2019–20 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2019–20 Superliga was the 64th season of the Superliga, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league.[1]

Superliga

Season	2019–20
Champions	PGE Vive Kielce
Matches played	169
Goals scored	9,284 (54.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arkadiusz Moryto (127 goals)
Attendance	177,759 (1,052 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

PGE Vive Kielce were the defending champions.

The league was finished on 23 March 2020, due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.[2]

Format

During the licensing process, work was underway to only change the formula of the relegation round. The team placed 9th during the regular season carries six points to the relegation round, 10th carries five points etc. However, the team placed 14th doesn't carry points to the relegation round.

Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, the relegation round and the play-offs were cancelled.

Teams

Energa MKS Kalisz

Gwardia Opole

KS Azoty-Puławy

MMTS Kwidzyn

NMC Górnik Zabrze

PGE Vive Kielce

Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski

Pogoń Szczecin

SPR Chrobry Głogów

SPR Tarnów

Stal Mielec

Orlen Wisła Płock

Wybrzeże Gdańsk

Zagłębie Lubin

2019–20 Superliga teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the Superliga during the 2019–20 season.

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Energa MKS Kalisz	Kalisz	Arena Kalisz	3,164
Gwardia Opole	Opole	Stegu Arena	3,378
KS Azoty-Puławy	Puławy	Globus Hall	4,119
MMTS Kwidzyn	Kwidzyn	KWS KCSiR	1,504
NMC Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	HWS Pogoń	1,777
Orlen Wisła Płock	Płock	Orlen Arena	5,492
PGE Vive Kielce	Kielce	Hala Legionów	4,200
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski	Piotrków T.	Hala Relax	1,800
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Arena Szczecin	5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów	Głogów	HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka	2,500
SPR Stal Mielec	Mielec	Hala SW MOSiR	2,200
SPR Tarnów	Tarnów	Arena Jaskółka Tarnów	4,317
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Gdańsk	HWS Gdańsk	1,700
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Hala RCS	3,714

Head coaches

Team	Head coach
Energa MKS Kalisz	Patrik Liljestrand
KS Azoty-Puławy	Michał Skórski
Gwardia Opole	Rafał Kuptel
MMTS Kwidzyn	Dmytro Zinchuk
NMC Górnik Zabrze	Marcin Lijewski
Orlen Wisła Płock	Xavi Sabaté
PGE Vive Kielce	Talant Duyshebaev
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski	Bartosz Jurecki
Pogoń Szczecin	Rafał Biały
SPR Chrobry Głogów	Vitaliy Nat
SPR Stal Mielec	Dawid Nilsson
SPR Tarnów	Marcin Markuszewski
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	Krzysztof Kisiel
Zagłębie Lubin	Bartłomiej Jaszka

Regular season

A victory over a team in full-time added three points and after regulation time added two. A loss after regulation time also add a bonus point.

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	Qualification to EHF Champions League group stage
2	Orlen Wisła Płock	24	23	0	0	1	715	516	+199	69	Qualification to EHF European League group stage
3	NMC Górnik Zabrze	24	18	1	1	4	699	614	+85	57
4	KS Azoty-Puławy	25	16	0	2	7	761	673	+88	50	Qualification to EHF European League qualification round[lower-alpha 1]
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	Pogoń Szczecin	24	10	0	1	13	634	677	−43	31
9	SPR 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	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	24	6	1	0	17	589	684	−95	20
13	SPR Stal Mielec	24	6	1	0	17	592	697	−105	20
14	SPR Tarnów	24	3	1	2	18	573	716	−143	13

Source: PGNiG Superliga, Poland Handball Federation, EHF Champions League, EHF European League
Notes:

1. KS Azoty-Puławy qualified in place of NMC Górnik Zabrze, because it did not meet the tournament financial requirements.[3]

Results

Home \ Away	KAL	OPO	PUL	KWI	ZAB	PLO	KIE	PIO	SZC	GLO	MIE	TAR	GDA	LUB
Energa MKS Kalisz		25–27		27–23	17–28	23–26	22–42	27–26	26–29	31–26	26–20	33–28	26–23	27–30
Gwardia Opole	26–26		24–33	29–25	19–20	23–28	18–29	29–26	33–24	27–23		29–22	28–22	36–31
KS Azoty-Puławy	37–27	34–34		35–27	29–29	20–24	32–39	39–35	37–23	33–29	36–28	28–18	32–24	27–23
MMTS Kwidzyn	29–27	21–24	22–28		19–25	19–25	22–40	28–26	35–28	25–26	30–24	33–29		28–23
NMC Górnik Zabrze	28–23	37–31	32–25	32–36		23–24	27–34	33–33		35–29	30–22	23–22	29–20	38–27
Orlen Wisła Płock	30–23	26–20	25–17	37–21	25–20		27–26	35–22	26–25	42–23	38–22	33–14	34–20	28–22
PGE Vive Kielce	38–16	38–21	34–31	45–32	34–24	29–20			45–28	47–26	33–20	52–30	38–24	36–24
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski	23–26		25–35	32–20	24–28	24–33	35–42		29–27	27–23	29–25	22–21	32–29	28–21
Pogoń Szczecin	22–19	26–23	25–34	27–24	26–31	23–28	21–30	33–29		27–19	27–29		29–28	28–18
SPR Chrobry Głogów		41–29	27–25	24–27	31–32		27–34	28–26	25–25		26–23	34–27	29–29	26–26
SPR Stal Mielec	29–30	34–26	25–27	28–27		22–36	20–36	24–22	27–31	24–31		26–26	23–27	27–25
SPR Tarnów	21–21	31–26	21–35		23–33	16–33	19–33	23–22	22–28	27–27	27–23		31–34	27–35
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	20–27	26–34	25–26	26–22	27–32	19–32	17–27	29–23	31–27	26–33	19–24	25–22
Zagłębie Lubin	27–36	27–31	28–26	27–24	24–30		25–35	29–26	29–25	28–26	32–23	28–26	24–19

Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Position	Club
September	Kamil Adamczyk	RB	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
October	Niko Mindegía	CB	Orlen Wisła Płock
November	Maciej Pilitowski	CB	Energa MKS Kalisz
December	Maciej Tokaj	CB	Zagłębie Lubin
February	Michał Daszek	RW	Orlen Wisła Płock

References

1. "PGNiG Superliga". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
2. "Komunikat o zakończeniu rozgrywek PGNiG Superligi". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-25.
3. "Górnik Zabrze nie zagra w Lidze Europy. Zdecydowały kwestie finansowe". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). 2020-07-13. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-08-14.

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