2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen

The 2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen is the 52nd season of the GRUNDIGligaen, Norwegian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. Elverum Håndball are the defending champions.

GRUNDIGligaen

Season	2016–17
Champions	Elverum Håndball (7th title)
Relegated	Lillestrøm TH St.Hallvard
EHF Champions League	Elverum Håndball
EHF Cup	Bækkelaget HE ØIF Arendal
EHF Challenge Cup	FyllingenBergen
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 29 July 2017.

Format

The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first eight teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last two plays relegation round. The last team of this relegation round is relegated.

Teams

Bodø HK

Bækkelaget

Drammen HK

Elverum Håndball

Falk Horten

FyllingenBergen

Halden Topphåndball

Haslum HK

Kolstad

Lillestrøm TH

ØIF Arendal

St.Hallvard

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2016–17 GRUNDIGligaen teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the GRUNDIGligaen during the 2016–17 season.

Team	City	Arena
Bækkelaget HE	Oslo	Oppsal Arena / Ekeberghallen
Bodø HK	Bodø	Bodø Spektrum
Drammen HK	Drammen	Drammenshallen
Elverum Håndball	Elverum	Terningen Arena
Falk Horten	Horten	Holtanhallen
FyllingenBergen	Fyllingsdalen	Idrettens Hus
Halden Topphåndball	Halden	Remmenhallen
Haslum HK	Bekkestua	Nadderud Arena
Kolstad	Trondheim	Husebyhallen
Lillestrøm TH	Lillestrøm	Skedsmohallen
ØIF Arendal	Arendal	Aquarama
St.Hallvard	Lier	Reistad Arena

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Elverum Håndball	22	20	0	2	653	542	+111	40	Play-offs
2	Bækkelaget HE	22	15	1	6	677	597	+80	31
3	Haslum HK	22	15	1	6	654	604	+50	31
4	ØIF Arendal	22	14	2	6	640	562	+78	28
5	FyllingenBergen	22	12	2	8	666	602	+64	26
6	Bodø HK	22	11	3	8	598	591	+7	25
7	Kolstad	22	10	2	10	576	594	−18	22
8	Drammen HK	22	8	1	13	560	585	−25	15
9	Halden Topphåndball	22	6	2	14	580	640	−60	14
10	Falk Horten	22	6	0	16	520	613	−93	12	Relegation Round
11	Lillestrøm TH	22	6	0	16	553	634	−81	12	Relegation
12	St.Hallvard	22	2	0	20	523	636	−113	4

Source: GRUNDIGligaen

Results

Home \ Away	BHE	BOD	DRA	ELV	FAL	FYL	HAL	HAS	KOL	LIL	ØIF	STH
Bækkelaget HE		33–28	34–24	27–29	34–19	30–35	38–29	33–28	29–32	28–23	38–30	34–25
Bodø HK	31–25		24–23	24–34	26–23	27–27	34–36	29–25	22–34	26–20	32–22	30–24
Drammen HK	27–29	21–24		20–29	30–23	32–30	29–23	17–34	34–21	30–29	19–27	24–21
Elverum Håndball	23–21	32–30	32–26		26–20	25–26	35–25	26–25	28–22	30–22	28–26	35–28
Falk Horten	21–33	21–26	20–19	21–32		23–35	32–30	23–28	25–24	25–27	21–28	28–16
FyllingenBergen	27–29	27–27	29–26	29–37	31–16		25–21	36–29	29–31	40–24	32–28	30–20
Halden Topphåndball	27–34	25–29	26–26	26–32	28–26	31–27		29–29	29–27	16–25	25–33	29–28
Haslum HK	27–33	27–24	31–27	35–29	33–24	33–32	31–29		25–24	31–24	30–44	32–25
Kolstad	28–28	28–25	27–26	24–29	28–27	19–31	23–21	27–31		19–22	28–28	32–25
Lillestrøm TH	26–31	34–29	27–32	24–29	26–31	29–34	24–21	26–37	22–23		21–37	24–25
ØIF Arendal	34–25	28–28	31–22	20–26	29–23	36–29	26–24	18–25	30–24	29–21		23–20
St.Hallvard	24–31	22–23	14–26	21–27	24–28	29–25	27–30	25–28	28–31	31–33	21–33

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

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals 21 March, 5-8 April							Semifinals 19-23-30 April							Finals 14-18-21 May
	1	Elverum Håndball	27	29
	8	Drammen HK	22	20
								1	Elverum Håndball	27	29
								7	Kolstad	26	24
	7	Kolstad	37	28	27
	3	Haslum HK	29	36	18
															1	Elverum Håndball	27	30	25
															4	ØIF Arendal	24	29	20
	4	ØIF Arendal	31	24	30
	5	FyllingenBergen	32	23	25
								4	ØIF Arendal	24	27	29
								6	Bodø HK	23	33	25
	6	Bodø HK	32	32
	2	Bækkelaget HE	29	28

Relegation round

23 April	Sandefjord TIF	27–25	Falk Horten	Jotunhallen, Sandefjord

26 April	Falk Horten	30–24	Sandefjord TIF	Holtanhallen, Horten

Falk Horten won 55-51 aggregate, and stay in Grundigligaen.

External links

• GRUNDIGligaen