2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup

2015–2016 IIHF Continental Cup
Tournament details
Dates 2 October 2015 – 10 January 2016
Teams 17
Final positions
Champions  France Dragons de Rouen (2nd title)
Runner-up  Denmark Herning Blue Fox
Third place  Poland GKS Tychy
Fourth place Italy Asiago

The 2015–16 Continental Cup was the 19th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 2 October 2015 and the Super Final was played on 8–10 January 2016. Dragons de Rouen won the competition for the second time.

Qualified teams

Pavlodar
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Location of teams for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup.
Blue: First round; Red: Second round; Green: Third round.
Team Qualification
Enter in the third round
Denmark Herning Blue Fox 2014–15 Metal Ligaen regular season winners
Kazakhstan Yertis Pavlodar 2014–15 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
Italy Asiago 2014–15 Serie A winners
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2014–15 Belarusian Extraleague winners
France Dragons de Rouen 2014–15 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
Ukraine Kremenchuk 2014–15 Ukrainian Hockey Championship runners-up
Enter in the second round
Latvia Mogo Riga 2014–15 Latvian Hockey League winners
Slovenia Jesenice 2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League winners
Hungary Miskolci Jegesmedve 2014–15 OB I bajnokság winners
Spain Jaca 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
United Kingdom Coventry Blaze 2014–15 Elite League Play-Off winners
Poland GKS Tychy 2014–15 Polska Liga Hokejowa winners
Romania Dunărea Galați 2014–15 Romanian Hockey League winners
Enter in the first round
Serbia Partizan Belgrade 2014–15 Serbian Hockey League winners
Israel Rishon Devils 2014–15 Israeli Hockey League winners
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2014–15 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
Turkey Zeytinburnu Belediyespor 2014–15 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League winners

First round

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 2–4 October 2015 with all games held at the Pionir Ice Hall.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SOF ZEY BEL RIS
1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3 3 0 0 0 28 10 +18 9 Advance to Round 2 (Group C) — 9–5 12–4 7–1
2 Turkey Zeytinburnu Belediyespor 3 2 0 0 1 23 14 +9 6 5–9 — 4–1 14–4
3 Serbia Partizan Belgrade 3 1 0 0 2 14 17 −3 3 4–12 1–4 — 9–1
4 Israel Rishon Devils 3 0 0 0 3 6 30 −24 0 1–7 4–14 1–9 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Second round

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Miskolc Arena.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIG MIS ACJ JAC
1 Latvia Mogo Riga 3 3 0 0 0 12 5 +7 9 Advance to Round 3 (Group D) — 2–1 4–1 6–3
2 Hungary Miskolci Jegesmedve 3 2 0 0 1 15 7 +8 6 1–2 — 4–3 10–2
3 Slovenia Jesenice 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3 1–4 3–4 — 3–1
4 Spain Jaca 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0 3–6 2–10 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Group C

The Group C tournament was played in Tychy, Poland from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Tychy Winter Stadium.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TYC COV DUN BEL
1 Poland GKS Tychy 3 3 0 0 0 37 5 +32 9 Advance to Round 3 (Group E) — 3–2 8–3 26–0
2 United Kingdom Coventry Blaze 3 2 0 0 1 21 6 +15 6 2–3 — 7–2 12–1
3 Romania Dunărea Galați 3 1 0 0 2 15 16 −1 3 3–8 2–7 — 10–1
4 Serbia Partizan Belgrade[lower-alpha 1] 3 0 0 0 3 2 48 −46 0 0–26 1–12 1–10 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com
Notes:
  1. ↑ CSKA Sofia, the winners of Group A renounced its participation due to financial problems and were replaced by Group A third-placed team Partizan Belgrade after Group A runner-ups Zeytinburnu Belediyespor declined the invitation.[1]

Third round

Third round games will be played on 20–22 November 2015. The top-two ranked teams of each third round group will be promoted for the Super final.

Group D

The Group D tournament is being played in Asiago, Italy from 20–22 November 2015.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HER ASI PAV RIG
1 Denmark Herning Blue Fox 3 2 1 0 0 10 3 +7 8 Qualification to Super Final — 2–1 3–0 5–2
2 Italy Asiago 3 2 0 1 0 8 4 +4 7 1–2 — 3–2 4–0
3 Kazakhstan Yertis Pavlodar 3 1 0 0 2 13 8 +5 3 0–3 2–3 — 11–2
4 Latvia Mogo Riga 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0 2–5 0–4 2–11 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Group E

The Group E tournament is being played in Rouen, France from 20–22 November 2015.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROU TYC SOL KRE
1 France Dragons de Rouen 3 3 0 0 0 13 6 +7 9 Qualification to Super Final — 5–3 1–0 7–3
2 Poland GKS Tychy 3 2 0 0 1 8 7 +1 6 3–5 — 2–1 3–1
3 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3 1 0 0 2 7 3 +4 3 0–1 1–2 — 6–0
4 Ukraine Kremenchuk 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0 3–7 1–3 0–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Super final

Teams in the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup Super final.

Super final was played in Rouen, France on 8–10 January 2016.

Final Group

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Result ROU HER TYC ASI
1 France Dragons de Rouen 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7 9 — 4–0 6–5 4–2
2 Denmark Herning Blue Fox 3 1 0 0 2 5 6 −1 3 0–4 — 1–2 4–0
3 Poland GKS Tychy 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 −2 3 5–6 2–1 — 2–4
4 Italy Asiago 3 1 0 0 2 6 10 −4 3 2–4 0–4 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2016. Source: IIHF.com

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CSKA Sofia won't travel to Tychy". European Ice Hockey Online. 2015-10-20. Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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