2016–17 SEHA League
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The 2016–17 season was the sixth season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and third under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from seven countries (Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia) participated in that year's competition.
2016-17 SEHA League season | |
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League | SEHA League |
Sport | Handball |
Duration | 30 August 2016 – 16 March 2017 |
Number of games | 90 (regular season) 94 (including F4 tournament) |
Number of teams | 10![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Regular season | |
Season champions | ![]() |
Season MVP | Blaž Janc[1] |
Top scorer | Blaž Janc (110 goals) |
Final Four | |
Finals champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Finals MVP | Joan Cañellas |
SEHA League seasons | |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Telekom Veszprém were the defending champions. The SEHA League was consisted of two phases – the first has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away game against each other. After that, the four best ranked clubs played on the Final Four tournament.
The campaign began on 30 August 2016 with the match between last year's runner up Vardar and fourth placed Meshkov Brest. The regular season ended on 16 March 2017, with the decisive match between PPD Zagreb and Meshkov Brest.
The Final Four tournament was held in the city of Brest and organised in cooperation with Meshkov Brest, from 7 April to 9 April 2017.[2]