2016–17 Greek Handball Premier

The 2016–17 Greek Handball Premier was the 38th season of the Greek Handball Premier, Greece's premier handball league. It ran from 24 September 2016 to 27 May 2017.

Handball Premier
Season2016–17
ChampionsIEK Xini DIKEAS
RelegatedAris Nikaias
AESX Pylaia
Matches played141
Goals scored6,630 (47.02 per match)
Top goalscorer Ioulios Argirou
(148 goals)

Teams
Location of teams in Greek Handball Championship 2016–17

A total of 12 teams participated in this year's edition of the Handball Premier. Of these, 10 sides qualified directly from the 2015–16 season and the play-off winners from each of the two groups of A2 Ethniki were promoted: Aris Nikaias from Group A and AESX Pylaia from Group B.

Poseidon Loutrakiou, despite finishing 5th in the last year's Handball Premier, announced the shutdown of their handball department and thus withdrew from the league.[1] They were replaced by Serifato Aigio who beat GS Drama 1986 in a single, neutral venue play-off match. This was the first time for Serifato to compete in the top league.[2]

Team Location
AEKAthens
Aeropos EdessaEdessa
AESX PylaiaPylaia, Thessaloniki
Aris NikaiasNikaia, Piraeus
IEK Xini DIKEASNea Ionia, Athens
Diomidis ArgousArgos
ASE DoukaMaroussi, Athens
Filippos VeriaVeria
Foivos SykeonSykies, Thessaloniki
PanelliniosAthens
PAOKThessaloniki
Serifato AigioAigio

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IEK Xini DIKEAS 22 20 1 1 591 471 +120 41 Qualification to Championship play-offs
2 AEK 22 15 2 5 613 546 +67 32[lower-alpha 1]
3 ASE Douka 22 15 2 5 551 479 +72 32[lower-alpha 1]
4 Diomidis Argous 22 15 2 5 541 468 +73 32[lower-alpha 1]
5 PAOK 22 14 3 5 606 494 +112 31
6 Panellinios 22 11 4 7 511 496 +15 26
7 Filippos Veria 22 10 5 7 553 524 +29 25
8 Aeropos Edessa 22 7 0 15 567 567 0 14
9 Serifato Aigio 22 6 1 15 539 618 −79 13
10 Foivos Sykeon 22 4 2 16 452 546 −94 10
11 AESX Pylaia (R) 22 2 2 18 501 662 −161 6 Relegation to 2017–18 A2 Ethniki
12 Aris Nikaias[lower-alpha 2] (R) 22 1 0 21 430 584 −154 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).[5]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. AEK ahead of Doukas on head-to-head record; Doukas ahead of Diomidis on head-to-head record; Diomidis–AEK 26–28, Doukas–AEK 21–27, Diomidis–Doukas 18–20, Doukas–Diomidis 29–19, AEK–Doukas 35–30, AEK–Diomidis 20–23.
  2. Aris Nikaias were deducted 1 point as they did not show up to the last league game against Aeropos Edessa. Aeropos were awarded a 10–0 win.[3][4]

Results
Home \ Away AEK AER AES ARI DIK DIO DOU FIL FOI PAN PAO SER
AEK — 29–25 42–25 26–24 22–25 20–23 35–30 23–27 27–20 19–19 22–24 27–25
Aeropos Edessa 29–31 — 32–20 10–0 22–27 21–22 23–25 30–34 34–28 27–28 24–28 31–23
AESX Pylaia 27–35 28–34 — 29–28 23–41 20–34 18–32 22–26 22–22 22–26 20–34 23–23
Aris Nikaias 20–28 20–26 23–22 — 17–25 17–29 21–28 16–26 23–25 20–27 23–31 24–30
IEK Xini DIKEAS 26–23 28–26 30–16 35–20 — 18–18 27–26 32–27 24–20 28–22 26–25 29–24
Diomidis Argous 26–28 28–24 38–23 26–19 22–17 — 18–20 25–25 32–14 19–16 19–18 27–22
ASE Douka 21–27 27–19 28–22 25–13 21–29 29–19 — 21–20 22–19 24–20 25–17 29–18
Filippos Veria 26–30 23–24 28–26 25–22 22–27 21–22 26–26 — 25–13 23–23 22–22 30–24
Foivos Sykeon 24–29 25–23 21–20 25–20 19–25 15–18 17–29 21–21 — 17–19 22–31 20–27
Panellinios 23–24 30–24 32–26 23–18 18–24 22–21 20–20 19–24 22–17 — 21–21 27–20
PAOK 24–24 31–19 33–23 29–20 21–22 29–22 31–17 25–26 28–24 34–26 — 33–24
Serifato Aigio 33–42 32–30 20–24 24–22 17–26 30–33 20–26 31–26 25–24 24–28 23–37 —
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.

Championship play-offs

In the championship play-offs, the top four teams of the regular season play each other in a round robin format. However, they do not all start with 0 points. Instead, each team's sum of points is divided by two (rounded up if number is odd).

So, IEK Xini DIKEAS began the play-offs with 21 points, while Diomidis Argous, ASE Douka and AEK all began with 16 points.[6]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIK DOU AEK DIO
1 IEK Xini DIKEAS 3 1 0 2 71 71 0 23 Qualification to 2016–17 Finals — 19–20 27–32 —
2 ASE Douka 3 3 0 0 69 61 +8 22 — — — 23–22
3 AEK 3 2 0 1 81 80 +1 20 — 20–26 — 29–27
4 Diomidis Argous 3 1 0 2 68 77 −9 18 19–25 — — —
Source: Hellenic Handball Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Extra point due to rounding up (in case of a tie, teams that have received an extra point due to rounding up their starting points are at a disadvantage); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 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).
(Note: Head-to-head criteria [3, 4, 5] include matches played in the regular season between the tied teams. Criteria 6 and 7 only include matches in the play-off stage.)[5]

Finals

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.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
IEK Xini DIKEAS3–0ASE Douka25–2127–2622–19––

Source: Hellenic Handball Federation

References
  1. Αναστολή λειτουργίας τμήματος Χειροσφαίρισης. [Shutdown of Handball department.]. AC Poseidon Loutraki (in Greek). 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. Έγραψε ιστορία το Σεριφάτο! [Serifato made history!]. sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 10 September 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ ΧΕΙΡΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΕΩΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ – ΔΙΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΕΙΣ – ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ (22/4/2017) [Hellenic Handball Federation – Competitions – Sport Season Activity (22/4/2017)]. Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 22 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ- ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΕΣ (22/4/2017) [Results – Rankings (22/4/2017)]. Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. "ΕΙΔΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ HANDBALL PREMIER (Α1 ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ) ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ 2016‐2017" [Handball Premier League (Men's A1 Ethniki) Specific Notice] (PDF). Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  6. "TO ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΠΛΕΙ ΟΦ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΛΙΚΩΝ" [Play-Offs and Finals Schedule]. Hellenic Handball Federation (in Greek). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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