# 2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League

The 2016–17 Merkur osiguranje Handball Superleague is the 11th season of the Handball League of Serbia, Serbian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. RK Vojvodina are the defending champions and won there 5th title in row.

## Format

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

## Teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the Serbian SuperLiga during the 2016–17 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
| Crvena zvezda | Belgrade | SC Šumice |
| Dinamo | Pančevo | SC Strelište |
| Jugović | Kać | Hram Sport Hall |
| Metaloplastika | Šabac | Hala Zorka |
| Morava | Velika Plana | TSC Nikola Tesla |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SC Banjica |
| Požarevac | Požarevac | SC Pozarevac |
| Rudar | Kostolac | SC Kostolac |
| Samot 65 | Aranđelovac | SRC Šumadija |
| Sloga | Požega | Hala sportova Požega |
| Spartak Vojput | Subotica | Hala sportova u Subotici |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SC Slana Bara |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vojvodina | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 652 | 582 | +70 | 33 | Championship Round |
| 2 | Crvena zvezda | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 650 | 598 | +52 | 32 | Championship Round |
| 3 | Spartak Vojput | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 598 | 510 | +88 | 31 | Championship Round |
| 4 | Dinamo | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 612 | 541 | +71 | 31 | Championship Round |
| 5 | Sloga | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 652 | 621 | +31 | 27 | Championship Round |
| 6 | Samot 65 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 598 | 586 | +12 | 26 | Championship Round |
| 7 | Rudar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 590 | 596 | −6 | 19 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | Partizan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 590 | 630 | −40 | 18 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | Metaloplastika | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 568 | 593 | −25 | 17 | Relegation Round |
| 10 | Požarevac | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 593 | 649 | −56 | 14 | Relegation Round |
| 11 | Morava | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 583 | 669 | −86 | 11 | Relegation Round |
| 12 | Jugović | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 523 | 634 | −111 | 5 | Relegation Round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CRV | DIN | JUG | MET | MOR | PAR | POZ | RUD | SAM | SLO | SPA | VOJ |
| Crvena zvezda | | 27–25 | 32–29 | 31–26 | 33–25 | 34–27 | 31–23 | 33–26 | 37–30 | 24–31 | 27–23 | 24–23 |
| Dinamo | 27–25 | | 31–23 | 28–18 | 31–25 | 31–26 | 36–31 | 32–23 | 28–26 | 28–23 | 19–18 | 25–28 |
| Jugović | 24–24 | 22–31 | | 19–25 | 26–20 | 25–30 | 26–29 | 21–19 | 21–24 | 26–27 | 19–32 | 26–29 |
| Metaloplastika | 28–33 | 20–19 | 24–23 | | 34–22 | 23–23 | 33–22 | 25–26 | 23–26 | 30–32 | 21–22 | 34–31 |
| Morava | 29–29 | 26–33 | 27–26 | 29–34 | | 28–28 | 33–34 | 24–27 | 25–28 | 27–20 | 24–30 | 31–30 |
| Partizan | 33–34 | 28–29 | 32–30 | 31–31 | 30–32 | | 29–25 | 24–22 | 25–23 | 28–27 | 26–37 | 27–26 |
| Požarevac | 29–34 | 27–30 | 28–25 | 22–22 | 29–29 | 31–25 | | 28–31 | 31–31 | 26–28 | 21–27 | 26–32 |
| Rudar | 26–27 | 29–29 | 33–23 | 28–20 | 26–25 | 30–30 | 24–24 | | 35–23 | 30–30 | 23–26 | 28–29 |
| Samot 65 | 27–26 | 20–31 | 36–26 | 32–27 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 31–23 | 28–23 | | 34–28 | 23–21 | 23–23 |
| Sloga | 29–32 | 26–25 | 38–20 | 34–29 | 40–29 | 31–26 | 27–26 | 39–28 | 30–28 | | 28–24 | 24–30 |
| Spartak Vojput | 29–26 | 23–21 | 24–17 | 30–19 | 37–24 | 25–20 | 34–24 | 25–25 | 31–25 | 37–30 | | 23–26 |
| Vojvodina | 29–27 | 27–23 | 39–26 | 30–22 | 39–28 | 31–23 | 31–34 | 31–28 | 32–30 | 34–30 | 22–20 | |

## Championship Round

Teams begin this round with points acquired against the five other teams of this round during the regular season :
* Vojvodina : 17 pts
* Crvena zvezda : 10 pts
* Dinamo : 10 pts
* Spartak Vojput : 8 pts
* Sloga : 8 pts
* Samot 65 : 7 pts
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vojvodina | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 567 | 517 | +50 | 29 | 2017–18 SEHA League |
| 2 | Dinamo | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 529 | 487 | +42 | 23 | 2017–18 SEHA League |
| 3 | Crvena zvezda | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 549 | 523 | +26 | 23 | |
| 4 | Spartak Vojput | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 501 | 504 | −3 | 19 | |
| 5 | Sloga | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 558 | 583 | −25 | 17 | |
| 6 | Samot 65 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 513 | 603 | −90 | 9 | |

## Relegation round

Teams begin this round with points acquired against the five other teams of this round during the regular season :
* Rudar : 14 pts
* Metaloplastika : 13 pts
* Partizan : 12 pts
* Požarevac : 11 pts
* Morava : 6 pts
* Jugović : 4 pts
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Metaloplastika | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 583 | 534 | +49 | 31 | |
| 2 | Rudar | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 584 | 547 | +37 | 22 | |
| 3 | Partizan | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 591 | 580 | +11 | 22 | |
| 4 | Požarevac | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 568 | 592 | −24 | 17 | |
| 5 | Morava | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 558 | 591 | −33 | 14 | Relegation |
| 6 | Jugović | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 518 | 558 | −40 | 14 | Relegation |