# 2017–18 SEHA League

The 2017–18 SEHA League season was the seventh season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and fourth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from six countries (Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia) participated in this year's competition.
Vardar are the defending champions. The SEHA League consists of two phases – the first one has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away games against each other. Afterwards, the four best ranked clubs played on the Final Four tournament.
The campaign began on 30 August 2017 with three matches from the first round. The regular season ended on 17 March 2018.
The final four tournament was held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April 2018.

## Team information
### Venues and locations

| Country | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| Belarus | Meshkov Brest | Brest | Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740) |
| Croatia | PPD Zagreb | Zagreb | Arena Zagreb (15,200) Sutinska Vrela Hall (2,000) |
| Croatia | Nexe | Našice | Sportska dvorana (2,500) |
| Macedonia | Vardar | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000) |
| Macedonia | Metalurg | Skopje | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (7,000), Avtokomanda (2,000) |
| Serbia | Dinamo | Pančevo | Strelište Sports Hall (1,100) |
| Serbia | Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SPENS (11,000), SC Slana Bara (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 2017–18 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 | Joma | BelGazpromBank |
| PPD Zagreb | Zlatko Saračević | Igor Vori | Hummel | Prvo Plinarsko Društvo |
| Nexe | Hrvoje Horvat | Marko Mrđenović | Jako | Nexe |
| Vardar | Raúl González | Stojanče Stoilov | Hummel | Bet City |
| Metalurg | Lino Červar | Filip Kuzmanovski | Kempa | Duferco Makstil |
| Dinamo | Ivan Petković | Branko Radanović | unit-sport | Grad Pančevo |
| Vojvodina | Kasim Kamenica | Vukašin Stojanović | NAAI | Vinarija Zvonko Bogdan |
| Tatran Prešov | Slavko Goluža | Radovan Pekár | ATAK Sportswear | Phoenix |
| Gorenje Velenje | Željko Babić | Niko Medved | Kempa | Gorenje |
| Celje Pivovarna Laško | Branko Tamše | David Razgor | Nike | Laško |

### Coaching changes

| Round | Club | Outgoing coach | Date of change | Incoming coach |
| 3rd | Vojvodina | Boško Rudić | 18 September 2017 | Dragan Kukić |
| 7th | PPD Zagreb | Kasim Kamenica | 27 November 2017 | Zlatko Saračević |
| 12th | Vojvodina | Dragan Kukić | 6 January 2018 | Kasim Kamenica |
| 18th | Vojvodina | Kasim Kamenica | 28 March 2018 | Boris Rojević |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vardar | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 565 | 445 | +120 | 52 | Final four |
| 2 | PPD Zagreb | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 514 | 463 | +51 | 38 | Final four |
| 3 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 540 | 489 | +51 | 35 | Final four |
| 4 | Meshkov Brest | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 532 | 499 | +33 | 31 | Final four |
| 5 | Gorenje Velenje | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 523 | 482 | +41 | 30 | |
| 6 | Tatran Prešov | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 494 | 487 | +7 | 22 | |
| 7 | Metalurg | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 487 | 521 | −34 | 22 | |
| 8 | Nexe | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 455 | 510 | −55 | 12 | |
| 9 | Dinamo | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 456 | 554 | −98 | 9 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 461 | 567 | −106 | 7 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | MES | ZAG | NEX | VAR | MET | DIN | VOJ | TAT | GOR | CEL |
| Meshkov Brest | | 24–23 | 35–23 | 25–25 | 35–30 | 29–26 | 32–27 | 32–26 | 32–33 | 30–34 |
| PPD Zagreb | 27–24 | | 27–19 | 24–25 | 30–28 | 40–29 | 35–25 | 32–26 | 26–25 | 25–25 |
| Nexe | 19–29 | 29–30 | | 21–30 | 31–31 | 27–19 | 33–28 | 23–27 | 24–24 | 23–35 |
| Vardar | 31–23 | 30–23 | 29–25 | | 31–24 | 42–32 | 37–22 | 32–28 | 32–19 | 35–27 |
| Metalurg | 37–33 | 26–32 | 29–22 | 23–32 | | 33–25 | 30–26 | 31–30 | 24–29 | 28–26 |
| Dinamo | 26–33 | 28–28 | 25–25 | 23–27 | 20–25 | | 22–20 | 26–26 | 27–29 | 26–37 |
| Vojvodina | 27–36 | 21–29 | 29–28 | 32–36 | 21–19 | 24–29 | | 23–23 | 27–39 | 26–31 |
| Tatran Prešov | 24–23 | 33–28 | 26–26 | 22–30 | 27–19 | 36–24 | 35–26 | | 27–27 | 25–26 |
| Gorenje Velenje | 37–28 | 23–25 | 30–30 | 24–30 | 37–25 | 34–24 | 37–20 | 27–25 | | 22–25 |
| Celje Pivovarna Laško | 24–29 | 23–30 | 27–27 | 28–31 | 34–25 | 39–25 | 36–27 | 32–28 | 31–27 | |

## Final Four

The SEHA - Gazprom League Executive Committee has made the decision for the final four tournament to be held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April.

### Format

The first-placed team of the standings faced the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team played against the third-placed team from the standings in the Final Four.

### Semifinals

| 13 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vardar | 33–24 | Meshkov Brest | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,380 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 13 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Cindrić 6 | (17–14) | Baranau 9 | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,380 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 13 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 5× | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,380 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 13 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | PPD Zagreb | 29–28 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,270 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 13 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pavlović 7 | (14–11) | Mačkovšek 6 | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,270 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 13 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 3× 2× | Report | 4× 3× | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,270 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |

### Match for third place

| 15 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Meshkov Brest | 28–31 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB) |
| 15 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Horák, Shumak 5 | (14–15) | Mlakar 7 | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB) |
| 15 April 2018 17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 4× | Report | 4× 4× 1× | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB) |

### Final

| 15 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vardar | 26–24 | PPD Zagreb | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK) |
| 15 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Cindrić, Krištopāns 5 | (14–13) | Horvat 8 | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK) |
| 15 April 2018 20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 2× 1× | Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK) |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 15 April 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Halil Jaganjac | Metalurg | 100 |
| 2 | Bruno Butorac | Tatran Prešov | 95 |
| 3 | Zlatko Horvat | PPD Zagreb | 92 |