Serie A (men's handball)

Serie A Gold
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023–24 Serie A (men's handball)
Sport	Handball
Founded	1969
No. of teams	14
Country	Italy
Confederation	EHF
Most recent; champion(s)	Junior Fasano
Most titles	Pallamano Trieste (17 titles)
Relegation to	Serie A2
International cup(s)	EHF European Cup
Official website	https://www.federhandball.it/

The Italian Serie A, officially named Serie A Gold, is the highest level men's handball league of Italy.

Competition format[edit]

The league has 14 teams playing against each other in a round-robin tournament. The champion is determined by playoffs between the top four teams at the end of the regular season. The team ranked last at the end of the regular season, as well as the losing team of the playouts, are relegated to Serie A2.

2023/24 Season participants[edit]

The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A during the 2022-23 season.

Team	City	Arena
SSV Bozen Loacker	Bolzano	PalaGasteiner
Pallamano Pressano	Lavis	PaLavis
Sport Club Meran Handball	Merano	Centro Scolastico "Karl Wolf"
Polisportiva Cingoli	Cingoli	PalaQuaresima
Cassano Magnago HC	Cassano Magnago	PalaTacca
Pallamano Carpi 2019	Carpi	PalaVallauri
SSV Brixen Handball	Bressanone	Raffeisen Arena
Junior Fasano	Fasano	PalaZizzi
Pallamano Trieste	Trieste	PalaChiarbola
Pallamano Conversano 1973	Conversano	Pala San Giacomo
Handball Sassari	Sassari	PalaSantoru
ASV Eppan Handball	Appiano sulla strada del vino	Raiffeisenhalle
Pallamano Secchia Rubiera	Rubiera	PalaBursi
ASD Albatro Siracusa	Siracusa	PalaLoBello

Serie A past champions[edit]

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)
2020 : not assigned
2021 : Handball Club Conversano (6)
2022 : Handball Club Conversano (7)
2023 : Junior Fasano (4)

	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	7	2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2022
3.	SSV Bozen Loacker	5	2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
4.	Junior Fasano	4	2014, 2016, 2018, 2023
	HC Rovereto	4	1974, 1975, 1978, 1980
5.	CC Ortigia Siracusa	3	1987, 1988, 1989
	Handball Casarano	3	2007, 2008, 2009
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