 The worsts are relegated to Portuguese Handball Second Division (renamed First Division during that period).Teams could only get to Liga Portuguesa de Andebol by candidature, because LPA was a closed league.The best and most important Portuguese handball teams compete in Portuguese League with exception of Sporting CP which compete in Divisão de Elite

In the end of season 2005-2006, with the ending of the dispute between league and Federation was extinct Divisão de Elite.