Serie A (men's handball)

Serie A Gold
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Serie A (men's handball)
SportHandball
Founded1969
No. of teams14
CountryItaly
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)
Junior Fasano
Most titlesPallamano Trieste (17 titles)
Relegation toSerie A2
International cup(s)EHF European Cup
Official websitehttps://www.federhandball.it/

The Italian Serie A, officially named Serie A Gold, is the highest level men's handball league of Italy.

Competition format

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The league has 14 teams playing against each other in a round-robin tournament. The champion is determined by playoffs between the top four teams at the end of the regular season. The team ranked last at the end of the regular season, as well as the losing team of the playouts, are relegated to Serie A2.

2023/24 Season participants

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The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A during the 2022-23 season.

Team City Arena
SSV Bozen Loacker Bolzano PalaGasteiner
Pallamano Pressano Lavis PaLavis
Sport Club Meran Handball Merano Centro Scolastico "Karl Wolf"
Polisportiva Cingoli Cingoli PalaQuaresima
Cassano Magnago HC Cassano Magnago PalaTacca
Pallamano Carpi 2019 Carpi PalaVallauri
SSV Brixen Handball Bressanone Raffeisen Arena
Junior Fasano Fasano PalaZizzi
Pallamano Trieste Trieste PalaChiarbola
Pallamano Conversano 1973 Conversano Pala San Giacomo
Handball Sassari Sassari PalaSantoru
ASV Eppan Handball Appiano sulla strada del vino Raiffeisenhalle
Pallamano Secchia Rubiera Rubiera PalaBursi
ASD Albatro Siracusa Siracusa PalaLoBello

Serie A past champions

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Club Titles Year
1. Pallamano Trieste 17 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
2. Handball Club Conversano 7 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2022
3. SSV Bozen Loacker 5 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
4. Junior Fasano 4 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023
HC Rovereto 4 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980
5. CC Ortigia Siracusa 3 1987, 1988, 1989
Handball Casarano 3 2007, 2008, 2009
8. SSV Brixen Handball 2 1991, 1992
Pallamano Prato 2 1998, 1999
10. Buscaglione Roma 1 1970
HC Flaminio Genovesi Roma 1 1971
CUS Verona 1 1972
C.S. Esercito Roma 1 1973
HC Scafati 1 1984
SC Merano 1 2005

EHF coefficient ranking

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For the season 2022/2023:[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "EHF announces place distribution for 2022/23 European club competitions". European Handball Federation. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.