- League table First phase Championship play-offs Relegation play-offs
- Final standings
- Sources
- References
{{Infobox football league season
|competition = First League
|season = 2003-04
|winners = Zagreb
|relegated =
|continentalcup1 = EHF Champions League
|continentalcup1 qualifiers = Zagreb, Metković
|continentalcup2 = EHF Cup
|continentalcup2 qualifiers = Perutnina PIPO IPC, Osijek Elektromodul
|continentalcup3 = EHF Cup Winners' Cup
|continentalcup3 qualifiers = Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb
|league topscorer =
|biggest home win =
|biggest away win =
|highest scoring =
|matches = 38
|total goals =
|prevseason = 2002-03
|nextseason = 2004-05
}}2003-04 Croatian First League was the 13th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the third season of the First League format. League tableFirst phaseIn 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. | Club | P | W | D | L | G+ | G- | Dif | Pts | Qualification | | 1. | Zagreb | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 489 | 373 | 116 | 30 | Championship play-offs |
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| 2. | Metković | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 460 | 384 | 76 | 25 | | 3. | Zamet Crotek Rijeka | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 421 | 361 | 60 | 21 | | 4. | Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 434 | 383 | 51 | 21 | | 5. | Osijek Elektromodul | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 409 | 390 | 29 | 20 | | 6. | Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 422 | 405 | 19 | 19 | | 7. | Crikvenica | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 417 | 381 | 36 | 19 | Relegation play-offs |
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| 8. | Dubrava Zagreb | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 452 | 476 | -24 | 12 | | 9. | Split | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 367 | 412 | -45 | 10 | | 10. | Đakovo | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 375 | 411 | -36 | 10 | | 11. | Bjelovar | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 418 | 423 | -5 | 10 | | 12. | Varteks di Caprio Varaždin | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 363 | 402 | -39 | 10 | | 13. | Ekol Ivančica Ivanec | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 384 | 433 | -49 | 10 | | 14. | Moslavina Kutina | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 388 | 449 | -61 | 9 | | 15. | Umag | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 366 | 437 | -71 | 7 | | 16. | Karlovac | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 393 | 438 | -45 | 7 |
[1]Championship play-offsIntermediate matches from the first part of the championship were transferred, and the clubs played three more times (15 matches).[2] | Club | P | W | D | L | G+ | G- | Dif | Pts | | 1. | Zagreb | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 618 | 515 | 103 | 36 | | 2. | Metković | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 588 | 510 | 78 | 25 | | 3. | Perutnina PIP IPC Čakovec | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 562 | 592 | -30 | 22 | | 4. | Zamet Crotek Rijeka | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 540 | 537 | 3 | 17 | | 5. | Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 526 | 537 | -9 | 12 | | 6. | Osijek Elektromodul | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 519 | 610 | -109 | 8 |
[2]Relegation play-offsRelegation 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. | Đakovo | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 512 | 483 | 29 | 23 | | 2. | Split | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 534 | 531 | 3 | 23 | | 3. | Ekol Ivančica Ivanec | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 529 | 532 | 7 | 23 | | 4. | Varteks di Caprio Varaždin | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 518 | 514 | 4 | 22 | | 5. | Crikvenica | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 516 | 524 | -8 | 22 | | 6. | Moslavina Kutina | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 585 | 560 | 25 | 21 | | 7. | Dubrava Zagreb | 18 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 562 | 573 | -11 | 19 | | 8. | Umag | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 554 | 532 | 22 | 18 | | 9. | Bjelovar | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 504 | 529 | -25 | 16 | | 10. | Karlovac | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 522 | 554 | -32 | 13 |
[3]{{winners-other|2003-04 Croatian First League winners|Zagreb|Zagreb|Thirteenth}}Final standings| align=center | Zagreb | | align=center | Metković | | align=center | Perutnina PIPO IPC | | 4 | Zamet Crotek Rijeka | | 5 | Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb | | 6 | Osijek Elektromodul | | 7 | Đakovo | | 8 | Split | | 9 | Ekol Ivančica Ivanec | | 10 | Varteks di Caprio Varaždin | | 11 | Crikvenica | | 12 | Moslavina Kutina | | 13 | Dubrava Zagreb | | 14 | Umag | | 15 | Bjelovar | | 16 | Karlovac | |
| Qualified for the 2004-05 EHF Champions League | | Qualified for the 2004-05 EHF Cup Winners' Cup | | Qualified for the 2004-05 EHF Cup |
Sources- Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; str. 180
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208213343/http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/rukomet/03_04/m.html hrt.hr, ljestvica i rezultati 1. dijela]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080206114843/http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/rukomet/03_04/m_IIdio.html hrt.hr, rezultati i ljestvice drugog dijela prvenstva]
References1. ^http://www.rk-zamet.hr/ligai.asp?sezona_id=2 First Phase
2. ^1 http://www.rk-zamet.hr/ligai.asp?sezona_id=3
3. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20080206114843/http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/rukomet/03_04/m_IIdio.html Relegation play-offs
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