EHF Challenge Cup women 2015/16

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2015/16 25 handball club teams participated, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. The 16th edition of the Challenge Cup began on November 13, 2015. The Spanish club Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE won the competition. The defending champion was the French team Union Mios Biganos-Bègles .

Round 3

18 teams took part in the 3rd round.
The draw for the 3rd round took place on July 21, 2015 in Vienna.
The home and return games took place on weekends 14-15. and 21. – 22. November 2015.

Qualified teams

ABU Baku Helsingfors IFK London Angels HC ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara KHF Shqipona ŽRK Pelister 2012 ŽRK Vardar

ŽRK Danilovgrad Schuler Afbouwgroep DOS Zagłębie Lubin Colégio de Gaia DHB Rotweiss Thun Yellow Winterthur ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac Izmir BSB SK

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Greta Kavaliauskaitė 12	ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac Milica Danilović 22	11/14/2015 7:00 p.m.	11/15/2015 7:00 p.m.	56: 61
		28: 30 (15: 17)	28: 31 (15: 15)
		1,000 spectators	800 spectators
ŽRK Danilovgrad Tamara Jovićević 13	ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina Slavica Schuster 16	11/15/2015 5:00 p.m.	11/22/2015 6:00 p.m.	42: 52
		24: 30 ( 08:15)	18: 22 ( 07: 08)
		400 spectators	500 spectators
Colégio de Gaia Sandra Santiago 18	Helsingfors IFK Linda Cainberg , Silja Borgarsdóttir Sandelin 13 each	11/21/2015 4:00 p.m.	11/22/2015 7:00 p.m.	68  : 58
		36  : 29 (19: 19)	32  : 29 (14:15)
		332 spectators	420 spectators
ŽRK Pelister 2012 Monika Talevska 16	KHF Shqipona Belma Beba 25	11/14/2015 6:30 p.m.	11/21/2015 6:00 p.m.	57: 77
		22: 38 (11: 21)	35: 39 (18: 22)
		1,500 spectators	450 spectators
Izmir BSB SK Burcu Pirinçci 11	DHB Rotweiss Thun Sarina Strahm 7	11/14/2015 4:00 p.m.	11/21/2015 7:15 pm	54  : 40
		27  : 17 (14: 06)	27  : 23 (13: 12)
		500 spectators	351 spectators
Zagłębie Lubin Sanja Premović 17th	Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan Veronika Grozovsky 8	11/21/2015 5:00 p.m.	11/22/2015 12:00 p.m.	78  : 29
		41  : 12 (20: 02)	37  : 17 (22: 06)
		1,000 spectators	300 spectators
ABU Baku Gunel Aliyeva 12	Schuler Afbouwgroep DOS Roxanne Bovenberg 17th	11/20/2015 8:00 p.m.	11/21/2015 8:00 p.m.	41: 56
		19: 27 ( 07: 14)	22: 29 (12: 12)
		417 spectators	425 spectators
Yellow Winterthur Franziska Fix 9	ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara Katia Soglietti 14	11/14/2015 5:00 p.m.	11/21/2015 5:00 p.m.	59  : 40
		34  : 21 (14: 11)	25  : 19 (13: 11)
		150 spectators	300 spectators
ŽRK Vardar Sara Mitova 14	London Angels HC Beata Nagy 10	11/13/2015 6:00 p.m.	11/14/2015 6:00 p.m.	62  : 31
		27  : 14 (15: 07)	35  : 17 (22: 06)
		500 spectators	200 spectators

Round of 16

The 9 winners of the 3rd round and 7 seeded teams took part in the round of 16.
The draw for the round of 16 took place on November 24, 2015 in Vienna.
The first legs took place on January 9-10, 2016. The second legs took place on January 16-17, 2016.

Qualified teams

DHC Sokol Poruba Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE KHF Shqipona ŽRK Vardar Schuler Afbouwgroep DOS Virto / Quintus EKS start Elbląg Zagłębie Lubin

Colégio de Gaia Yellow Winterthur ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac ŽRK Minaqua Vojvodina Novi Sad Izmir BSB SK Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK HK Karpaty

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK Serpil İskenderoğlu 24	Zagłębie Lubin Sanja Premović 14	08/01/2016 5:00 p.m.	09.01.2016 3:00 p.m.	73  : 63
		43  : 39 (19: 20)	30  : 24 (14: 14)
		800 spectators	1,000 spectators
Schuler Afbouwgroep DOS Priscilla ter Elst 15	ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac Ana Tomović 10	January 15, 2016 8:00 p.m.	January 16, 2016 8:00 p.m.	45: 60
		27: 33 (10: 18)	18: 27 ( 09: 13)
		400 spectators	400 spectators
KHF Shqipona Belma Beba 22	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Almudena Rodríguez 14	09/01/2016 4:00 p.m.	01/17/2016 1:00 p.m.	54: 94
		23: 38 (10: 18)	31: 56 (15: 25)
		400 spectators	400 spectators
Yellow Winterthur Ria Jugovic 9	Virto / Quintus Cynthia Grift , Daisy Hage 11 each	09.01.2016 6:00 p.m.	01/17/2016 4:00 p.m.	29: 70
		13: 37 ( 08: 18)	16: 33 ( 06: 17)
		480 spectators	450 spectators
EKS start Elbląg Joanna Waga 11	ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina Tina Rojc 15th	01/10/2016 6:00 p.m.	January 16, 2016 7:00 p.m.	54  : 44
		28  : 22 (15: 12)	26  : 22 (11: 07)
		1,200 spectators	500 spectators
ŽRK Vardar Natasha Nolevska 13	ŽRK Minaqua Vojvodina Novi Sad Milica Rančić 12	January 16, 2016 2:00 p.m.	January 17, 2016 3:00 p.m.	57  : 51
		26  : 24 (14: 13)	31  : 27 (16: 13)
		300 spectators	200 spectators
DHC Sokol Poruba Šárka Marčíková 11	Izmir BSB SK Yağmur Toprak 11	09.01.2016 6:00 p.m.	16.01.2016 5:00 p.m.	45: 45 ( a )
		28  : 22 (14: 12)	17: 23 (10: 10)
		632 spectators	800 spectators
Colégio de Gaia Patrícia Lima 8	HK Karpaty Darja Kot 19	January 15, 2016 6:00 p.m.	January 16, 2016 6:00 p.m.	35: 53
		14: 23 ( 07: 08)	21: 30 (12: 14)
		250 spectators	250 spectators

Quarter finals

The winners of the round of 16 games took part in the quarter-finals. The draw took place on January 19, 2016 in Vienna.

Qualified teams

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE ŽRK Vardar Virto / Quintus EKS start Elbląg ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac Izmir BSB SK Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK HK Karpaty

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
ŽRK Vardar Natasha Nolevska 12	HK Karpaty Daryna Kot 12	02/22/2016 6:30 p.m.	02/28/2016 5:00 p.m.	39: 47
		22  : 19 (13: 12)	17: 28 ( 08: 14)
		1,500 spectators	750 spectators
EKS start Elbląg Joanna Waga 12	Izmir BSB SK Fatma Atalar 17	02/20/2016 6:00 p.m.	02/27/2016 5:00 p.m.	48  : 46
		29  : 25 (12: 12)	19: 21 (10: 11)
		800 spectators	1,500 spectators
Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Davinia López Hernández 14	ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja Aranđelovac Milica Danilović 10	02/20/2016 6:00 p.m.	02/21/2016 6:00 p.m.	62  : 44
		35  : 25 (17: 13)	27  : 19 (13: 08)
		500 spectators	500 spectators
Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK Serpil İskenderoğlu 13	Virto / Quintus Daisy Hage 14	02/20/2016 5:00 p.m.	02/21/2016 5:00 p.m.	52  : 46
		27  : 23 (14: 13)	25  : 23 (16: 12)
		1,000 spectators	800 spectators

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, the winners of the quarter-finals took part. The first legs took place on 2-3. April 2016. The second legs took place on 9-10. April 2016.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK Serpil İskenderoğlu 14	HK Karpaty Iryna Kompaniye 10	04/02/2016 5:00 p.m.	04/03/2016 3:00 p.m.	54  : 45
		24  : 20 ( 08: 11)	30  : 25 (13: 09)
		1,000 spectators	750 spectators
EKS start Elbląg Sylwia Lisewska 8	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE Almudena Rodríguez 14	04/02/2016 6:00 p.m.	04/10/2016 12:30 p.m.	46: 47
		24: 25 (11: 12)	22:22 ( 09:10)
		600 spectators	1,800 spectators

final

The two winners from the semifinals took part. The first leg took place on April 30, 2016. The second leg took place on May 7, 2016.

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	04/30/2016 6:00 p.m.	05/07/2016 6:30 p.m.	54: 62
		25: 29 ( 09: 14)	29: 33 (11: 16)

First leg

Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK - Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE 25: 29 ( 9: 14)0

April 30, 2016 in Istanbul, Haldun Alagaş Spor Salonu, 2,000 spectators.

Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK: Barjaktarović , Sementschenko - Carbune (7), İskenderoğlu (5), Pavić (3), Demirçelen (2), Kožnjak (2), Sakızcan (2), Yılmaz (2), Duru (1), Sinizyna (1), Çağlı , Öztabak , Tümer

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE: Hernández , Navarro - Luján (8), Rodríguez (8), Tejeda (4), López (3), Albaladejo (2), Trojaola (2), Falcón (1), Mbengue (1), González , Peña , Simón , Toscano

Referees: Peter Dvorský and Igor Karlubík

Source: match report

Return leg

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE - Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK 33: 29 (16: 11)

May 7, 2016 in Telde, Pabellón Insular Rita Hernández, 2,350 spectators.

Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE: Hernández , Navarro - Luján (10), Falcón (9), Trojaola (5), López (4), Albaladejo (3), González (1), Rodríguez (1), Diallo , Mbengue , Peña , Simón , Tejeda , Toscano

Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK: Barjaktarović , Sementschenko - Demirçelen (8), Carbune (6), Sakızcan (5), İskenderoğlu (4), Kožnjak (3), Duru (2), Pavić (1), Çağlı , Öztabak , Sinizyna , Yılmaz , Tümer

Referees: Vanja Antić and Jelena Jakovljević

Source: match report

statistics

List of goalscorers

The list of goalscorers shows the top three goalscorers of the 2015/16 EHF Challenge Cup women
You can see the player's nation, name, position, club, games played, goals and Ø goals.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Serpil İskenderoğlu	(RM)	Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK	8th	60	7.50
2.		María Luján	(RM)	Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE	8th	48	6.00
3.		Beba Belma	(RM)	KHF Shqipona	4th	47	11.75

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup on the official website of the EHF

See also

• EHF Women's Champions League 2015/16
• EHF Women's Cup 2015/16
• EHF European Women's Cup Winners' Cup 2015/16

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Match details Kastamonu B. Gençlik SK - Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 18, 2019.