2018–19 Ekstraklasa (men's handball)

The 2018–19 Ekstraklasa was the 63rd season of the Ekstraklasa, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 31 August 2018 and concluded in May 2019.[1]

Superliga
Season2018–19
ChampionsPGE Vive Kielce
RelegatedArka Gdynia
Champions LeaguePGE Vive Kielce
Wisła Płock
EHF CupGwardia Opole
NMC Górnik Zabrze
KS Azoty-Puławy
Matches played230
Goals scored12,642 (54.97 per match)
Top goalscorerArkadiusz Moryto
(158 goals)
Attendance243,817 (1,060 per match)
← 2017–18

PGE Vive Kielce were the defending champions.

Format

During the licensing process, work was underway to change the formula of the competition. Finally, the division into two groups was dropped and after the main round the teams will be divided into two groups: the first eight will create the quarter-final pairs, while the remaining six teams will play the match-revenge round for the Ekstraklasa.

Teams
Arka Gdynia
Energa MKS Kalisz
Gwardia Opole
KS Azoty-Puławy
MMTS Kwidzyn
NMC Górnik Zabrze
PGE Vive Kielce
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski
Pogoń Szczecin
SPR Chrobry Głogów
Stal Mielec
Wisła Płock
Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Zagłębie Lubin
2018–19 Ekstraklasa teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2018–19 season.

Team City Arena Capacity
Arka Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Sports Arena 5,500
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
PGE Vive Kielce Kielce Hala Legionów 4,200
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków T. Hala Relax 1,800
Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Azoty Arena 5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów Głogów HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka 2,500
SPR Stal Mielec Mielec Hala SW MOSiR 2,200
Wisła Płock Płock Orlen Arena 5,492
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Gdańsk HWS Gdańsk 1,700
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin Hala RCS 3,714

Head coaches
TeamHead coach
Arka Gdynia Dawid Nilsson
Energa MKS Kalisz Patrik Liljestrand
Gwardia Opole Rafał Kuptel
KS Azoty-Puławy Zbigniew Markuszewski
MMTS Kwidzyn Tomasz Strząbała
NMC Górnik Zabrze Rastislav Trtík
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Dmytro Zinchuk
PGE Vive Kielce Talant Duyshebaev
Pogoń Szczecin Rafał Biały
SPR Chrobry Głogów Jarosław Cieślikowski
SPR Stal Mielec Marcin Basiak
PGE Vive Kielce Talant Duyshebaev
Wisła Płock Xavi Sabaté
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Thomas Ørneborg
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 26 25 1 0 0 973 681 +292 77 Play-offs
2 Wisła Płock 26 21 2 1 2 800 582 +218 68
3 NMC Górnik Zabrze 26 18 2 1 5 743 643 +100 59
4 Gwardia Opole 26 17 0 1 8 732 722 +10 52
5 KS Azoty-Puławy 26 15 1 1 9 771 686 +85 48
6 MMTS Kwidzyn 26 13 2 2 9 644 657 −13 45
7 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 12 1 1 12 709 750 −41 39
8 SPR Chrobry Głogów 26 12 0 0 14 694 700 −6 36
9 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 26 9 0 2 15 691 754 −63 29 Relegation Round
10 Zagłębie Lubin 26 9 1 0 16 641 707 −66 29
11 Energa MKS Kalisz 26 7 2 1 16 651 710 −59 26
12 Pogoń Szczecin 26 6 0 1 19 648 762 −114 19
13 SPR Stal Mielec 26 5 0 1 20 686 821 −135 16
14 Arka Gdynia 26 1 0 0 25 662 870 −208 3
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results
Home \ Away GDY KAL OPO PUL KWI ZAB KIE PIO SZC GLO MIE PLO GDA LUB
Arka Gdynia 28–24 29–40 33–37 27–33 19–31 31–40 33–37 27–30 21–25 30–35 27–31 34–42 21–28
Energa MKS Kalisz 27–16 26–31 24–25 23–23 26–26 27–37 24–29 22–22 26–24 29–28 26–29 29–31 27–29
Gwardia Opole 30–19 30–28 26–30 24–21 26–23 26–36 26–26 28–22 29–27 33–31 24–37 32–29 34–20
KS Azoty-Puławy 35–22 28–24 34–22 26–17 29–29 30–35 31–27 30–23 34–26 35–20 21–24 24–24 35–24
MMTS Kwidzyn 25–19 24–21 26–27 28–26 27–26 22–39 33–28 27–22 24–22 29–20 21–21 26–26 25–23
NMC Górnik Zabrze 38–24 29–26 32–25 28–25 30–21 24–32 27–20 32–26 29–24 35–26 23–23 28–19 28–25
PGE Vive Kielce 38–25 43–20 40–30 35–18 36–27 32–23 39–23 48–29 35–27 35–28 30–30 42–28 31–21
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 36–26 27–22 23–25 32–31 22–25 26–28 32–45 29–25 30–27 34–26 24–40 26–27 30–29
Pogoń Szczecin 20–19 25–28 26–27 30–37 17–28 22–26 23–40 27–29 20–26 28–31 23–31 34–27 27–21
SPR Chrobry Głogów 41–29 22–24 29–34 34–33 27–21 22–26 30–38 29–23 25–28 25–24 26–33 26–21 23–19
SPR Stal Mielec 40–32 19–24 28–39 24–41 27–27 25–37 28–39 27–29 27–33 24–30 20–32 30–25 27–24
Wisła Płock 36–17 30–18 29–17 28–17 29–16 25–26 24–31 38–24 42–21 29–21 38–22 38–27 28–20
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 33–27 33–28 25–28 16–31 26–27 32–31 29–42 17–20 25–20 25–28 29–23 21–26 29–25
Zagłębie Lubin 38–27 22–28 26–19 31–28 23–21 16–28 26–35 23–23 30–25 21–28 29–26 19–29 29–25
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

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 Energa MKS Kalisz 10 8 0 0 2 275 247 +28 24
2 Pogoń Szczecin 10 6 0 1 3 282 245 +37 19
3 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 10 4 1 1 4 268 274 −6 15
4 Zagłębie Lubin 10 4 0 0 6 269 278 −9 12
5 SPR Stal Mielec 10 2 2 0 6 269 277 −8 10 Relegation Play-offs
6 Arka Gdynia 10 3 0 1 6 259 301 −42 10 Relegation
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results
Home \ Away GDY KAL SZC MIE GDA LUB
Arka Gdynia 29–31 28–27 30–41 29–30 26–30
Energa MKS Kalisz 32–19 25–24 26–22 27–22 23–28
Pogoń Szczecin 39–14 24–22 29–29 31–24 31–27
SPR Stal Mielec 23–32 23–29 25–27 23–24 26–27
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 26–26 27–30 25–27 27–27 35–30
Zagłębie Lubin 22–26 29–30 26–23 26–30 24–28
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MKS Nielba Wągrowiec 53–64 SPR Stal Mielec 28–35 25–29

SPR Stal Mielec won 64–53 aggregate and stays in the Superliga.

Play-offs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1P PGE Vive Kielce 41 34 75
8P SPR Chrobry Głogów 22 28 50
G1 PGE Vive Kielce 31 37 68
G2 Gwardia Opole 32 28 60
4P Gwardia Opole 27 28 55
5P KS Azoty-Puławy 25 25 50
SF1 PGE Vive Kielce 26 32 58
SF2 Wisła Płock 26 25 51
2P Wisła Płock 32 33 65
7P Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 20 46
G3 Wisła Płock 25 28 53 3rd place
G4 MMTS Kwidzyn 13 16 29
3P NMC Górnik Zabrze 21 26 47 SF1 Gwardia Opole 25 26 51
6P MMTS Kwidzyn 19 31 50 SF2 MMTS Kwidzyn 26 24 50

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month
Player Position Club
September Alex Dujshebaev RB PGE Vive Kielce
October Mateusz Kornecki GK NMC Górnik Zabrze
November Ignacy Bąk RB NMC Górnik Zabrze
December Mateusz Kornecki GK NMC Górnik Zabrze
February Iso Sluijters RB NMC Górnik Zabrze
March Iso Sluijters RB NMC Górnik Zabrze

References
  1. "PGNiG Superliga". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-09-11.
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