National League A (handball) 2003/04

National League A
master	Pathfinder Winterthur
Cup winners	Cadets Schaffhausen
Relegated	RTV 1879 Basel
Teams	8th
Games	119  (of which 119 played)
Gates	7488  (ø 62.92 per game)
spectator	103956  (ø 874 per game)
Top scorer	Heiko Karrer  (240 goals)
Time penalties	1170  (ø 9.83 per game)
Red cards	7  (ø 0.06 per game)
← National League A 2002/03 National League A 2004/05 →
National League B 2003/04 ↓

Teams

The 2003/04 season is the 55th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

mode

The 8 teams play a quadruple round of 28 games each.

After the main round, the teams in ranks 1 to 4 play a playoff (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winner of the playoffs becomes Swiss champions.

The teams in ranks 7 and 8 play a promotion / relegation round with the first two of the NLB.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun	28	21st	01	06th	0847: 7720	+75	0043:1300
02.		Cadets Schaffhausen	28	19th	01	08th	0817: 7600	+57	0039:1700
03.		Pathfinder Winterthur	28	17th	00	11	0914: 8560	+58	0034:2200
04th		Grasshopper Club Zurich	28	14th	00	14th	0870: 8370	+33	0028:2800
05.		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	28	12	01	15th	0816: 8450	−29	0025:3100
06th		BSV Bern Muri	28	10	03	15th	0854: 8730	−19	0023:3300
07th		TV Suhr	28	10	03	15th	0829: 8540	−25	0023:3300
08th.		RTV 1879 Basel	28	03	03	22nd	0780: 9300	−150	0009:4700

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round in 2003/04:

 Qualification for the playoffs

 Season ended

 Promotion / Relegation Round

At the end of the 2002/03 season:
(M) - Swiss Champion 2002/03: Pfadi Winterthur
(C) - Cup winner 2002/03: Pfadi Winterthur
(A) - Promoted from the National League B 2002/03:

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Heiko Karrer	240	8.6	RTV 1879 Basel
2	Martin Friedli	221	7.4	Wacker Thun
3	Won Chul Paek	212	6.8	Pathfinder Winterthur
4th	Tamas Mocsai	204	8.5	TV Suhr
5	Cho Chi-Hyo	203	6.5	Pathfinder Winterthur
6th	Michal Baran	190	6.8	BSV Bern Muri
7th	Thomas Gautschi	185	5.6	Pathfinder Winterthur
8th	Daniel Valo	184	6.6	BSV Bern Muri
9	Manuel Liniger	184	5.8	Pathfinder Winterthur
10	Attila Kotorman	173	5.6	Grasshopper Club Zurich

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	19750	1410
2	Pathfinder Winterthur	16750	1046
3	Cadets Schaffhausen	16370	1023
4th	Wacker Thun	15000	1000
5	TV Suhr	12090	863
6th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	12080	755
7th	BSV Bern Muri	7200	514
8th	RTV 1879 Basel	4716	336
total		103956	874
As of July 29, 2017

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TV Suhr	06th	04th	01	01	0189: 1810	+8	0009: 3000
02.		SG Stans / Lucerne	06th	04th	00	02	0185: 1740	+11	0008: 4000
03.		TV Endingen	06th	02	01	03	0196: 2020	−6	0005: 7000
04th		RTV 1879 Basel	06th	01	00	05	0171: 1840	−13	0002:1000

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of promotion / relegation round 2003/04:

NLA in the 2004/05 season

NLB in the 2004/05 season

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Wacker Thun	0
	4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2
						4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0
						2	Pathfinder Winterthur	2
	2	Pathfinder Winterthur	2
	3	Cadets Schaffhausen	1

Semifinals

Mode is best of three

			series	1	2	3
Wacker Thun	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 2	29:30	26:28	-
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	2: 1	29:35	33:31 a.d.	28:27

final

Mode is best of three

			series	1	2	3
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2-0	29:25	29:26	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 .