SG Handball West Vienna 6 Kristjánsson 28  : 22 ( 17  : 9) Bregenz handball 6 Ćorić April, 30th Bregenz handball 6 Lampert 21: 25 ( 6:12 ) SG Handball West Vienna 7 Kristjánsson Final score in the series: 2-0

HSG Graz (OPL4) - Handball club Fivers Margareten (UPL1) 26th of April HSG Graz 7 Skol 25: 34 (12: 18 ) Handball club Fivers Margareten 8 Pehlivan April 29 Handball club Fivers Margareten 6 Pehlivan 35  : 29 (14: 14) HSG Graz 7 Beloš Final score in the series: 0: 2

Spusu Liga semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals are qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals move on to the final of the spusu league.

UHK Krems (OPL1) - Handball club Fivers Margareten (UPL1) May 11th UHK Krems 6 Jochmann , Kandolf 30  : 26 ( 14  : 9) Handball club Fivers Margareten 6 Žiūra , Brandfellner May 14th Handball club Fivers Margareten 7 Wagner 28: 30 ( 17  : 14) UHK Krems 9 Posch Final score in the series: 2-0

Alpla HC Hard (OPL2) -  SG Handball West Vienna (OPL3) 10th of May Alpla HC Hard 5 Zmavc 26  : 25 ( 15 , 23: 11, 23) SG Handball West Vienna 6 Kristjansson May 13th SG Handball West Vienna 8 Kristjansson 29  : 22 ( 14  : 12) Alpla HC Hard 4 Zivkovic , Zeiner , Schweighofer 17th of May Alpla HC Hard 7 Zeiner 29  : 25 ( 14  : 12) SG Handball West Vienna 5 Pratschner Final score in the series: 2: 1

Spusu Liga Final (Best of five)

Final:  UHK Krems (OPL1) - Alpla HC Hard (OPL2)
May 25, 2019, 8:20 pm	UHK Krems 7 Posch	29  : 27 ( 15  : 13)	Alpla HC Hard 6 Schmid , Zivkovic
May 28, 2019, 8:20 pm	Alpla HC Hard 5 Raschle , Zeiner	22  : 18 ( 10  : 8)	UHK Krems 4 Jochmann , Kandolf , Simek
0June 1, 2019, 8:20 pm	UHK Krems 7 Jochmann	30  : 26 (15:15)	Alpla HC Hard 5 Zivkovic , Horvat
0June 4, 2019, 8:20 pm	Alpla HC Hard 6 Raschle	25  : 23 (14: 14)	UHK Krems 5 Hajdu
0June 8, 2019, 8:20 pm	UHK Krems 7 Kandolf	27  : 22 ( 15  : 11)	Alpla HC Hard 5 Raschle , Schmid
Final score in the series: 3-2

	TV broadcasts from Laola1.tv
	TV broadcasts from ORF SPORT +
	TV broadcasts from Laola1.tv and ORF SPORT +

Spusu Liga final score

	society
1.	UHK Krems
2.	Alpla HC Hard
3.	SG Handball West Vienna
4th	Handball club Fivers Margareten
5.	HSG Graz
6th	Bregenz handball
7th	Handball Tyrol
8th.	SC Ferlach
9.	HC Linz AG
10.	Union Leoben

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

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 Julian Pratschner ( SG Handball West Vienna )				Circle player Fabian Posch ( UHK Krems )				Right winger David Brandfellner ( Handball Club Fivers Margareten )
		Back room left Lucijan Fižuleto ( UHK Krems )				Right back room Viggó Kristjánsson ( SG Handball West Vienna )
				Back room middle Jakob Jochmann ( UHK Krems )
				Image is missing
				Goalkeeper Thomas Eichberger ( HSG Graz )
		Handball player of the year Fabian Posch (UHK Krems)

Television broadcasts

In the spusu Liga 2018/19 season, 50 live games were broadcast on Laola1.tv and 24 live games on ORF SPORT + . The semifinals and finals will be broadcast in conference on both channels.

Venues

The venues are arranged according to the capacity of the stadiums.

society	Stadion	capacity	opening
HSG Graz	Raiffeisen Sports Park Graz	3000	2018
Alpla HC Hard	Sports hall by the lake	2280	2005
Bregenz handball	Sports hall Rieden-Vorloster	1600	2004
UHK Krems	Sports • Halle • Krems	1428
Handball club Fivers Margareten	Margareten sports hall	1200	2003
HC Linz AG	Sport-Neue Mittelschule Linz Kleinmünchen	1200	1979
SG Handball West Vienna	BSFZ Südstadt	1200	1975
Handball Tyrol	East Hall Schwaz	1000
Union Leoben	Leoben-Donawitz sports hall	850
SC Ferlach	Ball game hall Ferlach	800

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Table OPR of the HLA. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed December 19, 2018 . 
3. ^ Table UPR of the HLA. oehb-handball.liga.nu, accessed December 19, 2018 . 
4. ^ Match report 1. AS Union Leoben - HC Linz AG. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Match report 2. AS HC Linz AG - Union Leoben. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 4, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Match report 3. AS Union Leoben - HC Linz AG. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 11, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Match report 1. VF UHK Krems - SC Ferlach. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Match report 2. VF SC Ferlach - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 29, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Match report 1. VF Alpla HC Hard - Handball Tirol. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 27, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Match report 2. VF Handball Tirol - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 30, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Match report 3. VF Alpla HC Hard - Handball Tirol. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 4, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Match report 1. VF SG Handball West Vienna - Bregenz Handball. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 26, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Match report 2. VF Bregenz Handball - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 30, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
14. ^ Match report 1. VF HSG Graz - Handball club Fivers Margareten. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 26, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Match report 2. VF Handball Club Fivers Margareten - HSG Graz. oehb-handball.liga.nu, April 29, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
16. ^ Match report 1. HF UHK Krems - Handball club Fivers Margareten. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 11, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Match report 2. HF Handball Club Fivers Margareten - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 14, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
18. ^ Match report 1. HF Alpla HC Hard - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 10, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Match report 2. HF SG Handball West Vienna - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 13, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Match report 3. HF Alpla HC Hard - SG Handball West Vienna. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 17, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
21. ↑ Match report 1. F UHK Krems - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 25, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Match report 2. F Alpla HC Hard - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, May 28, 2019, accessed on May 29, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Match report 3. F UHK Krems - Alpla HC Hard. oehb-handball.liga.nu, June 1, 2019, accessed on June 2, 2019 . 
24. ↑ Match report 4. F Alpla HC Hard - UHK Krems. oehb-handball.liga.nu, June 4, 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019 . 
25. ↑ Krems wins the championship title in Austria in the fifth game of the final series. handball-world.news, June 8, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 . 
26. ↑ Christian Ciemalla: Bundesliga overtaken by the French LNH in the nation ranking. handball-world.news, May 18, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2019 . 
27. ↑ Altina Berisha and Fabian Posch decide Wahl for themselves. oehb.at, June 10, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2019 . 
28. ↑ Spusu Handball-Liga and Laola1 extend their cooperation until 2022. horizont.at, accessed on May 19, 2019 . 
29. ↑ 3rd semifinals: for the first time in a live conference on ORF Sport + and Laola1.tv. handball-westwien.at, accessed on May 19, 2019 . 
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31. ^ Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz - Official opening. In: sportunion-steiermark.at. sportunion steiermark, accessed on January 31, 2020 . 
32. ↑ Club profile Alpla HC Hard. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
33. ↑ Bregenz Handball club profile. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
34. ^ Association profile UHK Krems. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
35. ^ Club profile handball club Fivers Margareten. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
36. ↑ Margareten sports hall. In: wien.gv.at. City of Vienna, accessed on January 31, 2020 . 
37. ^ Club profile HC Linz AG. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
38. ^ The history of the sports NMS Linz-Kleinmünchen. sportnms-linz.com, accessed January 31, 2020 . 
39. ^ Club profile SG Handball West Vienna. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
40. ^ Club profile Handball Tirol. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
41. ^ Club profile Union Leoben. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 . 
42. ^ Club profile of SC Ferlach. In: spusuliga.at. spusu LIGA, accessed on August 8, 2018 .