# 2016–17 Feldhockey-Bundesliga

The 2016–17 Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 75th season of the Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey league. The season started on 17 September 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017 with the championship final.
Mannheimer HC won their first ever Bundesliga title by defeating the defending champions Rot-Weiss Köln 3–2 in the final.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in this season of the Bundesliga. Klipper THC and TuS Lichterfelde were the promoted teams who replaced the relegated Blau-Weiss Berlin and Schwarz-Weiß Neuss.
| Team | Location | State |
| Berliner HC | Berlin | Berlin |
| Club an der Alster | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Crefelder HTC | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Harvestehuder THC | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Klipper THC | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| Nürnberger HTC | Nuremberg | Bavaria |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| TSV Mannheim | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| TuS Lichterfelde | Berlin | Berlin |
| UHC Hamburg | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Mülheim | North Rhine-Westphalia |

### Number of teams by state

| State | Number of teams | Clubs |
| Hamburg | 4 | Club an der Alster, Harvestehuder THC, Klipper THC and UHC Hamburg |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 3 | Crefelder HTC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| Baden-Württemberg | 2 | Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim |
| Berlin | 2 | Berliner HC, TuS Lichterfelde |
| Bavaria | 1 | Nürnberger HTC |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 36 | +49 | 50 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 83 | 53 | +30 | 45 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Mannheimer HC (C) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 42 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 4 | Harvestehuder THC | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 96 | 64 | +32 | 40 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | UHC Hamburg | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 37 | |
| 6 | Crefelder HTC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 36 | |
| 7 | TSV Mannheim | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 32 | |
| 8 | Berliner HC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Club an der Alster | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 27 | |
| 10 | Nürnberger HTC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 23 | |
| 11 | Klipper THC (R) | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 107 | −81 | 5 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| 12 | TuS Lichterfelde (R) | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 102 | −72 | 4 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BHC | ALS | CRE | HAR | KLI | MHC | NÜR | RWK | TSV | LIC | UHC | UHL |
| Berliner HC | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–7 | 1–1 |
| Club an der Alster | 3–1 | — | 4–1 | 6–8 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Crefelder HTC | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| Harvestehuder THC | 3–2 | 1–3 | 6–3 | — | 7–1 | 4–3 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 0–3 | 3–5 |
| Klipper THC | 1–5 | 1–8 | 0–5 | 2–8 | — | 1–6 | 3–9 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 |
| Mannheimer HC | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 4–4 |
| Nürnberger HTC | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | — | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 10–2 | — | 2–5 | 9–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| TSV Mannheim | 3–3 | 8–2 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| TuS Lichterfelde | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 2–7 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–6 | — | 1–5 | 1–5 |
| UHC Hamburg | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 8–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–5 | 4–4 | 3–2 | — | 4–3 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 4–4 | 6–0 | 4–4 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–1 | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michael Körper | Harvestehuder THC | 44 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Peillat | Mannheimer HC | 35 |
| 3 | Moritz Fürste | UHC Hamburg | 30 |
| 4 | Philip Schlageter | TSV Mannheim | 21 |
| 5 | Tom Grambusch | Rot-Weiss Köln | 20 |
| 6 | Martin Häner | Berliner HC | 16 |
| 6 | Lukas Windfeder | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 16 |
| 8 | Timm Herzbruch | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 15 |
| 8 | Thilo Stralkowski | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 15 |
| 10 | Anton Ebeling | Berliner HC | 14 |

## Play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 May – Mannheim | 27 May – Mannheim |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 4 |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 4 | 28 May – Mannheim | 28 May – Mannheim |
| Harvestehuder THC | 3 | 28 May – Mannheim | 28 May – Mannheim |
| Harvestehuder THC | 3 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 2 |
| 27 May – Mannheim | 27 May – Mannheim | | Rot-Weiss Köln | 2 |
| 27 May – Mannheim | 27 May – Mannheim | Mannheimer HC | 3 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 1 (2) | Mannheimer HC | 3 |
| Mannheimer HC (s.o.) | 1 (3) | | |

### Semi-finals

* 27 May 2017 15:00
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 1–1 | Mannheimer HC |
| Windfeder 25' | Report | Haase 49' |
| Penalties |||
| Fürk Stralkowski Herzbruch Pereira Windfeder | 2–3 | Fischer Müller Barreiros Hinrichs Zmyslony |
* Mannheimer HC, Mannheim
* 27 May 2017 17:30
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 4–3 | Harvestehuder THC |
| Rühr 6' Miltkau 7' M. Grambusch 18' T. Grambusch 66' | Report | Spooner 33' Pöhling 46' Heuer 51' |
* Mannheimer HC, Mannheim

### Final

* 28 May 2017 14:00
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2–3 | Mannheimer HC |
| Rühr 24' T. Grambusch 66' | Report | Procházka 31' Müller 32' Haase 37' |
* Mannheimer HC, Mannheim