2016–17 Greek Handball Premier
# 2016–17 Greek Handball Premier

The 2016–17 Greek Handball Premier was the 38th season of the Greek Handball Premier, Greece's premier handball league. It ran from 24 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in this year's edition of the Handball Premier. Of these, 10 sides qualified directly from the 2015–16 season and the play-off winners from each of the two groups of A2 Ethniki were promoted: Aris Nikaias from Group A and AESX Pylaia from Group B.

Poseidon Loutrakiou, despite finishing 5th in the last year's Handball Premier, announced the shutdown of their handball department and thus withdrew from the league. They were replaced by Serifato Aigio who beat GS Drama 1986 in a single, neutral venue play-off match. This was the first time for Serifato to compete in the top league.

| Team | Location |
| - | - |
| AEK | Athens |
| Aeropos Edessa | Edessa |
| AESX Pylaia | Pylaia, Thessaloniki |
| Aris Nikaias | Nikaia, Piraeus |
| IEK Xini DIKEAS | Nea Ionia, Athens |
| Diomidis Argous | Argos |
| ASE Douka | Maroussi, Athens |
| Filippos Veria | Veria |
| Foivos Sykeon | Sykies, Thessaloniki |
| Panellinios | Athens |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |
| Serifato Aigio | Aigio |

## Regular season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IEK Xini DIKEAS | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 591 | 471 | +120 | 41 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 2 | AEK | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 613 | 546 | +67 | 32 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 3 | ASE Douka | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 551 | 479 | +72 | 32 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Diomidis Argous | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 541 | 468 | +73 | 32 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
| 5 | PAOK | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 606 | 494 | +112 | 31 | |
| 6 | Panellinios | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 511 | 496 | +15 | 26 | |
| 7 | Filippos Veria | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 553 | 524 | +29 | 25 | |
| 8 | Aeropos Edessa | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 567 | 567 | 0 | 14 | |
| 9 | Serifato Aigio | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 539 | 618 | −79 | 13 | |
| 10 | Foivos Sykeon | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 452 | 546 | −94 | 10 | |
| 11 | AESX Pylaia (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 501 | 662 | −161 | 6 | Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki |
| 12 | Aris Nikaias (R) | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 430 | 584 | −154 | 1 | Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki |

* 1 2 3 AEK ahead of Doukas on head-to-head record; Doukas ahead of Diomidis on head-to-head record; Diomidis–AEK 26–28, Doukas–AEK 21–27, Diomidis–Doukas 18–20, Doukas–Diomidis 29–19, AEK–Doukas 35–30, AEK–Diomidis 20–23.
* ↑ Aris Nikaias were deducted 1 point as they did not show up to the last league game against Aeropos Edessa. Aeropos were awarded a 10–0 win.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AER | AES | ARI | DIK | DIO | DOU | FIL | FOI | PAN | PAO | SER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AEK | — | 29–25 | 42–25 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 20–23 | 35–30 | 23–27 | 27–20 | 19–19 | 22–24 | 27–25 |
| Aeropos Edessa | 29–31 | — | 32–20 | 10–0 | 22–27 | 21–22 | 23–25 | 30–34 | 34–28 | 27–28 | 24–28 | 31–23 |
| AESX Pylaia | 27–35 | 28–34 | — | 29–28 | 23–41 | 20–34 | 18–32 | 22–26 | 22–22 | 22–26 | 20–34 | 23–23 |
| Aris Nikaias | 20–28 | 20–26 | 23–22 | — | 17–25 | 17–29 | 21–28 | 16–26 | 23–25 | 20–27 | 23–31 | 24–30 |
| IEK Xini DIKEAS | 26–23 | 28–26 | 30–16 | 35–20 | — | 18–18 | 27–26 | 32–27 | 24–20 | 28–22 | 26–25 | 29–24 |
| Diomidis Argous | 26–28 | 28–24 | 38–23 | 26–19 | 22–17 | — | 18–20 | 25–25 | 32–14 | 19–16 | 19–18 | 27–22 |
| ASE Douka | 21–27 | 27–19 | 28–22 | 25–13 | 21–29 | 29–19 | — | 21–20 | 22–19 | 24–20 | 25–17 | 29–18 |
| Filippos Veria | 26–30 | 23–24 | 28–26 | 25–22 | 22–27 | 21–22 | 26–26 | — | 25–13 | 23–23 | 22–22 | 30–24 |
| Foivos Sykeon | 24–29 | 25–23 | 21–20 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 15–18 | 17–29 | 21–21 | — | 17–19 | 22–31 | 20–27 |
| Panellinios | 23–24 | 30–24 | 32–26 | 23–18 | 18–24 | 22–21 | 20–20 | 19–24 | 22–17 | — | 21–21 | 27–20 |
| PAOK | 24–24 | 31–19 | 33–23 | 29–20 | 21–22 | 29–22 | 31–17 | 25–26 | 28–24 | 34–26 | — | 33–24 |
| Serifato Aigio | 33–42 | 32–30 | 20–24 | 24–22 | 17–26 | 30–33 | 20–26 | 31–26 | 25–24 | 24–28 | 23–37 | — |

## Championship play-offs

In the championship play-offs, the top four teams of the regular season play each other in a round robin format. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, each team's sum of points is divided by two (rounded up if number is odd).

So, IEK Xini DIKEAS began the play-offs with 21 points, while Diomidis Argous, ASE Douka and AEK all began with 16 points.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIK | DOU | AEK | DIO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IEK Xini DIKEAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 23 | Qualification to 2016–17 Finals | — | 19–20 | 27–32 | — |
| 2 | ASE Douka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 61 | +8 | 22 | Qualification to 2016–17 Finals | — | — | — | 23–22 |
| 3 | AEK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 80 | +1 | 20 | | — | 20–26 | — | 29–27 |
| 4 | Diomidis Argous | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 77 | −9 | 18 | | 19–25 | — | — | — |

## Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher championship play-off place, is going to play the first, second and fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IEK Xini DIKEAS | 3–0 | ASE Douka | 25–21 | 27–26 | 22–19 | – | – |

Source: Hellenic Handball Federation

