Handball Liga Austria

Handball Liga Austria
Founded	1961
No. of teams	10
Country	Austria
Confederation	EHF
Most recent; champion(s)	Union Krems (4)
Most titles	Bregenz Handball (9 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	EHF Cup; EHF Challenge Cup
Official website	http://www.hla.at/
	2020–21 season

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	?

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)

	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.	ATSE Waagner Biro Graz	6	1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
	Alpla HC Hard	6	2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
5.	SG Handball West Wien	5	1966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993
	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach/Köflach	5	1974, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2000
7.	UHK Krems	4	1973, 1975, 1977, 2019
	Rapid Wien	4	1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
9.	UHC Salzburg	3	1968, 1969, 1972
	HC Fivers Margareten	3	2011, 2016, 2018
11.	HC Bruck	2	1997, 1998
12.	ATSV Linz	1	1961
	WAT Atzgersdorf	1	1962
	Union Edelweiß Linz	1	1970
	Salzburger AK 1914	1	1971
	Union Raika Stockerau	1	1986