# 2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen

The 2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen is the 52nd season of the GRUNDIGligaen, Norwegian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. Elverum Håndball are the defending champions.

## Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first eight teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last two plays relegation round. The last team of this relegation round is relegated.

## Teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the GRUNDIGligaen during the 2016–17 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
| Bækkelaget HE | Oslo | Oppsal Arena / Ekeberghallen |
| Bodø HK | Bodø | Bodø Spektrum |
| Drammen HK | Drammen | Drammenshallen |
| Elverum Håndball | Elverum | Terningen Arena |
| Falk Horten | Horten | Holtanhallen |
| FyllingenBergen | Fyllingsdalen | Idrettens Hus |
| Halden Topphåndball | Halden | Remmenhallen |
| Haslum HK | Bekkestua | Nadderud Arena |
| Kolstad | Trondheim | Husebyhallen |
| Lillestrøm TH | Lillestrøm | Skedsmohallen |
| ØIF Arendal | Arendal | Aquarama |
| St.Hallvard | Lier | Reistad Arena |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Elverum Håndball | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 653 | 542 | +111 | 40 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Bækkelaget HE | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 677 | 597 | +80 | 31 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Haslum HK | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 654 | 604 | +50 | 31 | Play-offs |
| 4 | ØIF Arendal | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 640 | 562 | +78 | 28 | Play-offs |
| 5 | FyllingenBergen | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 666 | 602 | +64 | 26 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Bodø HK | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 598 | 591 | +7 | 25 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Kolstad | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 576 | 594 | −18 | 22 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Drammen HK | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 560 | 585 | −25 | 15 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Halden Topphåndball | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 580 | 640 | −60 | 14 | |
| 10 | Falk Horten | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 520 | 613 | −93 | 12 | Relegation Round |
| 11 | Lillestrøm TH | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 553 | 634 | −81 | 12 | Relegation |
| 12 | St.Hallvard | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 523 | 636 | −113 | 4 | Relegation |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BHE | BOD | DRA | ELV | FAL | FYL | HAL | HAS | KOL | LIL | ØIF | STH |
| Bækkelaget HE | | 33–28 | 34–24 | 27–29 | 34–19 | 30–35 | 38–29 | 33–28 | 29–32 | 28–23 | 38–30 | 34–25 |
| Bodø HK | 31–25 | | 24–23 | 24–34 | 26–23 | 27–27 | 34–36 | 29–25 | 22–34 | 26–20 | 32–22 | 30–24 |
| Drammen HK | 27–29 | 21–24 | | 20–29 | 30–23 | 32–30 | 29–23 | 17–34 | 34–21 | 30–29 | 19–27 | 24–21 |
| Elverum Håndball | 23–21 | 32–30 | 32–26 | | 26–20 | 25–26 | 35–25 | 26–25 | 28–22 | 30–22 | 28–26 | 35–28 |
| Falk Horten | 21–33 | 21–26 | 20–19 | 21–32 | | 23–35 | 32–30 | 23–28 | 25–24 | 25–27 | 21–28 | 28–16 |
| FyllingenBergen | 27–29 | 27–27 | 29–26 | 29–37 | 31–16 | | 25–21 | 36–29 | 29–31 | 40–24 | 32–28 | 30–20 |
| Halden Topphåndball | 27–34 | 25–29 | 26–26 | 26–32 | 28–26 | 31–27 | | 29–29 | 29–27 | 16–25 | 25–33 | 29–28 |
| Haslum HK | 27–33 | 27–24 | 31–27 | 35–29 | 33–24 | 33–32 | 31–29 | | 25–24 | 31–24 | 30–44 | 32–25 |
| Kolstad | 28–28 | 28–25 | 27–26 | 24–29 | 28–27 | 19–31 | 23–21 | 27–31 | | 19–22 | 28–28 | 32–25 |
| Lillestrøm TH | 26–31 | 34–29 | 27–32 | 24–29 | 26–31 | 29–34 | 24–21 | 26–37 | 22–23 | | 21–37 | 24–25 |
| ØIF Arendal | 34–25 | 28–28 | 31–22 | 20–26 | 29–23 | 36–29 | 26–24 | 18–25 | 30–24 | 29–21 | | 23–20 |
| St.Hallvard | 24–31 | 22–23 | 14–26 | 21–27 | 24–28 | 29–25 | 27–30 | 25–28 | 28–31 | 31–33 | 21–33 | |

## Play-offs

| Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April | Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April | Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April | Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April | Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April | Semifinals 19-23-30 April | Semifinals 19-23-30 April | Semifinals 19-23-30 April | Semifinals 19-23-30 April | Semifinals 19-23-30 April | Finals 14-18-21 May | Finals 14-18-21 May | Finals 14-18-21 May | Finals 14-18-21 May | Finals 14-18-21 May |
| 1 | Elverum Håndball | 27 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Drammen HK | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Drammen HK | 22 | 20 | | 1 | Elverum Håndball | 27 | 29 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Kolstad | 26 | 24 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kolstad | 37 | 28 | 27 | 7 | Kolstad | 26 | 24 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Haslum HK | 29 | 36 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Haslum HK | 29 | 36 | 18 | | | | | | 1 | Elverum Håndball | 27 | 30 | 25 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | ØIF Arendal | 24 | 29 | 20 |
| 4 | ØIF Arendal | 31 | 24 | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | ØIF Arendal | 24 | 29 | 20 |
| 5 | FyllingenBergen | 32 | 23 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | FyllingenBergen | 32 | 23 | 25 | 4 | ØIF Arendal | 24 | 27 | 29 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Bodø HK | 23 | 33 | 25 | | | | | |
| 6 | Bodø HK | 32 | 32 | | 6 | Bodø HK | 23 | 33 | 25 | | | | | |
| 2 | Bækkelaget HE | 29 | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Relegation round

| 23 April | Sandefjord TIF | 27–25 | Falk Horten | Jotunhallen, Sandefjord |
| 26 April | Falk Horten | 30–24 | Sandefjord TIF | Holtanhallen, Horten |
Falk Horten won 55-51 aggregate, and stay in Grundigligaen.