Handball Liga Austria

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.

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)
 * 2021 : Alpla HC Hard (7)
 * 2022 : UHK Krems (5)

EHF coefficient ranking
For season 2017–2018, see footnote


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 * 24. RedDownArrow.svg (20) 🇹🇷 Süper Ligi (9.67)
 * 25. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (26) 🇦🇹 Handball Liga Austria (9.00)
 * 26. RedDownArrow.svg (23) A1 Ethniki (8.00)
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