2012–13 Croatian Premier Handball League (handball)

The 2012–13 Premijer Liga season is the twenty-second since its establishment.

2012–13 Premijer Liga
League	Croatian Premier Handball League
Sport	Handball
Number of games	52
Number of teams	13 (regular season) 6 (championship)
Total attendance	25,000
Regular season
Season champions	Siscia Sisak
Top scorer	Luka Cindrić (243 goals)
Championship playoffs
Finals champions	Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
Runners-up	NEXE Našice

Teams

Zagreb CO

Bjelovar

Buzet

Zagreb CO

Dubrava

Gorica

Karlovačka Banka

Kaštela

Vidovec Bios

Poreč

Siscia

Spačva

Split

Varteks

Zamet

Nexe

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Locations of teams participating in the 2011-12 season

	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Regular season	14
		RK Bjelovar	Bjelovar	ŠSD Bjelovar
		RK Buzet	Buzet	SD u Buzetu
		RK Dubrava	Zagreb	ŠD Dubrava
		HRK Gorica	Velika Gorica	Dvorana srednjih škola
		RK Karlovačka Banka	Karlovac	SŠD Mladost
		RK Marina Kaštela	Kaštel Gomilica	Gradska dvorana Kaštela
		RK Medveščak NFD Zagreb	Zagreb	SD Šutinska Vrela
		RK Poreč	Poreč	Dvorana Veli Jože
		RK Siscia	Sisak	SD Brezovica
		RK Spačva	Vinkovci	Sportska dvorana Bartol Kašić
		RK Split	Split	Spaladium Arena (12,500)
		Varteks di Caprio	Varaždin	Varaždin Arena
		RK Vidovec Bios	Vidovec	ŠSD Vidovec
		RK Zamet	Rijeka	Centar Zamet (2,350)
Champions Round	2
		RK Zagreb	Zagreb	Arena Zagreb (15,200)
		RK Nexe	Našice	Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava (2,500)

Regular season

Standings

Pos.	Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goal+	Goal-	Pts.	Qualification or relegation
1.	Siscia Sisak	26	22	1	3	853	703	44	Championship play-offs
2.	Dubrava Zagreb	26	18	1	7	817	766	37
3.	Karlovačka Banka	26	18	0	8	802	693	36
4.	Poreč	26	16	2	8	793	685	34
5.	Zamet Rijeka	26	16	1	9	756	670	32	Mid-table play-offs
6.	Vidovec Bios	26	15	2	9	781	725	32
7.	Bjelovar	26	14	2	10	779	714	30
8.	Buzet	26	12	2	12	756	733	26
9.	Marina Kaštela Gomilica	26	10	3	13	731	737	23	Relegation play-offs
10.	Medveščak NFD Zagreb	26	9	2	15	733	782	20
11.	Gorica	26	9	0	17	760	772	18
12.	Spačva Vinkovci	26	8	1	17	719	790	16
13.	Koteks Split	26	6	0	20	731	852	11
14.	Varteks Di Caprio Varaždin	26	0	1	25	551	940	0

Source: rukometstat.com

Championship Playoffs

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb	10	10	0	0	352	247	+105	20
2	Nexe Našice	10	6	1	3	315	300	+15	13
3	Poreč	10	5	1	4	303	297	6	11
4	Karlovačka Banka	10	4	0	6	276	289	-13	8
5	Dubrava Zagreb	10	3	0	7	269	309	-40	6
6	Siscia Sisak	10	1	0	9	272	345	-73	2

Qualified for the 2013-14 EHF Champions League

Qualified for the 2013–14 EHF Cup

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Mid-Table Playoffs

Pos.	club	with results from Regular season								results from Mid-table playoffs
		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Zamet Rijeka	12	7	0	5	345	329	14		6	3	0	3	171	158
2.	Bjelovar	12	6	2	4	362	357	14		6	3	1	2	170	181
3.	Buzet	12	4	2	6	343	349	10		6	2	1	3	168	169
4.	Vidovec BIOS	12	4	2	6	339	354	10		6	2	2	2	177	178

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Relegation play-offs

Pos.	club	with results from Regular season								results from Relegation playoffs
		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Marina Kaštela Kaštel Gomilica	20	15	0	5	629	524	30		10	8	0	2	324	271
2.	Spačva Vinkovci	20	13	0	7	596	536	26		10	8	0	2	302	251
3.	Medveščak NFD Zagreb	20	12	2	6	608	552	26		10	6	1	3	320	275
4.	Gorica Velika Gorica	20	10	1	9	622	559	21		10	4	1	5	308	279
5.	Split	20	6	3	11	589	608	15		10	1	3	6	286	310
6.	Varteks Di Caprio Varaždin	20	0	2	18	438	703	2		10	0	1	9	210	364

Relegated

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Final table

Pos.	club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Championship Playoffs
1.	Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb	10	10	0	0	352	247
2.	NEXE Našice	10	6	1	3	315	300
3.	Poreč	36	31	3	12	1006	986
4.	Karlovac	36	22	0	14	1078	982
5.	Dubrava Zagreb	36	21	1	14	1076	1075
6.	Siscia Sisak	36	23	1	12	1025	1048
Mid-Table Playoffs
7.	Zamet Rijeka	32	19	1	12	927	828
8.	Bjelovar	32	17	3	12	949	895
9.	Buzet	32	14	3	15	923	902
10.	Vidovec BIOS	32	17	4	11	958	903
Relegation Playoffs
11.	Marina Kaštela Kaštel Gomilica	36	18	3	16	1059	1009
12.	Spačva Vinkovci	36	14	1	19	1022	1041
13.	Medveščak NFD Zagreb	36	15	3	18	1053	1060
14.	Gorica Velika Gorica	36	13	1	22	1068	1051
15.	Split	36	7	3	26	1017	1161
16.	Varteks Di Caprio Varaždin	36	0	2	34	761	1304

Qualified for the 2013-14 SEHA League

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

2012-13 winning team

RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb

• GK: Ivan Stevanović, Filip Ivić
• LB: Tonči Valčić, Stipe Mandalinić, Marko Matić, Domagoj Sršen
• CB: Josip Valčić, David Špiler, Luka Ćosić
• RB: Luka Stepančić, Luka Šebetić
• RW: Zlatko Horvat, Jerko Matulić, Bruno Butorac, Lovro Šprem
• LW: Hrvoje Batinović, Lovro Mihić
• LP: Marino Marić, Ilija Brozović
• Head coach: Boris Dvoršek

Source: rukometstat.com

Sources

• HRS
• Sport.net.hr
• Rk-zamet.hr
• Rijeka.hr