Liga ASOBAL 1996–97

Liga ASOBAL 1996–97 season was the seventh since its establishment. The league was played in a round-robin format through 30 rounds. The team with most points earned was the champion. On the contrary, teams from 14th to 16th were relegated and teams in 12th and 13th position had to play the in–out playoff.

Overall standing

	Team	P	W	D	L	G+	G-	Dif	Pts
1	Barcelona	30	28	0	2	993	709	284	56
2	Prosesa Ademar León	30	22	4	4	848	739	109	48
3	Caja Cantabria	30	20	2	8	841	724	117	42
4	Valladolid	30	17	4	9	835	812	23	38
5	Elgorriaga Bidasoa	30	17	3	10	760	710	50	37
6	Pilotes Posada	30	15	6	9	860	853	7	36
7	Cadagua Gáldar	30	16	2	12	874	832	42	34
8	Quesos Castilseras	30	13	4	13	815	815	0	30
9	Lagun Aro S.A.	30	10	6	14	683	753	–70	26
10	Frigorificos Morrazo	30	9	6	15	704	778	–74	24
11	Granollers	30	11	1	18	693	730	–37	23
12	Barakaldo UPV	30	7	6	17	773	898	–125	20
13	Pescanova Chapela	30	8	4	18	697	743	–46	20
14	CajaPontevedra	30	6	7	17	781	833	–52	19
15	PRASA Pozoblanco	30	6	6	18	770	852	–82	18
16	Eresa Valencia	30	3	3	24	723	869	–146	9

	EHF Champions League
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup
	EHF Cup
	EHF City Cup
	In–Out playoff
	Relegated

1996–97 Liga ASOBAL winners
Barcelona Fourth title

In–Out playoff

	relegation playoff
		Pescanova Chapela	24	24	48
		Ivesur Málaga	22	26	48

• Pescanova Chapela remained in Liga ASOBAL.

	In–Out playoff
		Altea	29	24	53
		Barakaldo UPV	24	27	51

• Barakaldo UPV relegated to División de Honor B. Altea promoted to Liga ASOBAL.

Top goal scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Dragan Škrbić	¿?	Prosesa Ademar León