National League A (handball) 2017/18

National League A
master	Wacker Thun
Cup winners	Pathfinder Winterthur
Climbers	RTV 1879 Basel
Relegated	TV Endingen
Teams	10
Games	150  (of which 150 played)
Gates	7692  (ø 51.28 per game)
spectator	116623  (ø 777 per game)
Top scorer	Lukas of Deschwanden  (218 goals)
Time penalties	1336  (ø 8.91 per game)
Red cards	26  (ø 0.17 per game)
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National League B 2017/18 ↓

Teams

The 2017/18 season was the 69th regular time of the Swiss National League A in handball . The season starts on August 30th.

mode

The 10 teams play a main round of 14 games each based on the composition determined by the SHL.

(Everyone plays twice against teams from the same group plus one time against each team from the other group. A last, 14th game is played through cross games (Group A1: Group B5, A2: B4, A3: B3, A4: B2, A5: B1). Thus all teams meet a team from the other group a second time)

(Groups A & B result from the ranking errors of the last season; Group A: 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10 / promoted; Group B: 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9)

Then a final round is played as a double round with the best 6 teams from the main round. (10 games each)

The teams in ranks 7 to 10 from the main round play a relegation round with 10 games each (mode determined by the SHV). Then the teams in ranks 7 and 8 take part in the playoff. The teams in ranks 9 and 10 determine the direct relegated team in a playout.

After the final A playoff takes place in the relegation round. the first of the final round plays against the second of the relegation round, the second of the final round against the first of the relegation round, the third of the final round against the sixth of the final round and the fourth against the fifth of the final round.

Main round

Ranking list

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun	14th	11	01	02	0415: 3410	+74	0023: 5000
02.		Cadets Schaffhausen	14th	10	01	03	0442: 3860	+56	0021: 7000
03.		Pathfinder Winterthur	14th	10	01	03	0379: 3250	+54	0021: 7000
04th		BSV Bern Muri	14th	09	01	04th	0392: 3410	+51	0019: 9000
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	14th	08th	00	06th	0336: 3480	−12	0016:1200
06th		HSC Suhr Aarau	14th	05	02	07th	0339: 3340	+5	0012:1600
07th		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	14th	04th	01	09	0352: 3790	−27	0009:1900
08th.		GC Amicitia Zurich	14th	04th	00	10	0321: 3800	−59	0008:2000
09.		TV Endingen	14th	03	00	11	0332: 4120	−80	0006:2200
10.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	14th	02	01	11	0341: 4030	−62	0005:2300

As of March 15, 2018

At the end of the main round 2017/18:
	Qualification for the final round
	Relegation round
At the end of the 2016/17 season:
(M)	Swiss champions 2016/17 : Cadets Schaffhausen
(C)	Cup winner 2016/17 : Wacher Thun
(R)	Winner of the promotion / relegation round 2016/17 : TSV Fortitudo Gossau
(A)	Newcomers from the National League B 2016/17 : TV Endingen

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

		A.					B.
	2017/18
A.	Cadets Schaffhausen		32:27	27:27	33:24	36:26	29:31		29:33		31:22
	Wacker Thun	29:33		30:20	30:22	32:20		34:21		29:24	34:20
	HSC Suhr Aarau	29:31	22:23		24:26	30:15	20:20		23:22	25:21
	GC Amicitia Zurich	27:32	22:27	15:26		22:23		24:27	15:26	30:29
	TV Endingen	23:38	25:29	27:28	23:28		21:30	25:21			35:31
B.	Pathfinder Winterthur		26:28		32:20	32:23		23:16	27:23	24:22	33:17
	HC Kriens-Lucerne	26:23		26:23	26:21		21:23		27:25	26:22	22:25
	BSV Bern Muri		31:31	23:19		33:25	34:27	32:25		31:24	33:22
	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	29:33	23:32			22:21	27:26	23:25	28:24		29:29
	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	33:35		28:23	22:25		24:25	25:27	19:22	24:29
	As of March 15, 2018

Table history

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
Wacker Thun	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cadets Schaffhausen	3	3	5	4th	4th	3	3	4th	4th	4th	2	2	2	2
Pathfinder Winterthur	5	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
BSV Bern Muri	2	5	3	3	3	5	4th	2	2	3	4th	4th	4th	4th
HC Kriens-Lucerne	4th	6th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	5	5
HSC Suhr Aarau	6th	4th	4th	5	5	4th	5	5	5	5	5	6th	6th	6th
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	8th	9	9	9	10	10	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th
GC Amicitia Zurich	7th	10	8th	7th	7th	7th	8th	10	10	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th
TV Endingen	9	8th	10	10	9	9	7th	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	10	7th	6th	8th	8th	8th	9	7th	8th	10	10	10	10	10
As of March 15, 2018

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1.	Lukas von Deschwanden	218	7.0	Wacker Thun
2.	Lenny Rubin	188	5.7	Wacker Thun
3.	Lucius Count	185	6.9	TSV Fortitudo Gossau
4th	Kevin Jud	179	5.3	Pathfinder Winterthur
5.	Gábor Császár	166	5.5	Cadets Schaffhausen
6th	Simon Getzmann	138	4.8	BSV Bern Muri
7th	Jonas Langerhuus	134	3.7	Pathfinder Winterthur
8th.	Ondrej Zdrahala	128	4.9	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
9.	Adrian Blättler	124	4.4	HC Kriens-Lucerne
10.	Marvin Lier	115	3.7	Pathfinder Winterthur

Spectator table

	society	spectator	per game	workload
01.	Wacker Thun	23,020	1,278	63.9%
02.	Pathfinder Winterthur	19'228	1,012	44%
03.	HSC Suhr Aarau	12,021	924	46.2%
04th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	10,607	815	23.23%
05.	TV Endingen	10,728	766	38.30%
06th	Cadets Schaffhausen	11,117	694	20.41%
07th	BSV Bern Muri	9,870	658	43.86%
08th.	HC Kriens-Lucerne	8,456	604	46.46%
09.	GC Amicitia Zurich	6'416	427	17.08%
10.	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	5'160	396	46.59%
total		116,623	758	39%
As of June 10, 2018

Relegation round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	24	08th	05	11	0617: 6300	−13	0021:2700
02.		TSV Fortitudo Gossau	24	07th	05	12	0599: 6470	−48	0019:2900
03.		GC Amicitia Zurich	24	07th	02	15th	0565: 6260	−61	0016:3200
04th		TV Endingen	24	05	02	17th	0565: 6710	−106	0012:3600

As of July 29, 2017

At the end of the 2017/18 season:
	Playoff
	Playout

Playout Final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	Goal difference
GC Amicitia Zurich	-	TV Endingen	3: 2	21: 27	19: 29	24 : 20	21 : 17	25 : 22	[110: 115]

Final round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		Wacker Thun	24	19th	01	04th	0696: 5780	+118	0039: 9000
02.		Pathfinder Winterthur	24	17th	01	06th	0640: 5750	+65	0035:1300
03.		Cadets Schaffhausen	24	16	01	07th	0719: 6420	+77	0033:1500
04th		BSV Bern Muri	24	12	02	10	0637: 6000	+37	0026:2200
05.		HC Kriens-Lucerne	24	10	01	13	0568: 6220	−54	0021:2700
06th		HSC Suhr Aarau	24	08th	02	14th	0583: 5980	−15	0018:3000

As of July 29, 2017

At the end of the main round 2017/18:
	Qualification for the playoff

Playoff

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Wacker Thun	3
	8th	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	0
						1	Wacker Thun	3
						4th	BSV Bern Muri	0
	4th	BSV Bern Muri	3
	5	HC Kriens-Lucerne	1
											1	Wacker Thun	3
											2	Pathfinder Winterthur	1
	2	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
	7th	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	0
						2	Pathfinder Winterthur	3
						3	Cadets Schaffhausen	2
	3	Cadets Schaffhausen	3
	6th	HSC Suhr Aarau	0

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	Goal difference
Wacker Thun	-	TSV Fortitudo Gossau	3-0	27:21	26:22	35:28	-	-	[88:71]
BSV Bern Muri	-	HC Kriens-Lucerne	3: 1	25:24	18:21	24:23	22:21	-	[89:89]
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	3-0	28:25	31:25	36:19	-	-	[95:69]
Cadets Schaffhausen	-	HSC Suhr Aarau	3-0	27:21	24:21	31:16	-	-	[82:58]

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	Goal difference
Wacker Thun	-	BSV Bern Muri	3-0	28:21	27:26	38:24	-	-	[93:71]
Pathfinder Winterthur	-	Cadets Schaffhausen	3: 2	28:29	28:29	29:25	28:27	35:28	[148: 138]

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	Goal difference
Wacker Thun	-	Pathfinder Winterthur	3: 1	22:23	24:23	32:23	24:23	-	[102: 92]

Wacker Thun championship team

Swiss champion Wacker Thun

Goalkeepers: Marc Winkler , Flavio Wick Left wing: Luca Linder , Thomas Lanz Right wing: Jonas Dähler , Sven Krainer Back room left: Lenny Rubin , Lukas von Deschwanden Center back: Nicolas Suter , Roman Caspar , Damien Guignet Right back: Nicolas Raemy , Marco Giovanelli Circular runners : Viktor Glatthard , Reto Friedli , Stefan Huwyler Head coach: Martin Rubin Assistant coach: Remo Badertscher

Venues

The venues are arranged according to the capacity of the stadiums.

society	Stadion	capacity
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	Kreuzbleiche sports facility	3500
Cadets Schaffhausen	BBC arena	3400
GC Amicitia Zurich	Sports hall	2500
Pathfinder Winterthur	Eulachhalle	2300
Wacker Thun	Sports hall laughter	2000
TV Endingen	GoEasy Arena	2000
HSC Suhr Aarau	Schachen sports hall	2000
BSV Bern Muri	Sports hall Moos Gümligen	1500
HC Kriens-Lucerne	Mourning Hall	1300
TSV Fortitudo Gossau	Oberbüren Thurzelg	850

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} table history. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; Retrieved July 29, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Hall directory. (No longer available online.) In: handball.ch. SHV, archived from the original on October 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.