Handball Liga Austria

HLA Meisterliga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025–26 Handball Liga Austria
SportHandball
Founded1961 (1961)
No. of teams12
CountryAustria
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion
Jags Vöslau (1)
(2025–26)
Most titlesBregenz Handball
(9 titles)
Relegation toHLA Challenge
International cupsEHF Cup
EHF Challenge Cup
Websitehttp://www.hla.at/

The HLA Meisterliga (Handball Liga Austria Meisterliga) is the professional handball league of Austria.

Competition format

The current format was introduced in the 2025-2026 season. The competition has 12 teams. The season begins with a regular season where each team plays each other twice, home and away. The table is then separated into two parts, a championship group and a relegation group. The top eight teams meet in quarterfinals, followed by semi- and lastly a final. The winner is declared Austrian champion. The bottom four meets in relegation playoff to see who gets relegated to the HLA Challenger League.[1]

Format prior to 2021-2022

The leagued consisted of 10 teams, who in the regular season played each other twice, home and away. 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.

Current teams

Teams for season 2025–26

Team City
HC Linz AG Linz
SC Ferlach Ferlach
Handballclub Fivers Margareten Wien
UHK Krems Krems an der Donau
Jags Vöslau Bad Vöslau
Alpla HC Hard Hard
HSG Xentis Lipizzanerheimat Köflach
BT Füchse Bruck an der Mur
HSG Graz Graz
Handball Tirol Schwaz
Bregenz Handball Bregenz
UHC Hollabrunn Hollabrunn

Handball Liga Austria past champions

Club Titles Year[3]
1.Bregenz Handball92001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
2.HC Linz AG81978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2024
3.Alpla HC Hard72003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021
4.ATSE Waagner Biro Graz61983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
5.SG Handball West Wien51966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2023
6.HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach/Köflach51974, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2000
7.UHK Krems51973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
8.Rapid Wien41963, 1964, 1965, 1967
9.UHC Salzburg31968, 1969, 1972
10.HC Fivers Margareten32011, 2016, 2018
11.HC Bruck21997, 1998
12.ATSV Linz11961
13.WAT Atzgersdorf11962
14.Union Edelweiß Linz11970
15.Salzburger AK 191411971
16.Union Raika Stockerau11986

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2017–2018, see footnote[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ÖHB beschließt großes Reformpaket". oehb.at (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ↑ "ÖHB-Bewerbe der Saison 2019/20 abgebrochen". oehb.at (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Meistertafel / Cupsieger seit 1961" [Champions / Cup Champions since 1961] (in German). HLA. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ↑ (PDF). European Handball Federation.
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