Baltic Handball League

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Baltic Handball League

Current season 2016/17
sport Handball
abbreviation BHL
League foundation 1993
Teams 8th
Country countries Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Belarus , Ukraine
Title holder Riihimaen Cocks
Record champions SKA Minsk (12)
Website baltichandball.net

The Baltic Handball League ( German  Baltic Handball League ) is a joint men's handball league of the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania as well as Finland , Belarus and Ukraine . The league was founded in 1993 and has no relegated or European Cup starting places.

mode

The league is divided into two groups. Six teams play in group A, five teams play for first place in group B. The four best teams from both groups qualify for the quarter-finals. In the first and second leg it is about participation in the Final Four.

Participants 2016/17

Group A:

  • BelarusBelarus SKA Minsk
  • LithuaniaLithuania Dragunas Klaipeda
  • EstoniaEstonia Viljandi Käsipalliklubi HC
  • EstoniaEstonia HC Kehra / Horizon Pulp & Paper
  • LatviaLatvia Celtnieks Riga
  • UkraineUkraine ZTR Zaporizhia

Group B:

  • FinlandFinland Riihimae Cocks
  • EstoniaEstonia Põlva Serviti
  • LatviaLatvia Tenax Dobele
  • LithuaniaLithuania Granitas-Karys Kaunas
  • LithuaniaLithuania VHC Šviesa Vilnius

Previous masters

  • 2019 Riihimaen Cocks
  • 2018 Riihimaen Cocks
  • 2017 Riihimaen Cocks
  • 2016 Riihimaen Cocks
  • 2015 SKA Minsk
  • 2014 SKA Minsk
  • 2013 SKA Minsk
  • 2012 HC Kehra
  • 2011 HC Kehra
  • 2010 Põlva Serviti
  • 2009 HC Dinamo Minsk
  • 2008 Põlva Serviti
  • 2007 HK ASK Riga
  • 2006 HC Kehra
  • 2005 GK Newa St. Petersburg
  • 2004 HK ASK Riga
  • 2003 HK ASK Riga
  • 2002 HK ASK Riga
  • 2001 SKA Minsk
  • 2000 SKA Minsk
  • 1999 SKA Minsk
  • 1998 SKA Minsk
  • 1997 SKA Minsk
  • 1996 SKA Minsk
  • 1995 SKA Minsk
  • 1994 SKA Minsk
  • 1993 SKA Minsk