2015–16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

Women's EHF Challenge Cup

2015-16
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	14 November 2015–7 May 2016
Final positions
Champions	Gran Canaria
Runner-up	Kastamonu Bld. GSK
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The 2015-16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup was the 19th edition of the European Handball Federation's fourth-tier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 14 November 2015.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Round 3	22 July 2014	14–21 November 2015	15–22 November 2015
Last 16	25 November 2015	8–15 January 2016	9–17 January 2016
Quarter Final		20-22 February 2016	21-28 February 2016
Semi Finals		2-3 April 2016	9-10 April 2016
Final

Qualification stage

Round 3

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
IBV Vestmannaeyjar	56–61^a	Aranđelovac	28–30	28–31
WHC Danilovgrad	42–52	Ajdovščina	24–30	18–22
Colegio de Gaia	68–58^b	HIFK	36–29	32–29
ŽRK Pelister 2012	57–77	KHF Shqipona	22–38	35–39
Izmir BB GSK	54–40	DHB Rotweiss Thun SPL 1	27–17	27–23
Metraco Zaglebie Lubin	78–29^c	Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan	41–12	37–17
ABU Baku	41–56^d	Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS	19–27	22–29
Yellow Winterthur	59–40	ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara	34–21	25–19
HC Vardar junior	62–31^e	London Angels HC	27–14	35–17

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Aranđelovac. ^b Both legs were hosted by HIFK. ^c Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zaglebie Lubin. ^d Both legs were hosted by Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS. ^e Both legs were hosted by HC Vardar junior.

Last 16

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.Bolded teams qualified into quarter-finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	73–63^a	Zaglebie Lubin	43–39	30–24
Schuler Afbouwgroep	45–60^b	Aranđelovac	27–33	18–27
KHF Shqipona	54–94	Gran Canaria	23–38	31–56
Yellow Winterthur	29–70	Virto / Quintus	13–37	16–33
EKS Start Elblag	54–44	Ajdovščina	28–22	26–22
HC Vardar junior	57–51	Minaqua Vojvodina	26–24	31–27
DHC Sokol Poruba	45–45	Izmir BB GSK	28–22	17–23
Colegio de Gaia	35–53^c	HC Karpaty	14–23	21–30

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

^b Both legs were hosted by Schuler Afbouwgroep.

^c Both legs were hosted by Colegio de Gaia.

Quarter-finals

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue.Teams listed first played the first leg at home.Bolded teams qualified into semi-finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Vardar junior	39–47	HC Karpaty	22–19	17–28
EKS Start Elblag	48–46	Izmir BB SK	29–25	19–21
Gran Canaria	62–44^a	Aranđelovac	35–25	27–19
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	52–46^b	Virto / Quintus	27–23	25–23

Notes

^a Both legs were hosted by Gran Canaria.

^b Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	54–45	HC Karpaty	24–20	30–25
EKS Start Elblag	46–47	Gran Canaria	24–25	22–22

Final

Team listed first played the first leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastamonu Bld. GSK	54–62	Gran Canaria	25–29	29–33

See also

• 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League
• 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup
• 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup