2016–17 Belarusian Men's Handball Championship
The 2016/2017 season was the 25th season of The Belarusian Men's Handball Championship. HC Meshkov Brest were the defending champions. The season was held in 4 stages.
Teams were divided into 2 groups:
During this stage each team plays the others 4 times. HC Meshkov Brest as defending champions of the 2015/2016 season skipped this stage.
Group 1
∗ Meshkov Brest 2 has better goal difference in matches against Masheka Mogilev and therefore stands above
Group 2
∗ SKA-RGUOR has better goal difference in matches against Vityaz-BSEU Minsk and therefore stands above
According to the final positions in Group 1 were formed playoffs pairs up as follows:
Winners of the playoffs pairs played at the third stage in the Group A, defeated teams - in the Group B. The playoffs were held up to two wins one of the teams.
According to the results of the previous stages were formed 3 groups:
At the end of the stage in Group B were determined the places from 5th to 8th in the championship, in the Group C – the places from 9th to 11th in the championship.
Group A
Group B
∗ SKA-RGUOR got a technical defeat (0:10) in 2 matches (against Masheka Mogilev and Vityaz-BSEU Minsk) for participation of player, which didn't have right for this
Group C
According to the final positions in Group A were formed semi-final pairs up as follows:
Winners of the semi-final pairs played in the final round, where competed for the gold and silver medals of the championship. Defeated in semi-finals teams competed for the bronze medals. The semi-finals were held up to two wins one of the teams, the final round - up to three wins.
Semi-finals
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