2016–17 Handball Liga Austria

The 2016–17 Handball Liga Austria is the 56th season of the Handball Liga Austria, Austrian's top-tier handball league. A total of ten teams contest this season's league, which began on 2 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in June 2017.

Handball Liga Austria
Season2016–17
ChampionsAlpla HC Hard
(6th title)
Top goalscorerAustria Tobias Schopf
(127 goals)
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017.

HC Fivers Margareten are the defending champions, having beaten Bregenz Handball 2–0 in the previous season's playoff finals.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of two phases, both played in a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first five teams qualifies for a first play-off round, while the last five plays a play-down round. At the end of this second round, the five teams of the play-off round and the top three teams of the play-down round plays elimination rounds. The last two plays a relegation round.[1]

Teams
Location of 2016–17 Handball Liga Austria teams in Austria
Alpla HC Hard
Alpla HC Hard
Bregenz
Bregenz
Handball Tirol
Handball Tirol
HC FiversSG West Wien
HC Fivers
SG West Wien
HC Bruck
HC Bruck
HC Linz AG
HC Linz AG
UHK Krems
UHK Krems
SC Ferlach
SC Ferlach
Union Leoben
Union Leoben
2016–17 Handball Liga Austria teams

The following 10 clubs compete in the Handball Liga Austria during the 2016–17 season. HSG Bärnbach/Köflach was relegated from the previous season and SC Ferlach was promoted from 2015-16 Handball Bundesliga Austria.

Team City Arena
Alpla HC Hard Hard Sporthalle am See
Bregenz Handball Bregenz Handball-Arena Rieden Vorkloster
Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol Schwaz Osthalle Schwaz
HC Fivers Wat Margareten Wien Sporthalle Margareten
HC Bruck Bruck an der Mur Hannes-Bammer-Sporthalle
HC Linz AG Linz Sport-Neue Mittelschule Linz Kleinmünchen
Moser Medical UHK Krems Krems an der Donau Sport • Halle • Krems
SC kelag Ferlach Ferlach Ballspielhalle Ferlach
SG Insignis Handball West Wien Wien BSFZ Südstadt
Union Juri Leoben Leoben Sporthalle Leoben-Donawitz

First phase

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alpla HC Hard 18 13 1 4 549 465 +84 27 Top
Play-offs
2 HC Fivers Wat Margareten 18 12 0 6 530 479 +51 24
3 Bregenz Handball 18 11 0 7 513 472 +41 22
4 Moser Medical UHK Krems 18 10 2 6 523 494 +29 22
5 SG Insignis Handball West Wien 18 9 3 6 511 488 +23 21
6 Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol 18 9 3 6 498 471 +27 21 Bottom
Play-offs
7 SC kelag Ferlach 18 8 1 9 510 557 −47 17
8 HC Linz AG 18 7 0 11 498 553 −55 14
9 Union Juri Leoben 18 3 1 14 477 530 −53 7
10 HC Bruck 18 2 1 15 422 522 −100 5
Source: Handball Liga Austria

Results
Home \ Away ALP BRE BRU FER FIV KRE LEO LIN TIR WES
Alpla HC Hard 29–25 27–19 38–20 37–30 31–31 29–23 40–27 27–26 30–26
Bregenz Handball 23–22 27–22 25–24 25–26 32–28 38–22 32–23 34–27 25–23
HC Bruck 28–34 26–33 31–32 29–28 25–32 21–31 24–34 21–33 25–25
SC kelag Ferlach 30–37 33–29 26–22 27–30 30–28 28–27 39–36 29–35 29–32
HC Fivers Wat Margareten 30–22 27–25 27–18 42–21 28–26 33–27 35–23 25–23 27–22
Moser Medical UHK Krems 25–26 31–30 30–20 32–33 30–24 29–28 32–29 29–26 35–30
Union Juri Leoben 22–37 27–31 25–32 28–33 28–29 23–24 31–36 29–29 29–23
HC Linz AG 22–33 17–23 21–19 32–27 36–35 27–30 33–30 30–29 24–30
Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol 27–21 31–28 26–20 26–26 25–24 26–25 21–20 32–23 28–28
SG Insignis Handball West Wien 31–29 34–28 31–20 27–23 35–30 26–26 24–27 32–25 32–28
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff.

Top play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALP FIV BRE KRE WES
1 Alpla HC Hard 8 7 1 0 254 218 +36 29 Play-offs 32–31 32–19 37–29 29–26
2 HC Fivers Wat Margareten 8 5 1 2 255 236 +19 23 34–34 30–26 29–26 37–26
3 Bregenz Handball 8 4 0 4 222 220 +2 19 24–27 37–31 28–26 35–23
4 Moser Medical UHK Krems 8 1 1 6 214 238 −24 14 27–34 27–29 24–27 26–25
5 SG Insignis Handball West Wien 8 1 1 6 212 245 −33 14 28–29 28–34 27–26 29–29
Source: Handball Liga Austria

Bottom play-offs
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