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The competition will be carried out in one group.
Es wird eine Hin- und Rückrunde gespielt.
Girone di andata e ritorno.

The Alps Hockey League season 2016/17 is split in three phases.
In the regular season the teams play in two full rounds against each other: 30 games per team.
The first six teams qualify for the Master-Round in the second phase and have already a guaranteed ticket for the AHL-Playoffs.

The teams placed first to sixth of Phase 1 will play a round robin amongst them to decide the placements for the play-offs.
The Points from the regular season will not be taken along.
The first placed team receives six bonus points, the second placed team receives four bonus points,
the third-placed team receives two bonus points and the fourth-placed team receives one bonus point.
Teams placed in fifth and sixth after the regular season will not receive bonus points.
During the Master-Round the top 6 teams play for the privilege to pick their quarterfinal opponent.

The teams ranked on the places 7-16 are split in the second phase, the qualification round, into two groups of five teams.
The points from the regular season will not be taken along, teams get bonus points:
Qualification Round A: 7. place = 6 points, 10. place = 3 points, 11. place = 2 points, 14. and 15. place = 0 points.
Qualification Round B: 8. place = 5 points, 9. place = 4 points, 12. place = 1 point, 13. and 16. place = 0 points.
The two winners of the qualification round groups assure the last tickets for the quarterfinals.

The eight qualified teams play out the champion.
The first two playoff-series (quarterfinals and semifinals) are played in a «best-of-five» mode, the finals will be "best-of-seven".
In the quarterfinals the first three teams have the right to pick their opponent of the teams ranked from 5-8.