Handball Liga Austria

Handball Liga Austria
Current season, competition or edition:; 2022–23 Handball Liga Austria
Sport	Handball
Founded	1961
No. of teams	10
Country	Austria
Confederation	EHF
Most recent; champion(s)	Union Krems (5) ; (2021–22)
Most titles	Bregenz Handball; (9 titles)
International cup(s)	EHF Cup; EHF Challenge Cup
Official website	http://www.hla.at/

The Handball Liga Austria (HLA) is the professional handball league of Austria.

Competition format

The season begins with a regular season between the ten teams. The first five teams qualify for a first playoff round, while the last five play a play-down round. At the end of this second round, the five teams of the playoff round and the top three teams of the play-down round play elimination rounds. The last two play a relegation round.

2017–18 Season participants

The following ten clubs compete in the Handball Liga Austria during the 2016–17 season.

Team	City	Arena
Alpla HC Hard	Hard	Sporthalle am See
Bregenz Handball	Bregenz	Handball-Arena Rieden Vorkloster
Handball Tirol	Schwaz	Osthalle Schwaz
Handballclub Fivers Margareten	Vienna	Sporthalle Margareten
HC Bruck	Bruck an der Mur	Hannes-Bammer-Sporthalle
HC Linz AG	Linz	Sport-Neue Mittelschule Linz Kleinmünchen
Moser Medical UHK Krems	Krems an der Donau	Sport • Halle • Krems
SC Ferlach	Ferlach	Ballspielhalle Ferlach
SG Handball West Wien	Maria Enzersdorf	BSFZ Südstadt
HSG Graz	Graz	Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz

Handball Liga Austria past champions

1961 : ATSV Linz
1962 : WAT Atzgersdorf
1963 : Rapid Wien
1964 : Rapid Wien (2)
1965 : Rapid Wien (3)
1966 : Union West Wien
1967 : Rapid Wien (4)
1968 : UHC Salzburg
1969 : UHC Salzburg (2)
1970 : Union Edelweiß Linz
1971 : Salzburger AK 1914
1972 : UHC Salzburg (3)
1973 : Union Krems
1974 : Oberglas Bärnbach
1975 : Union Krems (2)
1976 : Oberglas Bärnbach (2)
1977 : Union Krems (3)
1978 : ASKÖ Linz SBL
1979 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (2)
1980 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (3)
1981 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (4)
1982 : Raika Köflach (3)
1983 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz
1984 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz (2)
1985 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz (3)
1986 : Union Raika Stockerau
1987 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz (4)
1988 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz (5)
1989 : UHK Volksbank Wien (2)
1990 : ATSE Waagner Biro Graz (6)
1991 : UHK Volksbank Wien (3)
1992 : UHK Volksbank Wien (4)
1993 : UHK Volksbank Wien (5)
1994 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (5)
1995 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (6)
1996 : ASKÖ Linz SBL (7)
1997 : HC Sparkasse Bruck
1998 : HC Sparkasse Bruck (2)
1999 : HSG Raiff. Bärnbach/Köflach (4)
2000 : HSG Raiff. Bärnbach/Köflach (5)
2001 : jet2web Bregenz
2002 : jet2web Bregenz (2)
2003 : Alpla HC Hard
2004 : A1 Bregenz (3)
2005 : A1 Bregenz (4)
2006 : A1 Bregenz (5)
2007 : A1 Bregenz (6)
2008 : A1 Bregenz (7)
2009 : A1 Bregenz (8)
2010 : A1 Bregenz (9)
2011 : HC Fivers Margareten
2012 : Alpla HC Hard (2)
2013 : Alpla HC Hard (3)
2014 : Alpla HC Hard (4)
2015 : Alpla HC Hard (5)
2016 : HC Fivers Margareten (2)
2017 : Alpla HC Hard (6)
2018 : HC Fivers Margareten (3)
2019 : UHK Krems (4)
2020 : No Champion (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 : Alpla HC Hard (7)
2022 : UHK Krems (5)

	Club	Titles	Year
1.	Bregenz Handball	9	2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
2.	HC Linz AG	7	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996
3.	Alpla HC Hard	7	2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021
4.	ATSE Waagner Biro Graz	6	1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
5.	SG Handball West Wien	5	1966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993
6.	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach/Köflach	5	1974, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2000
7.	UHK Krems	5	1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
8.	Rapid Wien	4	1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
9.	UHC Salzburg	3	1968, 1969, 1972
10.	HC Fivers Margareten	3	2011, 2016, 2018
11.	HC Bruck	2	1997, 1998
12.	ATSV Linz	1	1961
13.	WAT Atzgersdorf	1	1962
14.	Union Edelweiß Linz	1	1970
15.	Salzburger AK 1914	1	1971
16.	Union Raika Stockerau	1	1986