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

Season	2022–23
Dates	2 September 2022 – 21 May 2023
Champions	Barlinek Industria Kielce (20th title)
Relegated	Pogoń Szczecin
Champions League	Barlinek Industria Kielce Orlen Wisła Płock
Matches played	182
Goals scored	10,311 (56.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Taras Minotskyi (181 goals)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

Format

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

Kalisz

Opole

Puławy

Kwidzyn

Zabrze

Płock

Kielce

Piotrków Tryb.

Głogów

Szczecin

Tarnów

Lubin

Ostrów Wlkp.

Gdańsk

Location of the 2022–23 Superliga teams.

• 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

Results

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

Playoffs

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

References

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.

External links

• Official website (in Polish)