SPAR Premium League

The SPAR Premium League (SPL) is the premier women's handball league in Switzerland, established in 1970. LC Brühl is the championship's most successful club by a large margin with 31 titles including two 11-years winning streaks, followed by ATV Basel-Stadt with four and TSV St. Otmar and Spono Nottwil with three.^[1]

SPAR Premium League

Sport	Handball
Founded	1970
Country	Switzerland
Continent	Europe

Currently the league is contested by eight teams.^[2] The champion is granted a spot in the Champions League's qualifying tournament.^[3]

Current season

Teams for season 2020–21

Thun

Zürich

Kreuzlingen

Herzogenbuchsee

St. Gallen

Zug

Nottwil

Winterthur

Location of teams in 2020–21 Spar Premium League

• DHB Rotweiss Thun
• GC Amicitia Zürich
• HSC Kreuzlingen
• HV Herzogenbuchsee
• LC Brühl Handball
• LK Zug
• SPONO EAGLES
• Yellow Winterthur

List of champions

1970 LC Brühl 1971 LC Brühl (2) 1972 LC Brühl (3) 1973 LC Brühl (4) 1974 LC Brühl (5) 1975 LC Brühl (6) 1976 LC Brühl (7) 1977 LC Brühl (8) 1978 LC Brühl (9) 1979 LC Brühl (10) 1980 LC Brühl (11) 1981 RTV 1879 Basel 1982 ATV Basel-Stadt 1983 ATV Basel-Stadt (2) 1984 RTV 1879 Basel (3) 1985 ATV Basel-Stadt (4) 1986 ATV Basel-Stadt (5) 1987 LC Brühl (12) 1988 LC Brühl (13)

1989 LC Brühl (14) 1990 LC Brühl (15) 1991 LC Brühl (16) 1992 LC Brühl (17) 1993 LC Brühl (18) 1994 LC Brühl (19) 1995 LC Brühl (20) 1996 LC Brühl (21) 1997 LC Brühl (22) 1998 TSV St. Otmar 1999 TSV St. Otmar (2) 2000 Spono Nottwil 2001 Spono Nottwil (2) 2002 LC Brühl (23) 2003 LC Brühl (24) 2004 ZMC Amicitia Zürich 2005 TSV St. Otmar (3) 2006 Spono Nottwil (3) 2007 LC Brühl (25)

2008 LC Brühl (26) 2009 LC Brühl (27) 2010 LK Zug 2011 LC Brühl (28) 2012 LC Brühl (29) 2013 LK Zug (2) 2014 LK Zug (3) 2015 LK Zug (4) 2016 Spono Nottwil (4) 2017 LC Brühl (30) 2018 Spono Nottwil (5) 2019 LC Brühl (31) 2020 not awarded 2021 LK Zug (5) 2022 Spono Eagles (6) 2023 LC Brühl (32) 2024

See also

• SHV-Cup (Swiss women's national cup)
• Swiss Handball League (male counterpart)

References

1. List of champions Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine in the Swiss Handball Federation's website
2. 2012-13 SPL table in the Swiss Handball Federation's website
3. 2012-13 results in EHF's website