Croatian Handball Premier League

Croatian Premier League
Current season, competition or edition:;
Countries	Croatia
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1991
Number of teams	12
International cup(s)	EHF Champions League; EHF Cup; EHF Challenge Cup; SEHA League
Current champions	RK Zagreb (2018–19)
Website	www.hrs.hr

The Croatian Handball Premier League (Croatian: Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the top team handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez). The league comprises 12 teams.

The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav leagues.

Format[]

The league is conducted in two phases. In the first phase, 10 teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total) with the country's representative in the SEHA League, currently Zagreb and Nexe, being exempt from this stage. All teams advance from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. The top four teams from the regular season are joined by the SEHA League representatives for the Championship Round (10 games total), while the bottom six teams play in the Relegation Round. At the end of the season, the bottom two finishers are automatically relegated to the second league.

Current season[]

2017–18 season[]

The following 12 clubs compete in the Premijer liga during the 2017–18 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
	Zagreb	ŠD Dubrava	1,800
	Velika Gorica	Dvorana srednjih škola
	Karlovac	SŠD Mladost	2,750
	Zagreb	Kutija Šibica	1000
Nexe	Našice	Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava	2,500
Poreč	Poreč	Sportski Rekreativni Centar Veli Jože	1,400
	Sesvete	Sava Sport Hall
	Vinkovci	Sportska dvorana Bartol Kašić
	Umag	Sportka dvorana Umag
Varaždin	Varaždin	Varaždin Arena	5,200
Zagreb	Zagreb	Arena Zagreb	15,200
Zamet	Rijeka	Centar Zamet	2,350

Team from SEHA League

Past champions[]

1992 : Zagreb Loto
1993 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (2)
1994 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (3)
1995 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (4)
1996 : Croatia banka Zagreb (5)
1997 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (6)
1998 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (7)
1999 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (8)
2000 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (9)
2001 : RK Zagreb (10)

2002 : RK Zagreb (11)
2003 : RK Zagreb (12)
2004 : RK Zagreb (13)
2005 : RK Zagreb (14)
2006 : RK Zagreb (15)
2007 : RK CO Zagreb (16)
2008 : RK CO Zagreb (17)
2009 : RK CO Zagreb (18)
2010 : RK CO Zagreb (19)
2011 : RK CO Zagreb (20)

2012: RK CO Zagreb (21)
2013 : RK Zagreb (22)
2014 : RK Zagreb (23)
2015 : RK PPD Zagreb (24)
2016 : RK PPD Zagreb (25)
2017: RK PPD Zagreb (26)
2018 : RK PPD Zagreb (27)
2019 : RK PPD Zagreb (28)
2020 : Voided due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 : RK PPD Zagreb (29)

	Club	Titles	Year
1.	RK Zagreb	29	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

won by the green table

EHF coefficients[]

The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

Country ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2018/19 season:^[1]

06. (6) Danish Handball League (63.33)
07. (8) Macedonian Handball Super League (51.22)
08. (9) Croatian Handball Premier League (42.25)
09. (10) Portuguese Handball First Division (37.33)
10. (7) Slovenian First League (men's handball) (36.67)

Club ranking

EHF Club Ranking as of 3 March 2019:^[2]

013. Zagreb (523)
042. Nexe Našice (223)
105. Varaždin (66)
115. (61)
162. Poreč (37)

References[]

^ "2018/19 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

External links[]

Croatian Handball Federation

[1] "2018/19 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[2] "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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