2016–17 SEHA League

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)
 Macedonia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
Regular season
Season championsNorth Macedonia Vardar
Season MVPBlaž Janc[1]
Top scorerBlaž Janc (110 goals)
Final Four
Finals championsNorth Macedonia Vardar
  Runners-upHungary Telekom Veszprém
Finals MVPJoan Cañellas
SEHA League seasons

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.[2]

Team information

Venues and locations

Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Izviđač CO Ljubuški Ljubuški Sports Hall (4,000)
Croatia Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (16,800)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
Hungary Hungary Telekom Veszprém Veszprém Veszprém Aréna (5,096)
North Macedonia Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Metalurg Skopje Avtokomanda Sports Hall (2,000)
Slovakia Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)
Slovenia 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 Ukraine Serhiy Bebeshko Belarus Dzmitry Nikulenkau Hummel BelGazpromBank
Izviđač CO Bosnia and Herzegovina Zdenko Grbavac Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Miličević Hummel Central Osiguranje
PPD Zagreb Croatia Silvio Ivandija Croatia Zlatko Horvat Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Croatia Zdenko Kordi Croatia Marko Mrđenović Jako Nexe Grupa
Telekom Veszprém Spain Xavier Sabaté Caviedes Hungary László Nagy Adidas Telekom
Vardar Spain Raúl González North Macedonia Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Mlekara Zdravje
Metalurg Croatia Lino Červar North Macedonia Filip Kuzmanovski Kempa Duferco Makstil
Tatran Prešov Czech Republic Rastislav Trtík Slovakia Radovan Pekár ATAK Sportswear Phoenix
Gorenje Velenje Slovenia Marko Šibila Slovenia Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje
Celje Pivovarna Laško Slovenia Branko Tamše Slovenia Luka Žvižej Adidas Laško

Coaching changes

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

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Macedonia Vardar 18 15 2 1 599 510 +89 47 Final Four
2 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 18 14 2 2 521 458 +63 44
3 Belarus Meshkov Brest 18 11 2 5 552 500 +52 35
4 Croatia PPD Zagreb 18 11 1 6 496 469 +27 34
5 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško 18 11 0 7 561 545 +16 33
6 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje 18 6 0 12 501 520 −19 18
7 Croatia Nexe 18 5 3 10 493 523 −30 18
8 North Macedonia Metalurg 18 5 2 11 453 472 −19 17
9 Slovakia Tatran Prešov 18 4 1 13 469 548 −79 13
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
Belarus Meshkov Brest 40–29 28–28 37–29 16–19 30–35 31–26 33–25 26–24 36–29
Bosnia and Herzegovina Izviđač CO 26–34 26–28 27–30 25–31 27–33 24–24 33–28 32–36 31–32
Croatia PPD Zagreb 25–31 34–29 28–22 27–23 28–26 29–20 27–22 28–21 28–27
Croatia Nexe 28–27 39–29 23–25 29–29 27–30 27–22 25–31 29–27 26–35
Hungary Telekom Veszprém 31–30 36–31 28–25 27–23 28–28 33–21 32–28 36–27 32–25
North Macedonia Vardar 34–34 42–30 32–31 37–29 29–22 31–29 38–21 40–32 33–31
North Macedonia Metalurg 24–25 36–22 25–22 25–25 20–23 24–25 27–21 28–25 23–25
Slovakia Tatran Prešov 25–30 27–25 30–25 29–29 18–26 29–35 27–33 34–30 25–31
Slovenia Gorenje Velenje 34–37 31–24 27–26 24–20 27–31 29–31 23–18 30–19 26–27
Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško 29–27 42–33 29–32 34–33 29–34 29–40 34–28 39–30 34–28
Source: [citation needed]
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 North Macedonia 36–28 Croatia PPD Zagreb Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Nabokao, Kulik (BLR)
Čupić 8 (19–12) Horvat 8
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7 April 2017
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Telekom Veszprém Hungary 33–31 Belarus Meshkov Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,325
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Ilić 7 (14–14) Stojković 9
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FT: 29–29 Pen: 4-2

Match for third place

9 April 2017
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Meshkov Brest Belarus 23–19 Croatia Zagreb Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,375
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Stojković 4 (14–10) Horvat, Marković 5
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Final

9 April 2017
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Vardar North Macedonia 26–21 Hungary Telekom Veszprém Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 2,750
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Cañellas, Dibirov 5 (11–11) Ilić 5
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References

  1. ^ "Coaches choice: Best of the season - Blaz Janc MVP".
  2. ^ "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".