2015–16 EHF Cup

The 2015–16 EHF Cup was the 35th edition of the EHF Cup, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF), and the fourth edition since the merger with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

EHF Cup
2015–16
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates5 September 2015–15 May 2016
Teams69 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Final positions
Champions Frisch Auf Göppingen
Runner-up HBC Nantes
Tournament statistics
MVP Žarko Šešum
Top scorer(s) Ferran Solé
(70 goals)

Qualification stage

The qualification stage consisted of three rounds, which were played as two-legged ties using a home-and-away system. In the draws for each round, teams were allocated into two pots, with teams from Pot 1 facing teams from Pot 2. The winners of each pairing (highlighted in bold) qualified for the following round.

For each round, teams listed first played the first leg at home. In some cases, teams agreed to play both matches at the same venue.

Round 1

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2015. The first legs were played on 6–7 September and the second legs were played on 13–14 September 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București 62–48 Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 38–24 24–24
Hubo Initia Hasselt 70–45a Merzifon Belediye Hentbol SK 37–21 33–24
RK Poreč 46–42b Maccabi Rishon Lezion 20–18 26–24
HC Fregata-Burgas 38–54 KH BESA Famiglia 18–24 20–30
GRK Varaždin 1930 47–36 A.S.D. Romagna Handball 26–16 21–20
PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol 50–76c NMC Górnik Zabrze 25–40 25–36
Põlva Serviti 53–49 Dragūnas Klaipėda 29–26 24–23
Ystad IF HF 76–48 Handball Käerjeng 41–28 35–20
HB Dudelange 50–68d Haslum Handballklubb 27–34 23–34
KRAS/Volendam 64–41e HC Lovćen 34–23 30–18
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 67–55 Riihimäki Cocks 34–24 33–21
SSV Bozen Loacker 50–50f (a) Haukar 30–24 20–26
Notes

Round 2

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the second qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2015. Among these teams were 12 winners of the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AC Diomidis Argous 41–61a Dinamo București 21–26 20–35
Csurgói KK 59–46 Pogoń Szczecin 29–19 30–27
ØIF Arendal 65–43b KH BESA Famiglia 34–18 31–25
Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 54–49 RK Poreč 27–24 27–25
Pfadi Winterthur 52–44 Põlva Serviti 31–24 21–20
Hubo Initia Hasselt 48–43 RK Spartak Vojput 27–20 21–23
Permskie Medvedi 54–55 Ystads IF 30–28 24–27
CSM București 50–47 Bregenz 28–24 22–23
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 53–52 Alingsås HK 27–25 26–27
RK Nexe 62–41 GRK Varaždin 1930 30–20 32–31
Haukar 63–44c HC Zomimak-M 34–20 29–24
Team Tvis Holstebro 64–63 Sporting CP 36–31 28–32
NMC Górnik Zabrze 54–52 ZTR Zaporizhia 28–25 26–27
Haslum Handballklubb 53–60 RK Borac m:tel 28–29 25–31
KRAS/Volendam 55–64 SKA Minsk 25–32 30–32
Chambery Savoie Handball 66–40 HC Sporta Hlohovec 35–12 31–28
Notes

Round 3

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 21 October 2015. Among these teams 16 winners of the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pfadi Winterthur 59–48 KS Azoty-Puławy 29–25 30–23
Ystads IF 59–48 Grundfos Tatabanya KC 28–28 31–20
Maribor Branik 52–57 Dinamo București 27–26 25–31
Alpla HC Hard 46–68 SKA Minsk 23–33 23–35
RK Gorenje Velenje 52–61 Team Tvis Holstebro 25–29 27–32
Aalborg Handball 62–48 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 30–20 32–28
Hubo Initia Hasselt 46–52 Helvetia Anaitasuna 20–28 26–24
RK Borac m:tel 52–58 OCI-LIONS 29–31 23–27
Talent M.A.T. Plzeň 51–66 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 28–31 23–35
RK Nexe 44–48 HBC Nantes 26–26 18–22
Füchse Berlin 61–65 Chambery Savoie Handball 31–31 30–34
NMC Górnik Zabrze 58–77 Frisch Auf Göppingen 29–39 29–38
CSM București 60–53 Frigoríficos del Morrazo 31–24 29–29
SC Magdeburg 65–61 Csurgói KK 42–37 23–24
Haukar 46–59 Saint-Raphael Var Handball 28–29 18–30
Fraikin BM. Granollers 55–49 ØIF Arendal 29–21 26–28

Group stage
Location of teams of the 2015–16 EHF Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.
Main article: 2015–16 EHF Cup group stage

Draw and format

The draw of the EHF Cup group phase took place on Thursday, 3 December 2015, at 11:00 CET. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule was applied, i.e. two clubs from the same country could not face each other in the same group.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 13–14 February, 20–21 February, 27–28 February, 5–6 March, 19–20 March, and 26–27 March 2016.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

  1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
  2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
  3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
  4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

Seeding

On 3 December 2015, EHF announced the composition of the group phase seeding pots.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Fraikin BM. Granollers SC Magdeburg Dinamo București Aalborg Handball
OCI-Lions Team Tvis Holstebro HBC Nantes Frisch Auf Göppingen
SKA Minsk Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Pfadi Winterthur Saint-Raphael Var Handball
Chambery Savoie Handball Helvetia Anaitasuna Ystads IF CSM București

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG GRA DIN AAL
1 SC Magdeburg (A) 6 4 0 2 184 162 +22 8 Advance to knockout stage — 32–28 39–22 25–19
2 Fraikin BM. Granollers (A) 6 3 1 2 172 165 +7 7 34–29 — 28–29 24–24
3 Dinamo Bucuresti (E) 6 2 1 3 166 181 −15 5 33–34 26–27 — 28–23
4 Aalborg Handball (E) 6 1 2 3 147 161 −14 4 26–25 25–31 28–28 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2016. Source:
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN GÖP HOL OCI
1 HBC Nantes (A) 6 5 0 1 176 151 +25 10 Advance to knockout stage — 27–24 32–23 30–24
2 Frisch Auf Göppingen (A) 6 4 0 2 198 161 +37 8 27–26 — 36–23 40–20
3 Team Tvis Holstebro (E) 6 3 0 3 167 180 −13 6 27–28 34–31 — 29–24
4 OCI-Lions (E) 6 0 0 6 154 203 −49 0 26–33 31–40 29–31 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIL RAP WIN MIN
1 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (A) 6 4 1 1 168 155 +13 9 Advance to knockout stage — 31−26 27–27 32–26
2 Saint-Raphael Var Handball (A) 6 3 1 2 165 165 0 7 23–25 — 28–28 31–29
3 Pfadi Winterthur (E) 6 1 2 3 160 162 −2 4 25–28 21–24 — 32–24
4 SKA Minsk (E) 6 2 0 4 169 180 −11 4 28–25 31–33 31−27 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHA YST BUC HEL
1 Chambery Savoie Handball (A) 6 4 2 0 161 141 +20 10 Advance to knockout stage — 32–22 23–23 26–23
2 Ystads IF (E) 6 3 1 2 159 167 −8 7 26–27 — 29–28 32–31
3 CSM Bucuresti (E) 6 1 3 2 152 156 −4 5 25–25 27–27 — 27–24
4 Helvetia Anaitasuna (E) 6 1 0 5 150 158 −8 2 22–28 22–23 28–22 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Ranking of the second-placed teams

The ranking of the second-placed teams was carried out on the basis of the team's results in the group stage. Because the French side HBC Nantes, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 4 0 2 198 161 +37 8
A Fraikin BM. Granollers 6 3 1 2 172 165 +7 7
C Saint-Raphael Var Handball 6 3 1 2 165 165 0 7
D Ystads IF 6 3 1 2 159 167 −8 7
Source:

Knockout stage

Draw and format

Because the hosts of the Final 4 tournament, HBC Nantes, finished the group stage among the group winners, they have clinched the direct ticket to the final weekend and decided that only three quarter-finals were played for the remaining spots in the final tournament.[1] The draw of the EHF Cup quarter-finals took place on Tuesday 29 March 2016 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Six teams were positioned into two pots. Teams from the same group could not face each other in the quarter-finals.[1] The country protection rule was not applied for the quarter-finals. Therefore, there were two national duels in this round.[2]

In the quarter-finals, teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the teams from second pot playing the first leg at home. The first pot contained the three group winners and the second pot contained the top three second-placed teams.[1]

Pot 1
SC Magdeburg
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Chambery Savoie Handball
Pot 2
Fraikin BM Granollers
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Saint-Raphael Var Handball
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fraikin Granollers 56–56 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 30–24 26–32
Saint-Raphael Var Handball 52–54 Chambery Savoie Handball 30–25 22–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen 58–54 SC Magdeburg 31–25 27–29

Final four
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May
 
 
 Chambery Savoie25
 
15 May
 
 FA Göppingen28
 
 FA Göppingen32
 
14 May
 
 HBC Nantes26
 
 BM Granollers26
 
 
 HBC Nantes27
 
Third place
 
 
15 May
 
 
 Chambery Savoie21
 
 
 BM Granollers25

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ferran Solé Fraikin BM. Granollers 70
2 Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen 69
3 Robert Weber SC Magdeburg 66
4 Valero Rivera Folch HBC Nantes 59
5 Javier Humet CSM Bucuresti 58
Michael Damgaard SC Magdeburg 58

See also

References
  1. "Follow the EHF Cup quarter-finals draw on Periscope". EHF official website. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. "National duels mark the way to EHF Cup Finals". EHF official website. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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