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.

A1 Ethniki
Season2016–17
ChampionsOF Nea Ionia
RelegatedPanetolikos
Arion Ptolemaida
Matches played111
Goals scored4,748 (42.77 per match)
Top goalscorerRomania Cristina Elena Ciobanu
(191 goals)

Teams

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Anagennisi
 
Panorama
PAOK
 
Arion
 
Megas Alexandros
 
Filotas
 
Amyntas
 
Panetolikos
Location of teams in Greek A1 Ethniki 2016-17

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

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League table

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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
3 Anagennisi Arta[a] 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[b] (R) 18 3 1 14 345 466 −121 5 Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki
10 Arion Ptolemaida[c] (R) 18 0 0 18 433 661 −228 −1
Source: Hellenic Handball Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals (if 2 teams are tied); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (if more than 2 teams are tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw or single play-off game (only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or qualification for European competitions).[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

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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
Source: Hellenic Handball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals

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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.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ "ΕΙΔΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ HANDBALL PREMIER (Α1 ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ) ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ 2016‐2017" [A1 Ethniki Women Handball League Specific Notice] (PDF). Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 14 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ^ ΟΦΝ ΙΩΝΙΑΣ- ΠΑΟΚ (5/5, 18:00) [OFN Ionias- PAOK (5/5 18:00)]. Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 4 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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