2016–17 Ekstraklasa (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Ekstraklasa was the 61st season of the Ekstraklasa, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 17 September 2016 and concluded in April 2017.

Ekstraklasa
Season2016–17
ChampionsVive Tauron Kielce
Champions LeagueVive Tauron Kielce
Wisła Płock
EHF CupKS Azoty-Puławy
Gwardia Opole
Matches played224
Goals scored12,255 (54.71 per match)
Top goalscorerVitaly Titov
(175 goals)
2017–18 →

Vive Tauron Kielce were the defending champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of 2 groups of seven teams each playing in a home-and-away round-robin system. The top 3 teams of each group qualifies directly to quarterfinals, while teams ranked 4th and 5th qualifies for a previous play-off round[1]

Teams
Puławy
Zabrze
Opole
Legionowo
Elbląg
Kwidzyn
Płock
Piotrków Trybunalski
Szczecin
Głogów
Mielec
Kielce
Gdańsk
Lubin
2016–17 Ekstraklasa teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2016–17 season. Śląsk Wrocław was relegated from the previous season while Meble Wójcik Elbląg, Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski and Wybrzeże Gdańsk were promoted.

Team City Arena Capacity
Azoty-Puławy Puławy Globus Hall 4,119
Górnik Zabrze Zabrze HWS Pogoń 1,777
Gwardia Opole Opole Hala Gwardii im. Jerzego Klempela 1,000
KPR Legionowo Legionowo Arena Legionowo 1,989
Meble Wójcik Elbląg Elbląg HSW Mosir 2,500
MMTS Kwidzyn Kwidzyn KWS KCSiR 1,504
Orlen Wisła Płock Płock Orlen Arena 5,492
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków T. Hala Relax 1,800
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Arena Szczecin 5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów Głogów HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka 2,500
SPR Stal Mielec Mielec Hala SW MOSiR 2,200
Vive Tauron Kielce Kielce Hala Legionów 4,200
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Gdańsk HWS Gdańsk 1,700
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin RCS Lubin 3,714

Regular season

A victory over a team of the same group add 1 extra point. A loss after regulation time also add a bonus point.

Grenade Group
Pos Team Pld W GW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vive Tauron Kielce 26 14 12 0 0 848 634 +214 64 Quarterfinals
2 MMTS Kwidzyn 26 9 8 1 8 705 690 +15 43
3 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 26 7 6 0 13 682 721 −39 32
4 SPR Chrobry Głogów 26 6 6 0 14 697 745 −48 30 Playoffs First Round
5 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 26 5 4 0 17 686 771 −85 22
6 KPR Legionowo 26 3 4 1 18 661 720 −59 19
7 Meble Wójcik Elbląg 26 2 2 0 22 570 689 −119 10
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Orange Group
Pos Team Pld W GW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlen Wisła Płock 26 12 11 0 3 856 607 +249 57 Quarterfinals
2 Azoty-Puławy 26 11 9 1 5 801 701 +100 50
3 Gwardia Opole 26 8 8 0 10 712 722 −10 40
4 Górnik Zabrze 26 9 7 0 10 772 715 +57 39 Playoffs First Round
5 SPR Stal Mielec 26 6 2 0 18 633 741 −108 18
6 Zagłębie Lubin 26 3 3 0 20 685 747 −62 15
7 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 3 2 1 20 667 772 −105 13
Source: PGNiG Superliga

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

Play-offs

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

Final Draw
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
G1 Vive Tauron Kielce 33 32 65
O4 Górnik Zabrze 23 29 52
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 56
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 29 53
O2 Azoty-Puławy 27 28 55
G3 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 24 21 45
O2 Azoty-Puławy 26 24 0 3rd place
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 29 33 2
G4 SPR Chrobry Głogów 21 21 42 G2 MMTS Kwidzyn 24 20 44
O1 Orlen Wisła Płock 29 30 59 O2 Azoty-Puławy 18 30 48
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References
  1. "Regulamin" (PDF) (in Polish). PGNiG Superliga. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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