2016–17 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Superliga was the 61st season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 9 September 2016 and concluded on 27 May 2017.

Polish Superliga
Season2016–17
Dates9 September 2016 – 27 May 2017
ChampionsVive Tauron Kielce (14th title)
Champions LeagueVive Tauron Kielce
Orlen Wisła Płock
EHF CupAzoty Puławy
Gwardia Opole
Matches played224
Goals scored12,255 (54.71 per match)
Top goalscorerVitaliy Titov (175 goals)

Vive Tauron Kielce won their 14th title of the Polish Champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consisted of 2 groups of seven teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, with the top 3 teams of each group qualifying directly for the quarterfinals. The teams ranked 4th and 5th play for a place in the quarterfinals.[1]

Regular season
  • A victory over a team of the same group add 1 extra point.

Grenade Group

Orange Group

Results
Home \ Away AZO GLO ZAB OPO LEG ELB KWI PLO PIO SZC MIE KIE GDA LUB
Azoty Puławy 29–24 34–26 27–23 31–26 31–21 33–21 25–29 34–24 34–25 29–22 32–40 29–32 36–23
Chrobry Głogów 25–26 29–26 23–28 29–23 28–23 22–28 25–32 34–28 29–24 18–21 24–39 33–28 31–28
NMC Górnik Zabrze 36–34 41–27 30–32 31–27 24–13 28–29 26–29 32–25 37–26 27–21 27–36 30–28 31–23
Gwardia Opole 24–30 23–29 29–27 25–23 24–21 23–28 21–39 34–24 30–29 33–27 24–33 27–24 34–29
KPR Legionowo 27–30 31–26 27–28 25–26 28–25 21–29 23–33 30–33 35–25 31–23 24–32 25–27 26–25
Meble Wójcik Elbląg 26–31 20–30 26–27 23–20 23–24 21–23 24–29 16–14 22–18 20–21 20–26 25–29 29–33
MMTS Kwidzyn 27–29 29–26 25–23 27–20 23–20 25–28 19–35 29–25 37–31 25–26 27–32 31–23 29–25
Orlen Wisła Płock 29–24 37–20 33–21 38–28 26–17 36–22 39–37 35–24 41–22 37–18 18–23 39–27 35–16
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 29–31 33–34 29–36 34–39 29–26 28–23 29–30 26–25 25–28 23–25 19–30 25–28 35–16
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 23–33 28–22 25–33 25–30 25–23 32–24 28–25 22–33 28–22 39–29 27–35 26–27 30–28
Stal Mielec 29–33 30–27 27–32 23–31 24–30 21–18 22–28 20–34 31–25 32–25 23–35 25–27 24–27
Vive Tauron Kielce 39–38 36–24 33–29 34–23 32–26 36–21 35–24 26–23 31–21 29–23 35–23 33–25 28–22
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 23–28 26–28 25–33 24–33 26–20 22–17 22–25 25–36 31–20 30–25 24–23 19–31 33–28
Zagłębie Lubin 28–30 28–30 23–31 26–28 34–23 29–19 24–25 26–36 24–26 26–27 28–23 28–29 26–27
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 51–60 Chrobry Głogów 33–30 18–30
Stal Mielec 54–62 NMC Górnik Zabrze 27–28 27–34

Final round
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
G1 Vive Tauron Kielce 33 32 2
O4 NMC Górnik Zabrze 23 19 0
G1 Vive Tauron Kielce 24 31 2
G2 MMTS Kwidzyn 19 26 0
O3 Gwardia Opole 24 25 49
G2 MMTS Kwidzyn 29 22 51
G1 Vive Tauron Kielce 25 31 2
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 29 0
O2 Azoty Puławy 27 28 2
G3 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 24 21 0
O2 Azoty Puławy 26 24 0 Third place
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 29 33 2
G4 Chrobry Głogów 21 21 0 G2 MMTS Kwidzyn 24 20 44
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 29 30 2 O2 Azoty Puławy 18 30 48

Final standings
Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Champions League
Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup
Rank Team
1 Vive Tauron Kielce
2 Orlen Wisła Płock
3 Azoty Puławy
4 MMTS Kwidzyn
5 NMC Górnik Zabrze
6 Wybrzeże Gdańsk
7 Chrobry Głogów
8 Gwardia Opole
9 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin
10 Zagłębie Lubin
11 KPR Legionowo
12 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski
13 Meble Wójcik Elbląg
14 Stal Mielec

References
  1. "Regulamin" (PDF). PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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