National League A (handball) 1982/83

National League A
master	TV Zofingen
Relegated	Pathfinder Winterthur  SV Fides St. Gallen
Teams	10
Games	132  (of which 132 played)
Gates	5150  (ø 39.02 per game)
Top scorer	Peter Weber  (180 goals)
← National League A 1981/82 National League A 1983/84 →
National League B 1981/83 ↓

The 1982/83 season was the 34th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

mode

The 10 teams play a main round of 18 games each.

Then the first 6 play for the most Swiss title in a double round of 10 games each.

The worst 4 teams play a double round of 6 games each against relegation.

Main round

rank	society	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TV Zofingen	18th					29
2.	BSV Bern	18th					25th
3.	Grasshopper	18th					24
4th	St. Otmar St. Gallen	18th					21st
5.	RTV 1879 Basel	18th
6th	ZMC Amicitia	18th					20th
7th	TV Emmenstrand	18th					14th
8th.	HC Gym Biel	18th					13
9.	Pathfinder Winterthur	18th					7th
10.	SV Fides St. Gallen	18th					6th
Status January 31, 1983

At the end of the main round 1982/83:
	Championship round
	Relegation round

Final round

Championship round

rank	society	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TV Zofingen	28	21st	2	5	615: 416	44
2.	Grasshopper *	28	17th	4th	7th	555: 501	38
3.	BSV Bern **	28	17th	2	9	584: 530	36
4th	St. Otmar St. Gallen (M)	28	16	3	9	546: 499	35
5.	ZMC Amicitia	28	11	3	14th	532: 555	25th
6th	RTV 1879 Basel	28	9	4th	15th	512: 562	22nd
As of May 9, 1983

* European Cup winners

** IHF Cup

Relegation round

rank	society	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TV Emmenstrand	24	8th	7th	9	471: 469	23
2.	HC Gym Biel	24	7th	6th	11	485: 499	20th
3.	Pathfinder Winterthur	24	4th	3	17th	433: 527	11
4th	SV Fides St. Gallen	24	3	4th	17th	417: 492	10
As of May 2, 1983

At the end of the 1981/82 season:
	master
	Season ended
	Relegation to the NLB 1982/83
At the end of the 1980/81 season:
(M)	Swiss champion : St. Otmar St. Gallen

Swiss master

2nd championship title for TV Zofingen

Swiss master TV Zofingen

Field players: Uwe Mall, Hubert Frey, Max Schär, Max Delhees, Peter Riechsteiner, Hans-Ruedi Hottiger, masseur Oswald Frei, Toni Steinmann, Ueli Gfeller, Beat Wälchli, Dieter Hottiger, Manfred Dubach, Hans Huber, Martin Schär Goalkeeper : Erich Frauenknecht, Gerhard Brüderlin Coach : Ranko Jankovic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Nouvelliste January 31, 1983 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved April 28, 2019 . 
2. ^ Walliser Volksfreund May 9, 1983 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 . 
3. ^ Walliser Volksfreund May 2, 1983 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Do you still recognize our handball Swiss champions from 1983? Retrieved October 29, 2018 .