2016–17 Swiss Handball League
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions |
Kadetten Schaffhausen (10th title) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2017. |
The 2016–17 Nationalliga A (NLA) is the 68th season of the Swiss Handball League, Swiss's top-tier handball league. A total of ten teams contest this season's league, which began on 31 August 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in May 2017.
Kadetten Schaffhausen are the defending champions, having beaten Wacker Thun 3–2 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 six teams qualifies for a first play-off round, while the last four plays relegation round. At the end of this second round, the first four teams of the play-off round plays elimination rounds.
Teams
The following 10 clubs compete in the Nationalliga A during the 2016–17 season. Lakers Stäfa was relegated from the previous season and HSC Suhr Aarau was promoted from 2015-16 Nationalliga B.
Team | City | Arena |
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BSV Bern Muri | Bern | Sporthalle Moos Gümligen |
GC Amicitia Zürich | Zürich | Saalsporthalle |
HC Kriens-Luzern | Kriens | Krauerhalle |
HSC Suhr Aarau | Aarau | Schachenhalle |
Kadetten Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | BBC-Arena |
Pfadi Winterthur | Winterthur | Eulachhalle |
RTV 1879 Basel | Basel | Basel Rankhof |
TSV Fortitudo Gossau | Gossau SG | Sporthalle Buchenwald |
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Kreuzbleiche-Halle |
Wacker Thun | Thun | Sporthalle Lachen |
First phase
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 554 | 492 | +62 | 30 | Play-off Group |
2 | Pfadi Winterthur | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 481 | 425 | +56 | 26 | |
3 | HC Kriens-Luzern | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 498 | 455 | +43 | 25 | |
4 | Wacker Thun | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 502 | 444 | +58 | 23 | |
5 | BSV Bern Muri | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 468 | 458 | +10 | 17 | |
6 | HSC Suhr Aarau | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 441 | 453 | −12 | 17 | |
7 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 487 | 534 | −47 | 15 | Relegation Group |
8 | GC Amicitia Zürich | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 486 | 489 | −3 | 13 | |
9 | RTV 1879 Basel | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 429 | 515 | −86 | 10 | |
10 | TSV Fortitudo Gossau | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 467 | 548 | −81 | 4 |
Results
Home / Away team | AAR | BAS | BER | GOS | KRI | SCH | STG | THU | WIN | ZUR |
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HSC Suhr Aarau | 19-19 | 22-23 | 28-25 | 27-19 | 27-29 | 27-29 | 23-22 | 21-22 | 33-30 | |
RTV 1879 Basel | 35-24 | 22-33 | 25-25 | 19-31 | 30-27 | 26-32 | 26-30 | 25-31 | 25-24 | |
BSV Bern Muri | 23-24 | 31-18 | 28-28 | 19-27 | 30-31 | 29-20 | 23-28 | 25-24 | 21-21 | |
TSV Fortitudo Gossau | 25-27 | 24-23 | 24-28 | 31-32 | 25-32 | 30-31 | 25-31 | 16-19 | 24-37 | |
HC Kriens-Luzern | 23-19 | 30-26 | 29-24 | 41-28 | 33-27 | 25-23 | 28-29 | 27-25 | 28-28 | |
Kadetten Schaffhausen | 24-33 | 34-19 | 31-26 | 38-33 | 32-23 | 35-26 | 28-22 | 29-26 | 30-29 | |
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | 25-21 | 27-30 | 29-36 | 33-29 | 24-22 | 28-37 | 27-34 | 27-27 | 35-29 | |
Wacker Thun | 31-16 | 39-21 | 29-22 | 35-21 | 20-27 | 30-32 | 27-20 | 22-22 | 31-28 | |
Pfadi Winterthur | 27-19 | 30-23 | 24-20 | 32-31 | 29-25 | 23-24 | 34-27 | 30-20 | 26-19 | |
GC Amicitia Zürich | 22-31 | 24-17 | 27-27 | 28-23 | 25-28 | 29-34 | 36-24 | 25-22 | 25-30 |
Second phase
The points obtained during the regular season were kept for this second phase.
Play-off group
Source: Swiss Handball League
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Relegation group
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Play-offs
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 30 | 30 | 28 | |||||||||||||
4 | Wacker Thun | 20 | 29 | 26 | |||||||||||||
1 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 31 | 31 | 30 | |||||||||||||
2 | Pfadi Winterthur | 18 | 26 | 28 | |||||||||||||
3 | HC Kriens-Luzern | 30 | 20 | 25 | 22 | ||||||||||||
2 | Pfadi Winterthur | 21 | 23 | 26 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Relegation Round
13 May 16:30 |
Lakers Stäfa | 29–28 | TSV Fortitudo Gossau | Frohberg Stäfa, Oetwil am See |
20 May 17:30 |
TSV Fortitudo Gossau | 26–21 | Lakers Stäfa | Sporthalle Buchenwald, Gossau SG |
TSV Fortitudo Gossau won 54-50 aggregate and stays in Nationalliga A.