National League A (handball) 2004/05

National League A
master	Cadets Schaffhausen
Cup winners	Cadets Schaffhausen
Teams	8th
Games	126  (of which 126 played)
Gates	7583  (ø 60.18 per game)
spectator	103709  (ø 823 per game)
Top scorer	Edin Basic  (261 goals)
Time penalties	1211  (ø 9.61 per game)
Red cards	8  (ø 0.06 per game)
← National League A 2003/04 National League A 2005/06 →
National League B 2004/05 ↓

Teams

The 2004/05 season is the 56th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball .

mode

The 8 teams play a triple round of 21 games each.

After the main round, a playoff will be played (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th). The winner of the playoffs becomes Swiss champions.

The losers of the playoff quarterfinals play a playout. The losers in the first round of playout play an promotion / relegation round with the NLB's top two.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Cadets Schaffhausen	21st	14th	02	05	0633: 5800	+53	0030:1200
02.		BSV Bern Muri	21st	13	01	07th	0634: 6210	+13	0027:1500
03.		Grasshopper Club Zurich	21st	13	00	08th	0612: 5780	+34	0026:1600
04th		Wacker Thun	21st	12	01	08th	0615: 5870	+28	0025:1700
05.		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	21st	09	01	11	0596: 5850	+11	0019:2300
06th		Pathfinder Winterthur	21st	08th	01	12	0597: 6080	−11	0017:2500
07th		TV Suhr	21st	07th	01	13	0531: 5780	−47	0015:2700
08th.		SG Stans-Zentralschweiz	21st	04th	01	16	0594: 6750	−81	0009:3300

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of the main round 2004/05:
	Qualification for the playoffs
	Playouts
At the end of the 2003/04 season:
(M)	Swiss champion 2003/04: Pfadi Winterthur
(C)	Cup winner 2003/04: Cadets Schaffhausen
(A)	Newcomers from the National League B 2003/04:

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1	Edin Basic	261	8.4	TV Suhr
2	Daniel Valo	239	7.7	BSV Bern Muri
3	Manuel Liniger	227	6.9	Pathfinder Winterthur
4th	Martin Kovar	217	7th	Cadets Schaffhausen
5	Damian Moszczynski	197	6.2	Grasshopper Club Zurich
6th	Martin Friedli	188	6.1	Wacker Thun
7th	Hrvoje Horvat	166	5.2	SG Stans-Zentralschweiz
8th	Markus Krauthoff	163	5.1	SG Stans-Zentralschweiz
9	Leszek Starczan	159	5	Cadets Schaffhausen
10	Martin Engeler	153	5.3	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game
1	Cadets Schaffhausen	20385	1199
2	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	16200	1157
3	Wacker Thun	13450	840
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	11900	743
5	Pathfinder Winterthur	12450	691
6th	SG Stans-Zentralschweiz	10324	688
7th	BSV Bern Muri	10650	665
8th	TV Suhr	8350	596
total		103709	823
As of July 29, 2017

Playout

	Playout					Placement round
	2	TSV - St. Otmar St. Gallen	1
	8th	SG Stans / Central Switzerland	3
						8th	SG Stans / Central Switzerland	0
						6th	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
	6th	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
	7th	TV Suhr	1

Playout

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	-	SG Stans / Central Switzerland	1: 3	36:37	23:30	29:27	31:32	-
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	TV Suhr	3: 2	31:21	19:29	24:23	24:28	32:22

Game for 5th / 6th place

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	SG Stans / Central Switzerland	3-0	31:28	31:29	27:26	-	-

Promotion / Relegation Round

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TV Suhr	06th	05	00	01	0201: 1820	+19	0010: 2000
02.		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	06th	04th	01	01	0184: 1690	+15	0009: 3000
03.		RTV 1879 Basel	06th	01	01	04th	0172: 1830	−11	0003: 9000
04th		TV Endingen	06th	01	00	05	0168: 1910	−23	0002:1000

As of October 19, 2017

At the end of promotion / relegation round 2004/05:
	NLA in the 2005/06 season
	NLB in the 2005/06 season

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	8th	SG Stans-Zentralschweiz	1
						1	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
						4th	Wacker Thun	0
	2	BSV Bern Muri	3
	7th	TV Suhr	2
											1	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
											3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1
	3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3
	6th	Pathfinder Winterthur	1
						2	BSV Bern Muri	0
						3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3
	4th	Wacker Thun	3
	5	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2

Semifinals

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	Wacker Thun	3-0	33:22	27:24	30:24	-	-
BSV Bern Muri	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 3	30:31	23:26	27:34	-	-

HR = main round , FR = final round

Game for 3rd place

Best of Three mode

			series	1	2	3
BSV Bern Muri	-	Wacker Thun	0: 2	30:35	35:38	-

final

Modus is best of five

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 1	30:29	22:26	26:20	34:32 a.d.	-

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 .