2022–23 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2022–23 Superliga was the 67th 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 2 September 2022 and concluded on 21 May 2023.[1]

Polish Superliga
Season2022–23
Dates2 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsBarlinek Industria Kielce (20th title)
RelegatedPogoń Szczecin
Champions LeagueBarlinek Industria Kielce
Orlen Wisła Płock
Matches played182
Goals scored10,311 (56.65 per match)
Top goalscorerTaras Minotskyi (181 goals)

Barlinek Industria Kielce won their 20th title of the Polish Champions.

Format

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The competition format for the 2022–23 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

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  • The following teams compete in the Superliga during the 2022–23 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 MMTS Kwidzyn KWS KCSiR 1,504
5 Górnik Zabrze HWS Pogoń 1,013
6 Energa MKS Kalisz Arena Kalisz 3,164
7 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Hala Relax 1,000
8 Chrobry Głogów HWS Głogów 2,500
9 Gwardia Opole Stegu Arena 3,378
9 MKS Zagłębie Lubin HWS RCS Lubin 3,714
11 Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk HWS AWFiS Gdańsk 1,700
12 Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów Arena Jaskółka Tarnów 4,317
13 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin Netto Arena 5,403
CL Arged KPR Ostrovia Arena Ostrów 2,500

League table

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barlinek Industria Kielce 26 25 0 0 1 1021 660 361 75 EHF Champions League
2 Orlen Wisła Płock 26 25 0 0 1 878 592 286 75
3 Górnik Zabrze 26 17 0 1 8 744 693 51 52 EHF European League
4 Chrobry Głogów 26 15 0 1 10 721 756 −35 46
5 Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 26 14 1 2 9 701 705 −4 46
6 Azoty Puławy 26 13 2 1 10 769 759 10 44
7 Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów 26 10 1 5 10 692 726 −34 37
8 MMTS Kwidzyn 26 10 1 0 15 678 740 −62 32
9 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski 26 9 1 0 16 682 749 −67 29
10 Gwardia Opole 26 7 2 0 17 676 774 −98 25
11 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 7 1 1 17 689 752 −63 24
12 Energa MKS Kalisz 26 6 2 1 17 639 729 −90 23
13 Zagłębie Lubin 26 5 3 1 17 651 776 −125 22 Relegation playoffs
14 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 26 5 0 1 20 674 804 −130 16 Relegation to the Central League

Results

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Home \ Away PUL GLO KAL ZAB TAR OPO KIE KWI PLO OST PIO SZC GDA LUB
Azoty Puławy 31–27 29–24 30–34 35–32 32–33 21–31 29–26 25–30 24–23 33–25 36–27 29–30 39–27
Chrobry Głogów 33–26 25–26 18–27 29–25 33–28 26–47 29–24 24–36 35–29 35–31 32–27 27–25 33–35
Energa MKS Kalisz 31–38 23–24 19–26 27–26 24–23 26–43 26–27 26–30 28–27 27–23 25–26 26–29 20–18
Górnik Zabrze 32–38 27–33 32–25 27–20 30–24 24–40 28–24 19–30 26–27 29–25 36–24 32–30 31–29
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów 34–35 23–25 33–34 21–31 31–24 27–37 25–26 23–35 26–23 30–27 30–28 23–22 30–24
Gwardia Opole 31–30 25–23 27–24 22–29 27–32 24–41 33–25 23–38 22–25 26–22 30–27 23–27 32–28
Barlinek Industria Kielce 39–24 41–25 40–25 40–31 40–25 42–21 42–31 27–24 47–28 40–28 40–23 41–25 39–20
MMTS Kwidzyn 23–30 28–25 35–25 21–32 30–31 31–27 30–35 18–36 23–22 25–24 27–22 25–26 28–31
Orlen Wisła Płock 36–21 42–22 29–23 34–25 33–26 32–18 29–27 48–24 32–26 37–21 35–20 32–24 31–16
Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski 27–22 22–25 29–25 25–24 27–31 26–25 23–45 23–25 28–38 22–26 27–26 41–40 32–27
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 31–33 33–26 26–20 26–29 28–29 34–29 26–40 22–21 23–32 26–30 28–27 32–33 28–25
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 29–35 25–30 28–29 26–33 28–27 35–29 23–43 26–27 15–32 30–28 25–27 24–41 35–28
Torus Wybrzeże Gdańsk 30–25 24–26 29–26 20–28 26–25 29–27 20–31 23–22 24–32 32–26 33–32 25–24 27–19
Zagłębie Lubin 23–31 31–34 21–20 27–26 27–30 30–31 31–43 22–35 24–35 29–27 23–22 28–27 25–24
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Relegation round

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Playoffs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stal Mielec 43–53 Zagłębie Lubin 19–22 24–31

References

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  1. ^ "PGNiG Superliga ogłosiła terminarz sezonu 2022/23. "Święta wojna" znów w ostatniej serii". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Regulamin" (PDF). ZPRP (in Polish). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's Ranking – Place Distribution 23/24" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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