2015–16 EHF Cup

European handball competition October 2015 EHF Cup 2015–16 The Palais des Sports de Beaulieu in Nantes, venue of the Final Four tournament Handball 5 September 2015 15 May 2016 69 (qualification stage)16 (group stage) GER Frisch Auf Göppingen FRA HBC Nantes ESP Ferran Solé(70 goals) 2014–15 2016–17 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. Dinamo București ROU 62–48 Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu ROU 38–24 24–24 Hubo Initia Hasselt BEL 70–45a Merzifon Belediye Hentbol SK TUR 37–21 33–24 RK Poreč CRO 46–42b Maccabi Rishon Lezion ISR 20–18 26–24 HC Fregata-Burgas BUL 38–54 KH BESA Famiglia KOS 18–24 20–30 GRK Varaždin 1930 CRO 47–36 A.S.D. Romagna Handball ITA 26–16 21–20 PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol MDA 50–76c NMC Górnik Zabrze POL 25–40 25–36 Põlva Serviti EST 53–49 Dragūnas Klaipėda LTU 29–26 24–23 Ystad IF HF SWE 76–48 Handball Käerjeng LUX 41–28 35–20 HB Dudelange LUX 50–68d Haslum Handballklubb NOR 27–34 23–34 KRAS/Volendam NED 64–41e HC Lovćen MNE 34–23 30–18 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen SUI 67–55 Riihimäki Cocks FIN 34–24 33–21 SSV Bozen Loacker ITA 50–50f (a) Haukar ISL 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 NMC Górnik Zabrze. d Both legs were hosted by Haslum Handballklubb. e Both legs were hosted by 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. AC Diomidis Argous GRE 41–61a Dinamo București ROU 21–26 20–35 Csurgói KK HUN 59–46 Pogoń Szczecin POL 29–19 30–27 ØIF Arendal NOR 65–43b KH BESA Famiglia KOS 34–18 31–25 Talent M.A.T. Plzeň CZE 54–49 RK Poreč CRO 27–24 27–25 Pfadi Winterthur SUI 52–44 Põlva Serviti EST 31–24 21–20 Hubo Initia Hasselt BEL 48–43 RK Spartak Vojput SRB 27–20 21–23 Permskie Medvedi RUS 54–55 Ystads IF SWE 30–28 24–27 CSM București ROU 50–47 Bregenz AUT 28–24 22–23 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen SUI 53–52 Alingsås HK SWE 27–25 26–27 RK Nexe CRO 62–41 GRK Varaždin 1930 CRO 30–20 32–31 Haukar ISL 63–44c HC Zomimak-M MKD 34–20 29–24 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 64–63 Sporting CP POR 36–31 28–32 NMC Górnik Zabrze POL 54–52 ZTR Zaporizhia UKR 28–25 26–27 Haslum Handballklubb NOR 53–60 RK Borac m:tel BIH 28–29 25–31 KRAS/Volendam NED 55–64 SKA Minsk BLR 25–32 30–32 Chambery Savoie Handball FRA 66–40 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 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. Pfadi Winterthur SUI 59–48 KS Azoty-Puławy POL 29–25 30–23 Ystads IF SWE 59–48 Grundfos Tatabanya KC HUN 28–28 31–20 Maribor Branik SLO 52–57 Dinamo București ROU 27–26 25–31 Alpla HC Hard AUT 46–68 SKA Minsk BLR 23–33 23–35 RK Gorenje Velenje SLO 52–61 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 25–29 27–32 Aalborg Handball DEN 62–48 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen SUI 30–20 32–28 Hubo Initia Hasselt BEL 46–52 Helvetia Anaitasuna ESP 20–28 26–24 RK Borac m:tel BIH 52–58 OCI-LIONS NED 29–31 23–27 Talent M.A.T. Plzeň CZE 51–66 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN 28–31 23–35 RK Nexe CRO 44–48 HBC Nantes FRA 26–26 18–22 Füchse Berlin GER 61–65 Chambery Savoie Handball FRA 31–31 30–34 NMC Górnik Zabrze POL 58–77 Frisch Auf Göppingen GER 29–39 29–38 CSM București ROU 60–53 Frigoríficos del Morrazo ESP 31–24 29–29 SC Magdeburg GER 65–61 Csurgói KK HUN 42–37 23–24 Haukar ISL 46–59 Saint-Raphael Var Handball FRA 28–29 18–30 Fraikin BM. Granollers ESP 55–49 ØIF Arendal NOR 29–21 26–28 |} Group stage Europe 500 right Location of teams of the 2015–16 EHF Cup group stage.8px Red: Group A; 8px Green: Group B; 8px Blue: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D. Europe 48.710833 9.648056 Göppingen Green_pog.svg Europe 52.128333 11.666389 SC Magdeburg Red_pog.svg Europe 41.598611 2.287778 Granollers left Red_pog.svg Europe 42.818611 -1.658889 Anaitasuna left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 57.018056 9.9625 Aalborg left Red_pog.svg Europe 56.184444 9.572778 Silkeborg Blue_pog.svg Europe 56.372 8.6229 Holstebro left Green_pog.svg Europe 45.583583 5.89968 Chambery Yellow_pog.svg Europe 47.209331 -1.536722 Nantes Green_pog.svg Europe 43.43799 6.76885 Saint-Raphael Blue_pog.svg Europe 53.910679 27.54958 SKA Minsk Blue_pog.svg Europe 50.991944 5.843611 Limburg Green_pog.svg Europe 47.5034 8.7118 Pfadi Blue_pog.svg Europe 44.405278 26.11 CSM București Yellow_pog.svg Europe 44.4325 26.1039 CS Dinamo București left Red_pog.svg Europe 55.433611 13.832778 Ystads Yellow_pog.svg 2015–16 EHF Cup group stage 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): number of points in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved; higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in all matches of the group; 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 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers GER SC Magdeburg ROU Dinamo București DEN Aalborg Handball NED OCI-Lions DEN Team Tvis Holstebro FRA HBC Nantes GER Frisch Auf Göppingen BLR SKA Minsk DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg SUI Pfadi Winterthur FRA Saint-Raphael Var Handball FRA Chambery Savoie Handball ESP Helvetia Anaitasuna SWE Ystads IF ROU CSM București Group A Group A yes Group B Group B yes Group C Group C yes Group D Group D yes 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. main WDL Q 2 n y GÖP B GRA A RAP C YST D ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers GER Frisch Auf Göppingen FRA Saint-Raphael Var Handball SWE Ystads IF 4 0 2 198 161 3 1 2 172 165 3 1 2 165 165 3 1 2 159 167 #ccffcc Q Q Q complete Knockout stage 2015–16 EHF Cup 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.http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2015-16/article/25376/Follow+the+EHF+Cup+quarter-finals+draw+on+Periscope Follow the EHF Cup quarter-finals draw on Periscope 29 March 2016 18 May 2016 EHF official website https://web.archive.org/web/20160602034825/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2015-16/article/25376/Follow+the+EHF+Cup+quarter-finals+draw+on+Periscope 2 June 2016 dead 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. The country protection rule was not applied for the quarter-finals. Therefore, there were two national duels in this round.http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2015-16/article/25379/National+duels+mark+the+way+to+EHF+Cup+Finals National duels mark the way to EHF Cup Finals 29 March 2016 18 May 2016 EHF official website https://web.archive.org/web/20160602071904/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2015-16/article/25379/National+duels+mark+the+way+to+EHF+Cup+Finals 2 June 2016 dead 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. Pot 1 GER SC Magdeburg DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg FRA Chambery Savoie Handball Pot 2 ESP Fraikin BM Granollers GER Frisch Auf Göppingen FRA Saint-Raphael Var Handball Fraikin Granollers ESP 56–56 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN 30–24 26–32 1 Saint-Raphael Var Handball FRA 52–54 Chambery Savoie Handball FRA 30–25 22–29 2 Frisch Auf Göppingen GER 58–54 SC Magdeburg GER 31–25 27–29 1 |} Final four 14 May FRA Chambery Savoie 25 GER FA Göppingen 28 14 May ESP BM Granollers 26 FRA HBC Nantes 27 15 May GER FA Göppingen 32 FRA HBC Nantes 26 15 May FRA Chambery Savoie 21 ESP BM Granollers 25 Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 ESP Ferran Solé ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers702 GER Marcel Schiller GER Frisch Auf Göppingen693 AUT Robert Weber GER SC Magdeburg664 ESP Valero Rivera Folch FRA HBC Nantes59 5 ESP Javier Humet ROM CSM Bucuresti58 DEN Michael Damgaard GER SC Magdeburg58 See also 2015–16 EHF Champions League 2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup References External links EHF Cup (official website) EHF Cup EHF Cup Category:EHF Cup seasons