2002–03 Croatian First League

First League
Season	2002–03
Champions	Zagreb
EHF Champions League	Zagreb, Metković Jambo
EHF Cup	Bjelovar, Medveščak Infosistem
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Umag
Matches played	30
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 Croatian First League was the 12th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the second season of the First League format.

League table

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Zagreb	30	29	0	1	997	749	248	58
2.	Metković Jambo	30	23	0	7	872	799	73	46
3.	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb	30	18	2	10	867	792	75	38
4.	Bjelovar	30	17	2	11	816	792	24	36
5.	Zamet Crotek Rijeka	30	16	2	12	805	762	43	34
6.	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin	30	16	1	13	744	727	17	33
7.	Umag	30	15	1	14	801	782	19	31
8.	Moslavina Kutina	30	15	1	14	856	847	9	31
9.	Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec	30	13	2	15	846	843	23	28
10.	Osijek 2000	30	12	3	15	758	787	-29	27
11.	Crikvenica	30	13	1	16	778	840	-72	27
12.	Dubrava Zagreb	30	11	1	18	759	806	-47	23
13.	Ekol Ivančica Ivanec	30	11	0	19	719	846	-127	22
14.	Split	30	9	2	19	750	811	-61	20
15.	Karlovac	30	7	1	22	767	847	-80	15
16.	Đakovo	30	5	1	24	759	864	-105	11

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Relegation play-offs

	Club	P	W	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Đakovo	5	5	0	177	135	42	10	First League 2003-04
2.	Split	5	4	1	135	126	9	8
3.	Karlovac	5	3	2	150	134	16	6
4.	Cetinka Trilj	5	1	4	140	153	-13	2
5.	Prelog	5	1	4	139	160	-21	2
6.	Maksimir Princ Zagreb	5	1	4	144	175	-31	2

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2002-03 Croatian First League winners
Zagreb Twelfth title

Sources

Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; page 180
hrt.hr ljestvica i rezultati 2002./03.

References

[1] 2002-03 Croatian First League

[2] 2002-03 Croatian First League

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