2021–22 Swiss Handball League

Swiss Handball League
Season	2021–22
Dates	2 September 2021 – 7 June 2022
Champion	Kadetten Schaffhausen; 12th title
Relegated	Chênois Genève
European League	Kadetten Schaffhausen; GC Amicitia Zürich
European Cup	Pfadi Winterthur; Wacker Thun
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Swiss Handball League (known as the Quickline Handball League for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd season of the Handball League, Swiss premier handball league. It ram from 2 September 2021 to 7 June 2022.^[1]

Kadetten Schaffhausen won their twelfth title.^[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2021–22 Swiss Handball League

Arenas and locations

The following 14 clubs competed in the Slovenian First League during the 2021–22 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
BSV Bern	Bern, Muri	Mobiliar Arena	2,000
Chênois Genève	Geneva	Sports Center Sous-Moulin
GC Amicitia Zürich	Zürich	Saalsporthalle	2,300
Kadetten Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	BBC Arena	3,500
Kriens-Luzern	Luzern	Krauerhalle	1,300
Pfadi Winterthur	Winterthur	AXA-Arena	2,000
RTV Basel	Basel	Rankhof	1,500
Suhr Aarau	Aarau	Sporthalle Schachen	1,000
St. Otmar	St. Gallen	Kreuzbleiche	3,500
Wacker Thun	Thun	Sporthalle Lachen	2,000

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Kadetten Schaffhausen	25	22	2	1	762	601	+161	46	1.84	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Pfadi Winterthur	26	15	3	8	751	693	+58	33	1.27
3	Wacker Thun	27	14	3	10	749	727	+22	31	1.15
4	HSC Suhr Aarau	26	13	3	10	685	645	+40	29	1.12
5	GC Amicitia Zürich	27	13	1	13	735	722	+13	27	1.00
6	HC Kriens-Luzern	26	11	4	11	704	692	+12	26	1.00
7	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	26	12	2	12	761	773	−12	26	1.00
8	BSV Bern	27	12	1	14	738	744	−6	25	0.93
9	RTV 1879 Basel	27	8	3	16	648	707	−59	19	0.70	Qualification to Playout
10	Chênois Genève	27	1	0	26	639	867	−228	2	0.07	Qualification to Playout

Source: Swiss Handball Association
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth (if it was necessary) game at home.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Kadetten Schaffhausen	3

8	BSV Bern	1
			1	Kadetten Schaffhausen	3

			5	GC Amicitia Zürich	0
4	HSC Suhr Aarau	1

5	GC Amicitia Zürich	3
						1	Kadetten Schaffhausen	3

						2	Pfadi Winterthur	0
2	Pfadi Winterthur	3

7	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2
			2	Pfadi Winterthur	3

			3	Wacker Thun	2
3	Wacker Thun	3

6	HC Kriens-Luzern	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Kadetten Schaffhausen	3–1	BSV Bern	31–30	40–28	32–33	38–28	–
Pfadi Winterthur	3–2	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	31–30	34–35 (aet)	32–25	27–31	32–31
Wacker Thun	3–0	HC Kriens-Luzern	25–24	31–28	29–27	–	–
HSC Suhr Aarau	1–3	GC Amicitia Zürich	22–30	27–23	27–28 (aet)	28–23	–

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Kadetten Schaffhausen	3–0	GC Amicitia Zürich	34–29	33–32	28–21	–	–
Pfadi Winterthur	3–2	Wacker Thun	33–26	29–33	27–19	24–31	28–23

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Kadetten Schaffhausen	3–0	Pfadi Winterthur	30–19	28–20	29–26	–	–

Game 1

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 18:00	Kadetten Schaffhausen	30–19	Pfadi Winterthur	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 1,500 Referees: H. Simon, M. Simon
	Zehnder 7	(15–10)	Jud 5
	5×	Report	6×

Game 2

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) 17:00	Pfadi Winterthur	20–28	Kadetten Schaffhausen	AXA Arena, Winterthur Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Capoccia, Jucker
	three players 4	(10–11)	Schelker 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 5×

Game 3

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 18:00	Kadetten Schaffhausen	29–26	Pfadi Winterthur	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 2,473 Referees: Boshkoski, Stalder
	Zehnder 5	(16–10)	Sidorowicz 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6×

Kadetten Schaffhausen won the Finals, 3–0 on series.^[2]

Playout

The playout were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth (if it was necessary) game at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
RTV 1879 Basel	3–0	Chênois Genève	25–14	26–21	29–25	–	–

RTV 1879 Basel won 3–0 on series and retained their Swiss Handball League spot, Chênois Genève was relegated to the Nationalliga B.^[3]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Kadetten Schaffhausen (C)	35	31	2	2	Qualification for European League group phase
2	Pfadi Winterthur	39	21	4	14	Qualification for European Cup second qualifying round
3	Wacker Thun	35	19	3	13	Qualification for European Cup second qualifying round
4	GC Amicitia Zürich	31	15	2	14	Qualification for European League first qualifying round
5	HSC Suhr Aarau	30	14	4	12
6	HC Kriens-Luzern	29	11	4	14
7	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	31	13	3	15
8	BSV Bern	31	13	1	17
9	RTV 1879 Basel	30	11	3	16
10	Chênois Genève (R)	30	1	0	29	Relegation to Nationalliga B

Source: Swiss Handball Association
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

^ "Matchcenter 2021/22 Quickline Handball League Männer QHL". handball.ch. 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "QHL-FINALE: ZWÖLFTER MEISTERTITEL FÜR DIE KADETTEN SCHAFFHAUSEN". handball.ch (in German). 7 June 2022.
^ "QHL Playout: RTV bleibt erstklassig, Chênois steigt ab". handball.ch (in German). 28 April 2022.

External links

Swiss Handball Association (in German and French)

[1] "Matchcenter 2021/22 Quickline Handball League Männer QHL". handball.ch. 25 August 2022.

[Champion-2] "QHL-FINALE: ZWÖLFTER MEISTERTITEL FÜR DIE KADETTEN SCHAFFHAUSEN". handball.ch (in German). 7 June 2022.

[3] "QHL Playout: RTV bleibt erstklassig, Chênois steigt ab". handball.ch (in German). 28 April 2022.

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