National League B (handball) 2017/18

National League B
master	RTV 1879 Basel
Relegated	HC Horgen  HSG Siggenthal / Vom Stein Baden
Teams	14th
Games	185  (185 played)
Gates	10254  (ø 55.43 per game)
spectator	44523  (ø 241 per game)
Top scorer	Rares Jurca  (198 goals)
Time penalties	1466  (ø 7.92 per game)
Red cards	25  (ø 0.14 per game)
← National League B 2016/17 National League B 2018/19 →
↑ National League A 2017/18

Teams

The 2017/18 season is the 68th regular time of the Swiss National League B in handball . The season started on September 2nd.

mode

The main round is played with a double round. The winner will be promoted to the NLA. The NLB team in 2nd place plays a promotion / relegation barrier against the team in 3rd place in the NLA relegation round for the remaining place in the NLA. The NLA team has the right to play at home and thus have their first away game. The teams in 13th and 14th place are relegated to the first division.

Main round

Ranking list

Pl.		society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.		RTV 1879 Basel (A)	26th	23	01	02	0831: 6540	+177	0047: 5000
02.		STV Baden	26th	19th	02	05	0784: 7080	+76	0040:1200
03.		SG TV Solothurn	26th	15th	03	08th	0695: 6340	+61	0033:1900
04th		TV Möhlin	26th	14th	02	10	0669: 6620	+7	0030:2200
05.		SG GS / Cadet Espoirs SH	26th	13	03	10	0765: 7400	+25	0029:2300
06th		Lakers Stäfa (R)	26th	13	01	12	0804: 7950	+9	0027:2500
07th		Biel University of Applied Sciences (1st)	26th	12	01	13	0703: 7040	−1	0025:2700
08th.		TV Steffisburg	26th	11	01	14th	0692: 7500	−58	0023:2900
09.		HC KTV Altdorf	26th	09	04th	13	0764: 7600	+4	0022:3000
10.		BSV Stans (1)	26th	10	01	15th	0709: 7380	−29	0021:3100
11.		SG Yellow / Pfadi Espoirs	26th	09	02	15th	0670: 7250	−55	0020:3200
12.		TV Birsfelden	26th	08th	01	17th	0686: 7310	−45	0017:3500
13.		HC Horgen	26th	08th	01	17th	0727: 7990	−72	0017:3500
14th		HSG Siggenthal / Vom Stein Baden	26th	06th	01	19th	0596: 6950	−99	0013:3900

As of June 13, 2018

At the end of the main round 2017/18:
	Qualification for the NLB Playoff Final 2017/18
	Relegation to the 1st division 2018/19
At the end of the 2015/16 season:
(R)	Loser of the promotion / relegation round 2016/17: Lakers Stäfa
(A)	Relegated from the National League A 2016/17: RTV 1879 Basel
(1.)	Newcomers from the 1st division in 2016/17: HS Biel, BSV Stans

Playoff Final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	Goal difference
RTV 1879 Basel	-	STV Baden	3-0	32:28	26:19	29:25	-	-	[87:72]

To the end of the playoff finals
RTV 1879 Basel	Promotion to the NLA 2018/19

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	Gates	cut	team
1.	Rares Jurca	198	7.6	RTV 1879 Basel
2.	Mario Obad	183	7.0	HC KTV Altdorf
3.	Mikkel Kristian Madsen	177	6.8	Lakers Stafa
4th	Mathias Mueller	169	7.3	HC Horgen
5.	Peter Schmid	168	7.0	TV Birsfelden
6th	Pascal Bühler	160	5.5	STV Baden
7th	Josef Zuber	156	5.6	STV Baden
8th.	Philipp Alexander Seitle	147	5.1	STV Baden
9.	Marco Kurth	146	7.0	SG TV Solothurn
10.	Marius Moser	144	5.5	HSG Siggenthal / Vom Stein

Spectator table

rank	society	spectator	per game
1	TV Möhlin	5090	391
2	BSV Stans	4756	365
3	STV Baden	4618	329
4th	Lakers Stafa	4145	318
5	RTV 1879 Basel	4700	313
6th	HC KTV Altdorf	3800	292
7th	HSG Siggenthal / Vom Stein	2988	229
8th	HC Horgen	2702	207
9	TV Steffisburg	2608	200
10	SG TV Solothurn	2146	165
11	HS Biel	2125	163
12	TV Birsfelden	1951	150
13	SG GS / Cadet Espoirs SH	1539	118
14th	SG Yellow / Pfadi Espoirs	1355	104
total		44523	241
As of June 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Audience statistics main round. In: handball.ch. SHV, accessed July 29, 2017 .