2016–17 Handball Liga Austria
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Champions |
Alpla HC Hard (6th title) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Tobias Schopf(127 goals) |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017.
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The 2016–17 Handball Liga Austria is the 56th season of the Handball Liga Austria, Austrian's top-tier handball league. A total of ten teams contest this season's league, which began on 2 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in June 2017.
HC Fivers Margareten are the defending champions, having beaten Bregenz Handball 2–0 in the previous season's playoff finals.
The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of two phases, both played in a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first five teams qualifies for a first play-off round, while the last five plays a play-down round. At the end of this second round, the five teams of the play-off round and the top three teams of the play-down round plays elimination rounds. The last two plays a relegation round.
The following 10 clubs compete in the Handball Liga Austria during the 2016–17 season. HSG Bärnbach/Köflach was relegated from the previous season and SC Ferlach was promoted from 2015-16 Handball Bundesliga Austria.
Home teams are listed vertically on the left and their score is given first. Home wins are highlighted in green, draws in yellow, and losses in red.
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff.
HC Bruck won 2-1, Union Juri Leoben is relegated.
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