Serie A (men's handball)
The Italian Serie A is the name of the highest level handball league of Italy.
Current season, competition or edition: 2021–22 season | |
| Countries | Italy |
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| Confederation | EHF |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Number of teams | 13 |
| Relegation to | Serie A2 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| International cup(s) | EHF European Cup |
| Current champions | Pallamano Conversano 1973 |
| Most championships | Pallamano Trieste (17 titles) |
| Website | http://www.figh.it/ |
Competition Format
The season has 26 game days (or weeks) and is played as a Round-robin tournament. At the end of the regular season, the top-four team will play semifinals and final to be the new Italian champion. At the end of the season, the bottom four finishers are automatically relegated to the second level of the Italian league system, the Serie A2.
2021/22 Season participants
The following 15 clubs compete in the Serie A during the 2020-21 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| SSV Bozen Loacker | Bolzano | PalaGasteiner |
| Pallamano Pressano | Lavis | PaLavis |
| Sport Club Meran Handball | Merano | Centro Scolastico "Karl Wolf" |
| Pallamano Trieste | Trieste | PalaChiarbola |
| Cassano Magnago HC | Cassano Magnago | PalaTacca |
| Pallamano Carpi 2019 | Carpi | PalaVallauri |
| SSV Brixen Handball | Bressanone | Raffeisen Arena |
| Junior Fasano | Fasano | PalaZizzi |
| Pallamano Conversano 1973 | Conversano | Pala San Giacomo |
| Handball Sassari | Sassari | PalaSantoru |
| ASV Eppan Handball Löwen | Appiano sulla strada del vino | Raffeisenhalle |
| Pallamano Secchia Rubiera | Rubiera | PalaBursi |
| ASD Albatro Siracusa | Siracusa | PalaLoBello |
Serie A past champions
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| Club | Titles | Year | |
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| 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 | 6 | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2021 |
| SSV Bozen Loacker | 5 | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 | |
| 3. | HC Rovereto | 4 | 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980 |
| 5. | CC Ortigia Siracusa | 3 | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Handball Casarano | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | |
| Junior Fasano | 3 | 2014, 2016, 2018 | |
| 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
For season 2021/2022 see footnote[1]
- 36.
(40) 
SynotTip Virsliga (4.00) - 37.
(37) 
Divizia Națională (3.67) - 38. (38)
Serie A (3.33) - 38.
(34) 
Prva Liga (3.33) - 40. (39)
1st League (3.00)
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