The Italian Serie A, officially named Serie A Gold, is the highest level men's

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league of

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Competition format

The league has 14 teams playing against each other in a

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. The champion is determined by

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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.

2022/23 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 :

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* 2015 : SSV Bozen Loacker (3) * 2016 :

(2) * 2017 : SSV Bozen Loacker (4) * 2018 :

(3) * 2019 : SSV Bozen Loacker (5) * 2020 : ''not assigned'' * 2021 : Handball Club Conversano (6) * 2022 : Handball Club Conversano (7)

EHF coefficient ranking

For the season 2022/2023: *34.

(''42'')

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(9.00) *35.

(''36'') SynotTip Virsliga (7.33) *36.

(''38'') Serie A (4.33) *37. (''33'') GHR A (3.33) *38. RedDownArrow

(''34'') ''Multiple ones'' (2.67)

External links

Official website

References

{{EHF leagues

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...