2016–17 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Superliga was the 61st season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 9 September 2016 and concluded on 27 May 2017.

Polish Superliga

Season	2016–17
Dates	9 September 2016 – 27 May 2017
Champions	Vive Tauron Kielce (14th title)
Champions League	Vive Tauron Kielce Orlen Wisła Płock
EHF Cup	Azoty Puławy Gwardia Opole
Matches played	224
Goals scored	12,255 (54.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vitaliy Titov (175 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Vive Tauron Kielce won their 14th title of the Polish Champions.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consisted of 2 groups of seven teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, with the top 3 teams of each group qualifying directly for the quarterfinals. The teams ranked 4th and 5th play for a place in the quarterfinals.^[1]

Regular season

• A victory over a team of the same group add 1 extra point.

Grenade Group

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

EP 12 8 6 6 4 4 2

Orange Group

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Orlen Wisła Płock 26 23 0 0 3 856 607 +249 57 Quarterfinals 2 Azoty Puławy 26 20 0 1 5 801 701 +100 50 3 Gwardia Opole 26 16 0 0 10 712 722 −10 40 4 NMC Górnik Zabrze 26 16 0 0 10 772 715 +57 39 Playoffs First round 5 Stal Mielec 26 8 0 0 18 633 741 −108 18 6 Zagłębie Lubin 26 6 0 0 20 685 747 −62 15 7 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 26 5 0 1 20 667 772 −105 13 Source: PGNiG Superliga

EP 11 9 8 7 2 3 2

Results

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

Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

First round

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

Final round

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	G1	Vive Tauron Kielce	33	32	2
	O4	NMC Górnik Zabrze	23	19	0
								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	2
															O1	Orlen Wisła Płock	24	29	0
	O2	Azoty Puławy	27	28	2
	G3	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	24	21	0
								O2	Azoty Puławy	26	24	0			Third place
								O1	Orlen Wisła Płock	29	33	2
	G4	Chrobry Głogów	21	21	0										G2	MMTS Kwidzyn	24	20	44
	O1	Orlen Wisła Płock	29	30	2										O2	Azoty Puławy	18	30	48

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Champions League
	Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup

Rank	Team
1	Vive Tauron Kielce
2	Orlen Wisła Płock
3	Azoty Puławy
4	MMTS Kwidzyn
5	NMC Górnik Zabrze
6	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
7	Chrobry Głogów
8	Gwardia Opole
9	Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin
10	Zagłębie Lubin
11	KPR Legionowo
12	Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski
13	Meble Wójcik Elbląg
14	Stal Mielec

References

1. "Regulamin" (PDF). PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Polish)