National League A (handball) 1985/86

National League A
master	St. Otmar St. Gallen
Relegated	Grasshopper  HC Basilisk
Teams	10
Games	132  (of which 132 played)
Gates	3805  (ø 28.83 per game)
Top scorer	Uwe Mall  (124 goals)
← National League A 1984/85 National League A 1986/87 →
National League B 1985/86 ↓

The 1985/86 season was the 37th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball . Due to the handball world championship in Switzerland , only a shortened championship took place.

mode

The 10 teams play a main round of 18 games each. The winner is the Swiss indoor handball champion.

Final round

Championship round

rank	society	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ZMC Amicitia	18th	14th	3	1	406: 314	31
1.	St. Otmar St. Gallen	18th	15th	1	2	454: 371	31
3.	BSV Bern (M)	18th	12	2	4th	403: 332	26th
4th	TV Zofingen	18th	9	3	6th	385: 366	21st
5.	Pathfinder Winterthur	18th	9	1	8th	400: 395	19th
6th	HC Emmenstrand	18th	8th	0	10	397: 396	16
7th	RTV 1879 Basel	18th	5	2	11	366: 380	13
8th.	HC Horgen	18th	5	2	11	336: 406	12
9.	Grasshopper	18th	3	2	13	313: 375	8th
10.	HC Basilisk	18th	1	1	16	345: 470	3
As of March 5, 1986

Playoff

Due to the equality of points between ZMC Amicitia and St. Otmar St. Gallen, there was a playoff for the Swiss championship title.

St. Otmar St. Gallen

25:21 (10:10)

ZMC Amicitia

At the end of the 1985/86 season:
	master
	Season ended
	Relegation to the NLB 1986/87
At the end of the 1984/85 season:
(M)	Swiss champions : BSV Bern

Swiss master

6th championship title for St. Otmar St. Gallen

Swiss master St. Otmar St. Gallen

Field: Hirsch, Ebi, Karrer, Bruggmann, Jehle, Koso, Bucheli, Hüttenmoser Goalkeeper: Peterer, Schmid

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walliser Bote May 5, 1986 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 29, 2018 . 
2. ^ Freiburger Nachrichten May 7, 1986 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 . 
3. ^ Freiburger Nachrichten May 5, 1986 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .