2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen

The 2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen is the 52nd season of the GRUNDIGligaen, Norwegian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. Elverum Håndball are the defending champions.

GRUNDIGligaen
Season2016–17
ChampionsElverum Håndball
(7th title)
RelegatedLillestrøm TH
St.Hallvard
EHF Champions LeagueElverum Håndball
EHF CupBækkelaget HE
ØIF Arendal
EHF Challenge CupFyllingenBergen
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 29 July 2017.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first eight teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last two plays relegation round. The last team of this relegation round is relegated.

Teams
Bodø HK
Bækkelaget
Drammen HK
Elverum Håndball
Falk Horten
FyllingenBergen
Halden Topphåndball
Haslum HK
Kolstad
Lillestrøm TH
ØIF Arendal
St.Hallvard
2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the GRUNDIGligaen during the 2016–17 season.

Team City Arena
Bækkelaget HE Oslo Oppsal Arena / Ekeberghallen
Bodø HK Bodø Bodø Spektrum
Drammen HK Drammen Drammenshallen
Elverum Håndball Elverum Terningen Arena
Falk Horten Horten Holtanhallen
FyllingenBergen Fyllingsdalen Idrettens Hus
Halden Topphåndball Halden Remmenhallen
Haslum HK Bekkestua Nadderud Arena
Kolstad Trondheim Husebyhallen
Lillestrøm TH Lillestrøm Skedsmohallen
ØIF Arendal Arendal Aquarama
St.Hallvard Lier Reistad Arena

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Elverum Håndball 22 20 0 2 653 542 +111 40 Play-offs
2 Bækkelaget HE 22 15 1 6 677 597 +80 31
3 Haslum HK 22 15 1 6 654 604 +50 31
4 ØIF Arendal 22 14 2 6 640 562 +78 28
5 FyllingenBergen 22 12 2 8 666 602 +64 26
6 Bodø HK 22 11 3 8 598 591 +7 25
7 Kolstad 22 10 2 10 576 594 −18 22
8 Drammen HK 22 8 1 13 560 585 −25 15
9 Halden Topphåndball 22 6 2 14 580 640 −60 14
10 Falk Horten 22 6 0 16 520 613 −93 12 Relegation Round
11 Lillestrøm TH 22 6 0 16 553 634 −81 12 Relegation
12 St.Hallvard 22 2 0 20 523 636 −113 4
Source: GRUNDIGligaen

Results
Home \ Away BHE BOD DRA ELV FAL FYL HAL HAS KOL LIL ØIF STH
Bækkelaget HE 33–28 34–24 27–29 34–19 30–35 38–29 33–28 29–32 28–23 38–30 34–25
Bodø HK 31–25 24–23 24–34 26–23 27–27 34–36 29–25 22–34 26–20 32–22 30–24
Drammen HK 27–29 21–24 20–29 30–23 32–30 29–23 17–34 34–21 30–29 19–27 24–21
Elverum Håndball 23–21 32–30 32–26 26–20 25–26 35–25 26–25 28–22 30–22 28–26 35–28
Falk Horten 21–33 21–26 20–19 21–32 23–35 32–30 23–28 25–24 25–27 21–28 28–16
FyllingenBergen 27–29 27–27 29–26 29–37 31–16 25–21 36–29 29–31 40–24 32–28 30–20
Halden Topphåndball 27–34 25–29 26–26 26–32 28–26 31–27 29–29 29–27 16–25 25–33 29–28
Haslum HK 27–33 27–24 31–27 35–29 33–24 33–32 31–29 25–24 31–24 30–44 32–25
Kolstad 28–28 28–25 27–26 24–29 28–27 19–31 23–21 27–31 19–22 28–28 32–25
Lillestrøm TH 26–31 34–29 27–32 24–29 26–31 29–34 24–21 26–37 22–23 21–37 24–25
ØIF Arendal 34–25 28–28 31–22 20–26 29–23 36–29 26–24 18–25 30–24 29–21 23–20
St.Hallvard 24–31 22–23 14–26 21–27 24–28 29–25 27–30 25–28 28–31 31–33 21–33
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs
Quarterfinals
21 March, 5-8 April 		Semifinals
19-23-30 April 		Finals
14-18-21 May
               
1 Elverum Håndball 27 29
8 Drammen HK 22 20
1 Elverum Håndball 27 29
7 Kolstad 26 24
7 Kolstad 37 28 27
3 Haslum HK 29 36 18
1 Elverum Håndball 27 30 25
4 ØIF Arendal 24 29 20
4 ØIF Arendal 31 24 30
5 FyllingenBergen 32 23 25
4 ØIF Arendal 24 27 29
6 Bodø HK 23 33 25
6 Bodø HK 32 32
2 Bækkelaget HE 29 28

Relegation round
23 April Sandefjord TIF 27–25 Falk Horten Jotunhallen, Sandefjord
26 April Falk Horten 30–24 Sandefjord TIF Holtanhallen, Horten

Falk Horten won 55-51 aggregate, and stay in Grundigligaen.

References
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