Croatian Handball Premier League Explained

Sport:Handball
Paket24 Premijer Liga
Teams:16
Country:Croatia
Confed:EHF
Champions:RK Zagreb (2023–24)
Confed Cup:EHF Champions League
EHF European League
EHF European Cup
SEHA League
Current Season:2023–24 Croatian Handball Premier League

The Croatian Handball Premier League (Croatian: Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez). The league comprises 16 teams.

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

Format

In the first phase, eight teams from two groups compete in a home-and-away round-robin series. 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 play in the Championship Round, while the bottom four teams play in the Relegation Round. At the end of the season, the bottom finisher is automatically relegated to the second league.

Current teams

Teams for season 2024–25

TeamCity
RK ZagrebZagreb
RK Nexe NašiceNašice
MRK SesveteSesvete
HRK GoricaVelika Gorica
RK PorečPoreč
RK Dubrava ZagrebZagreb
RK Metković-MehanikaMetković
RK Rudar RudeRude
GRK VaraždinVaraždin
RK Spačva VinkovciVinkovci
RK ZametRijeka
HRK KarlovacKarlovac
MRK TrogirTrogir
RK OsijekOsijek
MRK ČakovecČakovec
RK MoslavinaKutina

Past champions

EHF coefficients

See also: EHF coefficient rank. The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

Country ranking:EHF League Ranking for 2018/19 season:[1]
Club ranking:EHF Club Ranking as of 3 March 2019:[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018/19 season ranking. European Handball Federation. 5 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Club coefficients. eurotopteam.com. 3 March 2019.