2016–17 Russian Handball Super League

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.

Superleague
Season2016–17
ChampionsChekhovskiye Medvedi
(20th title)
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 14 June 2017.

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
Dinamo Viktor Stavropol Stavropol Sports Complex Olimp
SSAU-Saratov Saratov Yubileynyy Sports Center
Dinamo Astrakhan Astrakhan Sports Complex Star
HC Kaustik Volgograd Volgograd Molodezhnaya Sports Center
GK Permskie Medvedi Perm Sports Palace Krasava
UGNTU-VNZM Ufa Ufa Sports Complex Neftekhimik
Sungul Snezhinsk Snezhinsk UIC Sungul
UOR N°2 Moscow Moscow UOR n°2 Sports Center
Dynamo Chelyabinsk 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 Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 22 12 3 7 608 572 +36 27
5 SSAU-Saratov 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 UGNTU-VNZM 22 6 2 14 554 637 −83 14 Relegation Round
10 Sungul Snezhinsk 22 5 1 16 635 667 −32 11
11 UOR N°2 Moscow 22 5 0 17 623 712 −89 10
12 Dynamo Chelyabinsk 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 Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 28 28
4 Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 35 30
5 SSAU-Saratov 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 Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 32 24 23
5-8th place semifinals
12,16 May 		5th place
22,26 May
          
5 SSAU-Saratov 36 36
8 GK Permskie Medvedi 27 23
5 SSAU-Saratov 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 UGNTU-VNZM 12 7 0 5 342 319 +23 14 28
10 UOR N°2 Moscow 12 6 2 4 365 347 +18 10 24
11 Sungul Snezhinsk 12 4 3 5 356 361 −5 11 22
12 Dynamo Chelyabinsk 12 4 1 7 318 354 −36 5 14
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