The 2016–17 Merkur osiguranje Handball Superleague is the 11th season of the Handball League of Serbia, Serbian's top-tier

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league.

RK Vojvodina RK Vojvodina () is a Serbian professional handball club based in Novi Sad. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League. History Founded in 1948, the club won the Serbia and Montenegro Handball Super League and Serbia and Montenegro Han ...

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

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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.

Regular season

Standings

Results

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

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

References

External links

SuperLiga
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First League of Handball 2016-17

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...