National League A (handball) 2012/13

National League A
master	Wacker Thun
Cup winners	Wacker Thun
Relegation ↑	GC Amicitia Zurich
Relegation ↓	HSC Suhr Aarau
Relegated	RTV 1879 Basel
Teams	10
Games	157 + 2 relegation games  (of which 157 played)
Gates	8446  (ø 53.8 per game)
spectator	94878  (ø 604 per game)
Top scorer	Lukas von Deschwanden  (199 goals)
Time penalties	1173  (ø 7.47 per game)
Red cards	13  (ø 0.08 per game)
← National League A 2011/12 National League A 2013/14 →
National League B 2012/13 ↓

Teams

The 2012/13 season was the 64th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball . This season the league was reduced from 12 to 10 teams.

mode

The 10 teams play two double rounds of 18 games each.

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

The other four teams from the main round determine the direct relegated team in a relegation round. The penultimate team of the relegation round played two barrage games against the second of the National League B.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun	18th	14th	02	02	0504: 4460	+58	0030: 6000
02.		Pathfinder Winterthur	18th	14th	01	03	0521: 4510	+70	0029: 7000
03.		Cadets Schaffhausen	18th	12	01	05	0524: 4570	+67	0025:1100
04th		BSV Bern Muri	18th	08th	02	08th	0455: 4470	+8	0018:1800
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	18th	08th	02	08th	0472: 4710	+1	0018:1800
06th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	18th	07th	03	08th	0520: 5130	+7	0017:1900
07th		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	18th	08th	01	09	0453: 4820	−29	0017:1900
08th.		Lakers Stafa	18th	05	03	10	0515: 5380	−23	0013:2300
09.		GC Amicitia Zurich	18th	03	02	13	0448: 4930	−45	0008:2800
10.		RTV 1879 Basel	18th	02	01	15th	0412: 5260	−114	0005:3100

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round 2012/13:
	Qualification for the final round
	Relegation round
At the end of the 2011/12 season:
(M)	Swiss champions 2011/12: Cadets Schaffhausen
(C)	Cup winner 2011/12: Cadets Schaffhausen
(R)	Winner of the 2011/12 promotion / relegation round: TSV Fortitudo Gossau, Lakers Stäfa
(A)	Promoted from the National League B 2011/12: (no promoted, league reduction)

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Lukas von Deschwanden	199	5.5	Wacker Thun
2	Boris Stankovic	166	5.9	HC Kriens-Lucerne
3	Andrija Pendic	160	4.4	Cadets Schaffhausen
4th	Predrag Milicic	159	5.3	Lakers Stafa
5	Raphael Liniger	150	4.8	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
6th	Mirko Milosevic	148	5.1	TSV Fortitudo Gossau
7th	Marko Vukelic	147	5.2	RTV 1879 Basel
8th	Benjamin Steiger	141	5.9	HC Kriens-Lucerne
9	David Parolo	138	4.5	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
10	Kevin Jud	136	4.7	Lakers Stafa

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	Wacker Thun	20780	1093
2	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	13400	893
3	Cadets Schaffhausen	15122	795
4th	Pathfinder Winterthur	10990	686
5	HC Kriens-Lucerne	9000	642
6th	Lakers Stafa	8136	542
7th	BSV Bern Muri	5950	425
8th	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	4550	303
9	GC Amicitia Zurich	3800	253
10	RTV 1879 Basel	3150	210
total		94878	604
As of July 29, 2017

Relegation round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	30th	16	01	13	0785: 7790	+6	0033:2700
02.		Lakers Stafa	30th	13	04th	13	0866: 8540	+12	0030:3000
03.		GC Amicitia Zurich	30th	09	03	18th	0763: 7890	−26	0021:3900
04th		RTV 1879 Basel	30th	03	01	26th	0673: 8760	−203	0007:5300

As of July 29, 2017

At the end of the 2012/13 season:
	End of season
	Promotion / Relegation Round
	Direct relegation to the National League B 2013/14

Final round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun	28	20th	02	06th	0778: 7100	+68	0042:1400
02.		Cadets Schaffhausen	28	20th	01	07th	0836: 7320	+104	0041:1500
03.		Pathfinder Winterthur	28	20th	01	07th	0781: 7050	+76	0041:1500
04th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	11	03	14th	0792: 8010	−9	0025:3100
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	28	11	02	15th	0717: 7240	−7	0024:3200
06th		BSV Bern Muri	28	11	02	15th	0701: 7220	−21	0024:3200

As of July 29, 2017

At the end of the main round 2012/13:
	Qualification for the playoff
	End of season

Promotion / Relegation Round

	total		First leg	Return leg
GC Amicitia Zurich	52:44	HSC Suhr Aarau	23:19	29:25

Playoff

Play-off tree

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

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]	[FR]
Wacker Thun	-	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	3-0	38:25	24:23	31:27	-	-	[:]	[:]
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	Pathfinder Winterthur	3: 2	26:25	18:22	33:26	18:24	29:20	[:]	[:]

HR = main round , FR = final round

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]	[FR]
Wacker Thun	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	3: 2	24:28	26:32	37:31	27:26	35:27	[:]	[:]

HR = main round , FR = final round

Wacker Thun championship team

Swiss champion Wacker Thun

Goalkeepers: Andreas Merz , Marc Winkler Left wing: Thomas Lanz , Luca Linder Right wing: Jonas Dähler , Markus Hüsser Back room left: Borna Frani ć , Lukas von Deschwanden Center back: Roman Caspar Right back: Nikola Isailović Circle runners: Philipp Buri , Georgios Chalkidis , Reto Friedli Head coach:  Thomas Fahrni

Venues

The venues are arranged according to the capacity of the stadiums.

society	Stadion	capacity
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	Kreuzbleiche sports facility	3500
Cadets Schaffhausen	BBC arena	3400
GC Amicitia Zurich	Sports hall	2500
Pathfinder Winterthur	Eulachhalle	2300
Wacker Thun	Sports hall laughter	2000
HSC Suhr Aarau	Schachen sports hall	2000
RTV 1879 Basel	Basel Rankhof	1500
BSV Bern Muri	Sports hall Moos Gümligen	1500
HC Kriens-Lucerne	Mourning Hall	1300
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	Oberbüren Thurzelg	850

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Hall directory. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on October 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 1, 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.