National League A (handball) 2001/02

National League A
master	Pathfinder Winterthur
Cup winners	Wacker Thun
Teams	8th
Games	124  (of which 124 played)
Gates	7126  (ø 57.47 per game)
spectator	105421  (ø 850 per game)
Top scorer	Cho Chi-Hyo  (304 goals)
Time penalties	922  (ø 7.44 per game)
Red cards	8  (ø 0.06 per game)
← National League A 2000/01 National League A 2002/03 →
National League B 2001/02 ↓

Teams

The 2001/02 season is the 53rd regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

mode

The 8 teams play a quadruple round of 28 games each.

After the main round, the teams in ranks 1 to 4 play a playoff (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winner of the playoffs becomes Swiss champions.

The teams in ranks 7th and 8th play a promotion / relegation round with the first two of the NLB.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Pathfinder Winterthur	28	19th	02	07th	0831: 7400	+91	0040:1600
02.		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	18th	03	07th	0846: 7640	+82	0039:1700
03.		Grasshopper Club Zurich	28	17th	01	10	0772: 7200	+52	0035:2100
04th		Wacker Thun	28	17th	01	10	0771: 7310	+40	0035:2100
05.		TV Suhr	28	15th	02	11	0779: 7350	+44	0032:2400
06th		Cadets Schaffhausen	28	14th	01	13	0744: 7490	−5	0029:2700
07th		TV Endingen	28	03	01	24	0698: 8400	−142	0007:4900
08th.		TV Zofingen	28	03	01	24	0654: 8160	−162	0007:4900

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round 2001/02:

 Qualification for the playoffs

 Season ended

 Promotion / Relegation Round

At the end of the 2000/01 season:
(M) - Swiss champions 2000/01: TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
(C) - Cup winners 2000/01: TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
(A) - promoted from the National League B 2000 / 01:

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Cho Chi-Hyo	304	8.7	Pathfinder Winterthur
2	Beum-Yun Cho	291	7.9	Grasshopper Club Zurich
3	Martin Friedli	220	7.1	Wacker Thun
4th	Andreas Dittert	180	5.5	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
5	Thomas Gautschi	177	5.1	Pathfinder Winterthur
6th	Philippe Schaaf	161	6th	TV Suhr
7th	Robert Kostadinovich-Leach	158	5.6	TV Suhr
8th	Edin Basic	157	6.5	TV Endingen
9	Szymon Szczucki	151	6th	Cadets Schaffhausen
10	Manuel Liniger	145	4.1	Pathfinder Winterthur

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	25700	1511
2	Pathfinder Winterthur	16950	941
3	Wacker Thun	13940	929
4th	Cadets Schaffhausen	12665	904
5	Grasshopper Club Zurich	14460	803
6th	TV Suhr	10816	772
7th	TV Zofingen	6720	480
8th	TV Endingen	4170	297
total		105421	850
As of July 29, 2017

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TV Endingen	06th	03	02	01	0171: 1590	+12	0008: 4000
02.		TV Zofingen	06th	02	03	01	0162: 1570	+5	0007: 5000
03.		HC GS Stäfa	06th	02	01	03	0148: 1530	−5	0005: 7000
04th		BSV Bern	06th	02	00	04th	0151: 1630	−12	0004: 8000

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of promotion / relegation round 2001/02:

 NLA in the 2002/03 season

 NLB in the 2002/03 season

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
	4th	Wacker Thun	0
						1	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
						3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1
	2	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2
	3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3

Semifinals

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Wacker Thun	3-0	33:26	32:30	34:28	-	-
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2: 3	30:34	26:25	20:29	34:29	26:27

final

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 1	27:31	33:30	29:24	33:24	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
3. ↑ All play-offs 1994 to 2015 in the flash view. (PDF) Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; Retrieved April 11, 2017 .