1st league (field handball)

1st League
Association	Handball Committee (HBA) of the Federal Gymnastics Club (ETV)
founding	1946
hierarchy	2nd level (until 1951 ), 3rd level (from 1952 )
↑ Nationalliga (until 1951 ), Nationalliga B (from 1952 ) ↓ 2nd division

The 1st league was the second highest division from 1946 to 1951 and the third highest division in Swiss field handball from 1952 to 1971 .

history

After a Swiss handball championship was held in one division for the first time in the first division in 1932, another division was introduced in 1935 with the second division .

With the season of 1946 , the 1st league succeeded the 2nd division as the second highest division, while the 1st division was replaced by the National League .

From the 1952 season onwards , the first division formed the third highest division, as the National League B was an additional division below the top division renamed from Nationalliga to Nationalliga A.

On May 15, 1971, it was decided in Olten to forego the further implementation of a Swiss championship in field handball. The league operation was discontinued after the 1971 season.

organization

The game was organized from the start by the handball committee (HBA) of the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Club, founded in 1939 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d e} Peter Weber : Swiss championships in field and small field handball. (PDF; 13.2 MB) 1932 - 1981. Swiss Handball Federation , 1981, accessed on May 18, 2017 .