Serie A (men's handball)

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

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

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

EHF coefficient ranking
For the season 2022/2023:


 * 34. Green-Up-Arrow.svg (42) 🇪🇪 Meistriliiga (9.00)
 * 35. Green-Up-Arrow.svg (36) SynotTip Virsliga (7.33)
 * 36. Green-Up-Arrow.svg (38) 🇮🇹 Serie A (4.33)
 * 37. [[Image:RedDownArrow.svg|15px]] (33) 🇧🇬 GHR A (3.33)
 * 38. RedDownArrow.svg (34) 🇬🇧 Multiple ones (2.67)