2016–17 Swiss Handball League

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.

Nationalliga A
Season2016–17
ChampionsKadetten Schaffhausen
(10th title)
Top goalscorerCsaszar 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

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
Bern Muri
HC Kriens-Luzern
Aarau
Schaffhausen
Winterthur
RTV Basel
GC Amicitia
Fortitudo
TSV St. Otmar
Wacker Thun
2016–17 Nationalliga A teams

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
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

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2017. Source: Swiss Handball League

Results
Home \ Away AAR BAS BER GOS KRI SCH STG THU WIN ZUR
HSC Suhr Aarau 19–19 22–23 28–25 27–19 27–29 27–29 23–22 21–22 33–30
RTV 1879 Basel 35–24 22–33 25–25 19–31 30–27 26–32 26–30 25–31 25–24
BSV Bern Muri 23–24 31–18 28–28 19–27 30–31 29–20 23–28 25–24 21–21
TSV Fortitudo Gossau 25–27 24–23 24–28 31–32 25–32 30–31 25–31 16–19 24–37
HC Kriens-Luzern 23–19 30–26 29–24 41–28 33–27 25–23 28–29 27–25 28–28
Kadetten Schaffhausen 24–33 34–19 31–26 38–33 32–23 35–26 28–22 29–26 30–29
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 25–21 27–30 29–36 33–29 24–22 28–37 27–34 27–27 35–29
Wacker Thun 31–16 39–21 29–22 35–21 20–27 30–32 27–20 22–22 31–28
Pfadi Winterthur 27–19 30–23 24–20 32–31 29–25 23–24 34–27 30–20 26–19
GC Amicitia Zürich 22–31 24–17 27–27 28–23 25–28 29–34 36–24 25–22 25–30
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

The points obtained during the regular season were kept for this second phase.

Play-off group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCH WIN KRI THU BER AAR
1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 28 21 2 5 849 757 +92 44 Play-offs 26–30 32–21 30–29 38–30 31–17
2 Pfadi Winterthur 28 20 3 5 755 656 +99 43 28–30 30–22 23–19 29–20 25–24
3 HC Kriens-Luzern 28 17 1 10 748 724 +24 35 29–25 22–33 21–23 30–26 25–23
4 Wacker Thun 28 16 2 10 758 693 +65 34 25–25 21–23 33–28 21–25 32–25
5 BSV Bern Muri 28 9 5 14 720 737 −17 23 30–30 24–30 22–29 28–31 25–25
6 HSC Suhr Aarau 28 8 3 17 663 709 −46 19 26–28 23–23 22–23 21–22 16–22
Source: Swiss Handball League

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 30 12 1 17 818 862 −44 25
2 GC Amicitia Zürich 30 10 4 16 809 825 −16 24
3 TSV Fortitudo Gossau 30 10 2 18 800 852 −52 22 Relegation Round
4 RTV 1879 Basel 30 8 3 19 755 860 −105 19 Relegation
Source: Swiss Handball League
Home \ Away STG ZUR GOS BAS STG ZUR GOS BAS
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 25–26 31–29 34–30 40–29 18–27 28–29
GC Amicitia Zürich 26–24 29–30 27–32 28–24 25–31 27–23
TSV Fortitudo Gossau 21–26 19–23 27–22 28–24 30–29 31–20
RTV 1879 Basel 26–29 30–30 29–30 29–28 28–24 28–30
Source: Swiss Handball League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs
Semifinals Final
              
1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 30 30 28
4 Wacker Thun 20 29 26
1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 31 31 30
2 Pfadi Winterthur 18 26 28
3 HC Kriens-Luzern 30 20 25 22
2 Pfadi Winterthur 21 23 26 25

Relegation Round
13 May
16:30		 Lakers Stäfa 29–28 TSV Fortitudo Gossau Frohberg Stäfa, Oetwil am See
20 May
17:30		 TSV Fortitudo Gossau 26–21 Lakers Stäfa Sporthalle Buchenwald, Gossau SG

TSV Fortitudo Gossau won 54-50 aggregate and stayed in Nationalliga A.

References
  1. "Topscorer pro Saison". Swiss Handball Association (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. "Rangliste 2015/16". Swiss Handball Association (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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