2021–22 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2021–22 Superliga was the 66th 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 3 September 2021 and concluded on 24 May 2022.[1]

Polish Superliga
Season2021–22
Dates3 September 2021 – 24 May 2022
ChampionsŁomża Vive Kielce (19th title)
RelegatedStal Mielec
Champions LeagueŁomża Vive Kielce
Orlen Wisła Płock
European LeagueAzoty Puławy
MMTS Kwidzyn
Górnik Zabrze
Matches played182
Goals scored10,103 (55.51 per match)
Top goalscorerKacper Adamski (162 goals)

Łomża Vive Kielce won their 19th title of the Polish Champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2021–22 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 play relegation playoffs with the willing team from the Central 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]

Teams
Location of the 2021–22 Superliga teams.
  • The following teams compete in the Superliga during the 2021–22 season:
Team Arena Capacity
1 Łomża Vive Kielce Hala Legionów 4,200
2 Orlen Wisła Płock Orlen Arena 5,492
3 Azoty Puławy Hala MOSiR Puławy 3,362
4 Górnik Zabrze HWS Pogoń 1,013
5 Gwardia Opole Stegu Arena 3,378
6 Energa MKS Kalisz Arena Kalisz 3,164
7 Chrobry Głogów HWS Głogów 2,500
8 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin Netto Arena 5,403
9 MKS Zagłębie Lubin HWS RCS Lubin 3,714
10 MMTS Kwidzyn KWS KCSiR 1,504
11 Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk HWS AWFiS Gdańsk 1,700
12 Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów Arena Jaskółka Tarnów 4,317
13 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Hala Relax 1,000
14 Handball Stal Mielec Hala Sportowa SP 7 300

League table
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Łomża Vive Kielce (C) 26 25 1 0 0 932 649 +283 77 EHF Champions League
2 Orlen Wisła Płock 26 24 0 1 1 850 601 +249 73
3 Azoty Puławy 26 18 2 0 6 789 670 +119 58 EHF European League
4 MMTS Kwidzyn 26 13 2 1 10 682 684 −2 44
5 Górnik Zabrze 26 13 1 3 9 688 687 +1 44
6 Energa MKS Kalisz 26 11 3 1 11 731 713 +18 40
7 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 12 0 1 13 708 771 −63 37
8 Chrobry Głogów 26 9 2 2 13 739 807 −68 33
9 Gwardia Opole 26 8 4 0 14 642 711 −69 32
10 Zagłębie Lubin 26 8 1 1 16 699 756 −57 27
11 Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 26 6 1 2 17 657 754 −97 22
12 Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów 26 6 1 2 17 643 731 −88 22
13 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 26 6 0 3 17 664 768 −104 21
14 Stal Mielec (R) 26 5 0 1 20 679 801 −122 16 Relegation to the Central League
Source: PGNiG Superliga
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away PUL GLO KAL ZAB TAR OPO KIE KWI PLO PIO SZC MIE GDA LUB
Azoty Puławy 40–28 27–29 33–32 30–21 34–23 28–29 22–19 24–32 36–24 30–19 29–26 35–25 32–31
Chrobry Głogów 31–44 31–30 39–40 28–27 34–22 29–45 29–28 26–30 32–33 27–29 36–27 30–24 28–25
Energa MKS Kalisz 23–28 30–25 25–22 35–23 23–26 26–32 21–22 24–33 32–20 30–28 39–38 35–22 30–28
Górnik Zabrze 23–21 28–29 25–24 29–30 29–25 21–30 22–28 20–34 25–23 24–18 37–28 22–23 29–27
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów 26–30 24–25 26–31 26–31 27–24 25–30 26–27 24–31 20–23 28–26 24–20 22–23 28–27
Gwardia Opole 15–32 27–32 23–31 25–23 29–26 22–27 26–24 22–29 33–30 29–28 25–17 32–26 30–27
Łomża Vive Kielce 41–26 43–23 37–29 37–28 51–19 40–24 41–29 27–26 39–21 34–21 35–28 39–25 38–24
MMTS Kwidzyn 31–32 31–29 30–26 19–22 33–31 20–19 23–35 25–34 27–28 24–22 29–23 28–25 23–26
Orlen Wisła Płock 27–26 40–19 39–28 27–21 32–16 33–18 23–25 31–26 36–19 38–25 37–19 35–28 34–21
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 24–26 31–29 30–29 29–34 30–29 26–33 32–38 24–31 22–25 30–32 28–26 26–23 31–24
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 28–32 30–24 30–33 25–27 21–27 23–31 20–34 27–37 27–38 32–37 27–21 27–33 27–30
Stal Mielec 26–34 30–27 29–30 27–35 28–26 32–28 30–41 27–29 25–37 25–30 27–30 29–28 32–31
Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 18–32 30–28 24–30 25–24 23–22 25–27 26–37 24–26 25–37 26–32 24–25 32–23 28–29
Zagłębie Lubin 27–36 33–35 30–28 27–29 25–29 21–20 24–32 23–26 24–35 32–25 32–24 25–23 33–32
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[4] Shots %
1 Poland Kacper Adamski MKS Kalisz 16225264
2 Poland Arkadiusz Moryto Vive Kielce 15519281
3 Poland Patryk Mauer Gwardia Opole 13918575
4 Ukraine Andrii Akimenko Azoty-Puławy 12916479
5 Poland Paweł Krupa Pogoń Szczecin 12423453
6 Russia Sergei Kosorotov Wisła Płock 12118864
7 Poland Paweł Paterek Chrobry Głogów 11721355
8 Poland Łukasz Gierak Pogoń Szczecin 11619958
9 Poland Damian Przytuła Górnik Zabrze 11322251
10 Poland Piotr Swat Piotrkowianin 10715669

Polish clubs in European competitions
Competition Team Progress Result Total W–D–L
EHF
Champions
League		 Łomża Vive Kielce Final vs Spain Barcelona (L) - p 13-1-4
Semifinal vs Hungary Telekom Veszprém (W)
Quarter-finals vs France Montpellier Handball (W)
Group phase 1st of 8 teams (10-0-4)
European League Orlen Wisła Płock Bronze medal match vs Croatia Nexe Našice (W) 14-1-3
Semifinal vs Portugal SL Benfica (L)
Quarter-finals vs Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen (W)
Last 16 vs Germany TBV Lemgo (W)
Group phase 1st of 6 teams (9-0-1)
Qualification Round 2 vs Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (W)
KS Azoty-Puławy Qualification Round 2 vs Germany Füchse Berlin (L) 2-0-2
Qualification Round 1 vs Croatia MRK Sesvete (W)
Górnik Zabrze Qualification Round 1 vs Norway ØIF Arendal (L) 1-0-1

References
  1. "PGNiG Superliga. Znamy terminarz sezonu 2021/22. "Święta wojna" znów na koniec rundy". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Regulamin" (PDF). ZPRP (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. "Men's Ranking – Place Distribution 22/23" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. PGNiG Superliga Statystyki Ógolne 2021/22
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