2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League

The 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League was 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.

Women's EHF Champions League
2015–16
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates12 September 2015–8 May 2016
Teams22
Final positions
Champions CSM Bucharest
Runner-up Győri ETO
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored5017 (52.26 per match)
Attendance281,616 (2,934 per match)
Top scorer(s) Isabelle Gulldén
(108 goals)

CSM Bucharest won trophy in their European debut season by defeating Győri ETO 29–26 in the big final.[1]

Overview

Team allocation

14 teams were 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]

Phase Draw date
Qualifying 26 June 2015
Group stage
Knockout stage
Final Four 12 April 2016

Qualification stage
Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying

The draw was held on 26 June 2015. The teams played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were 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
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
 Győri ETO42
 
13 September
 
 Kragujevac13
 
 Győri ETO30
 
12 September
 
 Glassverket IF21
 
 Glassverket IF26
 
 
 SERCODAK Dalfsen21
 
Third place
 
 
13 September
 
 
 Kragujevac17
 
 
 SERCODAK Dalfsen23

Qualification tournament 2
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
 Team Esbjerg32
 
13 September
 
 Yenimahalle Bld. SK28
 
 Team Esbjerg21
 
12 September
 
 HCM Baia Mare32
 
 HCM Baia Mare31
 
 
 BNTU Minsk21
 
Third place
 
 
13 September
 
 
 Yenimahalle Bld. SK27
 
 
 BNTU Minsk31

Group stage
Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League 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 Advanced 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 31–36 21–37 27–33 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

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 Advanced 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 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

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 Advanced 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 21–29 25–38 27–33 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

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 Advanced 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 23–31 27–30 21–34 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

Main round
Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League main round

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS LAR FER HCM FLE THÜ
1 Rostov-Don 10 9 1 0 281 237 +44 19 Advanced to quarterfinals — 26–25 23–21 27–26 38–21 30–24
2 Larvik HK 10 6 0 4 281 263 +18 12[lower-alpha 1] 21–27 — 37–31 27–22 26–31 28–19
3 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 282 272 +10 12[lower-alpha 1] 29–29 30–27 — 21–18 36–23 32–28
4 HCM Baia Mare 10 5 0 5 259 247 +12 10 20–22 29–31 32–24 — 31–28 38–27
5 Fleury Loiret HB 10 2 2 6 252 287 −35 6 22–27 28–31 28–28 17–18 — 27–21
6 Thüringer HC 10 0 1 9 244 297 −53 1 28–32 20–28 27–30 23–25 27–27 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Larvik 64–61 Ferencvárosi

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUD GYO VAR BUC MID SÄV
1 Budućnost 10 7 1 2 264 213 +51 15[lower-alpha 1] Advanced to quarterfinals — 25–22 31–19 23–23 27–21 33–20
2 Győri ETO 10 7 1 2 252 230 +22 15[lower-alpha 1] 22–20 — 28–27 28–22 21–26 32–26
3 Vardar 10 7 0 3 269 246 +23 14 26–24 22–27 — 22–21 33–24 37–25
4 CSM Bucharest 10 4 1 5 242 239 +3 9 22–28 22–24 25–30 — 24–22 27–22
5 Midtjylland 10 2 1 7 220 261 −41 5 18–28 22–22 15–25 23–28 — 25–21
6 IK Sävehof 10 1 0 9 225 286 −61 2 18–26 18–26 26–29 17–28 32–24 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Budućnost 45–44 Győri

Knockout stage
Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSM Bucharest 55–53 Rostov-Don 26–25 29–28
Vardar 60–48 Larvik HK 34–20 26–28
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 41–71 Győri ETO 18–31 23–40
HCM Baia Mare 49–61 Budućnost 24–29 25–32

Final four

The final four was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 7 and 8 May 2016. The draw was held on 15 April 2016 at 11:30.[7][8]

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 May
 
 
 CSM Bucharest27
 
8 May
 
 Vardar21
 
 CSM Bucharest (Pen.)29
 
7 May
 
 Győri ETO26
 
 Budućnost20
 
 
 Győri ETO21
 
Third place
 
 
8 May
 
 
 Vardar30
 
 
 Budućnost28

Final
8 May 2016
17:45		 CSM Bucharest 29–26 (ET) Győri ETO László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Gulldén 15 (13–12) Løke 8
4× 2× Report 3× 3×

FT: 22–22 ET: 3–3 Pen: 4–1

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.[9]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Isabelle Gulldén CSM Bucharest 108
2 Ekaterina Ilina Rostov-Don 97
3 Cristina Neagu Budućnost 94
4 Nora Mørk Larvik 93
5 Allison Pineau HCM Baia Mare 89
6 Katarina Bulatović Budućnost 87
7 Andrea Penezić Vardar 79
8 Iuliia Managarova Rostov-Don 72
9 Andrea Lekić Vardar 70
10 Heidi Løke Győri ETO 69

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 6 May 2016.[10]

Other awards
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References
  1. "Gullden touch leads CSM to a maiden trophy after a shootout thriller". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. "Women's EHF Champions League 2015/16 participants announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Vienna city centre to host first draw of new season". ehfcl.com. 16 June 2015.
  4. "Qualification draw puts Györ vs Kragujevac and Esbjerg vs Ankara". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. "Pots for the qualification and group matches announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  6. "Buducnost in group with Bucuresti, Sävehof and Lublin". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. "2016 Women's EHF FINAL4 draw takes place on 15 April". ehfcl.com. 4 April 2016.
  8. "Women's EHF FINAL4: Title holders Buducnost meet Györ in the semi-final". ehfcl.com. 15 April 2016.
  9. "Women's EHF Champions League 2015/16 – Scorers". EHF Champions League 2015/16. European Handball Federation (EHF). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  10. "All-stars take to the court at the 2016 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 6 May 2016.
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