National League A (handball) 1988/89

National League A
master	ZMC Amicitia
Relegated	Cadets Schaffhausen  RTV 1879 Basel
Teams	10
Games	132  (of which 132 played)
Top scorer	Martin Rubin  (175 goals)
← National League A 1987/88 National League A 1989/90 →
National League B 1988/89 ↓

The 1988/89 season was the 40th 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.	ZMC Amicitia (M)	18th	16	0	2	410: 304	32
2.	Grasshopper	18th	14th	2	2	416: 353	30th
3.	BSV Bern	18th	11	2	5	390: 340	24
4th	Pathfinder Winterthur	18th	9	2	7th	347: 352	20th
5.	St. Otmar St. Gallen	18th	8th	2	8th	378: 365	18th
6th	ATV Basel-Stadt	18th	8th	1	9	364: 380	17th
7th	BSV Borba Lucerne	18th	6th	2	10	344: 370	14th
8th.	Wacker Thun	18th	5	2	11	354: 395	12
9.	Cadets Schaffhausen	18th	4th	0	14th	337: 441	8th
10.	RTV 1879 Basel	18th	1	3	14th	361: 401	5
Status 3/10/1989

At the end of the main round
	Championship round
	Relegation round

Final round

Championship round

rank	society	Games	Points
1.	ZMC Amicitia (M)	28	45
2.	Grasshopper	28	40
3.	BSV Bern	28	33
4th	St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	30th
5.	Pathfinder Winterthur	28	28
6th	ATV Basel-Stadt	28	19th
As of May 2, 1989

Relegation round

rank	society	Games	Points
1.	BSV Borba Lucerne	21st	18th
2.	Wacker Thun	21st	18th
3.	Cadets Schaffhausen	21st	10
4th	RTV 1879 Basel	21st	5
Status March 20, 1989

At the end of the 1988/89 season:
	master
	Season ended
	Relegation to the NLB in 1989/90
At the end of the 1987/88 season:
(M)	Swiss champion : ZMC Amicitia

Swiss master

3rd championship title for ZMC Amicitia

Swiss master ZMC Amicitia

Field player: Stefan Schärer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Le Nouvelliste May 2, 1988 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 . 
2. ^ Freiburger Nachrichten, March 20, 1989 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .