H League
Founded2011
CountrySouth Korea
ConfederationKHF
Most recent
champion(s)		Men:
Doosan (2022–23)
Women:
Samcheok City Hall (2022–23)
Most titlesMen:
Doosan (11 titles)
Women:
Incheon City Hall (4 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website

The H League (Korean: H리그) is a handball league in South Korea. Before 2023, the competition was named Handball Korea League.

The league finals are hosted at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium within the Olympic Park in Seoul. In 2011, the former Olympic Fencing Gymnasium was remodelled for handball games at a cost of ₩43.4 billion, specialized with handball only courts.[1]

Initially a semi-professional league, it became fully professional before the 2023–24 season.[2]

2023–24 teams

Men's

Women's

  • Busan Infrastructure Corporation
  • Daegu Metropolitan City Hall
  • Gwangju City Corporation
  • Gyeongnam Development Corporation
  • Incheon Metropolitan City Hall
  • Samcheok City Hall
  • Seoul City Hall
  • SK Sugar Gliders

Champions

Men's

Titles by season

Season Winners Runners-up
2011 Doosan Chungnam Sports Council
2012 Doosan Chungnam Sports Council
2013 Doosan Chungnam Sports Council
2014 Korosa Doosan
2015 Doosan Sangmu Phoenix
2016 Doosan SK Hawks
2017 Doosan Incheon City Corporation
2018–19 Doosan SK Hawks
2019–20 Doosan SK Hawks
2020–21 Doosan Incheon City Corporation
2021–22 Doosan SK Hawks
2022–23 Doosan Incheon City Corporation

Titles by club

ClubWinnersRunners-up
Doosan
11
1
Korosa
1
0
SK Hawks
0
4
Chungnam Sports Council
0
3
Incheon City Corporation
0
3
Sangmu Phoenix
0
1

Women's

Titles by season

Season Winners Runners-up
2011 Incheon Sports Council Samcheok City Hall
2012 Incheon Sports Council Wonderful Samcheok
2013 Wonderful Samcheok Incheon Sports Council
2014 Incheon City Hall Seoul City
2015 Incheon City Hall Seoul City
2016 Seoul City Samcheok City Hall
2017 SK Sugar Gliders Seoul City
2018–19 Busan Infrastructure Corporation SK Sugar Gliders
2019–20 SK Sugar Gliders Busan Infrastructure Corporation
2020–21 Busan Infrastructure Corporation Samcheok City Hall
2021–22 Samcheok City Hall Gwangju Metropolitan City Corporation
2022–23 Samcheok City Hall Busan Infrastructure Corporation

Titles by club

ClubWinnersRunners-up
Incheon City Hall[lower-alpha 1]
4
1
Samcheok City Hall[lower-alpha 2]
3
4
Busan Infrastructure Corporation
2
2
SK Sugar Gliders
2
1
Seoul City
1
3
Gwangju Metropolitan City Corporation
0
1
  1. ↑ Known as Incheon Sports Council from 2011 to 2013.
  2. ↑ Known as Wonderful Samcheok from 2012 to 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Suk, Monica (20 October 2011). "SK chief's contribution to handball stadium". Korea Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. ↑ 김동찬 (6 April 2022). "핸드볼 프로화 선언…2023–2024시즌부터 프로 리그로 운영". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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