2016–17 SEHA League

The 2016–17 season was the sixth season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and third under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from seven countries (Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia) participated in that year's competition.

2016-17 SEHA League season
LeagueSEHA League
SportHandball
Duration30 August 2016 – 16 March 2017
Number of games90 (regular season)
94 (including F4 tournament)
Number of teams10
 Belarus (1 team)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 team)
 Croatia (2 teams)
 Hungary (1 team)
 North Macedonia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
Regular season
Season champions Vardar
Season MVPBlaž Janc[1]
Top scorerBlaž Janc (110 goals)
Final Four
Finals champions Vardar
  Runners-up MVM Veszprém KC
Finals MVPJoan Cañellas

Telekom Veszprém were the defending champions. The SEHA League was consisted of two phases – the first has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away game against each other. After that, the four best ranked clubs played on the Final Four tournament.

The campaign began on 30 August 2016 with the match between last year's runner up Vardar and fourth placed Meshkov Brest. The regular season ended on 16 March 2017, with the decisive match between PPD Zagreb and Meshkov Brest.

The Final Four tournament was held in the city of Brest and organised in cooperation with Meshkov Brest, from 7 April to 9 April 2017.[2]

Team information

Venues and locations
Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Izviđač CO Ljubuški Ljubuški Sports Hall (4,000)
Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (16,800)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
Hungary Telekom Veszprém Veszprém Veszprém Aréna (5,096)
Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Metalurg Skopje Avtokomanda Sports Hall (2,000)
Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)
Slovenia Gorenje Velenje Velenje Red Hall (2,500)
Celje Pivovarna Laško Celje Zlatorog Arena (5,500)

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2016–17 SEHA League, with their manager, team captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (main)
Meshkov Brest Serhiy Bebeshko Dzmitry Nikulenkau Hummel BelGazpromBank
Izviđač CO Zdenko Grbavac Ivan Miličević Hummel Central Osiguranje
PPD Zagreb Silvio Ivandija Zlatko Horvat Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Zdenko Kordi Marko Mrđenović Jako Nexe Grupa
Telekom Veszprém Xavier Sabaté Caviedes László Nagy Adidas Telekom
Vardar Raúl González Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Mlekara Zdravje
Metalurg Lino Červar Filip Kuzmanovski Kempa Duferco Makstil
Tatran Prešov Rastislav Trtík Radovan Pekár ATAK Phoenix
Gorenje Velenje Marko Šibila Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje
Celje Pivovarna Laško Branko Tamše Luka Žvižej Adidas Laško

Coaching changes
Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
6th Gorenje Velenje Marko Šibila 3 October 2016[3] Borut Plaskan
8th PPD Zagreb Veselin Vujović 17 October 2016[4] Silvio Ivandija
13th Nexe Zdenko Kordi 26 November 2016[5] Hrvoje Horvat
F4 PPD Zagreb Silvio Ivandija 3 April 2017[6] Slavko Goluža

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vardar 18 15 2 1 599 510 +89 47 Final Four
2 Telekom Veszprém 18 14 2 2 521 458 +63 44
3 Meshkov Brest 18 11 2 5 552 500 +52 35
4 PPD Zagreb 18 11 1 6 496 469 +27 34
5 Celje Pivovarna Laško 18 11 0 7 561 545 +16 33
6 Gorenje Velenje 18 6 0 12 501 520 −19 18
7 Nexe 18 5 3 10 493 523 −30 18
8 Metalurg 18 5 2 11 453 472 −19 17
9 Tatran Prešov 18 4 1 13 469 548 −79 13
10 Izviđač CO 18 1 1 16 503 603 −100 4
Source: SEHA Standings

Results
Home \ Away MES IZV ZAG NEX VES VAR MET TAT GOR CEL
Meshkov Brest 40–29 28–28 37–29 16–19 30–35 31–26 33–25 26–24 36–29
Izviđač CO 26–34 26–28 27–30 25–31 27–33 24–24 33–28 32–36 31–32
PPD Zagreb 25–31 34–29 28–22 27–23 28–26 29–20 27–22 28–21 28–27
Nexe 28–27 39–29 23–25 29–29 27–30 27–22 25–31 29–27 26–35
Telekom Veszprém 31–30 36–31 28–25 27–23 28–28 33–21 32–28 36–27 32–25
Vardar 34–34 42–30 32–31 37–29 29–22 31–29 38–21 40–32 33–31
Metalurg 24–25 36–22 25–22 25–25 20–23 24–25 27–21 28–25 23–25
Tatran Prešov 25–30 27–25 30–25 29–29 18–26 29–35 27–33 34–30 25–31
Gorenje Velenje 34–37 31–24 27–26 24–20 27–31 29–31 23–18 30–19 26–27
Celje Pivovarna Laško 29–27 42–33 29–32 34–33 29–34 29–40 34–28 39–30 34–28
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final four

The final four will be held at the Universal Sports Complex Victoria in Brest, Belarus on 7 and 9 April 2017.

Format

The first-placed team of the group faces the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team will play against the third-placed team from the other group in the final four.

Semifinals
7 April 2017
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar 36–28 PPD Zagreb Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Nabokao, Kulik (BLR)
Čupić 8 (19–12) Horvat 8
2× 7× Report 3× 5×
7 April 2017
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Telekom Veszprém 33–31 Meshkov Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,325
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Ilić 7 (14–14) Stojković 9
3× 4× Report 3× 4×

FT: 29–29 Pen: 4-2

Match for third place
9 April 2017
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Meshkov Brest 23–19 Zagreb Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,375
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Stojković 4 (14–10) Horvat, Marković 5
3× 1× Report 3× 2×

Final
9 April 2017
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar 26–21 MVM Veszprém Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 2,750
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Cañellas, Dibirov 5 (11–11) Ilić 5
3× 4× Report 3× 4×

References
  1. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1406/coaches-choice-best-of-the-season-blaz-janc-mvp
  2. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1397/final-4-in-brest-belarus-from-7th-till-9th-of-april-2017
  3. "RK Gorenje sack Sibila – Borut Plaskan is new coach". handball-planet.com. 3 October 2016.
  4. "PPD Zagreb and Vujovic part ways, Nikolic leads the team against Tatran". seha-liga.com. 17 October 2016.
  5. "We have a new coach".
  6. "GOLUŽA TAKES OVER ZAGREB BEFORE HEADING TO TATRAN PREŠOV".
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