1996–97 Croatian First A League was the sixth season of the Croatian handball league since its independence.
League table
ClubPWDLG+G−DifPts1. Badel 1862 Zagreb 22 21 0 1 661 482 189 422. Brodomerkur Split 22 16 2 4 553 485 68 343. Karlovačka banka 22 13 2 7 577 523 54 284. Metković Razvitak 22 12 2 8 532 542 -10 265. Zamet Rijeka 22 12 1 9 504 488 16 24 (-1)6. Cetera Đakovo 22 11 0 11 529 513 16 227. Medveščak Zagreb 22 10 2 10 541 579 -38 228. Moslavina Kutina 22 9 3 10 565 564 1 219. Zrinski IPC Čakovec 22 7 1 14 553 596 -43 1510. Elektrometal Bjelovar 22 6 1 15 506 559 -53 13 11. Zadar Gortan 22 5 0 17 488 576 -88 1012. Osijek 93 22 3 1 18 514 616 -112 7
Sources Fredi Kramer, Dražen Pinević: Hrvatski rukomet = Croatian handball, Zagreb, 2009.; page. 178 Kruno Sabolić: Hrvatski športski almanah 1996/1997, Zagreb, 1997. Petar Orgulić: 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci, Rijeka, 2004.; pages 250, 251
References
External links EHF Croatian Handball Federation