Handball Bundesliga Austria

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Bundesliga men

Current season 2016/17
sport Handball
abbreviation HBA
Association Austrian Handball Federation
Teams 10
Country countries Austria
Website handballbundesliga.at
↑ Handball League Austria (I)

The spusu Challenge (until 2018 Handball Bundesliga Austria ) is the second highest league of men in Austrian handball . Like the top division, the spusu league , it is played by the Austrian Handball Federation .

Game mode

The league is played in a basic round and in subsequent play-off rounds for promotion and relegation, with the best five in the promotion play-off for promotion to the HLA and the last five in the lower play-off (UPO) play against relegation to the regional league.

The first of the promotion play-offs plays against the fourth and the second against the third in a series in the best-of-3 mode (Bo3) for a place in the final, which in turn is played as a Bo3 series. The final winner is determined as a fixed climber.

The bottom two of the UPO's standings have to fight relegation from the Bundesliga in a Bo3 series.

Attendees

In the current season 2016/17 the following teams are represented in the league:

See also

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