2015–16 Ekstraklasa (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Ekstraklasa was the 60th season of the Ekstraklasa, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contested this season's league, which began on 2 September 2015 and concluded in May 2016.

Ekstraklasa

Season	2015–2016
Champions	Vive Tauron Kielce
Champions League	Vive Tauron Kielce Wisła Płock
EHF Cup	KS Azoty-Puławy NMC Górnik Zabrze
Matches played	174
Goals scored	9,652 (55.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vitaly Titov (173 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Vive Tauron Kielce were the defending champions.[1]

Team information

Kielce

Płock

Puławy

Szczecin

Zabrze

Mielec

Głogów

Kwidzyn

Lubin

Wrocław

Legionowo

Opole

Location of teams in 2015–16 Ekstraklasa

The following 12 clubs compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2015–16 season:

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Azoty-Puławy	Puławy	Globus Hall	4,119
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	HWS Pogoń	1,777
Gwardia Opole	Opole	Hala Gwardii im. Jerzego Klempela	1,000
KPR Legionowo	Legionowo	Arena Legionowo	1,989
MMTS Kwidzyn	Kwidzyn	KWS KCSiR	1,504
Orlen Wisła Płock	Płock	Orlen Arena	5,492
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Arena Szczecin	5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów	Głogów	HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka	2,500
SPR Stal Mielec	Mielec	Hala SW MOSiR	2,200
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Hala Orbita	3,000
Vive Tauron Kielce	Kielce	Hala Legionów	4,200
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	RCS Lubin	3,714

Regular season

A victory over a team in full-time added two points, a draw added one point and a loss added no points.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vive Tauron Kielce	22	20	1	1	765	573	+192	41	Play-offs
2	Orlen Wisła Płock	22	20	1	1	733	522	+211	41
3	Azoty-Puławy	22	16	1	5	669	598	+71	33
4	MMTS Kwidzyn	22	11	1	10	583	596	−13	23
5	KPR Legionowo	22	10	2	10	571	588	−17	22
6	SPR Chrobry Głogów	22	9	3	10	556	572	−16	21
7	Górnik Zabrze	22	9	3	10	693	679	+14	21
8	Zagłębie Lubin	22	8	2	12	540	587	−47	18
9	Gwardia Opole	22	8	1	13	547	587	−40	17	Relegation Round
10	Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	22	7	1	14	561	600	−39	15
11	SPR Stal Mielec	22	4	0	18	562	687	−125	8
12	Śląsk Wrocław	22	2	0	20	513	704	−191	4

Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results

Home \ Away	PUL	ZAB	OPO	LEG	KWI	PLO	SZC	GLO	MIE	WRO	KIE	LUB
Azoty-Puławy		38–28	33–22	29–26	32–27	23–32	25–22	36–22	33–24	26–20	25–29	28–28
Górnik Zabrze	36–39		32–31	35–34	33–33	34–34	36–28	19–25	33–27	47–24	34–38	32–30
Gwardia Opole	22–27	31–29		25–18	23–19	22–28	24–23	23–23	34–22	27–26	26–38	25–39
KPR Legionowo	23–26	27–24	20–19		28–24	19–27	24–23	28–22	27–19	30–23	25–35	22–24
MMTS Kwidzyn	32–29	31–26	25–23	32–25		22–34	29–26	22–26	28–27	31–19	25–32	24–22
Orlen Wisła Płock	35–33	31–25	34–17	33–27	31–23		35–25	35–23	42–22	47–19	31–27	33–18
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	24–30	26–30	27–22	23–29	27–20	22–40		25–28	37–28	35–25	27–27	25–27
SPR Chrobry Głogów	26–35	29–28	30–26	26–26	26–27	20–30	19–20		35–27	25–15	30–31	26–26
SPR Stal Mielec	28–24	30–39	23–24	30–32	31–23	23–36	29–21	27–30		24–30	19–38	27–25
Śląsk Wrocław	27–38	26–33	20–30	28–32	16–33	26–35	20–29	25–30	25–29		28–39	31–21
Vive Tauron Kielce	41–28	37–28	37–28	34–20	38–28	32–22	32–24	33–23	41–32	37–20		37–22
Zagłębie Lubin	27–28	30–29	24–23	24–29	22–25	20–28	21–22	17–15	29–26	26–20	28–32

Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

A victory over a team in full-time added two points, a draw added one point and a loss added no points.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gwardia Opole	28	13	1	14	727	733	−6	27
2	Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	28	11	1	16	752	758	−6	23	Relegation Play-offs
3	SPR Stal Mielec	28	7	0	21	716	839	−123	14	Relegation
4	Śląsk Wrocław	28	2	0	26	646	906	−260	4

Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results

Home \ Away	OPO	SZC	MIE	WRO
Gwardia Opole		29–28	29–22	38–26
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	33–30		27–30	38–18
SPR Stal Mielec	19–23	25–28		27–20
Śląsk Wrocław	18–31	26–37	25–31

Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Warmia Olsztyn	53–61	Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin	30–29	23–32

Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin won 61–53 aggregate and stays in the Ekstraklasa.

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1P	Vive Tauron Kielce	40	34	74
	8P	Zagłębie Lubin	25	24	49
								G1	Vive Tauron Kielce	38	29	40
								G2	MMTS Kwidzyn	25	23	19
	4P	MMTS Kwidzyn	22	26	48
	5P	KPR Legionowo	26	17	43
															SF1	Vive Tauron Kielce	35	33	27
															SF2	Orlen Wisła Płock	29	26	25
	2P	Orlen Wisła Płock	32	35	67
	7P	NMC Górnik Zabrze	29	23	52
								G3	Orlen Wisła Płock	35	36	25			3rd place
								G4	Azoty-Puławy	34	32	22
	3P	Azoty-Puławy	32	33	65										SF1	MMTS Kwidzyn	31	29	27
	6P	SPR Chrobry Głogów	27	30	57										SF2	Azoty-Puławy	22	31	28

References

1. Superliga

External links

• Polish Handball Federaration (in Polish)