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2015–2016 IIHF Continental Cup
Tournament details
Dates	2 October 2015 – 10 January 2016
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Dragons de Rouen (2nd title)
Runner-up	Herning Blue Fox
Third place	GKS Tychy
Fourth place	Asiago
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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 and also qualified for the 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.

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
Herning Blue Fox	2014–15 Metal Ligaen regular season winners
Yertis Pavlodar	2014–15 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
Asiago	2014–15 Serie A winners
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014–15 Belarusian Extraleague winners
Dragons de Rouen	2014–15 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
Kremenchuk	2014–15 Ukrainian Hockey Championship runners-up
Enter in the second round
Mogo Riga	2014–15 Latvian Hockey League winners
Jesenice	2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League winners
Miskolci Jegesmedve	2014–15 OB I bajnokság winners
Jaca	2014–15 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
Coventry Blaze	2014–15 Elite League Play-Off winners
GKS Tychy	2014–15 Polska Liga Hokejowa winners
Dunărea Galați	2014–15 Romanian Hockey League winners
Enter in the first round
Partizan Belgrade	2014–15 Serbian Hockey League winners
Rishon Devils	2014–15 Israeli Hockey League winners
CSKA Sofia	2014–15 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SOF	ZEY	BEL	RIS
1	CSKA Sofia	3	3	0	28	10	+18	9	Advance to Round 2 (Group C)	—	9–5	12–4	7–1
2	Zeytinburnu Belediyespor	3	2	1	23	14	+9	6		5–9	—	4–1	14–4
3	Partizan Belgrade	3	1	2	14	17	−3	3		4–12	1–4	—	9–1
4	Rishon Devils	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RIG	MIS	ACJ	JAC
1	Mogo Riga	3	3	0	12	5	+7	9	Advance to Round 3 (Group D)	—	2–1	4–1	6–3
2	Miskolci Jegesmedve	3	2	1	15	7	+8	6		1–2	—	4–3	10–2
3	Jesenice	3	1	2	7	9	−2	3		1–4	3–4	—	3–1
4	Jaca	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TYC	COV	DUN	BEL
1	GKS Tychy	3	3	0	37	5	+32	9	Advance to Round 3 (Group E)	—	3–2	8–3	26–0
2	Coventry Blaze	3	2	1	21	6	+15	6		2–3	—	7–2	12–1
3	Dunărea Galați	3	1	2	15	16	−1	3		3–8	2–7	—	10–1
4	Partizan Belgrade^[a]	3	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:

^ 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 runners-up 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	Herning Blue Fox	3	2	1	0	0	10	3	+7	8	Qualification to Super Final	—	2–1	3–0	5–2
2	Asiago	3	2	0	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Qualification to Super Final	1–2	—	3–2	4–0
3	Yertis Pavlodar	3	1	0	0	2	13	8	+5	3		0–3	2–3	—	11–2
4	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROU	TYC	SOL	KRE
1	Dragons de Rouen	3	3	0	13	6	+7	9	Qualification to Super Final	—	5–3	1–0	7–3
2	GKS Tychy	3	2	1	8	7	+1	6	Qualification to Super Final	3–5	—	2–1	3–1
3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	3	1	2	7	3	+4	3		0–1	1–2	—	6–0
4	Kremenchuk	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ROU	HER	TYC	ASI
1	Dragons de Rouen	3	3	0	14	7	+7	9	—	4–0	6–5	4–2
2	Herning Blue Fox	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3	0–4	—	1–2	4–0
3	GKS Tychy	3	1	2	9	11	−2	3	5–6	2–1	—	2–4
4	Asiago	3	1	2	6	10	−4	3	2–4	0–4	4–2	—