# 2016–17 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Superliga was the 61st season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 9 September 2016 and concluded on 27 May 2017.
Vive Tauron Kielce won their 14th title of the Polish Champions.

## Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consisted of 2 groups of seven teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, with the top 3 teams of each group qualifying directly for the quarterfinals. The teams ranked 4th and 5th play for a place in the quarterfinals.

## Regular season

* A victory over a team of the same group add 1 extra point.

### Grenade Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vive Tauron Kielce | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 848 | 634 | +214 | 64 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 26 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 705 | 690 | +15 | 43 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 682 | 721 | −39 | 32 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chrobry Głogów | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 697 | 745 | −48 | 30 | Playoffs First round |
| 5 | Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 686 | 771 | −85 | 22 | Playoffs First round |
| 6 | KPR Legionowo | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 661 | 720 | −59 | 19 | |
| 7 | Meble Wójcik Elbląg | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 570 | 689 | −119 | 10 | |
* EP
* 12
* 8
* 6
* 6
* 4
* 4
* 2

### Orange Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 856 | 607 | +249 | 57 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Azoty Puławy | 26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 801 | 701 | +100 | 50 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Gwardia Opole | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 712 | 722 | −10 | 40 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | NMC Górnik Zabrze | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 772 | 715 | +57 | 39 | Playoffs First round |
| 5 | Stal Mielec | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 633 | 741 | −108 | 18 | Playoffs First round |
| 6 | Zagłębie Lubin | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 685 | 747 | −62 | 15 | |
| 7 | Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 667 | 772 | −105 | 13 | |
* EP
* 11
* 9
* 8
* 7
* 2
* 3
* 2

### Results

| Home \ Away | AZO | GLO | ZAB | OPO | LEG | ELB | KWI | PLO | PIO | SZC | MIE | KIE | GDA | LUB |
| Azoty Puławy | | 29–24 | 34–26 | 27–23 | 31–26 | 31–21 | 33–21 | 25–29 | 34–24 | 34–25 | 29–22 | 32–40 | 29–32 | 36–23 |
| Chrobry Głogów | 25–26 | | 29–26 | 23–28 | 29–23 | 28–23 | 22–28 | 25–32 | 34–28 | 29–24 | 18–21 | 24–39 | 33–28 | 31–28 |
| NMC Górnik Zabrze | 36–34 | 41–27 | | 30–32 | 31–27 | 24–13 | 28–29 | 26–29 | 32–25 | 37–26 | 27–21 | 27–36 | 30–28 | 31–23 |
| Gwardia Opole | 24–30 | 23–29 | 29–27 | | 25–23 | 24–21 | 23–28 | 21–39 | 34–24 | 30–29 | 33–27 | 24–33 | 27–24 | 34–29 |
| KPR Legionowo | 27–30 | 31–26 | 27–28 | 25–26 | | 28–25 | 21–29 | 23–33 | 30–33 | 35–25 | 31–23 | 24–32 | 25–27 | 26–25 |
| Meble Wójcik Elbląg | 26–31 | 20–30 | 26–27 | 23–20 | 23–24 | | 21–23 | 24–29 | 16–14 | 22–18 | 20–21 | 20–26 | 25–29 | 29–33 |
| MMTS Kwidzyn | 27–29 | 29–26 | 25–23 | 27–20 | 23–20 | 25–28 | | 19–35 | 29–25 | 37–31 | 25–26 | 27–32 | 31–23 | 29–25 |
| Orlen Wisła Płock | 29–24 | 37–20 | 33–21 | 38–28 | 26–17 | 36–22 | 39–37 | | 35–24 | 41–22 | 37–18 | 18–23 | 39–27 | 35–16 |
| Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski | 29–31 | 33–34 | 29–36 | 34–39 | 29–26 | 28–23 | 29–30 | 26–25 | | 25–28 | 23–25 | 19–30 | 25–28 | 35–16 |
| Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin | 23–33 | 28–22 | 25–33 | 25–30 | 25–23 | 32–24 | 28–25 | 22–33 | 28–22 | | 39–29 | 27–35 | 26–27 | 30–28 |
| Stal Mielec | 29–33 | 30–27 | 27–32 | 23–31 | 24–30 | 21–18 | 22–28 | 20–34 | 31–25 | 32–25 | | 23–35 | 25–27 | 24–27 |
| Vive Tauron Kielce | 39–38 | 36–24 | 33–29 | 34–23 | 32–26 | 36–21 | 35–24 | 26–23 | 31–21 | 29–23 | 35–23 | | 33–25 | 28–22 |
| Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 23–28 | 26–28 | 25–33 | 24–33 | 26–20 | 22–17 | 22–25 | 25–36 | 31–20 | 30–25 | 24–23 | 19–31 | | 33–28 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 28–30 | 28–30 | 23–31 | 26–28 | 34–23 | 29–19 | 24–25 | 26–36 | 24–26 | 26–27 | 28–23 | 28–29 | 26–27 | |

## Playoffs
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin | 51–60 | Chrobry Głogów | 33–30 | 18–30 |
| Stal Mielec | 54–62 | NMC Górnik Zabrze | 27–28 | 27–34 |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| G1 | Vive Tauron Kielce | 33 | 32 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| O4 | NMC Górnik Zabrze | 23 | 19 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| O4 | NMC Górnik Zabrze | 23 | 19 | 0 | G1 | Vive Tauron Kielce | 24 | 31 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | G2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 19 | 26 | 0 | | | | | |
| O3 | Gwardia Opole | 24 | 25 | 49 | G2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 19 | 26 | 0 | | | | | |
| G2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 29 | 22 | 51 | | | | | | | | | | |
| G2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 29 | 22 | 51 | | | | | | G1 | Vive Tauron Kielce | 25 | 31 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | O1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 24 | 29 | 0 |
| O2 | Azoty Puławy | 27 | 28 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | O1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 24 | 29 | 0 |
| G3 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 24 | 21 | 0 | | | | | |
| G3 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 24 | 21 | 0 | O2 | Azoty Puławy | 26 | 24 | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | O1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 29 | 33 | 2 |
| G4 | Chrobry Głogów | 21 | 21 | 0 | O1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 29 | 33 | 2 | G2 | MMTS Kwidzyn | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| O1 | Orlen Wisła Płock | 29 | 30 | 2 | | | | | | O2 | Azoty Puławy | 18 | 30 | 48 |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Champions League
* Qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Vive Tauron Kielce |
| 2 | Orlen Wisła Płock |
| 3 | Azoty Puławy |
| 4 | MMTS Kwidzyn |
| 5 | NMC Górnik Zabrze |
| 6 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk |
| 7 | Chrobry Głogów |
| 8 | Gwardia Opole |
| 9 | Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin |
| 10 | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 11 | KPR Legionowo |
| 12 | Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski |
| 13 | Meble Wójcik Elbląg |
| 14 | Stal Mielec |