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
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.
TeamCityArenaAlpla HC HardHardSporthalle am SeeBregenz HandballBregenzHandball-Arena Rieden VorklosterSparkasse Schwaz Handball TirolSchwazOsthalle SchwazHC Fivers Wat MargaretenWienSporthalle MargaretenHC BruckBruck an der MurHannes-Bammer-SporthalleHC Linz AGLinzSport-Neue Mittelschule Linz KleinmünchenMoser Medical UHK KremsKrems an der DonauSport • Halle • KremsSC kelag FerlachFerlachBallspielhalle FerlachSG Insignis Handball West WienWienBSFZ SüdstadtUnion Juri LeobenLeobenSporthalle Leoben-Donawitz
First phase Standings
Results
Second phase
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff.
Top play-offs
Bottom play-offs
Play-offs
Relegation
HC Bruck won 2-1, Union Juri Leoben is relegated.
References
External links Handball Liga Austria