Belarusian Men's Handball Championship

Belarusian Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2016–17 Season
Countries Belarus
Confederation EHF
Number of teams 11
Level on pyramid Level 1
International cup(s) Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup
EHF Cup
Current champions HC Meshkov Brest (9th title)
Most championships SKA Minsk (10 titles)

The Belarusian Men's Handball Championship is the national league for team handball in Belarus. The current champions are HC Meshkov Brest, who won 9th title in 2016/17 season. The record-holding champions are SKA Minsk with 10 championships.

2017-18 Season participants

The following 12 clubs compete in the championship during the 2017–18 season.

Team City Arena Address
Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex "Victoria" Brest, Leningradskaya str., 4
SKA Minsk Minsk Sports Palace "Uruchje" Minsk, Independence av., 196
GK Gomel Gomel GRCOR for game's types of sports Gomel, Irininskaya st., 16-2
Kronon Grodno Grodno Sports Complex "Victoria" Grodno, Gagarina str., 18/1
Masheka Mogilev Mogilev SC "Olympian" Mogilev, 30 years of Victory str., 1a
Vityaz Minsk Minsk RCOR Minsk, Filimonova str., 55/2
Meshkov Brest 2 Brest Universal Sports Complex "Victoria" Brest, Leningradskaya str., 4
RCOR Minsk RCOR Minsk, Filimonova str., 55/2
SKA-RGUOR Minsk Minsk Sports Palace "Uruchje" Minsk, Independence av., 196
SKA-Suvorov Minsk Sports Palace "Uruchje" Minsk, Independence av., 196
GK Gomel 2 Gomel GRCOR for game's types of sports Gomel, Irininskaya st., 16-2
Kronon Grodno 2 Grodno Sports Complex "Victoria" Grodno, Gagarina str., 18/1

List of champions

Club Titles Year
1.SKA Minsk101993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Meshkov Brest102004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
3.Dinamo Minsk52009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
4.HC Arkatron Minsk12003

2017-18 Season

In contrast to previous 3 seasons, 26th season is held in new format. Main changes are next:

  • Season includes 2 stages
  • No more Playoffs
  • Defending champion starts season from the 1st stage

First stage

Teams were divided into 2 groups:

  • Group 1 (Main teams): HC Meshkov Brest, SKA Minsk, GK Gomel, Kronon Grodno, Masheka Mogilev, Vityaz Minsk
  • Group 2 (Farm teams): Meshkov Brest 2, RCOR, SKA-RGUOR, SKA-Suvorov, GK Gomel 2, Kronon Grodno 2.

During this stage each team plays the others 4 times.

Results

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SKA Minsk 15 13 1 1 540 375 +165 27 2nd stage
Group A
2 HC Meshkov Brest 15 12 2 1 524 358 +166 26
3 GK Gomel 15 7 0 8 412 440 −28 14
4 Masheka Mogilev 15 5 1 9 454 516 −62 11
5 Kronon Grodno 15 5 0 10 441 514 −73 10 2nd stage
Group B
6 Vityaz Minsk 15 1 0 14 446 514 −68 2
Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2017. Source: Handball.by

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HC Meshkov Brest 2 15 14 0 1 551 386 +165 28 2nd stage
Group B
2 SKA-RGUOR Minsk 15 12 0 3 543 415 +128 24 2nd stage
Group C
3 SKA-Suvorov 15 7 0 8 495 467 +28 14
4 Kronon Grodno 2 15 4 1 10 415 536 −121 9
5 RCOR 15 4 0 11 440 536 −96 8
6 GK Gomel 2 15 3 1 11 425 534 −109 7
Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2017. Source: Handball.by

Second stage

According to the results of the 1st stage will be formed 3 groups:

  • Group A: first 4 places of Group 1 (results from the 1st stage will be saved);
  • Group B: rest teams of Group 1, 1st place of Group 2 and Belarus national handball U-18 team (on a non-competitive basis);
  • Group C: rest teams of Group 2 (results from the 1st stage will be saved).

During this stage each team will play the others:

  • Group A: 4 times
  • Group B: 4 times in "Final Four"-format
  • Group C: 2 times

At the end of the stage will be determined places of the season:

  • Group A: from 1st to 4th;
  • Group B: from 5th to 7th;
  • Group C: from 8th to 12th.

Results of the 2016-17 season

Meshkov Brest
9th time		 SKA Minsk
10th time		 GK Gomel
5th time

Other seasons

Belarusian Men's Handball Championship - Season 2015/2016
Belarusian Men's Handball Championship - Season 2016/2017

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016[1]

References

  1. ↑ (PDF). European Handball Federation.
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