2016–17 SEHA League
# 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.

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) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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) |
| Croatia | Nexe | Našice | Sportska dvorana (2,500) |
| Hungary | Telekom Veszprém | Veszprém | Veszprém Aréna (5,096) |
| Macedonia | Vardar | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000) |
| Macedonia | Metalurg | Skopje | Avtokomanda Sports Hall (2,000) |
| Slovakia | Tatran Prešov | Prešov | City Hall Prešov (4,000) |
| Slovenia | Gorenje Velenje | Velenje | Red Hall (2,500) |
| Slovenia | 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 Sportswear | 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 | Borut Plaskan |
| 8th | PPD Zagreb | Veselin Vujović | 17 October 2016 | Silvio Ivandija |
| 13th | Nexe | Zdenko Kordi | 26 November 2016 | Hrvoje Horvat |
| F4 | PPD Zagreb | Silvio Ivandija | 3 April 2017 | 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 | Final Four |
| 3 | Meshkov Brest | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 552 | 500 | +52 | 35 | Final Four |
| 4 | PPD Zagreb | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 496 | 469 | +27 | 34 | Final Four |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |

## 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) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 April 2017 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Čupić 8 | (19–12) | Horvat 8 | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Nabokao, Kulik (BLR) |
| 7 April 2017 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 2× 7× | Report | 3× 5× | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Nabokao, Kulik (BLR) |
| 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) |
| 7 April 2017 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ilić 7 | (14–14) | Stojković 9 | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,325 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK) |
| 7 April 2017 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,325 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK) |
| Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,325 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK) |||

### 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) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 April 2017 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Stojković 4 | (14–10) | Horvat, Marković 5 | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,375 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 9 April 2017 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,375 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |

### Final

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