2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League
2015–16
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates12 September 2015–8 May 2016
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsRomania CSM București
Runner-upHungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored5017 (52.26 per match)
Attendance281,616 (2,934 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Isabelle Gulldén
(108 goals)

The 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.

CSM București won trophy in their European debut season by defeating Győri Audi ETO KC 29–26 in the big final.[1]

Overview

Team allocation

14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich (1st) Croatia Podravka Koprivnica (1st) Denmark Midtjylland (1st) France Fleury Loiret HB (1st)
Germany Thüringer HC (1st) Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (1st) North Macedonia Vardar (1st) Montenegro Budućnost (1st)TH (1st)
Norway Larvik HK (1st) Poland MKS Selgros Lublin (1st) Romania CSM București (1st) Russia Rostov-Don (1st)
Slovenia Krim (1st) Sweden IK Sävehof (1st)
Qualification tournament
Belarus BNTU Minsk (1st) Denmark Team Esbjerg (2nd) Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC (2nd) Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen (1st)
Norway Glassverket IF (2nd) Romania HCM Baia Mare (2nd) Serbia RK Radnički Kragujevac (1st) Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK (1st)
  • TH = Title holders

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.[3]

Phase Draw date
Qualifying 26 June 2015
Group stage
Knockout stage
Final Four 12 April 2016

Qualification stage

Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying

The draw was held on 26 June 2015. The teams played a semifinal and final to determine the last participants. Matches were played on 12 and 13 September 2015.[3][4]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 23 June 2015.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Denmark Team Esbjerg 		Norway Glassverket IF
Romania HCM Baia Mare 		Belarus BNTU Minsk
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen 		Serbia RK Radnički Kragujevac
Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK

Qualification tournament 1

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC42
 
13 September
 
Serbia Kragujevac13
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC30
 
12 September
 
Norway Glassverket IF21
 
Norway Glassverket IF26
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen21
 
Third place
 
 
13 September
 
 
Serbia Kragujevac17
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen23

Qualification tournament 2

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September
 
 
Denmark Team Esbjerg32
 
13 September
 
Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK28
 
Denmark Team Esbjerg21
 
12 September
 
Romania HCM Baia Mare32
 
Romania HCM Baia Mare31
 
 
Belarus BNTU Minsk21
 
Third place
 
 
13 September
 
 
Turkey Yenimahalle Bld. SK27
 
 
Belarus BNTU Minsk31

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League group stage

The draw was held on 26 June 2015.[3][6]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS LAR HCM KRI
1 Russia Rostov-Don 6 6 0 0 173 148 +25 12 Advanced to main round — 26–25 27–26 35–25
2 Norway Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 173 153 +20 8 21–27 — 27–22 32–28
3 Romania HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 165 162 +3 4 20–22 29–31 — 35–28
4 Slovenia Krim 6 0 0 6 160 208 −48 0 31–36 21–37 27–33 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FER FLE THÜ KOP
1 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 5 1 0 181 146 +35 11 Advanced to main round — 36–23 32–28 28–16
2 France Fleury Loiret HB 6 2 3 1 144 149 −5 7 28–28 — 27–21 19–17
3 Germany Thüringer HC 6 2 1 3 159 156 +3 5 27–30 27–27 — 29–19
4 Croatia Podravka Koprivnica 6 0 1 5 117 150 −33 1 24–27 20–20 21–27 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO VAR MID NIE
1 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 164 134 +30 9 Advanced to main round — 28–27 21–26 37–16
2 North Macedonia Vardar 6 4 0 2 182 144 +38 8 22–27 — 33–24 37–25
3 Denmark Midtjylland 6 3 1 2 153 149 +4 7 22–22 15–25 — 33–21
4 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 6 0 0 6 135 207 −72 0 21–29 25–38 27–33 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUD BUC SÄV LUB
1 Montenegro Budućnost 6 5 1 0 169 131 +38 11 Advanced to main round — 23–23 33–20 29–25
2 Romania CSM București 6 4 1 1 163 138 +25 9 22–28 — 27–22 33–21
3 Sweden IK Sävehof 6 2 0 4 138 158 −20 4 18–25 17–28 — 27–24
4 Poland MKS Selgros Lublin 6 0 0 6 141 184 −43 0 23–31 27–30 21–34 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored

Main round

Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League main round

Group 1

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS LAR FER HCM FLE THÜ
1 Russia Rostov-Don 10 9 1 0 281 237 +44 19 Advanced to quarterfinals — 26–25 23–21 27–26 38–21 30–24
2 Norway Larvik HK 10 6 0 4 281 263 +18 12[a] 21–27 — 37–31 27–22 26–31 28–19
3 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 282 272 +10 12[a] 29–29 30–27 — 21–18 36–23 32–28
4 Romania HCM Baia Mare 10 5 0 5 259 247 +12 10 20–22 29–31 32–24 — 31–28 38–27
5 France Fleury Loiret HB 10 2 2 6 252 287 −35 6 22–27 28–31 28–28 17–18 — 27–21
6 Germany Thüringer HC 10 0 1 9 244 297 −53 1 28–32 20–28 27–30 23–25 27–27 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Larvik 64–61 Ferencváros

Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUD GYO VAR BUC MID SÄV
1 Montenegro Budućnost 10 7 1 2 264 213 +51 15[a] Advanced to quarterfinals — 25–22 31–19 23–23 27–21 33–20
2 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 10 7 1 2 252 230 +22 15[a] 22–20 — 28–27 28–22 21–26 32–26
3 North Macedonia Vardar 10 7 0 3 269 246 +23 14 26–24 22–27 — 22–21 33–24 37–25
4 Romania CSM București 10 4 1 5 242 239 +3 9 22–28 22–24 25–30 — 24–22 27–22
5 Denmark Midtjylland 10 2 1 7 220 261 −41 5 18–28 22–22 15–25 23–28 — 25–21
6 Sweden IK Sävehof 10 1 0 9 225 286 −61 2 18–26 18–26 26–29 17–28 32–24 —
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Budućnost 45–44 Győr

Knockout stage

Main article: 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSM București Romania 55–53 Russia Rostov-Don 26–25 29–28
Vardar North Macedonia 60–48 Norway Larvik HK 34–20 26–28
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 41–71 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 18–31 23–40
HCM Baia Mare Romania 49–61 Montenegro Budućnost 24–29 25–32

Final four

The final four was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 7 and 8 May 2016. The draw was held on 15 April 2016 at 11:30.[7][8]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 May
 
 
Romania CSM București27
 
8 May
 
North Macedonia Vardar21
 
Romania CSM București (Pen.)29
 
7 May
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC26
 
Montenegro Budućnost20
 
 
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC21
 
Third place
 
 
8 May
 
 
North Macedonia Vardar30
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost28

Final

8 May 2016
17:45 		CSM București Romania 29–26 (ET) Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Gulldén 15 (13–12) Løke 8
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FT: 22–22 ET: 3–3 Pen: 4–1

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.[9]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Sweden Isabelle Gulldén Romania CSM București 108
2 Russia Ekaterina Ilina Russia Rostov-Don 97
3 Romania Cristina Neagu Montenegro Budućnost 94
4 Norway Nora Mørk Norway Larvik 93
5 France Allison Pineau Romania HCM Baia Mare 89
6 Montenegro Katarina Bulatović Montenegro Budućnost 87
7 Croatia Andrea Penezić North Macedonia Vardar 79
8 Ukraine Iuliia Managarova Russia Rostov-Don 72
9 Serbia Andrea Lekić North Macedonia Vardar 70
10 Norway Heidi Løke Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 69

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 6 May 2016.[10]

Other awards

References

  1. ^ "Gullden touch leads CSM to a maiden trophy after a shootout thriller". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's EHF Champions League 2015/16 participants announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Vienna city centre to host first draw of new season". ehfcl.com. 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Qualification draw puts Györ vs Kragujevac and Esbjerg vs Ankara". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Pots for the qualification and group matches announced". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Buducnost in group with Bucuresti, Sävehof and Lublin". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. ^ "2016 Women's EHF FINAL4 draw takes place on 15 April". ehfcl.com. 4 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Women's EHF FINAL4: Title holders Buducnost meet Györ in the semi-final". ehfcl.com. 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's EHF Champions League 2015/16 – Scorers". EHF Champions League 2015/16. European Handball Federation (EHF). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  10. ^ "All-stars take to the court at the 2016 MVM EHF FINAL4". ehfcl.com. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.