# 2016–17 Greek Handball League (women)

The 2016–17 Greek A1 Ethniki was the 35th season of the A1 Ethniki, Greece's premier handball women's league. It ran from 10 October 2016 to 12 May 2017.

## Teams

A total of 10 teams participated in this year's edition of the Women's A1 Ethniki. Of these, 6 sides qualified directly from the 2015–16 season, while 4 sides qualified from the A2 Ethniki play-offs: Panetolikos, Arion Ptolemaida, Honda Panorama and Filippos Veria.
| Club | Home city |
| Amyntas Amyntaio | Amyntaio |
| Feta Ipiros Anagennisi Arta | Arta |
| Arion Ptolemaida | Ptolemaida |
| Filippos Veria | Veria |
| Filotas Florina | Florina |
| Megas Alexandros Giannitsa | Giannitsa |
| OF Nea Ionia | Nea Ionia, Athens |
| Panetolikos | Agrinio |
| Honda Panorama | Panorama, Thessaloniki |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | OF Nea Ionia | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 565 | 332 | +233 | 36 | Qualification to 2016-17 Finals |
| 2 | PAOK | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 608 | 352 | +256 | 32 | Qualification to 2016-17 Finals |
| 3 | Anagennisi Arta | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 501 | 424 | +77 | 25 | |
| 4 | Megas Alexandros | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 470 | 457 | +13 | 21 | |
| 5 | Honda Panorama | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 420 | 475 | −55 | 17 | |
| 6 | Filotas Florina | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 415 | 485 | −70 | 16 | |
| 7 | Amyntas Amyntaio | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 430 | 484 | −54 | 13 | |
| 8 | Filippos Veria | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 415 | 476 | −61 | 12 | |
| 9 | Panetolikos (R) | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 345 | 466 | −121 | 5 | Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki |
| 10 | Arion Ptolemaida (R) | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 433 | 661 | −228 | −1 | Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki |
* ↑ Anagennisi Arta were deducted 1 point as they did not show up to the last league game against PAOK. PAOK were awarded a 10-0 win.
* ↑ Panetolikos were deducted 3 points as they did not show up to the last three league games against OF Nea Ionia, Panorama and Megas Alexandros. All three opponents were awarded a 10-0 win.
* ↑ Arion Ptolemaida were deducted 1 point as they did not show up to the matchday 14 game against OF Nea Ionia. OF Nea Ionia were awarded a 10-0 win.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AMY | ANA | ARI | VER | FLO | MEG | OFN | PAN | PNT | PAO |
| Amyntas Amyntaio | — | 18–30 | 39–33 | 28–26 | 25–23 | 22–29 | 16–27 | 23–23 | 25–24 | 17–33 |
| Anagennisi Arta | 28–23 | — | 44–31 | 26–23 | 25–19 | 28–23 | 20–28 | 32–25 | 27–21 | 26–31 |
| Arion Ptolemaida | 27–36 | 26–36 | — | 22–36 | 29–31 | 28–36 | 22–56 | 28–30 | 34–35 | 24–54 |
| Filippos Veria | 25–29 | 18–33 | 33–25 | — | 21–14 | 18–19 | 21–37 | 17–17 | 25–23 | 18–27 |
| Filotas Florina | 23–21 | 25–21 | 25–20 | 33–27 | — | 18–17 | 21–33 | 29–29 | 19–19 | 20–37 |
| Megas Alexandros | 28–27 | 29–33 | 48–30 | 23–20 | 33–27 | — | 25–39 | 34–24 | 27–20 | 23–30 |
| OF Nea Ionia | 24–13 | 27–25 | 10–0 | 37–20 | 42–20 | 37–25 | — | 40–19 | 10–0 | 29–25 |
| Honda Panorama | 24–23 | 24–28 | 30–23 | 21–21 | 26–33 | 23–23 | 21–28 | — | 10–0 | 22–37 |
| Panetolikos | 28–27 | 23–39 | 30–24 | 21–24 | 25–29 | 0–10 | 18–35 | 25–29 | — | 20–33 |
| PAOK | 29–18 | 10–0 | 52–17 | 41–22 | 35–16 | 33–18 | 21–26 | 41–23 | 39–13 | — |

## Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher championship play-off place, is going to play the first, second and fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| OF Nea Ionia | 3–0 | PAOK | 36–20 | 21–16 | 23–20 | – | – |
Source: Hellenic Handball Federation