2016–17 Handbollsligan


The 2016–17 Handbollsligan is the 83st season of the Handbollsligan, Swedish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 13 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 May 2017.
IFK Kristianstad are the defending champions, having beaten Alingsås HK 27–18 in the previous season's final.

Format

The first 7 rounds consists on a round-robin tournament with 2 groups of 7 teams each. Then, the competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away round-robin system. The top 8 teams qualifies directly to quarterfinals, while teams ranked 11th to 13th plays a play-down round against teams ranked 2nd to 4th from the lower division. Last ranked team is directly relegated to Allsvenskan.

Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in Handbollsligan during the 2016–17 season. HK Drott was relegated from the previous season and IFK Ystad was promoted from 2015-16 Allsvenskan.
TeamCityArena
Alingsås HKAlingsåsEstrad Arena
Eskilstuna GuifEskilstunaEskilstuna Sporthall
Hammarby IFStockholmEriksdalshallen
IFK YstadYstadYstad Arena
HIF KarlskronaKarlskronaKarlskrona idrottshall
IFK KristianstadKristianstadKristianstad Arena
Lugi HFLundFFS Arena
HK MalmöMalmöBaltiska Hallen
Redbergslids IKGothenburgLisebergshallen
Ricoh HKStockholmSolnahallen
IFK SkövdeSkövdeArena Skövde
IK SävehofPartillePartillebohallen
Ystads IF HFYstadYstad Arena
HK AranäsKungsbackaAranäshallen

Regular season

Standings

Results

;Round 1-7
; Round 8-33

Play-offs

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Player of the month

Attendance