National League A (handball) 2002/03

National League A
master	Pathfinder Winterthur
Cup winners	Pathfinder Winterthur
Relegated	TV Endingen  TV Zofingen
Teams	8th
Games	119  (of which 119 played)
Gates	6851  (ø 57.57 per game)
spectator	100560  (ø 845 per game)
Top scorer	Martin Friedli  (236 goals)
Time penalties	1117  (ø 9.39 per game)
Red cards	11  (ø 0.09 per game)
← National League A 2001/02 National League A 2003/04 →
National League B 2002/03 ↓

Teams

The 2002/03 season is the 54th 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 7th ranked teams play a promotion / relegation round with the top two of the NLB.

The team in 8th place will be relegated directly to the NLB.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun (C)	28	22nd	02	04th	0901: 7100	+191	0046:1000
02.		Pfadi Winterthur (M)	28	17th	04th	07th	0896: 7740	+122	0038:1800
03.		Cadets Schaffhausen	28	18th	00	10	0859: 7450	+114	0036:2000
04th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	17th	01	10	0860: 7810	+79	0035:2100
05.		Grasshopper Club Zurich	28	16	02	10	0833: 7130	+120	0034:2200
06th		TV Suhr	28	13	00	15th	0741: 7540	−13	0026:3000
07th		TV Endingen	28	04th	01	23	0718: 8550	−137	0009:4700
08th.		TV Zofingen	28	00	00	28	0547: 1023	−476	0000:5600

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round 2002/03:

 Qualification for the playoffs

 Season ended

 Promotion / Relegation Round

Direct relegation to the NLB

At the end of the 2001/02 season:
(M) - Swiss champions 2001/02: Pfadi Winterthur
(C) - Cup winners 2001/02: Wacker Thun
(A) - promoted from the National League B 2001/02:

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Martin Friedli	236	7.2	Wacker Thun
2	Cho Chi-Hyo	201	7.2	Pathfinder Winterthur
3	Won Chul Paek	175	8.3	Pathfinder Winterthur
4th	Jovan Kovacevic	172	6.1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
5	Tamas Mocsai	169	6th	TV Suhr
6th	Pascal Kaufmann	168	6th	TV Zofingen
7th	Szymon Szczucki	162	5.8	Cadets Schaffhausen
8th	Manuel Liniger	154	4.7	Pathfinder Winterthur
9	Thomas Gautschi	151	4.6	Pathfinder Winterthur
10	Edin Basic	151	6.9	TV Endingen

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	26550	1770
2	Wacker Thun	17470	1027
3	Pathfinder Winterthur	14850	928
4th	Cadets Schaffhausen	13592	906
5	TV Suhr	9550	682
6th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	8850	632
7th	TV Endingen	6098	435
8th	TV Zofingen	3600	257
total		100560	845
As of July 29, 2017

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		BSV Bern	04th	03	00	01	0118: 1150	+3	0006: 2000
02.		RTV 1879 Basel	04th	02	01	01	0125: 1190	+6	0005: 3000
03.		TV Endingen	04th	00	01	03	0111: 1200	−9	0001: 7000

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of promotion / relegation round 2002/03:

 NLA in the 2003/04 season

 NLB in the 2003/04 season

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Wacker Thun	2
	4th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	0
						1	Wacker Thun	1
						2	Pathfinder Winterthur	2
	2	Pathfinder Winterthur	2
	3	Cadets Schaffhausen	0

Semifinals

Mode is best of three

			series	1	2	3
Wacker Thun	-	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2-0	32:26	36:25	-
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	2-0	27:22	27:24	-

final

Mode is best of three

			series	1	2	3
Wacker Thun	-	Pathfinder Winterthur	1: 2	29:24	24:26	29:34

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 .