2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

2015–16
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	2015–2016
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Goals scored	3661 (51.56 per match)
Attendance	169,966 (2,394 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Allison Pineau (67 goals)[1]
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The 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League is the 23rd edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.

Overview

Team allocation

14 teams are directly qualified for the group stage.^[2]

Group stage
Hypo Niederösterreich (1st)	Podravka Koprivnica (1st)	Midtjylland (1st)	Fleury Loiret HB (1st)
Thüringer HC (1st)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (1st)	Vardar (1st)	Budućnost (1st)TH (1st)
Larvik HK (1st)	MKS Selgros Lublin (1st)	CSM Bucharest (1st)	Rostov-Don (1st)
Krim (1st)	IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
BNTU Minsk (1st)	Team Esbjerg (2nd)	Győri ETO (2nd)	SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st)
Glassverket IF (2nd)	HCM Baia Mare (2nd)	RK Radnički Kragujevac (1st)	Yenimahalle Bld. SK (1st)

• ^{TH = Title holders}

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.^[3]

Qualification stage

The draw was held on 26 June 2015. The teams will play a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches will be played on 12 and 13 September 2015.^[3][4]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 23 June 2015.^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Győri ETO Team Esbjerg	Glassverket IF HCM Baia Mare	BNTU Minsk SERCODAK Dalfsen	RK Radnički Kragujevac Yenimahalle Bld. SK

Qualification tournament 1

	Semifinals				Final
	12 September
	Győri ETO	42
					13 September
	Kragujevac	13
					Győri ETO	30
	12 September
					Glassverket IF	21
	Glassverket IF	26
	SERCODAK Dalfsen	21
					Third place
					13 September
					Kragujevac	17
					SERCODAK Dalfsen	23

Qualification tournament 2

	Semifinals				Final
	12 September
	Team Esbjerg	32
					13 September
	Yenimahalle Bld. SK	28
					Team Esbjerg	21
	12 September
					HCM Baia Mare	32
	HCM Baia Mare	31
	BNTU Minsk	21
					Third place
					13 September
					Yenimahalle Bld. SK	27
					BNTU Minsk	31

Group stage

The draw was held on 26 June 2015.^[3][6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	LAR	HCM	KRI
1	Rostov-Don	6	6	0	0	173	148	+25	12	Advance to main round		—	26–25	27–26	35–25
2	Larvik HK	6	4	0	2	173	153	+20	8			21–27	—	27–22	32–28
3	HCM Baia Mare	6	2	0	4	165	162	+3	4			20–22	29–31	—	35–28
4	Krim	6	0	0	6	160	208	−48	0	Eliminated		31–36	21–37	27–33	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FER	FLE	THÜ	KOP
1	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6	5	1	0	181	146	+35	11	Advance to main round		—	36–23	32–28	28–16
2	Fleury Loiret HB	6	2	3	1	144	149	−5	7			28–28	—	27–21	19–17
3	Thüringer HC	6	2	1	3	159	156	+3	5			27–30	27–27	—	29–19
4	Podravka Koprivnica	6	0	1	5	117	150	−33	1			24–27	20–20	21–27	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GYO	VAR	MID	NIE
1	Győri ETO	6	4	1	1	164	134	+30	9	Advance to main round		—	28–27	21–26	37–16
2	Vardar	6	4	0	2	182	144	+38	8			22–27	—	33–24	37–25
3	Midtjylland	6	3	1	2	153	149	+4	7			22–22	15–25	—	33–21
4	Hypo Niederösterreich	6	0	0	6	135	207	−72	0	Eliminated		21–29	25–38	27–33	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUD	BUC	SÄV	LUB
1	Budućnost	6	5	1	0	169	131	+38	11	Advance to main round		—	23–23	33–20	29–25
2	CSM Bucharest	6	4	1	1	163	138	+25	9			22–28	—	27–22	33–21
3	IK Sävehof	6	2	0	4	138	158	−20	4			18–25	17–28	—	27–24
4	MKS Selgros Lublin	6	0	0	6	141	184	−43	0	Eliminated		23–31	27–30	21–34	—

Main round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	FER	LAR	HCM	FLE	THÜ
1	Rostov-Don (A)	8	7	1	0	211	188	+23	15	Advance to quarterfinals		—	23–21	26–25	27–26	20 Feb	30–24
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	8	4	2	2	230	217	+13	10			29–29	—	30–27	27 Feb	36–23	32–28
3	Larvik HK	8	4	0	4	213	204	+9	8			21–27	20 Feb	—	27–22	26–31	28–19
4	HCM Baia Mare	8	4	0	4	203	199	+4	8			20–22	32–24	29–31	—	31–28	19 Feb
5	Fleury Loiret HB	8	2	2	4	203	218	−15	6	Eliminated		22–27	28–28	28 Feb	17–18	—	27–21
6	Thüringer HC (E)	8	0	1	7	189	227	−38	1			28 Feb	27–30	20–28	23–25	27–27	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUD	GYO	VAR	BUC	MID	SÄV
1	Budućnost (A)	8	6	1	1	213	164	+49	13	Advance to quarterfinals		—	25–22	31–19	23–23	28 Feb	33–20
2	Győri ETO (A)	8	5	1	2	196	182	+14	11			22–20	—	28–27	28–22	21–26	19 Feb
3	Vardar	7	4	0	3	184	171	+13	8			21 Feb	22–27	—	22–21	33–24	37–25
4	CSM Bucharest	7	3	1	3	167	162	+5	7			22–28	28 Feb	16 Feb	—	24–22	27–22
5	Midtjylland	8	2	1	5	176	206	−30	5	Eliminated		18–28	22–22	15–25	21 Feb	—	25–21
6	IK Sävehof (E)	8	1	0	7	173	225	−52	2			18–26	18–26	27 Feb	17–28	32–24	—

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

• Rostov-Don

References

External links

• Official website