2016–17 Slovenian First League (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Slovenian First League (known as the Liga NLB for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the 1. A liga, Slovenia's premier handball league.

1. A liga
Season2016–17
ChampionsCelje (21st title)
RelegatedSlovenj Gradec 2011
Dol Hrastnik
Drava Ptuj
Izola
← 2015–16
2017–18 →

Team information
Locations of the 2016–17 Slovenian First League teams
Celje
Gorenje
Ribnica
Koper
Maribor
Loka
Loka
Krka
Ormož
Trimo
Dobova
Dobova
Izola
Izola
Sl. Gradec
Sl. Gradec
Dol
Dol
Drava
Drava
Locations of the 2016–17 Slovenian First League teams

The following 14 clubs competed in the 1. A liga during the 2016–17 season:

Team City Arena Notes
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško Celje Zlatorog Arena Teams entering in
Championship Round
RK Gorenje Velenje Velenje Red Hall
RD Riko Ribnica Ribnica Ribnica Sports Center
RD Koper 2013 Koper Arena Bonifika
RK Maribor Branik Maribor Tabor Hall
RD Urbanscape Loka Loka Poden Sports Hall
MRK Krka Novo Mesto Marof Hall
RK Jeruzalem Ormož Ormož Hardek Hall
RK Trimo Trebnje Trebnje OŠ Trebnje Hall
MRD Dobova Dobova Dobova Sports Hall
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola Izola Izola Sports Hall
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011 Slovenj Gradec Vinka Cajnka Hall
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik Dol pri Hrastniku Dolanka Sports Hall
RK Drava Ptuj Ptuj OŠ Ljudski vrt Ptuj

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RD Koper 2013 22 18 2 2 659 548 +111 38 Championship Group
2 RD Riko Ribnica 22 17 2 3 675 568 +107 36
3 RD Urbanscape Loka 22 12 5 5 593 538 +55 29
4 MRK Krka 22 13 2 7 621 562 +59 28
5 RK Maribor Branik 22 12 2 8 627 586 +41 26 Relegation Group
6 RK Trimo Trebnje 22 9 5 8 581 566 +15 23
7 MRD Dobova 22 11 1 10 559 549 +10 23
8 RK Jeruzalem Ormož 22 11 1 10 606 598 +8 23
9 RK Slovenj Gradec 2011 22 6 3 13 570 601 −31 15
10 RK Dol TKI Hrastnik 22 7 1 14 555 623 −68 15
11 RK Drava Ptuj 22 3 2 17 558 677 −119 8
12 RD Istrabenz Plini Izola 22 0 0 22 444 632 −188 0
Source: RZS

Results
Home \ Away DOB DOL IZO KOP KRK LOK MAR ORM PTU RIB SLO TRE
MRD Dobova 22–21 25–19 22–23 31–28 23–25 25–28 28–24 29–22 21–24 31–21 30–30
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik 20–30 25–22 27–32 26–31 27–27 29–28 31–36 34–24 23–29 28–23 24–21
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola 17–24 20–25 18–24 18–26 26–27 16–25 21–26 20–26 22–35 17–33 24–28
RD Koper 2013 35–29 36–21 29–19 27–23 32–27 32–20 33–27 37–26 22–22 29–23 39–34
MRK Krka 30–22 29–20 33–25 29–23 24–30 35–32 28–21 26–25 25–28 34–23 27–23
RD Urbanscape Loka 24–20 35–24 33–14 25–24 18–18 33–23 31–19 27–33 30–28 26–23 18–20
RK Maribor Branik 20–21 30–23 39–17 25–25 25–28 30–24 39–33 35–27 27–26 31–25 28–28
RK Jeruzalem Ormož 17–19 28–27 33–22 28–33 30–26 31–31 31–23 33–23 22–31 32–21 28–24
RK Drava Ptuj 27–31 21–26 26–23 28–41 28–42 25–25 24–30 20–27 26–34 23–27 27–28
RD Riko Ribnica 32–28 36–26 34–25 28–29 31–26 24–23 34–31 32–28 42–31 34–25 27–24
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011 33–22 30–24 29–20 24–29 33–30 27–31 26–30 24–27 26–26 28–28 24–24
RK Trimo Trebnje 29–26 33–24 26–19 23–25 23–23 23–23 24–27 31–25 34–20 26–36 25–22
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RK Celje Pivovarna Laško 10 9 1 0 329 269 +60 57 EHF Champions League
2 RK Gorenje Velenje 10 6 1 3 274 248 +26 51
3 RD Riko Ribnica 10 6 1 3 285 272 +13 49 EHF Cup
4 RD Koper 2013 10 2 2 6 256 282 −26 44
5 RD Urbanscape Loka 10 4 0 6 254 262 −8 37
6 MRK Krka 10 0 1 9 267 332 −65 29
Source: RZS

Results
Home \ Away CEL KOP KRK LOK RIB VEL
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško 37–32 41–29 28–22 35–27 29–28
RD Koper 2013 27–31 28–22 29–23 24–32 20–26
MRK Krka 26–38 27–27 26–27 30–33 23–35
RD Urbanscape Loka 25–36 26–21 35–27 23–25 24–16
RD Riko Ribnica 28–29 24–24 37–29 27–26 27–23
RK Gorenje Velenje 25–25 34–24 31–28 27–23 29–25
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RK Maribor Branik 14 10 2 2 444 375 +69 48
2 RK Trimo Trebnje 14 12 0 2 423 377 +46 47
3 RK Jeruzalem Ormož 14 11 0 3 440 392 +48 45
4 MRD Dobova 14 5 1 8 363 380 −17 34
5 RK Slovenj Gradec 2011 14 6 2 6 390 380 +10 29 Relegation
6 RK Dol TKI Hrastnik 14 5 1 8 423 438 −15 26
7 RK Drava Ptuj 14 1 1 12 377 437 −60 11
8 RD Istrabenz Plini Izola 14 2 1 11 329 410 −81 5
Source: RZS

Results
Home \ Away DOB DOL IZO MAR ORM PTU SLO TRE
MRD Dobova 30–26 23–17 29–34 32–28 25–23 23–26 24–26
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik 25–26 29–28 34–40 36–37 38–30 29–28 22–28
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola 26–26 27–31 18–35 22–36 29–27 25–29 26–30
RK Maribor Branik 32–25 35–27 31–15 33–26 28–28 35–34 25–26
RK Jeruzalem Ormož 34–25 35–30 32–28 32–28 32–23 26–22 33–28
RK Drava Ptuj 29–28 29–38 25–28 22–28 27–28 24–29 27–28
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011 29–25 25–25 26–23 28–28 26–30 36–30 30–33
RK Trimo Trebnje 25–22 40–33 30–17 31–32 32–31 42–34 24–22
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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