ÖHB Women's Cup 2015/16

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The 2015/16 Women's ÖHB Cup was the 29th edition of the Austrian indoor handball cup competition. The defending champions were the women from Hypo Niederösterreich, who also successfully defended the trophy in the final against Union Korneuburg.

Participating teams

The twelve teams of Women Handball Austria (the second team from Hypo Niederösterreich did not take part), five teams of the second-class women's handball league and four regional representatives were eligible to participate in the ÖHB-Pokal. So there were 20 clubs playing for the 2015/16 cup. The four national representatives, the 5 BLF teams and three WHA teams took part in the first round, namely the two worst-placed teams in the basic round of the 2014/15 WHA season and the promoted teams. Four teams were drawn byes, the remaining eight teams were drawn unset in four pairings. The lower class club had home rights.

competition

First round

The first round matches were drawn on September 22, 2015.

10/26/2015 SK Traun - UHC Eggenburg 31:30
11/08/2015 UHC Hollabrunn - Perchtoldsdorf Devils 27:31
11/08/2015 SC Ferlach - UHC Admira Landhaus 25:30
11/28/2015 SSV Dornbirn / Schoren II - HC Eferding 39:19

Round of 16

The matches in the round of 16 were also drawn on September 22, 2015.

11/01/2015 Bregenz Handball - MGA Fivers 21:40
12/19/2015 SSV Dornbirn / Schoren II - WBZ Union Korneuburg 14:30
12/19/2015 Handball Tulln - Hypo Lower Austria 15:39
12/19/2015 Perchtoldsdorf Devils - ATV Trofaiach 22:25
12/19/2015 Union St. Pölten - SSV Dornbirn / Schoren WHA 29:33
12/19/2015 UHC Stockerau - WAT Atzgersdorf 31:28
December 20, 2015 SK Traun - UHC Admira Landhaus 24:34
December 20, 2015 ZV Wiener Neustadt - HC BW Feldkirch 31:16

Quarter finals

The quarter-final draw took place on December 22, 2015.

01/24/2016 ATV Trofaiach - UHC Stockerau 19:20
01/29/2016 ZV Wiener Neustadt - UHC Admira Landhaus 38:21
01/30/2016 Hypo Lower Austria - MGA Fivers 34:16
01/30/2016 WBZ Union Korneuburg - SSV Dornbirn / Schoren WHA 29:20

Semifinals

The two semi-finals were drawn on February 2, 2016.

02/27/2016 WBZ Union Korneuburg - ZV Wiener Neustadt 27:21
02/28/2016 Hypo Lower Austria - UHC Stockerau 25:19

final

The final game was played together with the men's cup final in the Margareten sports hall in Vienna.

04/24/2016 Hypo Lower Austria - WBZ Union Korneuburg 26:19

The cup win against Union Korneuburg was the 29th Cup success in a row for Hypo Niederösterreich. This makes Hypo not only the most successful cup winner, but also the only one.