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

Season	2019–20
Dates	30 August 2019 – 12 March 2020
Champions	PGE Vive Kielce (17th title)
Champions League	PGE Vive Kielce
European League	Orlen Wisła Płock Azoty Puławy
Matches played	169
Goals scored	9,284 (54.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arkadiusz Moryto (127 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.

External links

• Official website (in Polish)