2015–16 CERH European League

CERH European League 2015–16 File:Different view of Pavilhão da Luz n.º1.JPG The Pavilhão Fidelidade in Lisbon hosted the Final Four. 24 October 2015 – 15 May 2016 16 6 POR Benfica 2 POR Oliveirense 59 528 ESP Pedro Gil (21 goals)http://hoqueipatins.pt/2015-16/act_internacional/liga_europeia_marcadores.htm hoqueipatins.pt - Liga Europeia - CERH - Goleadores - H quei em Patins - poca 2015-2016 2016-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20161114232445/http://hoqueipatins.pt/2015-16/act_internacional/liga_europeia_marcadores.htm 2016-11-14 dead 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 CERH European League is the 51st season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to CERH Champions League/European League. Barcelona were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in semi-finals by the eventual winners Benfica, who became European champions for a second time. Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists, LQF: Losing quarter-finalists). Bold means seeded teams. Group stageESP BarcelonaTH (1st)POR Benfica (1st)ITA Forte dei Marmi (1st)FRA Dinan Quévert (1st)ESP Liceo La Coruña (2nd)POR Porto (2nd)ITA Viareggio (2nd)FRA Mérignac (2nd)ESP Vic (CW)POR Oliveirense (3rd)ITA Breganze (LSF)GER Iserlohn (1st)ESP Vendrell (3rd)POR Valongo (4th)ITA Bassano (LQF)SWI Basel (1st) Round dates The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2015). PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legGroup stageMatchday 124 October 2015Matchday 27 November 2015Matchday 328 November 2015Matchday 412 December 2015Matchday 516 January 2016Matchday 66 February 2016Knockout phaseQuarter-finals5 March 20162 April 2016Semi-finals14 May 2016Final15 May 2016 Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 6 September 2015, 11:00, in Luso, Portugal. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders Barcelona being automatically placed in pot 1. Liceo La Coruña, Benfica and Forte dei Marmi were the other three seeded teams.Rink Hockey Eurocups: all the teams regularly signed up http://www.cerh.eu/user/control/news_load.php?id_news=472 cerh.eu CERH 24 August 2015 The remaining teams were then drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In each group, teams play against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.CERS/CERH Media Guide 2015–2016 http://www.cerh.eu/user/view/docs/cerh_mediaguide_1516.pdf CERH 6 February 2016 Group A main WDL complete CERH POR BAR BRE ISE KO KO 4 0 2 34 12 6 0 0 46 8 1 1 4 24 34 0 1 5 13 63 ESP Barcelona BAR POR Porto POR ITA Breganze BRE GER Iserlohn ISE Q green1 Advanced to knockout phase true 1–2 5–2 7–2 1–0 13–4 21–1 4–6 1–2 7–2 1–15 1–7 6–6 Group B main WDL complete CERH BEN VIC BAS MER KO KO 5 0 1 41 18 1 0 5 24 43 5 0 1 36 17 1 0 5 13 36 POR Benfica BEN ITA Bassano BAS ESP Vic VIC FRA Mérignac MER Q green1 Advanced to knockout phase true 9–6 5–1 8–0 2–8 5–8 7–5 7–6 8–0 9–0 2–5 5–4 1–3 Group C main WDL complete CERH VEN FOR VAL QUE KO KO 4 2 0 39 24 2 1 3 26 27 3 1 2 27 24 1 0 5 16 33 ITA Forte dei Marmi FOR POR Valongo VAL ESP Vendrell VEN FRA Dinan Quévert QUE Q green1 Advanced to knockout phase true 8–7 6–2 9–1 5–5 5–3 5–1 6–6 5–1 8–4 3–5 5–3 2–3 Group D main WDL complete CERH LIC OLI VIA BAS KO KO 5 0 1 37 15 5 0 1 35 22 2 0 4 26 32 0 0 6 19 48 POR Oliveirense OLI ESP Liceo La Coruña LIC ITA Viareggio VIA SUI Basel BAS Q green1 Advanced to knockout phase true 5–3 7–2 13–1 4–2 5–3 10–5 2–5 5–7 8–4 3–5 2–6 4–6 Knockout phase The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists. Quarter-finals The first-leg matches were played on 5 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 2 April 2016. Oliveirense POR 8–6 Porto POR 4–3 4–3 Vendrell ESP 8–10 Benfica POR 3–5 5–5 Vic ESP 7–8 Forte dei Marmi ITA 2–1 5–7 Barcelona ESP 8–2 Liceo La Coruña ESP 6–0 2–2 |} Final four The final four tournament took place on 14 and 15 May 2016. It was hosted by Benfica at the Pavilhão Fidelidade in Lisbon, Portugal.http://www.cerh.eu/user/control/news_load.php?id_news=614 SL Benfica will organize the Final Four of the Euroleague in Lisbon CERH.eu 12 April 2016 Semi-finals Final 14 May 2016 – Lisbon POR Oliveirense|3|ITA Forte dei Marmi|2 |14 May 2016 – Lisbon|POR Benfica (pen.)|1 (2)|ESP Barcelona|1 (1) |15 May 2016 – Lisbon|POR Oliveirense| 3|POR Benfica 5 All times listed below are local time (UTC+01:00). Semi-finals 14 May 2016 15:00 Benfica POR 1–1 (a.e.t.) http://www.cerh.eu/user/control/live_acta.php?id=143 ESP Barcelona Marc Torra 47 Pablo Álvarez 34 2–1 João Rodrigues Jordi Adroher Marc Torra Carlos Nicolía Xavier Barroso Matías Pascual Xavi Costa Sergi Panadero Lucas Ordóñez Pavilhão Fidelidade, Lisbon Alessandro Da Prato, Alessandro Eccelsi (Italy) 14 May 2016 18:30 Oliveirense POR 3–2 http://www.cerh.eu/user/control/live_acta.php?id=142 ITA Forte dei Marmi Ricardo Barreiros 12 20 43 Pedro Gil 16 26 Pavilhão Fidelidade, Lisbon Óscar Valverde, Francisco Garcia (Spain) Final 15 May 2016 14:00 Oliveirense POR 3–5 http://www.cerh.eu/user/control/live_acta.php?id=144 POR Benfica João Souto 16 19Ricardo Oliveira 18 Diogo Rafael 14 17Jordi Adroher 33 46Carlos Nicolía 38 Pavilhão Fidelidade, Lisbon Arnauld Esoli, Xavier Bleuzen (France) 2015–16 CERH European League winners Portugal Benfica 2nd See also 2015 CERH Continental Cup 2015 FIRS Intercontinental Cup References External links http://www.cerh.eu/user/index.php Category:WSE Champions League Category:2015 in roller hockey CERH European League