2016–17 Russian Handball Super League

Football league season

Superleague
Season	2016–17
Champions	Chekhovskiye Medvedi (20th title)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 14 June 2017.

The 2016–17 Superleague is the 25th season of the Russian Handball Super League, Russian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. Chekhovskiye Medvedi are the defending champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first eight teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last four plays relegation round. The last team of this relegation round is relegated.

Teams

Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Universitet-Neva

SKIF Krasnodar

Dinamo Viktor Stavropol

SSAU-Saratov

Dinamo Astrakhan

Kaustik Volgograd

Permskie Medvedi

UGNTU-VNZM Ufa

Sungul Snezhinsk

UOR N°2 Moscow

Dynamo Chelyabinsk

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2016–17 Superleague teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the Superleague during the 2016–17 season.

Team	City	Arena
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	Chekhov	Olimpiysky Sport Palace
Universitet-Neva	Saint Petersburg	SDUSHOR Kirovskogo
SKIF Krasnodar	Krasnodar	Olympus Arena
Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	Stavropol	Sports Complex Olimp
SSAU-Saratov	Saratov	Yubileynyy Sports Center
Dinamo Astrakhan	Astrakhan	Sports Complex Star
HC Kaustik Volgograd	Volgograd	Molodezhnaya Sports Center
GK Permskie Medvedi	Perm	Sports Palace Krasava
UGNTU-VNZM Ufa	Ufa	Sports Complex Neftekhimik
Sungul Snezhinsk	Snezhinsk	UIC Sungul
UOR N°2 Moscow	Moscow	UOR n°2 Sports Center
Dynamo Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	Sports Complex Flight

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	22	20	1	1	747	598	+149	41	Play-offs
2	Universitet-Neva	22	17	1	4	657	559	+98	35
3	SKIF Krasnodar	22	15	1	6	677	610	+67	31
4	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	22	12	3	7	608	572	+36	27
5	SSAU-Saratov	22	13	0	9	633	598	+35	26
6	Dinamo Astrakhan	22	11	3	8	623	633	−10	25
7	HC Kaustik Volgograd	22	7	6	9	608	612	−4	20
8	GK Permskie Medvedi	22	9	1	12	600	644	−44	19
9	UGNTU-VNZM	22	6	2	14	554	637	−83	14	Relegation Round
10	Sungul Snezhinsk	22	5	1	16	635	667	−32	11
11	UOR N°2 Moscow	22	5	0	17	623	712	−89	10
12	Dynamo Chelyabinsk	22	2	1	19	552	675	−123	5

Source: Superleague

Play-offs

Quarterfinals 21–26 April					Semifinals 12–17 May					Finals 22–27 May

1	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	38	32

8	GK Permskie Medvedi	21	24
					1	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	31	29

					4	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	28	28
4	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	35	30

5	SSAU-Saratov	27	25
										1	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	27	33	28

										2	Universitet-Neva	21	25	24
2	Universitet-Neva	23	25	24

7	HC Kaustik Volgograd	25	22	18
					2	Universitet-Neva	23	26	25	Third place

					3	SKIF Krasnodar	22	28	22
3	SKIF Krasnodar	29	32							3	SKIF Krasnodar	27	29	28

6	Dinamo Astrakhan	24	24							4	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	32	24	23

5-8th place semifinals 12,16 May				5th place 22,26 May

5	SSAU-Saratov	36	36

8	GK Permskie Medvedi	27	23
				5	SSAU-Saratov	27	32

				6	Dinamo Astrakhan	29	34
6	Dinamo Astrakhan	29	32

7	HC Kaustik Volgograd	24	23	7th place


				7	HC Kaustik Volgograd	36	27

				8	GK Permskie Medvedi	23	22

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
9	UGNTU-VNZM	12	7	0	5	342	319	+23	14	28
10	UOR N°2 Moscow	12	6	2	4	365	347	+18	10	24
11	Sungul Snezhinsk	12	4	3	5	356	361	−5	11	22
12	Dynamo Chelyabinsk	12	4	1	7	318	354	−36	5	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

Russian Handball Super League

2016–17 in European handball (EHF)

EHF competitions

Men	Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup
Women	Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup

League competitions

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