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.
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.
Team information Venues and locations Country Team City Venue (Capacity) BelarusMeshkov BrestBrestUniversal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740) Bosnia and HerzegovinaIzviđač COLjubuškiLjubuški Sports Hall (4,000) CroatiaPPD ZagrebZagrebArena Zagreb (16,800)NexeNašiceSportska dvorana (2,500) HungaryTelekom VeszprémVeszprémVeszprém Aréna (5,096) MacedoniaVardarSkopjeJane Sandanski Arena (6,000)MetalurgSkopjeAvtokomanda Sports Hall (2,000) SlovakiaTatran PrešovPrešovCity Hall Prešov (4,000) SloveniaGorenje VelenjeVelenjeRed Hall (2,500)Celje Pivovarna LaškoCeljeZlatorog 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 Sportswear Phoenix Gorenje Velenje Marko Šibila Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje Celje Pivovarna Laško Branko Tamše Luka Žvižej Adidas Laško
Coaching changes WeekClubOutgoing coachDate of changeIncoming coach6thGorenje Velenje Marko Šibila3 October 2016 Borut Plaskan8thPPD Zagreb Veselin Vujović17 October 2016 Silvio Ivandija13thNexe Zdenko Kordi26 November 2016 Hrvoje HorvatF4PPD Zagreb Silvio Ivandija3 April 2017 Slavko Goluža
Regular season Standings
Results
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
Match for third place
Final
References
External links Official website