Serie A (men's handball)
The Italian Serie A is the name of the highest level handball league of Italy.
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| Countries | Italy |
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| Confederation | EHF |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Relegation to | Serie A2 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| International cup(s) | EHF Cup EHF Challenge Cup |
| Current champions | SSV Bozen Loacker |
| Most championships | Pallamano Trieste (17 titles) |
| Website | http://www.figh.it/ |
Competition Format
The season has 26 game days (or weeks) and is played as a Round-robin tournament. At th end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. At the end of the season, the bottom two finishers are automatically relegated to the second level of the Italian league system, the Serie A2.
2019/20 Season participants
The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A during the 2019–20 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
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| SSV Bozen Loacker | Bolzano | PalaResia |
| Pallamano Pressano | Lavis | Palavis |
| Sport Club Meran Handball | Merano | Centro Scolastico Carlo Wolf |
| Pallamano Trieste | Trieste | PalaChiarbola |
| Cassano Magnago HC | Cassano Magnago | PalaTacca |
| Handball Siena | Siena | PalaEstra |
| Handball Club Fondi | Fondi | Palasport di Fondi |
| SSV Brixen Handball | Bressanone | Palasport di Bressanone |
| Sporting Club Gaeta 1970 | Gaeta | Palasport di Fondi |
| Junior Fasano | Fasano | PalaZizzi |
| Pallamano Conversano 1973 | Conversano | Pala San Giacomo |
| Handball Sassari | Sassari | PalaSantoru |
| ASV Eppan Handball Löwen | Appiano sulla strada del vino | Raffeisenhalle |
| Pallamano Cologne | Cologne | PalaDanti |
Serie A past champions
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| Club | Titles | Year | |
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| 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 | 5 | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 |
| SSV Bozen Loacker | 5 | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 | |
| 3. | HC Rovereto | 4 | 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980 |
| 5. | CC Ortigia Siracusa | 3 | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Handball Casarano | 3 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | |
| Junior Fasano | 3 | 2014, 2016, 2018 | |
| 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 |
EHF coefficient ranking
- For season 2017/2018[1]
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