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The 2016–17 Nationalliga A (NLA) was 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.
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Kadetten Schaffhausen (10th title) |
Top goalscorer | Csaszar Gabor (215 goals)[1] |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2017. |
Kadetten Schaffhausen were the defending champions, having beaten Wacker Thun 3–2 in the previous season's playoff finals.[2]
Format edit
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 edit
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 edit
Standings edit
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 edit
Second phase edit
The points obtained during the regular season were kept for this second phase.
Play-off group edit
Source: Swiss Handball League
Relegation group edit
Source: Swiss Handball League
Play-offs edit
Relegation Round edit
TSV Fortitudo Gossau won 54-50 aggregate and stayed in Nationalliga A. References edit
External links edit |