2015–16 EHF Cup

EHF Cup
2015–16
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Dates 5 September 2015–15 May 2016
Teams 69 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
Final positions
Champions Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
Runner-up France HBC Nantes
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Spain Ferran Solé Sala
(70 goals)
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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.

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 Romania 62-48 Romania Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 38-24 24-24
Hubo Initia Hasselt Belgium 70-45a Turkey Merzifon Belediye Hentbol SK 37-21 33-24
RK Poreč Croatia 46-42b Israel Maccabi Rishon Lezion 20-18 26-24
HC Fregata-Burgas Bulgaria 38-54 Kosovo KH BESA Famiglia 18-24 20-30
GRK Varaždin 1930 Croatia 47–36 Italy A.S.D. Romagna Handball 26-16 21-20
PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol Moldova 50-76c Poland Górnik Zabrze 25-40 25-36
Pölva Serviti Estonia 53-49 Lithuania Klaipeda Dragunas 29-26 24-23
Ystad IF HF Sweden 76-48 Luxembourg Handball Kaerjeng 41–28 35-20
HB Dudelange Luxembourg 50-68d Norway Haslum Handballklubb 27–34 23-34
HV. KRAS/Volendam Netherlands 64-41e Montenegro HC Lovćen 34-23 30–18
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen Switzerland 67-55 Finland Riihimäki Cocks 34-24 33-21
SSV Bozen Loacker Italy 50–50f (a) Iceland Haukar 30-24 20-26
Notes

a Both legs were hosted by Hubo Initia Hasselt.
b Both legs were hosted by RK Poreč.
c Both legs were hosted by Górnik Zabrze.
d Both legs were hosted by Haslum Handballklubb.
e Both legs were hosted by HV. KRAS/Volendam.
f Both legs were hosted by SSV Bozen Loacker.

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 Greece 41-61a Romania Dinamo București 21-26 20-35
Csurgói KK Hungary 59-46 Poland Pogon Szczecin 29-19 30–27
OIF Arendal Norway 65-43b Kosovo KH BESA Famiglia 34–18 31-25
Talent M.A.T. Plzen Czech Republic 54–49 Croatia RK Poreč 27-24 27–25
Pfadi Winterthur Switzerland 52-44 Estonia Pölva Serviti 31-24 21–20
Hubo Initia Hasselt Belgium 48-43 Serbia RK Spartak Vojput 27–20 21-23
Permskie medvedi Russia 54-55 Sweden Ystads IF 30-28 24-27
CSM București Romania 50-47 Austria Bregenz Handball 28-24 22-23
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen Switzerland 53-52 Sweden Alingsas HK 27-25 26-27
RK Nexe Croatia 62-41 Croatia GRK Varaždin 1930 30-20 32-31
Haukar Iceland 63-44c Republic of Macedonia HC Zomimak-M 34-20 29-24
Team Tvis Holstebro Denmark 64-63 Portugal Sporting CP 36-31 28–32
Górnik Zabrze Poland 54-52 Ukraine ZTR Zaporozhye 28–25 26–27
Haslum Handballklubb Norway 53–60 Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac m:tel 28–29 25–31
HV KRAS/Volendam Netherlands 55-64 Belarus SKA Minsk 25-32 30-32
Chambery Savoie Handball France 66-40 Slovakia HC Sporta Hlohovec 35-12 31-28
Notes

a Both legs were hosted by Dinamo București.
b Both legs were hosted by OIF Arendal.
c Both legs were hosted by Haukar.

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 Switzerland 59-48 Poland KS Azoty-Pulawy 29–25 30-23
Ystads IF Sweden 59-48 Hungary Grundfos Tatabanya KC 28-28 31-20
RK Maribor Branik Slovenia 52-57 Romania Dinamo București 27-26 25-31
Alpla HC Hard Austria 46-68 Belarus SKA Minsk 23–33 23–35
Rk Gorenje Velenje Slovenia 52-61 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro 25-29 27-32
Aalborg Handball Denmark 62-48 Switzerland TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 30-20 32-28
Hubo Initia Hasselt Belgium 46-52 Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 20-28 26-24
RK Borac m:tel Bosnia and Herzegovina 52-58 Netherlands OCI-LIONS 29-31 23-27
Talent M.A.T. Plzen Czech Republic 51–66 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 28-31 23-35
RK Nexe Croatia 44–48 France HBC Nantes 26-26 18-22
Füchse Berlin Germany 61–65 France Chambery Savoie Handball 31-31 30-34
Górnik Zabrze Poland 58–77 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 29-39 29-38
CSM București Romania 60-53 Spain Frigoríficos del Morrazo 31-24 29-29
SC Magdeburg Germany 65-61 Hungary Csurgói KK 42–37 23–24
Haukar Iceland 46-59 France Saint-Raphael Var Handball 28-29 18-30
Fraikin BM. Granollers Spain 55-49 Norway OIF Arendal 29-21 26–28

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2014–15 EHF Cup group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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
Spain Fraikin BM. Granollers Germany SC Magdeburg Romania Dinamo București Denmark Aalborg Handball
Netherlands Limburg Lions Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro France HBC Nantes Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
Belarus SKA Minsk Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur France Saint-Raphael Var Handball
France Chambery Savoie Handball Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna Sweden Ystads IF Romania CSM București

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG GRA DIN AAL
1 Germany SC Magdeburg (A) 6 4 0 2 184 162 +22 8 Advance to knockout stage — 32–28 39–22 25–19
2 Spain Fraikin BM. Granollers (A) 6 3 1 2 172 165 +7 7 34–29 — 28–29 24–24
3 Romania Dinamo Bucuresti (E) 6 2 1 3 166 181 −15 5 33–34 26–27 — 28–23
4 Denmark 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:
Rules for classification:
(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 France HBC Nantes (A) 6 5 0 1 176 151 +25 10 Advance to knockout stage — 27–24 32–23 30–24
2 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen (A) 6 4 0 2 198 161 +37 8 27–26 — 36–23 40–20
3 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro (E) 6 3 0 3 167 180 −13 6 27–28 34–31 — 29–24
4 Netherlands 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 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (A) 6 4 1 1 168 155 +13 9 Advance to knockout stage — 31−26 27–27 32–26
2 France Saint-Raphael Var Handball (A) 6 3 1 2 165 165 0 7 23–25 — 28–28 31–29
3 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur (E) 6 1 2 3 160 162 −2 4 25–28 21–24 — 32–24
4 Belarus 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 France Chambery Savoie Handball (A) 6 4 2 0 161 141 +20 10 Advance to knockout stage — 32–22 23–23 26–23
2 Sweden Ystads IF (E) 6 3 1 2 159 167 −8 7 26–27 — 29–28 32–31
3 Romania CSM Bucuresti (E) 6 1 3 2 152 156 −4 5 25–25 27–27 — 27–24
4 Spain 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.

Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BGermany Frisch Auf Göppingen 6402198161+378
ASpain Fraikin BM. Granollers 6312172165+77
CFrance Saint-Raphael Var Handball 631216516507
DSweden Ystads IF 6312159167−87

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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

Final four

Semi-finals Final
14 May
 France Chambery Savoie  25  
 Germany FA Göppingen  28  
 
15 May
     Germany FA Göppingen  32
   France HBC Nantes  26
Third place
14 May 15 May
 Spain BM Granollers  26  France Chambery Savoie  21
 France HBC Nantes  27    Spain BM Granollers  25

Top goalscorers

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Follow the EHF Cup quarter-finals draw on Periscope". EHF official website. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "National duels mark the way to EHF Cup Finals". EHF official website. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

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