National League A (handball) 2005/06

National League A
master	Cadets Schaffhausen
Cup winners	Wacker Thun
Teams	8th
Games	132  (of which 132 played)
Gates	7649  (ø 57.95 per game)
spectator	83899  (ø 636 per game)
Top scorer	Edin Basic  (240 goals)
Time penalties	1156  (ø 8.76 per game)
Red cards	9  (ø 0.07 per game)
← National League A 2004/05 National League A 2006/07 →
National League B 2005/06 ↓

Teams

The 2005/06 season is the 57th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

For testing purposes, the Swiss national team took part in league operations under the name "Schweiz Espoirs". They played out of competition.

mode

The 8 teams play a 3.5 professional round (+1 game against "Schweiz Espoirs") of 25 games each.

The best four teams in the main round will determine the Swiss champions in play-off style. The semi-finals and the final are played according to the best-of-five mode . The losers play in a placement round for ranks 3 and 4.

The other four teams from the main round play a playout. The winners of the first playout round play for positions 5 and 6. The losers of the first playout round 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.		Grasshopper Club Zurich	25th	20th	00	05	0755: 6630	+92	0040:1000
02.		Cadets Schaffhausen (M)	25th	17th	03	05	0727: 6230	+104	0037:1300
03.		Wacker Thun (C)	25th	15th	01	09	0718: 6840	+34	0031:1900
04th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	25th	13	02	10	0691: 6650	+26	0028:2200
05.		BSV Bern Muri	25th	10	01	14th	0684: 7200	−36	0021:2900
06th		SG Central Switzerland	25th	09	02	14th	0723: 7430	−20	0020:3000
07th		Pathfinder Winterthur	25th	07th	01	17th	0640: 7330	−93	0015:3500
08th.		TV Suhr	25th	06th	01	18th	0655: 7410	−86	0013:3700
09.		Switzerland Espoirs	08th	01	01	06th	0199: 2200	−21	0003:1300

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round 2005/06:
	Qualification for the playoffs
	Play-out
At the end of the 2004/05 season:
(M)	Swiss champions 2004/05: Cadets Schaffhausen
(C)	Cup winner 2004/05: Wacker Thun
(A)	Promoted from the National League B 2004/05:

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Edin Basic	240	8.3	TV Suhr
2	Radoslav Antl	201	6.1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
3	Benjamin Echaud	196	6.1	BSV Bern Muri
4th	Martin Engeler	190	6.8	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
5	Marco Kurth	167	5.6	Pathfinder Winterthur
6th	Jörn Ilper	167	5.1	SG Central Switzerland
7th	Aliaksei Usik	166	5.9	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
8th	David Staudenmann	146	4.7	BSV Bern Muri
9	Augustas Strazdas	144	4.5	SG Central Switzerland
10	Thomas Zimmermann	142	4.3	SG Central Switzerland

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	16600	1037
2	Cadets Schaffhausen	18295	1016
3	Wacker Thun	11100	693
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	9100	535
5	Pathfinder Winterthur	6830	455
6th	TV Suhr	6700	446
7th	SG Central Switzerland	7574	445
8th	BSV Bern Muri	7700	427
total		83899	636
As of July 29, 2017

Playout

	Playout					Placement round
	5	BSV Bern Muri	3
	8th	TV Suhr	2
						5	BSV Bern Muri	3
						6th	SG Central Switzerland	0
	6th	SG Central Switzerland	3
	7th	Pathfinder Winterthur	2

Playout

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
BSV Bern Muri	-	TV Suhr	3: 2	27:22	25:31	23:22	24:30	24:21
SG Central Switzerland	-	Pathfinder Winterthur	3: 2	25:27	26:23	35:29	25:33	36:28

Game for 5th / 6th place

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SG Central Switzerland	-	BSV Bern Muri	3-0	32:36,	39:31	34:32	-	-

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TV Suhr	06th	04th	00	02	0180: 1730	+7	0008: 4000
02.		Pathfinder Winterthur	06th	03	01	02	0181: 1660	+15	0007: 5000
03.		TV Endingen	06th	02	01	03	0174: 1810	−7	0005: 7000
04th		RTV 1879 Basel	06th	02	00	04th	0163: 1780	−15	0004: 8000

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of promotion / relegation round 2005/06:
	NLA in the 2006/07 season
	NLB in the 2006/07 season

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Grasshoppers Club Zurich	3
	4th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	1
						1	Grasshoppers Club Zurich	1
						2	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	2	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	3	Wacker Thun	2

Semifinals

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Grasshopper Club Zurich	-	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	3: 1	32:26,	23:24	23:17	26:18	-
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	Wacker Thun	3: 2	32:25	19:37	21:18	22:24	29:20

HR = main round , FR = final round

Game for 3rd place

Return leg

	total		First leg	Return leg
Wacker Thun	61:56	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	29:35	32:21

final

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Grasshopper Club Zurich	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	1: 3	22:24	28:20	27:33	21:29	-

HR = main round , FR = final round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Group information MSHL. Retrieved November 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 .