1997–98 Croatian First A League
1997–98 Croatian First A League was the seventh season of the Croatian handball league since its independence.
League table
| Club | P | W | D | L | G+ | G− | Dif | Pts | |
| 1. | Badel 1862 Zagreb | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 664 | 538 | 126 | 39 |
| 2. | Brodomerkur Split | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 592 | 517 | 75 | 32 |
| 3. | Zamet Autotrans Rijeka | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 505 | 492 | 13 | 28 |
| 4. | Medveščak Zagreb | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 553 | 560 | -7 | 25 |
| 5. | Metković Razvitak | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 534 | 531 | 3 | 25 |
| 6. | Cetera Đakovo | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 527 | 527 | 0 | 23 |
| 7. | PIPO IPC Čakovec | 22 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 597 | 587 | 10 | 21 |
| 8. | Moslavina Kutina | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 557 | 557 | 0 | 19 |
| 9. | Karlovačka Banka | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 528 | 546 | -18 | 19 |
| 10. | Varteks Tivar Varaždin | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 541 | 576 | -35 | 15 |
| 11. | Bjelovar | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 534 | 609 | -75 | 12 |
| 12. | Solin Transportcommerce | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 518 | 609 | -91 | 6 |