# 2016–17 Andebol 1

The 2016–17 Andebol 1 is the 65th season of the Andebol 1, Portugal's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which is an increase of two teams from last season.
The season began on 3 September 2016 and ended on 18 June 2017.
ABC were the defending champions, but failed to revalidate the title, as Sporting CP won this season's league, achieving its 20th league title.

## Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of two phases, both played in a home-and-away double round-robin system. At the end of the first phase, the six best-ranked teams compete in Group A of the final phase to determine the champion. The remaining eight teams play in Group B, which will determine the two teams to be relegated to the Second Division.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams contest the 2016–17 Andebol 1, representing an additional two teams as compared to the previous season. Among them are all sides from the previous season, except for Passos Manuel, who relinquished their participation due to budget restrictions. The remaining three teams – Boa-Hora, Arsenal and São Mamede – were promoted from the 2015–16 Second Division.
| Team | Location | Venue |
| ABC / U. Minho | Braga | Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite |
| AA Águas Santas | Águas Santas, Maia | Pavilhão da Associação Atlética de Águas Santas |
| Arsenal da Devesa | Braga | Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite |
| AA Avanca | Avanca, Estarreja | Pavilhão Comendador Adelino Dias Costa |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Pavilhão Acácio Rosa |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2 |
| Boa-Hora FC | Lisbon | Pavilhão Fernando Tavares |
| Fafe | Fafe | Pavilhão Municipal de Fafe |
| Madeira SAD | Funchal (Madeira) | Pavilhão Desportivo do Funchal |
| ADA Maia/ISMAI | Maia | Pavilhão Municipal da Maia |
| FC Porto | Porto | Dragão Caixa |
| São Mamede | Matosinhos | Pavilhão Eduardo Soares |
| Sporting da Horta | Horta (Azores) | Pavilhão Desportivo da Horta |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Pavilhão Municipal do Casal Vistoso / Pavilhão do Ginásio Clube do Sul |

## First phase
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 387 | 278 | +109 | 36 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 375 | 268 | +107 | 31 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 264 | +63 | 31 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 4 | Madeira SAD | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 351 | 321 | +30 | 26 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 5 | Avanca | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 287 | 284 | +3 | 24 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 6 | Boa Hora | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 309 | 369 | −60 | 23 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 7 | ABC/UMinho | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 299 | 256 | +43 | 21 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 8 | Águas Santas | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 271 | 283 | −12 | 21 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 9 | Belenenses | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 270 | 299 | −29 | 17 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 10 | Fafe | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 272 | 333 | −61 | 17 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 11 | Arsenal | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 292 | 350 | −58 | 15 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 12 | Sporting da Horta | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 234 | 260 | −26 | 15 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 13 | Maia/ISMAI | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 259 | 301 | −42 | 14 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 14 | São Mamede | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 268 | 335 | −67 | 13 | Second phase (Group B) |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ABC | AGU | ARS | AVA | BEL | BEN | BOA | FAF | MAD | MAI | POR | SAO | SCP | HOR |
| ABC | | | 41–25 | | | | 44–34 | | | 39–23 | 22–24 | | 29–38 | |
| Águas Santas | | | | | 24–27 | 19–22 | 31–30 | | 27–22 | | | 22–19 | | 32–26 |
| Arsenal | | 28–30 | | | | 29–30 | | 27–29 | 27–37 | | | | 29–38 | |
| Avanca | | 23–20 | 29–23 | | | | | 27–22 | | 27–16 | 18–30 | | 28–27 | |
| Belenenses | | | | 29–32 | | | 27–28 | | | 30–27 | | 28–20 | | 29–29 |
| Benfica | 31–27 | | | 34–20 | 35–29 | | 29–18 | | 27–20 | | | | | 30–29 |
| Boa-Hora | | | 26–26 | 31–30 | | | | | | 27–25 | 18–39 | 28–21 | 17–39 | |
| Fafe | 26–31 | | | | 27–24 | 20–34 | | | 24–32 | | | 28–26 | | |
| Madeira | 30–36 | | | 23–21 | | | 35–26 | | | 30–28 | 30–33 | 30–18 | | |
| Maia/ISMAI | | 24–16 | | | | 27–37 | | 34–24 | | | 23–34 | | 32–37 | |
| FC Porto | | 36–28 | 39–25 | | 38–21 | 26–18 | | 34–27 | | | | | 29–28 | |
| São Mamede | 25–30 | | 25–25 | 27–31 | | | 23–26 | | | | 20–25 | | | |
| Sporting CP | | 26–22 | | | 38–25 | | | 34–22 | 34–26 | | | 35–18 | | |
| Sporting da Horta | | | 26–28 | | | | | 30–23 | 20–36 | | | 27–26 | 18–27 | |

## Final phase
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 1st First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EHF Champions League |
| 2 | 2nd First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EHF Cup (second round) |
| 3 | 3rd First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EHF Cup (first round) |
| 4 | 4th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EHF Challenge Cup |
| 5 | 5th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | 7th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 8th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 9th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 10th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 11th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 12th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 13th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second Division |
| 8 | 14th First phase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second Division |