National League B (field handball)

National League B
abbreviation	NLB
Association	Federal Gymnastics Association (ETV) (until 1938 ), Handball Committee (HBA) of the ETV (from 1939 )
First edition	1935 (as 2nd division ) 1946 (as 1st division ) 1952 (as National League B )
hierarchy	2nd level
Record winner	LC Zurich (3rd title)
↑ 1st division (until 1945 ) National League ( 1946 - 1951 ) National League A (from 1952 ) ↓ 3rd division (until 1945 ) 2nd division ( 1946 - 1951 ) 1st division (from 1952 )

The National League B was the second highest division in Swiss field handball .

history

After a Swiss handball championship had been held in one division for the first time with the 1st division in 1932, another division was introduced in the 1935 season of the 2nd division .

The 1939 season was canceled as a result of mobilization .

With the season of 1946 , the 1st league succeeded the 2nd division as the second highest division. The 1st division was replaced by the National League .

With the 1952 season , another division was formed with the National League B , which replaced the first division as the second highest division. The National League was in National League A renamed.

On May 15, 1971, it was decided in Olten to forego the further implementation of a Swiss championship in field handball. The national leagues were dissolved after the 1971 season .

organization

The game was organized by the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Association from the start . From the 1939 season onwards , this was taken over by the ETV's newly established handball committee (HBA).

master

2nd division champions

year	master	west	Central	east
1935	no data
1936
1937
1938			RTV 1879 Basel
1939	no data
1940
1941	BTV Basel	GG Bern II	BTV Basel	Merchants Zurich
1942	no data
1943		Länggasse Bern	TV Langenthal	STV Rorschach
1944	no data
1945

1st division champions

year	master	Points (M)	Runner-up	Points (VM)
1946	Pathfinder Winterthur	7th	BTV Basel	5
1947	TV substrass	4th	TV Thun	2
1948	TV Thun	5	TV merchants Basel	4th
1949	STV Rorschach	4th	MKG Baden	2
1950	STV Winterthur	4th	TV Länggasse Bern	5
1951	MKG Baden	3	TV Länggasse Bern	3

National League finals B

year	west	east	result	Teams
1952	TV Länggasse Bern	TV merchants Basel	14: 7	14th
1953	TV Thun	TV Kleinbasel	Thun waived	14th
1954	RTV 1879 Basel	MKG Baden	15:10	14th
1955	BSC Young Boys	LC Zurich	9:11	14th
1956	TV Oberseminar Bern	TV substrass	11: 7	14th
1957	BSC Young Boys	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	18:20 nV	14th
1958	TV merchants Basel	TV substrass	6: 8	14th
1959	TV merchants Basel	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	11:13	14th
1960	RTV 1879 Basel	BTV St. Gallen	5: 3	14th
1961	TV merchants Basel	BTV St. Gallen	14: 6	14th
1962	TV Suhr	BTV St. Gallen	20:13	14th
1963	TV Länggasse Bern	Grasshopper Club Zurich II	8:14	14th
1964	TV merchants Basel	LC Zurich	7: 8	14th
1965	TV Zofingen	Pathfinder Winterthur	11:12	13
1966	STV Baden	Yellow-black Schaffhausen	2: 7	12
1967	TV Thun	HC Romanshorn	14:13	13
1968	BTV Aarau II	MKG Baden	5:17	12
1969	TV Möhlin	ATV Emmenbrücke	18:14	12
1970	TV Länggasse Bern	TV Uster	17:13	10
1971	LC Zurich	TV Uster	7: 5	10
Total:	10 tracks	10 tracks	212: 201	⌀ 13.2

1. ↑ ^{a b} The numbers do not represent points, but the result of the final. In 1946 no final round was played, but a knockout tournament took place.
2. ↑  Grasshopper Club Zurich II is not eligible for promotion, it moves with you BTV St. Gallen second in the group east .

Most successful clubs

rank	society	Total		National League B		1st League		2nd division		Title years
		master	Second	master	Second	master	Second	master	Second
1.	LC Zurich	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1955 , 1964 , 1971
2.	MKG Baden	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1951 , 1968
	TV Länggasse Bern			2	1	0	2	0	0	1952 , 1970
	TV Thun			1	1	1	1	0	0	1948 , 1967
5.	TV substrass		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1947 , 1958
6th	Pathfinder Winterthur		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1946 , 1965
	RTV 1879 Basel			2	0	0	0	0	0	1954 , 1960
	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen			2	0	0	0	0	0	1957 , 1959
9.	TV merchants Basel	1	5	1	4th	0	1	0	0	1961
10.	BTV Basel		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1941
11.	Yellow-black Schaffhausen		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1966
	Grasshopper Club Zurich II			1	0	0	0	0	0	1963
	STV Rorschach			0	0	1	0	0	0	1949
	STV Winterthur			0	0	1	0	0	0	1950
	TV Oberseminar Bern			1	0	0	0	0	0	1956
	TV Möhlin			1	0	0	0	0	0	1969
	TV Suhr			1	0	0	0	0	0	1962
	TV Kleinbasel			1	0	0	0	0	0	1953
19th	BTV St. Gallen	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
20th	BSC Young Boys		2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	TV Uster			0	2	0	0	0	0
22nd	ATV Emmenbrücken		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	BTV Aarau II			0	1	0	0	0	0
	HC Romanshorn			0	1	0	0	0	0
	STV Baden			0	1	0	0	0	0
	TV Zofingen			0	1	0	0	0	0
Total:		35	35	20th	20th	6th	6th	9	9

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d e f} Peter Weber : Swiss championships in field and small field handball. (PDF; 13.2 MB) 1932 - 1981. Swiss Handball Federation , 1981, accessed on May 18, 2017 .