2016–17 Russian Handball Super League

Superleague
Season	2016–17
Champions	Chekhovskiye Medvedi; (20th title)
	← → 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

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
	Stavropol	Sports Complex Olimp
	Saratov	Yubileynyy Sports Center
Dinamo Astrakhan	Astrakhan	Sports Complex Star
HC Kaustik Volgograd	Volgograd	Molodezhnaya Sports Center
GK Permskie Medvedi	Perm	Sports Palace Krasava
	Ufa	Sports Complex Neftekhimik
Sungul Snezhinsk	Snezhinsk	UIC Sungul
	Moscow	UOR n°2 Sports Center
	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		22	12	3	7	608	572	+36	27
5		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		22	6	2	14	554	637	−83	14	Relegation Round
10	Sungul Snezhinsk	22	5	1	16	635	667	−32	11
11		22	5	0	17	623	712	−89	10
12		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		28	28
4		35	30

5		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		32	24	23

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

5		36	36

8	GK Permskie Medvedi	27	23
				5		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		12	7	0	5	342	319	+23	14	28
10		12	6	2	4	365	347	+18	10	24
11	Sungul Snezhinsk	12	4	3	5	356	361	−5	11	22
12		12	4	1	7	318	354	−36	5	14

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

Russian Handball Super League