National League A (handball) 2011/12

National League A
master	Cadets Schaffhausen
Cup winners	Wacker Thun
Relegation ↑	Lakers Stafa  TSV Fortitudo Gossau
Relegation ↓	Yellow Winterthur  HC KTV Altdorf
Relegated	HSC Suhr Aarau  TV Endingen
Teams	12
Games	206 + 12 relegation games  (of which 206 played)
Gates	11796  (ø 57.26 per game)
spectator	104750  (ø 508 per game)
Top scorer	Daniel Stahl  (238 goals)
Time penalties	1620  (ø 7.86 per game)
Red cards	21  (ø 0.1 per game)
← National League A 2010/11 National League A 2012/13 →
National League B 2011/12 ↓

Teams

The 2011/12 season was the 63rd regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

mode

The 12 teams play 2 double rounds of 22 games each.

Then a final round is played with the best 6 teams from the main round. The best four teams will determine the Swiss in play-off style. The semi-finals are played according to the best-of-five mode . The final is played according to the best-of- three mode .

The other 6 teams from the main round determine the two direct relegated teams in a relegation round since the league was reduced to 10 teams in the 2012/13 season. The teams in positions three and four of the relegation round play two barrage games against the third and fourth of the National League B.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Cadets Schaffhausen	22nd	21st	00	01	0712: 5420	+170	0042: 2000
02.		Pathfinder Winterthur	22nd	15th	03	04th	0661: 5710	+90	0033:1100
03.		Wacker Thun	22nd	14th	03	05	0652: 5730	+79	0031:1300
04th		HC Kriens-Lucerne	22nd	12	03	07th	0616: 5500	+66	0027:1700
05.		BSV Bern Muri	22nd	12	01	09	0602: 5630	+39	0025:1900
06th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	22nd	10	03	09	0632: 6320	± 0	0023:2100
07th		Lakers Stafa	22nd	09	02	11	0638: 6570	−19	0020:2400
08th.		RTV 1879 Basel	22nd	08th	04th	10	0583: 6250	−42	0020:2400
09.		GC Amicitia Zurich	22nd	08th	02	12	0572: 6230	−51	0018:2600
10.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	22nd	06th	01	15th	0608: 6700	−62	0013:3100
11.		HSC Suhr Aarau	22nd	04th	02	16	0521: 6550	−134	0010:3400
12.		TV Endingen	22nd	01	00	21st	0541: 6770	−136	0002:4200

As of April 30, 2015

At the end of the main round 2011/12:
	Qualification for the final round
	Relegation round
At the end of the 2010/11 season:
(M)	Swiss champions 2010/11: Cadets Schaffhausen
(C)	Cup winner 2010/11: SG GC Amicitia Zurich
(SC)	SuperCup winner 2010/11: SG GC Amicitia Zurich
(A)	Newcomers from the National League B 2009/10 : TV Endingen

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Daniel Stahl	238	7.4	TSV Fortitudo Gossau
2	Marvin Lier	204	6.4	TV Endingen
3	Kevin Jud	201	6.3	Lakers Stafa
4th	Boris Stankovic	194	6.1	HC Kriens-Lucerne
5	Raphael Liniger	193	6th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
6th	Predrag Milicic	183	5.7	Lakers Stafa
7th	Aleksandar Stojanovic	182	4.7	Cadets Schaffhausen
8th	Marco Kurth	180	5	Pathfinder Winterthur
9	Luca Linder	180	5.1	Wacker Thun
10	Sepp Schwander	178	4.8	BSV Bern Muri

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	Wacker Thun	18320	916
2	Cadets Schaffhausen	13274	663
3	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	10180	636
4th	Pathfinder Winterthur	11925	627
5	Lakers Stafa	8425	526
6th	HC Kriens-Lucerne	8250	515
7th	BSV Bern Muri	8870	466
8th	TV Endingen	5781	361
9	HSC Suhr Aarau	5665	354
10	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	4930	308
11	RTV 1879 Basel	4880	305
12	GC Amicitia Zurich	4250	265
total		104750	508
As of May 1, 2015

Relegation round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		RTV 1879 Basel	32	14th	05	13	0864: 8870	−23	0033:3100
02.		GC Amicitia Zurich	32	15th	03	14th	0854: 8820	−28	0033:3100
03.		Lakers Stafa	32	13	06th	13	0947: 9540	−7	0032:3200
04th		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	32	10	02	20th	0902: 9570	−55	0022:4200
05.		HSC Suhr Aarau	32	07th	03	22nd	0804: 9530	−149	0017:4700
06th		TV Endingen	32	02	02	28	0801: 9830	−182	0006:5800

As of May 6, 2015

At the end of the 2011/12 season:
	Season ended
	Promotion / Relegation Round
	Direct relegation to the National League B 2012/13

Final round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Cadets Schaffhausen	32	29	00	03	1007: 8030	+204	0058: 6000
02.		Pathfinder Winterthur	32	21st	03	08th	0932: 8190	+113	0045:1900
03.		Wacker Thun	32	20th	03	09	0927: 8450	+82	0043:2100
04th		BSV Bern Muri	32	16	01	15th	0855: 8190	+36	0033:3100
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	32	15th	03	14th	0891: 8590	+32	0033:3100
06th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	32	13	03	16	0900: 9230	−23	0029:3500

As of May 6, 2015

At the end of the main round 2011/12:
	Qualification for the playoff
	Season ended

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Lakers Stafa	06th	05	00	01	0187: 1700	+17	0010: 2000
02.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	06th	04th	00	02	0173: 1690	+4	0008: 4000
03.		Yellow Winterthur	06th	03	00	03	0172: 1710	+1	0006: 6000
04th		HC KTV Altdorf	06th	00	00	06th	0170: 1920	−22	0000:1200

Status: May 6, 2015

At the end of the 2011/12 season:
	Season ended
	Relegation to the National League B 2012/13

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	4th	BSV Bern Muri	1
						1	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
						3	Wacker Thun	1
	2	Pathfinder Winterthur	1
	3	Wacker Thun	3

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]	[FR]
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	BSV Bern Muri	3: 1	27:24	22:27	33:17	24:14	-	[:]	[:]
Wacker Thun	-	Pathfinder Winterthur	3: 1	25:32	29:25	28:23	38:26	-	[:]	[:]

HR = main round , FR = final round

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]	[FR]
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	Wacker Thun	3: 1	30:26	29:34	35:23	31:28	-	[:]	[:]

HR = main round , FR = final round

Game for 3rd place

			series	1	2	3	[MR]	[FR]
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	BSV Bern Muri	2-0	33:32	28:22	-	[:]	[:]

HR = main round , FR = final round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Audience statistics main round. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 1, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Table of relegation round. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} table final round. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.