# 1993–94 Croatian First A League

1993–94 Croatian First A League was the third season of First A League. It was the third season of Croatian handball to be played after their departure from the Yugoslav First League.

## First phase
### League 12

| | Club | P | W | D | L | G+ | G− | Dif | Pts | |
| 1. | Badel 1862 Zagreb | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 688 | 433 | 255 | 42 | Championship play-offs |
| 2. | Medveščak Zagreb | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 538 | 450 | 88 | 31 | Championship play-offs |
| 3. | Istraturist Umag | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 540 | 491 | 49 | 31 | Championship play-offs |
| 4. | Varteks Tivar Varaždin | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 508 | 495 | 11 | 16 | Championship play-offs |
| 5. | Karlovačka pivovara | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 472 | 465 | 7 | 24 | Placement play-offs |
| 6. | Bjelovar | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 483 | 494 | −11 | 20 | Placement play-offs |
| 7. | Sisak | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 492 | 510 | −18 | 20 | Placement play-offs |
| 8. | Zamet Rijeka | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 462 | 485 | −23 | 19 | Placement play-offs |
| 9. | Zadar | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 428 | 458 | −30 | 17 | Relegation play-offs |
| 10. | Đakovo Kvazar | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 414 | 432 | −18 | 15 | Relegation play-offs |
| 11. | Jadranka Big Net Rudar Labin | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 392 | 562 | −170 | 9 | Relegation play-offs |
| 12. | Zaprešić Borac | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 427 | 569 | −142 | 8 | Relegation play-offs |

## Second phase
### Championship play-offs

Bold result - home match for Club1
Normally written score - away match for Club1
| Club1 | Club2 | Results |
| Semi-final |||
| Varteks Tivar | Badel 1862 | 24:26 | 25:32 | |
| Istraturist | Medveščak | 27:21 | 21:23 | 22:22 (9:6 7m) |
| Third place match |||
| Varteks Tivar | Medveščak | 27:26 | 20:19 | |
| Final |||
| Istraturist | Badel 1862 | 23:27 | 22:29 | |

### Placement play-offs

| Club1 | Club2 | Results |
| Round 1 |||
| Zamet | Karlovačka Pivovara | 23:20 | 12:15 | 20:24 |
| Bjelovar | Sisak | 23:25 | 26:32 | |
| Seventh place match |||
| Zamet | Bjelovar | 22:37 | 22:25 | |
| Fifth place match |||
| Sisak | Karlovačka Pivovara | 18:17 | 23:21 | |
| Fourth place match |||
| Sisak | Medveščak | 28:26 | 31:32 | 30:29 |
| rezultat pdebljan - domaća utakmica za klub1 rezultat normalna debljine - gostujuća utakmica za klub1 |||

### Relegation play-offs

| mj. | klub | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | All together (with results from the first phase) | Ratio from relegation play-offs | Ratio from relegation play-offs | Ratio from relegation play-offs | Ratio from relegation play-offs | Ratio from relegation play-offs | |
| mj. | klub | P | W | D | L | Goals | Dif | Pts | P | W | D | L | Goals | |
| 1. | Đakovo Kvazar | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 243:171 | 72 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 121:71 | qualification for 1994−95 Croatian First A League |
| 2. | Zadar | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 252:206 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 113:100 | qualification for 1994−95 Croatian First A League |
| 3. | Jadranka Big Net Rudar Labin | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 194:229 | −35 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 96:98 | 1994−95 Croatian First B League |
| 4. | Zaprešić Borac | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 116:199 | −83 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0:60 | 1994−95 Croatian First B League |

## Final standings

| | Badel 1862 Zagreb |
| | Istraturist Umag |
| | Varteks Tivar Varaždin |
| 4 | Sisak |
| 5 | Medveščak Zagreb |
| 6 | Karlovačka pivovara |
| 7 | Bjelovar |
| 8 | Zamet Rijeka |
| 9 | Đakovo Kvazar |
| 10 | Zadar |
| 11 | Jadranka Big Net Rudar Labin |
| 12 | Zaprešić - Borac |
| Qualified for the 1994−95 EHF Champions League | Qualified for the 1994−95 EHF Cup Winners' Cup | Qualified for the 1994−95 EHF Cup | Qualified for the 1994−95 EHF City Cup |
* 1993–94 Croatian First A League winners
* Badel 1862 Zagreb Third title

## Sources

* Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; page 178
* Petar Orgulić: 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci, Rijeka, 2004.; pages 230 and 231
* Kruno Sabolić: Hrvatski športski almanah 1992/1993, Zagreb, 1992.