A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 13 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 May 2017.
IFK Kristianstad are the defending champions, having beaten Alingsås HK 27–18 in the previous season's final.
The first 7 rounds consist on a round-robin tournament with 2 groups of 7 teams each.
Then, the competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away round-robin system.
HK Drott was relegated from the previous season and IFK Ystad was promoted from 2015-16 Allsvenskan.