Serie A (men's handball)

Serie A (men's handball)
Founded	1969
No. of teams	14
Country	Italy
Confederation	EHF
Most recent; champion(s)	SSV Bozen Loacker
Most titles	Pallamano Trieste (17 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serie A2
International cup(s)	EHF Cup; EHF Challenge Cup
Official website	http://www.figh.it/
	2019–20 season

The Italian Serie A is the name of the highest level handball league of Italy.

Competition Format

The season has 30 game days (or weeks) and is played as a Round-robin tournament. At the end of the regular season, the best team is 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.

2020/21 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
Handball Siena	Siena	PalaEstra
Handball Club Fondi	Fondi	Palasport di Fondi
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
Polisportiva Cingoli	Cingoli	PalaQuaresima
ASD Albatro Siracusa	Siracusa	PalaLoBello
HC San Giorgio Molteno	Molteno	Pala San Giorgio

Serie A past champions

1970 : Buscaglione Roma
1971 : HC Flaminio Genovesi Roma
1972 : CUS Verona
1973 : C.S. Esercito Roma
1974 : HC Rovereto
1975 : HC Rovereto (2)
1976 : Pallamano Trieste
1977 : Pallamano Trieste (2)
1978 : HC Rovereto (3)
1979 : Pallamano Trieste (3)
1980 : HC Rovereto (4)
1981 : Pallamano Trieste (4)
1982 : Pallamano Trieste (5)

1983 : Pallamano Trieste (6)
1984 : HC Scafati
1985 : Pallamano Trieste (7)
1986 : Pallamano Trieste (8)
1987 : CC Ortigia Siracusa
1988 : CC Ortigia Siracusa (2)
1989 : CC Ortigia Siracusa (3)
1990 : Pallamano Trieste (9)
1991 : SSV Brixen Handball
1992 : SSV Brixen Handball (2)
1993 : Pallamano Trieste (10)
1994 : Pallamano Trieste (11)
1995 : Pallamano Trieste (12)

1996 : Pallamano Trieste (13)
1997 : Pallamano Trieste (14)
1998 : Pallamano Prato
1999 : Pallamano Prato (2)
2000 : Pallamano Trieste (15)
2001 : Pallamano Trieste (16)
2002 : Pallamano Trieste (17)
2003 : Handball Club Conversano
2004 : Handball Club Conversano (2)
2005 : SC Merano
2006 : Handball Club Conversano (3)
2007 : Handball Casarano
2008 : Handball Casarano (2)

2009 : Handball Casarano (3)
2010 : Handball Club Conversano (4)
2011 : Handball Club Conversano (5)
2012 : SSV Bozen Loacker
2013 : SSV Bozen Loacker (2)
2014 : Junior Fasano
2015 : SSV Bozen Loacker (3)
2016 : Junior Fasano (2)
2017 : SSV Bozen Loacker (4)
2018 : Junior Fasano (3)
2019 : SSV Bozen Loacker (5)

	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	5	2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
	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