Croatian Handball Premier League

Croatian Premier League
Founded	1991; 33 years ago
No. of teams	12
Country	Croatia
Confederation	EHF
Most recent; champion(s)	RK Zagreb (2021/22)
International cup(s)	EHF Champions League; EHF European League; EHF European Cup; SEHA League
Official 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.

2017–18 season

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

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Dubrava	Zagreb	ŠD Dubrava	1,800
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Dvorana srednjih škola
Karlovac	Karlovac	SŠD Mladost	2,750
Metalac	Zagreb	Kutija Šibica	1000
Nexe	Našice	Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava	2,500
Poreč	Poreč	Sportski Rekreativni Centar Veli Jože	1,400
Sesvete	Sesvete	Sava Sport Hall
Spačva	Vinkovci	Sportska dvorana Bartol Kašić
Umag	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)
2022 : RK PPD Zagreb (30)

	Club	Titles	Year
1.	RK Zagreb	30	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, 2022