The 2016–17 Handbollsligan is the 83rd season of the Handbollsligan, Swedish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 13 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 May 2017.
IFK Kristianstad are the defending champions, having beaten Alingsås HK 27–18 in the previous season's final.
Format The first 7 rounds consist on a round-robin tournament with 2 groups of 7 teams each. Then, the competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away round-robin system. The top 8 teams qualify directly to quarterfinals, while teams ranked 11th to 13th play a play-down round against teams ranked 2nd to 4th from the lower division. Last ranked team is directly relegated to Allsvenskan.
Teams
The following 14 clubs competed in Handbollsligan during the 2016–17 season. HK Drott was relegated from the previous season and IFK Ystad was promoted from 2015 to 2016 Allsvenskan.
Team City ArenaAlingsås HKAlingsåsEstrad ArenaEskilstuna GuifEskilstunaEskilstuna SporthallHammarby IFStockholmEriksdalshallenIFK YstadYstadYstad ArenaHIF KarlskronaKarlskronaKarlskrona idrottshallIFK KristianstadKristianstadKristianstad ArenaLugi HFLundFFS ArenaHK MalmöMalmöBaltiska HallenRedbergslids IKGothenburgLisebergshallenRicoh HKStockholmSolnahallenIFK SkövdeSkövdeArena SkövdeIK SävehofPartillePartillebohallenYstads IF HFYstadYstad ArenaHK AranäsKungsbackaAranäshallen
Regular season Standings
Results
Round 1–7
Round 8-33
Play-offs
Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Simon JeppssonLugi HF2362 Fredrik PetersenHK Malmö1813 Lars Møller MadsenHIF Karlskrona1794 Linus ArnessonRedbergslids IK1645 Hampus AnderssonYstads IF HF1616 Tommy AtterhällHK Aranäs1567 Olle Forsell SchefvertIK Sävehof1548 Emil MellegårdRedbergslids IK1529 Alfred EhnIFK Skövde15110 Hampus JildenbäckLugi HF147
Player of the month MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClubSeptember Kim AnderssonYstads IF HKOctober Olle Forsell SchefvertIK SävehofNovember Simon JeppssonLugi HFDecember Linuas ArnessonRedbergslids IKJanuary Martin LindellHK AranäsFebruary Tobias ThulinRedbergslids IKMarch Simon JeppssonLugi HFApril Stig Tore Moen NilsenIFK Kristianstad
Attendance TeamAttendanceIFK Kristianstad4764Ystads IF HF2217IK Sävehof1811Alingsås HK1700Lugi HF1628IFK Skövde HK1447HK Malmö1257Eskilstuna Guif1190Hammarby IF1126HK Aranäs1022HIF Karlskrona1010IFK Ystad HK871Redbergslids IK865Ricoh HK526
References
External links Handbollsligan official website