# 2016–17 Croatian Premier League (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Croatian Premier Handball League is the 26th season of the Premier League, Croatia's premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the Premijer liga during the 2016–17 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Dubrava | Zagreb | ŠD Dubrava | 1,800 |
| Gorica | Velika Gorica | Dvorana srednjih škola | |
| Ribola Kaštela | Kaštel Gomilica | Gradska dvorana Kaštela | |
| Metalac | Zagreb | Kutija šibica | |
| Nexe | Našice | Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava | 2,500 |
| Poreč | Poreč | Sportski Rekreativni Centar Veli Jože | 1,400 |
| Rudar | Samobor | Osnovna škola Rude | |
| Spačva Vinkovci | Vinkovci | Sportska dvorana Bartol Kašić | |
| Umag | Umag | | |
| Varaždin 1930 | Varaždin | Varaždin Arena | 5,200 |
| Zagreb | Zagreb | Arena Zagreb | 15,200 |
| Zamet | Rijeka | Centar Zamet | 2,350 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dubrava | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 579 | 545 | +34 | 23 | Championship Round |
| 2 | Umag | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 518 | 478 | +40 | 23 | Championship Round |
| 3 | Spačva Vinkovci | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 561 | 525 | +36 | 22 | Championship Round |
| 4 | Gorica | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 514 | 495 | +19 | 22 | Championship Round |
| 5 | Poreč | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 500 | 490 | +10 | 21 | Relegation Round |
| 6 | Zamet | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 543 | 539 | +4 | 19 | Relegation Round |
| 7 | Varaždin 1930 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 520 | 515 | +5 | 15 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | Rudar | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 479 | 531 | −52 | 15 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | Metalac | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 510 | 554 | −44 | 11 | Relegation Round |
| 10 | Ribola Kaštela | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 473 | 525 | −52 | 9 | Relegation Round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DUB | GOR | KAS | MET | POR | RUD | SPA | UMA | VAR | ZAM |
| Dubrava | | 28–36 | 31–29 | 34–24 | 29–29 | 41–31 | 33–30 | 27–22 | 35–29 | 43–30 |
| Gorica | 28–28 | | 32–19 | 31–27 | 33–28 | 29–23 | 33–28 | 23–23 | 26–26 | 30–30 |
| Ribola Kaštela | 22–30 | 26–24 | | 29–31 | 25–24 | 36–33 | 30–31 | 27–30 | 28–29 | 30–22 |
| Metalac | 41–33 | 25–28 | 32–26 | | 21–24 | 25–26 | 27–33 | 27–29 | 35–35 | 31–28 |
| Poreč | 29–26 | 30–31 | 27–18 | 33–31 | | 32–26 | 28–26 | 26–17 | 30–30 | 30–27 |
| Rudar | 29–27 | 25–24 | 27–24 | 36–23 | 26–26 | | 32–29 | 24–34 | 25–24 | 25–28 |
| Spačva Vinkovci | 39–32 | 32–24 | 33–29 | 32–24 | 28–25 | 30–27 | | 34–30 | 35–28 | 37–30 |
| Umag | 34–37 | 31–22 | 30–23 | 31–28 | 32–23 | 35–19 | 31–27 | | 26–19 | 36–27 |
| Varaždin 1930 | 32–34 | 31–32 | 24–24 | 35–25 | 26–29 | 29–21 | 34–30 | 34–23 | | 26–28 |
| Zamet | 31–31 | 35–28 | 35–28 | 31–33 | 38–27 | 35–24 | 28–27 | 31–24 | 29–29 | |

## Championship Round
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zagreb | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 236 | +91 | 20 |
| 2 | Nexe | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 305 | 270 | +35 | 14 |
| 3 | Dubrava | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 327 | 326 | +1 | 11 |
| 4 | Gorica | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 291 | 307 | −16 | 10 |
| 5 | Spačva Vinkovci | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 258 | 321 | −63 | 4 |
| 6 | Umag | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 253 | 301 | −48 | 1 |

## Relegation Round

All teams keep their points from the regular season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poreč | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 785 | 788 | −3 | 31 | |
| 2 | Varaždin 1930 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 816 | 794 | +22 | 29 | |
| 3 | Zamet | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 836 | 824 | +12 | 28 | |
| 4 | Metalac | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 820 | 837 | −17 | 25 | |
| 5 | Rudar | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 736 | 810 | −74 | 21 | Relegation |
| 6 | Ribola Kaštela | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 748 | 817 | −69 | 16 | Relegation |