2019–20 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2019–20 Superliga was the 64th season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 30 August 2019, and was prematurely ended due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.

Polish Superliga
Season2019–20
Dates30 August 2019 – 12 March 2020
ChampionsPGE Vive Kielce (17th title)
Champions LeaguePGE Vive Kielce
European LeagueOrlen Wisła Płock
Azoty Puławy
Matches played169
Goals scored9,284 (54.93 per match)
Top goalscorerArkadiusz Moryto (127 goals)

On 23 March 2020, the governing body of the competition decided to end the season, and declare PGE Vive Kielce the winners, as the first placed team in the regular season standings.[1]

The team from Kielce won their 17th title of the Polish Champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2019–20 season consists of 14 teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, with the first placed team in the standings earning the Polish Championship. The last placed team is directly relegated to the 1st league, and the penultimate team in the standings play relegation playoffs with the willing team from the 1st league.[2]

The winners are entitled to play in the EHF Champions League the following season. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th team in the standings gain a chance to take part in the upcoming EHF European League edition.[3]

Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, the relegation round and the playoffs were cancelled.

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PGE Vive Kielce 25 24 0 0 1 916 608 +308 72 EHF Champions League
2 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 23 0 0 1 715 516 +199 69 EHF European League
3 NMC Górnik Zabrze 24 18 1 1 4 699 614 +85 57 [4]
4 Azoty Puławy 25 16 0 2 7 761 673 +88 50 EHF European League
5 Gwardia Opole 24 11 2 0 11 647 675 −28 37
6 Energa MKS Kalisz 24 10 1 1 12 611 658 −47 33
7 Zagłębie Lubin 24 10 1 0 13 633 683 −50 32
8 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 24 10 0 1 13 634 677 −43 31
9 Chrobry Głogów 24 8 1 3 12 659 702 −43 29
10 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 24 7 1 0 16 646 687 −41 23
11 MMTS Kwidzyn 24 7 0 0 17 609 694 −85 21
12 Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 24 6 1 0 17 589 684 −95 20
13 Stal Mielec 24 6 1 0 17 592 697 −105 20
14 Grupa Azoty Tarnów 24 3 1 2 18 573 716 −143 13
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results
Home \ Away PUL GLO KAL TAR OPO KWI ZAB PLO KIE PIO SZC MIE GDA LUB
Azoty Puławy 33–29 37–27 28–18 36–38 35–27 33–34 20–24 32–39 39–35 37–23 36–28 32–24 27–23
Chrobry Głogów 27–25 34–27 41–29 24–27 31–32 27–34 28–26 28–26 26–23 32–33 29–31
Energa MKS Kalisz 31–26 33–28 25–27 27–23 17–28 23–26 22–42 27–26 26–29 26–20 26–23 27–30
Grupa Azoty Tarnów 21–35 31–29 24–25 31–26 23–33 16–33 19–33 23–22 22–28 27–23 31–34 27–35
Gwardia Opole 24–33 27–23 32–31 29–22 29–25 19–20 23–28 18–29 29–26 33–24 28–22 36–31
MMTS Kwidzyn 22–28 25–26 29–27 33–29 21–24 19–25 19–25 22–40 28–26 35–28 30–24 28–23
NMC Górnik Zabrze 32–25 35–29 28–23 23–22 37–31 32–36 23–24 27–34 34–36 30–22 29–20 38–27
Orlen Wisła Płock 25–17 42–23 30–23 33–14 26–20 37–21 25–20 27–26 35–22 26–25 38–22 34–20 28–22
PGE Vive Kielce 34–31 47–26 38–16 52–30 38–21 45–32 34–24 29–20 45–28 33–20 38–24 36–24
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 25–35 27–23 23–26 22–21 32–20 24–28 24–33 35–42 29–27 29–25 32–29 28–21
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 25–34 27–19 22–19 26–23 27–24 26–31 23–28 21–30 33–29 27–29 29–28 28–18
Stal Mielec 25–27 24–31 29–30 31–30 34–26 28–27 22–36 20–36 24–22 27–31 23–27 27–25
Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 25–26 26–33 20–27 25–22 26–34 26–22 27–32 19–32 17–27 29–23 31–27 19–24
Zagłębie Lubin 28–26 28–26 27–36 28–26 27–31 27–24 24–30 25–35 29–26 29–25 32–23 24–19
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Komunikat o zakończeniu rozgrywek PGNiG Superligi". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. "Regulamin" (PDF). PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. "EHF Ranking list for 2020/21 men's club competitions". eurohandball.com. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. "Górnik Zabrze nie zagra w Lidze Europy. Zdecydowały kwestie finansowe". sport.dziennik.pl (in Polish). 13 June 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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