2004–05 Croatian First League

First League
Season2004–05
ChampionsZagreb
EHF Champions LeagueZagreb
EHF CupPerutnina PIPO IPC
EHF Cup Winners' CupOsijek Elektromodul
EHF Challenge CupMedveščak Infosistem Zagreb
Matches played38

2004–05 Croatian First League was the 14th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the fourth season of the First League format.

League table

First phase

In the first part of the season, 16 teams played single-circuit league (15 matches). After 15 rounds the first six teams qualified for the Championship play-offs - playing for the Championship title and the remaining 10 in the Relegation play-offs - playing to stay in the league.[1] [2]

Club P W D L G+ G− Dif Pts
1. Zagreb 15 14 1 0 479 349 +130 29 Championship play-offs
2. Metković 15 9 3 3 449 396 +53 21
3. Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb 15 9 2 4 428 419 +9 20
4. Osijek Elektromodul 15 8 2 5 450 427 +23 18
5. Moslavina Kutina 15 8 2 5 450 453 -3 18
6. Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec 15 8 1 6 472 431 +41 17
7. Zamet Rijeka 15 8 1 6 446 416 +30 17 Relegation play-offs
8. Gorica Velika Gorica 15 7 1 7 440 434 +6 15
9. Split 15 6 1 8 459 468 -9 13
10. Ekol Ivančica Ivanec 15 6 1 8 429 468 -39 13
11. Crikvenica 15 6 1 8 414 457 -33 13
12. Karlovac 15 5 2 8 401 417 -16 12
13. Varteks di Caprio Varaždin 15 6 0 9 390 414 -24 12
14. Đakovo 15 5 1 9 410 434 -24 11
15. Dubrava Zagreb 15 3 1 11 441 484 -43 7
16. Zadar Eva 15 2 0 13 386 462 -76 4

Championship play-offs

Intermediate matches from the first part of the championship were transferred, and the clubs played three more times (15 matches).[3]

Club P W D L G+ G− Dif Pts
1. Zagreb 20 17 3 0 639 506 +139 37
2. Metković 20 11 2 7 568 532 +36 24
3. Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec 20 9 3 8 596 584 +12 21
4. Osijek Elektromodul 20 10 1 9 592 585 +7 21
5. Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb 20 4 1 15 540 624 -84 9
6. Moslavina Kutina 20 3 2 15 525 634 -109 8

Relegation play-offs

Relegation play-offs determined the placement of clubs that were between 7th and 16th place in the first phase of the championship. 18 matches were played (double league system).

Club P W D L G+ G− Dif Pts
1. Split 18 11 0 7 639 506 +129 25
2. Đakovo 18 10 1 7 558 543 +15 22
3. Karlovac 18 10 0 8 525 516 +9 22
4. Crikvenica 18 9 1 8 503 501 +2 21
5. Gorica Velika Gorica 18 6 5 7 564 553 +11 21
6. Dubrava Zagreb 18 9 2 7 531 533 -2 20
7. Varteks di Caprio Varaždin 18 8 2 8 549 541 +8 19
8. Zamet Rijeka 18 7 1 10 540 530 +10 19
9. Zadar Eva 18 9 1 8 512 526 -14 19
10. Ekol Ivančica Ivanec 18 4 1 13 548 603 -55 12
2004-05 Croatian First League winners
Zagreb
Zagreb
Fourteenth title

Final standings

Zagreb
Metković
Perutnina PIPO IPC
4 Osijek Elektromodul
5 Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb
6 Moslavina Kutina
7 Split
8 Đakovo
9 Karlovac
10 Crikvenica
11 Gorica Velika Gorica
12 Dubrava Zagreb
13 Varteks di Caprio Varaždin
14 Zamet Rijeka
15 Zadar Eva
16 Ekol Ivančica Ivanec
Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Champions League Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Cup Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Challenge Cup

Sources

References

  1. ^ RK Zamet - rezultati
  2. ^ RK Zamet - tablica
  3. ^ http://www.rk-zamet.hr/ligai.asp?sezona_id=3[permanent dead link‍]