2000–01 Croatian First A League

2000–01 Croatian First A League was the tenth season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the last season of the First A League format. Badel 1862 Zagreb won the league after a controversial final against Metković Jambo.^[1][2]

First A League

Season	2000–01
Champions	Badel 1862 Zagreb
European Champions Cup	Metković Jambo
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Zamet Crotex Rijeka
EHF Cup	Moslavina Kutina, Brodokumer Split
Matches played	30
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

League tables and results

League table

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts	Qualification
1.	Badel 1862 Zagreb	22	20	1	1	754	514	+240	41	Championship play-offs
2.	Metković Jambo	22	20	1	1	652	500	+152	41
3.	Brodomerkur Split	22	15	3	4	596	512	+84	33
4.	Zamet Crotek Rijeka	22	12	1	9	561	542	+19	25
5.	Moslavina Kutina	22	10	3	9	565	584	-19	23
6.	Đakovo	22	8	2	12	518	515	+3	18
7.	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin	22	6	4	12	529	589	-60	16
8.	PIPO IPC Čakovec	22	7	2	13	518	592	-74	16
9.	Medveščak Osiguranje Zagreb	22	6	3	13	521	557	-36	15
10.	Ekol Ivančica Ivanec	22	7	1	14	545	611	-66	15
11.	Rudar Labin	22	6	1	15	485	591	-106	12 (-1)
12.	Karlovac	22	4	0	18	511	612	-101	8

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Championship play-offs

The semi-final winner was decided to the club who won two matches, but the final was decided to the club that won three matches.

Phase	Club1	Club2	First match	Second match	Third match	Fourth match	Fifth match	Ratio
Semi-final	Brodomerkur Split	Metković Jambo	21:25*	21:30				2:0
	Zamet Crotek Rijeka	Badel 1862 Zagreb	25:31*	28:32				2:0
Final	Badel 1862 Zagreb	Metković Jambo	28:23*	18:23	23:27	26:21	22:21* 1 (10:0)* 2	3:2
*Result of home team is of Club1 1 Match was interrupted 2 Awarded win to Badel 1862 Zagreb

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2000–01 Croatian First A League winners
Zagreb Tenth title

Sources

• Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; page 179
• Petar Orgulić: 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci, Rijeka, 2005; pages 272, 273