The 2016–17 Russian Handball Super League was the 25th season of the top men's professional team handball league in Russia. A total of twelve teams competed in the tournament. Chekhovskiye Medvedi won the championship title, marking their 16th consecutive victory.
Format The competition format for the 2016–17 season comprised a double round-robin system, with each team playing its opponents in home-and-away fixtures. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams advanced to the championship play-offs, while the bottom four teams entered the relegation round. The lowest-ranked team at the end of the relegation round was demoted to the second-tier league.
Teams
The following 12 clubs competed in the Super league during the 2016–17 season:
TeamCityArenaChekhovskiye MedvediChekhovOlimpiysky Sport PalaceUniversitet-NevaSaint PetersburgSDUSHOR Kirovskogo SKIF KrasnodarKrasnodarOlympus ArenaDinamo Viktor StavropolStavropolSports Complex OlimpSSAU-SaratovSaratovYubileynyy Sports CenterDinamo AstrakhanAstrakhanSports Complex StarHC Kaustik VolgogradVolgogradMolodezhnaya Sports CenterGK Permskie MedvediPermSports Palace KrasavaUGNTU-VNZM UfaUfaSports Complex NeftekhimikSungul SnezhinskSnezhinskUIC SungulUOR N°2 MoscowMoscowUOR n°2 Sports CenterDynamo ChelyabinskChelyabinskSports Complex Flight
Regular season Standings
Play-offs
Relegation group
References
External links Russian Handball Super League