2016–17 Handball Liga Austria

Handball Liga Austria

Season	2016–17
Champions	Alpla HC Hard (6th title)
Top goalscorer	Tobias Schopf (127 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Handball Liga Austria is the 56th season of the Handball Liga Austria, Austrian's top-tier handball league. A total of ten teams contest this season's league, which began on 2 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in June 2017.

HC Fivers Margareten are the defending champions, having beaten Bregenz Handball 2–0 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 five teams qualifies for a first play-off round, while the last five plays a play-down round. At the end of this second round, the five teams of the play-off round and the top three teams of the play-down round plays elimination rounds. The last two plays a relegation round.

Teams

Alpla HC Hard

Bregenz

Handball Tirol

HC Fivers
SG West Wien

HC Bruck

HC Linz AG

UHK Krems

SC Ferlach

Union Leoben

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2016–17 Handball Liga Austria teams

The following 10 clubs compete in the Handball Liga Austria during the 2016–17 season. HSG Bärnbach/Köflach was relegated from the previous season and SC Ferlach was promoted from 2015-16 Handball Bundesliga Austria.

Team	City	Arena
Alpla HC Hard	Hard	Sporthalle am See
Bregenz Handball	Bregenz	Handball-Arena Rieden Vorkloster
Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	Schwaz	Osthalle Schwaz
HC Fivers Wat Margareten	Wien	Sporthalle Margareten
HC Bruck	Bruck an der Mur	Hannes-Bammer-Sporthalle
HC Linz AG	Linz	Sport-Neue Mittelschule Linz Kleinmünchen
Moser Medical UHK Krems	Krems an der Donau	Sport • Halle • Krems
SC kelag Ferlach	Ferlach	Ballspielhalle Ferlach
SG Insignis Handball West Wien	Wien	BSFZ Südstadt
Union Juri Leoben	Leoben	Sporthalle Leoben-Donawitz

First phase

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alpla HC Hard	18	13	1	4	549	465	+84	27	Top Play-offs
2	HC Fivers Wat Margareten	18	12	0	6	530	479	+51	24
3	Bregenz Handball	18	11	0	7	513	472	+41	22
4	Moser Medical UHK Krems	18	10	2	6	523	494	+29	22
5	SG Insignis Handball West Wien	18	9	3	6	511	488	+23	21
6	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	18	9	3	6	498	471	+27	21	Bottom Play-offs
7	SC kelag Ferlach	18	8	1	9	510	557	−47	17
8	HC Linz AG	18	7	0	11	498	553	−55	14
9	Union Juri Leoben	18	3	1	14	477	530	−53	7
10	HC Bruck	18	2	1	15	422	522	−100	5

Source: Handball Liga Austria

Results

Home \ Away	ALP	BRE	BRU	FER	FIV	KRE	LEO	LIN	TIR	WES
Alpla HC Hard		29–25	27–19	38–20	37–30	31–31	29–23	40–27	27–26	30–26
Bregenz Handball	23–22		27–22	25–24	25–26	32–28	38–22	32–23	34–27	25–23
HC Bruck	28–34	26–33		31–32	29–28	25–32	21–31	24–34	21–33	25–25
SC kelag Ferlach	30–37	33–29	26–22		27–30	30–28	28–27	39–36	29–35	29–32
HC Fivers Wat Margareten	30–22	27–25	27–18	42–21		28–26	33–27	35–23	25–23	27–22
Moser Medical UHK Krems	25–26	31–30	30–20	32–33	30–24		29–28	32–29	29–26	35–30
Union Juri Leoben	22–37	27–31	25–32	28–33	28–29	23–24		31–36	29–29	29–23
HC Linz AG	22–33	17–23	21–19	32–27	36–35	27–30	33–30		30–29	24–30
Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	27–21	31–28	26–20	26–26	25–24	26–25	21–20	32–23		28–28
SG Insignis Handball West Wien	31–29	34–28	31–20	27–23	35–30	26–26	24–27	32–25	32–28

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff.

Top play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALP	FIV	BRE	KRE	WES
1	Alpla HC Hard	8	7	1	0	254	218	+36	29	Play-offs			32–31	32–19	37–29	29–26
2	HC Fivers Wat Margareten	8	5	1	2	255	236	+19	23			34–34		30–26	29–26	37–26
3	Bregenz Handball	8	4	0	4	222	220	+2	19			24–27	37–31		28–26	35–23
4	Moser Medical UHK Krems	8	1	1	6	214	238	−24	14			27–34	27–29	24–27		26–25
5	SG Insignis Handball West Wien	8	1	1	6	212	245	−33	14			28–29	28–34	27–26	29–29

Source: Handball Liga Austria

Bottom play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		TIR	LIN	FER	LEO	BRU
1	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	8	7	1	0	225	187	+38	26	Play-offs			26–26	29–24	26–25	29–19
2	HC Linz AG	8	3	2	3	214	218	−4	15			21–28		31–31	27–28	21–20
3	SC kelag Ferlach	8	2	1	5	221	236	−15	14			28–32	31–33		28–32	26–30
4	Union Juri Leoben	8	4	1	3	214	202	+12	13	Play-down		23–26	30–22	29–30		22–22
5	HC Bruck	8	1	1	6	177	208	−31	6			21–29	24–33	20–23	21–25

Source: Handball Liga Austria

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Alpla HC Hard	30	36
	8	SC kelag Ferlach	20	15
								1	Alpla HC Hard	30	29	30
								5	SG Insignis Handball West Wien	20	30	25
	4	Moser Medical UHK Krems	35	31	22
	5	SG Insignis Handball West Wien	27	32	26
															1	Alpla HC Hard	27	32
															2	HC Fivers Wat Margareten	26	30
	2	HC Fivers Wat Margareten	30	28
	7	HC Linz AG	29	25
								2	HC Fivers Wat Margareten	35	25
								6	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	32	24
	3	Bregenz Handball	24	23
	6	Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol	27	28

Relegation

19 May 19:00	Union Juri Leoben	28–21	HC Bruck	Sporthalle Leoben/Donawitz, Leoben

22 May 20:00	HC Bruck	25–23	Union Juri Leoben	Sporthalle Bruck/Mur, Bruck an der Mur

29 May 19:00	Union Juri Leoben	30–31	HC Bruck	Sporthalle Leoben/Donawitz, Leoben

HC Bruck won 2-1, Union Juri Leoben is relegated.

External links

• Handball Liga Austria