2016–17 Swiss Handball League

The 2016–17 Nationalliga A (NLA) is the 68th season of the Swiss Handball League, Swiss's top-tier handball league. A total of ten teams contest this season's league, which began on 31 August 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in May 2017.

Nationalliga A
Season2016–17
ChampionsKadetten Schaffhausen
(10th title)
2015–16
2017–18
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2017.

Kadetten Schaffhausen are the defending champions, having beaten Wacker Thun 3–2 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 six teams qualifies for a first play-off round, while the last four plays relegation round. At the end of this second round, the first four teams of the play-off round plays elimination rounds.

Teams

Location of 2016–17 Nationalliga A teams in Switzerland
Bern Muri
Bern Muri
HC Kriens-Luzern
HC Kriens-Luzern
Aarau
Aarau
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Winterthur
Winterthur
RTV Basel
RTV Basel
GC Amicitia
GC Amicitia
Fortitudo
Fortitudo
TSV St. Otmar
TSV St. Otmar
Wacker Thun
Wacker Thun
2016–17 Nationalliga A teams

The following 10 clubs compete in the Nationalliga A during the 2016–17 season. Lakers Stäfa was relegated from the previous season and HSC Suhr Aarau was promoted from 2015-16 Nationalliga B.

Team City Arena
BSV Bern Muri Bern Sporthalle Moos Gümligen
GC Amicitia Zürich Zürich Saalsporthalle
HC Kriens-Luzern Kriens Krauerhalle
HSC Suhr Aarau Aarau Schachenhalle
Kadetten Schaffhausen Schaffhausen BBC-Arena
Pfadi Winterthur Winterthur Eulachhalle
RTV 1879 Basel Basel Basel Rankhof
TSV Fortitudo Gossau Gossau SG Sporthalle Buchenwald
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen St. Gallen Kreuzbleiche-Halle
Wacker Thun Thun Sporthalle Lachen

First phase

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 18 15 0 3 554 492 +62 30 Play-off Group
2 Pfadi Winterthur 18 12 2 4 481 425 +56 26
3 HC Kriens-Luzern 18 12 1 5 498 455 +43 25
4 Wacker Thun 18 11 1 6 502 444 +58 23
5 BSV Bern Muri 18 7 3 8 468 458 +10 17
6 HSC Suhr Aarau 18 8 1 9 441 453 12 17
7 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 18 7 1 10 487 534 47 15 Relegation Group
8 GC Amicitia Zürich 18 5 3 10 486 489 3 13
9 RTV 1879 Basel 18 4 2 12 429 515 86 10
10 TSV Fortitudo Gossau 18 1 2 15 467 548 81 4
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2017. Source: Swiss Handball League

Results

Home \ Away AAR BAS BER GOS KRI SCH STG THU WIN ZUR
HSC Suhr Aarau 19–19 22–23 28–25 27–19 27–29 27–29 23–22 21–22 33–30
RTV 1879 Basel 35–24 22–33 25–25 19–31 30–27 26–32 26–30 25–31 25–24
BSV Bern Muri 23–24 31–18 28–28 19–27 30–31 29–20 23–28 25–24 21–21
TSV Fortitudo Gossau 25–27 24–23 24–28 31–32 25–32 30–31 25–31 16–19 24–37
HC Kriens-Luzern 23–19 30–26 29–24 41–28 33–27 25–23 28–29 27–25 28–28
Kadetten Schaffhausen 24–33 34–19 31–26 38–33 32–23 35–26 28–22 29–26 30–29
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 25–21 27–30 29–36 33–29 24–22 28–37 27–34 27–27 35–29
Wacker Thun 31–16 39–21 29–22 35–21 20–27 30–32 27–20 22–22 31–28
Pfadi Winterthur 27–19 30–23 24–20 32–31 29–25 23–24 34–27 30–20 26–19
GC Amicitia Zürich 22–31 24–17 27–27 28–23 25–28 29–34 36–24 25–22 25–30
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

The points obtained during the regular season were kept for this second phase.

Play-off group

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