2016–17 Slovenian First League (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Slovenian First League (known as the Liga NLB for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the 1. A liga, Slovenia's premier handball league.

1. A liga

Season	2016–17
Champions	Celje (21st title)
Relegated	Slovenj Gradec 2011 Dol Hrastnik Drava Ptuj Izola
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Team information

Celje

Gorenje

Ribnica

Koper

Maribor

Loka

Krka

Ormož

Trimo

Dobova

Izola

Sl. Gradec

Dol

Drava

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Locations of the 2016–17 Slovenian First League teams

The following 14 clubs competed in the 1. A liga during the 2016–17 season:

Team	City	Arena	Notes
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško	Celje	Zlatorog Arena	Teams entering in Championship Round
RK Gorenje Velenje	Velenje	Red Hall
RD Riko Ribnica	Ribnica	Ribnica Sports Center
RD Koper 2013	Koper	Arena Bonifika
RK Maribor Branik	Maribor	Tabor Hall
RD Urbanscape Loka	Loka	Poden Sports Hall
MRK Krka	Novo Mesto	Marof Hall
RK Jeruzalem Ormož	Ormož	Hardek Hall
RK Trimo Trebnje	Trebnje	OŠ Trebnje Hall
MRD Dobova	Dobova	Dobova Sports Hall
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola	Izola	Izola Sports Hall
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011	Slovenj Gradec	Vinka Cajnka Hall
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik	Dol pri Hrastniku	Dolanka Sports Hall
RK Drava Ptuj	Ptuj	OŠ Ljudski vrt Ptuj

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RD Koper 2013	22	18	2	2	659	548	+111	38	Championship Group
2	RD Riko Ribnica	22	17	2	3	675	568	+107	36
3	RD Urbanscape Loka	22	12	5	5	593	538	+55	29
4	MRK Krka	22	13	2	7	621	562	+59	28
5	RK Maribor Branik	22	12	2	8	627	586	+41	26	Relegation Group
6	RK Trimo Trebnje	22	9	5	8	581	566	+15	23
7	MRD Dobova	22	11	1	10	559	549	+10	23
8	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	22	11	1	10	606	598	+8	23
9	RK Slovenj Gradec 2011	22	6	3	13	570	601	−31	15
10	RK Dol TKI Hrastnik	22	7	1	14	555	623	−68	15
11	RK Drava Ptuj	22	3	2	17	558	677	−119	8
12	RD Istrabenz Plini Izola	22	0	0	22	444	632	−188	0

Source: RZS

Results

Home \ Away	DOB	DOL	IZO	KOP	KRK	LOK	MAR	ORM	PTU	RIB	SLO	TRE
MRD Dobova		22–21	25–19	22–23	31–28	23–25	25–28	28–24	29–22	21–24	31–21	30–30
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik	20–30		25–22	27–32	26–31	27–27	29–28	31–36	34–24	23–29	28–23	24–21
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola	17–24	20–25		18–24	18–26	26–27	16–25	21–26	20–26	22–35	17–33	24–28
RD Koper 2013	35–29	36–21	29–19		27–23	32–27	32–20	33–27	37–26	22–22	29–23	39–34
MRK Krka	30–22	29–20	33–25	29–23		24–30	35–32	28–21	26–25	25–28	34–23	27–23
RD Urbanscape Loka	24–20	35–24	33–14	25–24	18–18		33–23	31–19	27–33	30–28	26–23	18–20
RK Maribor Branik	20–21	30–23	39–17	25–25	25–28	30–24		39–33	35–27	27–26	31–25	28–28
RK Jeruzalem Ormož	17–19	28–27	33–22	28–33	30–26	31–31	31–23		33–23	22–31	32–21	28–24
RK Drava Ptuj	27–31	21–26	26–23	28–41	28–42	25–25	24–30	20–27		26–34	23–27	27–28
RD Riko Ribnica	32–28	36–26	34–25	28–29	31–26	24–23	34–31	32–28	42–31		34–25	27–24
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011	33–22	30–24	29–20	24–29	33–30	27–31	26–30	24–27	26–26	28–28		24–24
RK Trimo Trebnje	29–26	33–24	26–19	23–25	23–23	23–23	24–27	31–25	34–20	26–36	25–22

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RK Celje Pivovarna Laško	10	9	1	0	329	269	+60	57	EHF Champions League
2	RK Gorenje Velenje	10	6	1	3	274	248	+26	51
3	RD Riko Ribnica	10	6	1	3	285	272	+13	49	EHF Cup
4	RD Koper 2013	10	2	2	6	256	282	−26	44
5	RD Urbanscape Loka	10	4	0	6	254	262	−8	37
6	MRK Krka	10	0	1	9	267	332	−65	29

Source: RZS

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	KOP	KRK	LOK	RIB	VEL
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško		37–32	41–29	28–22	35–27	29–28
RD Koper 2013	27–31		28–22	29–23	24–32	20–26
MRK Krka	26–38	27–27		26–27	30–33	23–35
RD Urbanscape Loka	25–36	26–21	35–27		23–25	24–16
RD Riko Ribnica	28–29	24–24	37–29	27–26		27–23
RK Gorenje Velenje	25–25	34–24	31–28	27–23	29–25

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RK Maribor Branik	14	10	2	2	444	375	+69	48
2	RK Trimo Trebnje	14	12	0	2	423	377	+46	47
3	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	14	11	0	3	440	392	+48	45
4	MRD Dobova	14	5	1	8	363	380	−17	34
5	RK Slovenj Gradec 2011	14	6	2	6	390	380	+10	29	Relegation
6	RK Dol TKI Hrastnik	14	5	1	8	423	438	−15	26
7	RK Drava Ptuj	14	1	1	12	377	437	−60	11
8	RD Istrabenz Plini Izola	14	2	1	11	329	410	−81	5

Source: RZS

Results

Home \ Away	DOB	DOL	IZO	MAR	ORM	PTU	SLO	TRE
MRD Dobova		30–26	23–17	29–34	32–28	25–23	23–26	24–26
RK Dol TKI Hrastnik	25–26		29–28	34–40	36–37	38–30	29–28	22–28
RD Istrabenz Plini Izola	26–26	27–31		18–35	22–36	29–27	25–29	26–30
RK Maribor Branik	32–25	35–27	31–15		33–26	28–28	35–34	25–26
RK Jeruzalem Ormož	34–25	35–30	32–28	32–28		32–23	26–22	33–28
RK Drava Ptuj	29–28	29–38	25–28	22–28	27–28		24–29	27–28
RK Slovenj Gradec 2011	29–25	25–25	26–23	28–28	26–30	36–30		30–33
RK Trimo Trebnje	25–22	40–33	30–17	31–32	32–31	42–34	24–22

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

• Slovenian Handball Federaration (in Slovene)