2004–05 Croatian First League

2004–05 Croatian First League was the 14th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the fourth season of the First League format.

First League

Season	2004–05
Champions	Zagreb
EHF Champions League	Zagreb
EHF Cup	Perutnina PIPO IPC
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Osijek Elektromodul
EHF Challenge Cup	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb
Matches played	38
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

League table

First phase

In the first part of the season, 16 teams played single-circuit league (15 matches). After 15 rounds the first six teams qualified for the Championship play-offs - playing for the Championship title and the remaining 10 in the Relegation play-offs - playing to stay in the league.^{[1] [2]}

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Zagreb	15	14	1	0	479	349	+130	29	Championship play-offs
2.	Metković	15	9	3	3	449	396	+53	21
3.	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb	15	9	2	4	428	419	+9	20
4.	Osijek Elektromodul	15	8	2	5	450	427	+23	18
5.	Moslavina Kutina	15	8	2	5	450	453	-3	18
6.	Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec	15	8	1	6	472	431	+41	17
7.	Zamet Rijeka	15	8	1	6	446	416	+30	17	Relegation play-offs
8.	Gorica Velika Gorica	15	7	1	7	440	434	+6	15
9.	Split	15	6	1	8	459	468	-9	13
10.	Ekol Ivančica Ivanec	15	6	1	8	429	468	-39	13
11.	Crikvenica	15	6	1	8	414	457	-33	13
12.	Karlovac	15	5	2	8	401	417	-16	12
13.	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin	15	6	0	9	390	414	-24	12
14.	Đakovo	15	5	1	9	410	434	-24	11
15.	Dubrava Zagreb	15	3	1	11	441	484	-43	7
16.	Zadar Eva	15	2	0	13	386	462	-76	4

Championship play-offs

Intermediate matches from the first part of the championship were transferred, and the clubs played three more times (15 matches).^[3]

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Zagreb	20	17	3	0	639	506	+139	37
2.	Metković	20	11	2	7	568	532	+36	24
3.	Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec	20	9	3	8	596	584	+12	21
4.	Osijek Elektromodul	20	10	1	9	592	585	+7	21
5.	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb	20	4	1	15	540	624	-84	9
6.	Moslavina Kutina	20	3	2	15	525	634	-109	8

Relegation play-offs

Relegation play-offs determined the placement of clubs that were between 7th and 16th place in the first phase of the championship. 18 matches were played (double league system).

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Split	18	11	0	7	639	506	+129	25
2.	Đakovo	18	10	1	7	558	543	+15	22
3.	Karlovac	18	10	0	8	525	516	+9	22
4.	Crikvenica	18	9	1	8	503	501	+2	21
5.	Gorica Velika Gorica	18	6	5	7	564	553	+11	21
6.	Dubrava Zagreb	18	9	2	7	531	533	-2	20
7.	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin	18	8	2	8	549	541	+8	19
8.	Zamet Rijeka	18	7	1	10	540	530	+10	19
9.	Zadar Eva	18	9	1	8	512	526	-14	19
10.	Ekol Ivančica Ivanec	18	4	1	13	548	603	-55	12

2004-05 Croatian First League winners
Zagreb Fourteenth title

Final standings

	Zagreb
	Metković
	Perutnina PIPO IPC
4	Osijek Elektromodul
5	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb
6	Moslavina Kutina
7	Split
8	Đakovo
9	Karlovac
10	Crikvenica
11	Gorica Velika Gorica
12	Dubrava Zagreb
13	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin
14	Zamet Rijeka
15	Zadar Eva
16	Ekol Ivančica Ivanec

Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Champions League

Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Cup Winners' Cup

Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Cup

Qualified for the 2005-06 EHF Challenge Cup

Sources

• Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; page 180
• hrt.hr, ljestvica i rezultati 1. dijela
• hrt.hr, ljestvica i rezultati Lige 16
• European Handball Federation