EHF Women's Champions League 2015/16

This article describes the EHF Champions League 2015/16 for women , for the men's competition see EHF Champions League 2015/16 .

A total of 22 handball club teams that had qualified for the competition in their home countries in the previous season took part in the 2015/16 EHF Champions League . It was the 56th edition of the EHF Champions League or the European Cup of National Champions. The Montenegrin club ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica was the defending champion. CSM Bucharest became the new title holder .

mode

Qualification: The qualification takes place in several tournaments: Two groups of four teams. The best team qualified for each group.

Group stage
There are four groups with four teams each. In a group, everyone plays a game against each other; the three best in the group reach the main round.

Main round
There are two groups with six teams each. In a group, everyone plays a game against each other; the four best-placed teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals: The quarter-finals are played in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of each game will advance to the semi-finals.

Final Four: The winners of the quarter-finals take part in the Final Four tournament, the semi-finals and finals will take place on May 7th and 8th, 2016. The semi-finals will be played in a knockout system. The winners of each game advance to the final. The losers of each game move into the game for third place. Only one game will be played per semi-final. The final and the game for third place will also be played in the simple mode.

qualification

The draw for the qualification took place on June 26, 2015 in Vienna.

Qualifying tournaments

Group 1

The group 1 tournament took place on September 12 and 13, 2015 in Drammen .
The Group 1 semi-finals took place on September 12, 2015. The winner of each game went to the final to enter the group stage. The losers took part in the game for places three and four.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Győri ETO KC Jana Knedlíková 7	42  : 13 (20: 03)	ŽRK Radnički Kragujevac Anđela Janjušević 3	12.09.15, Sat. 4.30 p.m.
	Match report		500 spectators
Glassverket IF Kristin Nørstebø , Hege Bakken Wahlquist 9 each	26  : 21 (15: 08)	SERCODAK Dalfsen Fabienne Logtenberg , Ana Pavkovic 5 each	12.09.15, Sat. 7:00 p.m.
	Match report		720 spectators

The Losers' Game took place on September 13, 2015.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
ŽRK Radnički Kragujevac Anđela Janjušević 8	17: 23 ( 08: 11)	SERCODAK Dalfsen Roos Van Leeuwen 6	13.09.15, Sun. 2:30 p.m.
	Match report		125 spectators

The final took place on September 13, 2015. The winner of the game will take part in the group stage of the EHF Champions League 2015/16.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Győri ETO KC Nycke Groot 8	30  : 21 (13: 15)	Glassverket IF Jeanett Kristiansen 6	13.09.15, Sun. 5:00 p.m.
	Match report		1,005 spectators

Group 2

The group 2 tournament took place in Baia Mare on September 12th and 13th, 2015 .
The semi-finals of Group 2 took place on September 12, 2015. The winner of each game went to the final to enter the group stage. The losers took part in the game for places three and four.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Team Esbjerg Estavana Polman , Laura van der Heijden 7th each	32  : 28 (16: 12)	Ankara Yenima Hall Yeliz Özel 8	12.09.15, Sat. 1.30 p.m.
	Match report		800 spectators
HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh , Melinda Geiger 6 each	31  : 21 (15: 08)	HK BNTU-BelAS Minsk Anastasiya Mazgo , Katsiaryna Silitskaya 5 each	09/12/15, Saturday 4:00 p.m.
	Match report		1,800 spectators

The Losers' Game took place on September 13, 2015.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Ankara Yenima Hall Marina Tankaskaya 7	27: 31 (14: 16)	HK BNTU-BelAS Minsk Anastasiya Mazgo 8	13.09.15, Sun. 2 p.m.
	Match report		600 spectators

The final took place on September 13, 2015. The winner of the game will take part in the group stage of the EHF Champions League 2015/16.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
Team Esbjerg Laura van der Heijden 5	21: 32 ( 09: 15)	HCM Baia Mare Valentina Neli Ardean Elisei 9	13.09.15, Sun. 4:30 p.m.
	Match report		2,000 spectators

Group stage

The group stage draw took place on June 26, 2015 in Vienna .
The 2 first placed from the qualification tournaments and the 14 who have previously qualified for the competition take part.

Qualified teams

Pot 1: FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK FC Midtjylland Håndbold

Pot 2: Rokometni Club Crimea ŽRK Vardar SCBT Thuringian HC CSM Bucharest

Pot 3: IK Sävehof GK Rostov-on-Don Hypo Lower Austria RK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Pot 4: MKS Lublin CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Győri ETO KC HCM Baia Mare

groups

Group A Larvik HK RK Krim Mercator GK Rostov-on-Don HCM Baia Mare

Group B FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Thuringian HC RK Podravka Vegeta CJF Fleury Loiret Handball

Group C FC Midtjylland Håndbold ŽRK Vardar SCBT Hypo Lower Austria Győri ETO KC

Group D ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica CSM Bucharest IK Sävehof MKS Lublin

decisions

	Qualification place for the main round
	Place of the outgoing club

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	GK Rostov-on-Don	6th	6th	0	0	173	148	+25	12
2.	Larvik HK	6th	4th	0	2	173	153	+20	08th
3.	HCM Baia Mare	6th	2	0	4th	165	162	+ 03	04th
4th	RK Crimea Mercator	6th	0	0	6th	160	208	−48	00

October 16, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Arena Stožice, Ljubljana	1,500 spectators Match report	RK Crimea Mercator Tamara Mavsar 12	27:33 (15:16)	HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh , Allison Pineau 9 each
October 17, 2015, Sat. 6:30 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	2,015 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 6	21:27 (10: 14)	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 9
October 23, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,500 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Allison Pineau 8	29:31 (14: 19)	Larvik HK Nora Mørk , Thea Mørk 9 each
October 24, 2015, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	3,000 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Julija Manaharowa 9	35: 26 (19: 12)	RK Crimea Mercator Mirjeta Bajramoska 6
October 30, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Arena Stožice, Ljubljana	1,000 spectators Match report	RK Crimea Mercator Polona Barič 5	21:37 (10: 21)	Larvik HK Amanda Kurtović 8
October 30, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,000 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh 5	20:22 (10: 13)	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina , Anna Sen , Julija Manaharowa 5 each
November 7, 2015, Sat. 5 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	2,500 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Julia Manaharowa 6	27: 26 (14:15)	HCM Baia Mare Allison Pineau 10
November 7, 2015, Sat. 6:30 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	1,710 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Amanda Kurtović 10	32:28 (17:15)	RK Crimea Mercator Elizabeth Omoregie 9
November 14, 2015, Sat 6:00 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	2,500 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Ksenija Makejewa , Julija Manaharowa 5 each	26:25 (15: 14)	Larvik HK Kristine Breistøl 13
November 14, 2015, Sat 6:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,000 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Allison Pineau 9	35:28 (16: 14)	RK Crimea Mercator Elizabeth Omoregie 10
November 20, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Arena Stožice, Ljubljana	500 spectators Match report	RK Crimea Mercator Polona Barič 8	31:36 (14:18)	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 7
November 21, 2015, Sat. 6:30 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	1,873 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 11	27:22 (12: 12)	HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh , Allison Pineau 4 each

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	6th	5	1	0	181	146	+35	11
2.	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball	6th	2	3	1	144	149	- 05th	07th
3.	Thuringian HC	6th	2	1	3	159	156	+ 03	05
4th	RK Podravka Vegeta	6th	0	1	5	117	150	−33	01

October 18, 2015, Sunday 2 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,600 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Svenja Huber , Eliza Buceschi 5 each	27: 27 (15:15)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsian Niombla 7
October 18, 2015, Sun. 5:15 p.m. in OBO Aréna Dabas, Budapest	2,498 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Luca Szekerczés 7	28:16 (13: 05)	RK Podravka Vegeta Dora Krsnik 4
October 25, 2015, Sunday 3:15 pm in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,300 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa 12	28:28 (14: 11)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 5
October 25, 2015, Sun. 5:25 p.m. in Sportska dvorana Gimnazije Fran Galović, Koprivnica	2,000 spectators Match report	RK Podravka Vegeta Ivana Dežić , Selena Milošević 5 each	21:27 (13: 11)	Thuringian HC Svenja Huber , Eliza Buceschi 7th each
November 1, 2015, Sunday 2 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,900 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Svenja Huber 7th	27:30 (13:18)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Zita Szucsánszki 8
November 1, 2015, Sun. 5:30 p.m. in Sportska dvorana Gimnazije Fran Galović, Koprivnica	2,000 spectators Match report	RK Podravka Vegeta Ivana Dežić , Lana Franković 5 each	20:20 (11: 13)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa 8
November 7, 2015, Sat 6 p.m. in SYMA Rendezvény és Kongresszusi Központ, Budapest	3,000 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 5	32:28 (19: 12)	Thuringian HC Iveta Luzumová 6
November 8, 2015, Sun. 5:30 p.m. in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,400 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsian Niombla 5	19: 17 (11: 06)	RK Podravka Vegeta Selena Milošević 5
November 15, 2015, Sun. 5:25 p.m. in Sportska dvorana Gimnazije Fran Galović, Koprivnica	2,195 spectators Match report	RK Podravka Vegeta Lana Franković 5	24:27 (12: 16)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Zita Szucsánszki 6
January 6, 2016, Wed. in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,000 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsian Niombla 9	27:21 (10: 12)	Thuringian HC Danick Snelder 6
November 21, 2015, Saturday 2 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,600 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Eliza Buceschi 8	29: 19 (13: 06)	RK Podravka Vegeta Ekatarina Nemaškalo 5
November 22, 2015, Sun. 5 p.m. in SYMA Rendezvény és Kongresszusi Központ, Budapest	2,800 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Szandra Szöllősi-Zácsik 11	36:23 (24: 12)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsiane Niombla , Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa 5 each

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Győri ETO KC	6th	4th	1	1	164	134	+30	9
2.	ŽRK Vardar SCBT	6th	4th	0	2	182	144	+38	8th
3.	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	6th	3	1	2	153	149	+ 04	7th
4th	Hypo Lower Austria	6th	0	0	6th	135	207	−72	0

October 17, 2015, Sat 8:15 pm in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	3,800 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Maja Sokač 5	22:27 (10: 13)	Győri ETO KC Anikó Kovacsics 6
October 18, 2015, Sunday 3:10 p.m. in IBF Arena, Ikast	1,227 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Trine Østergaard Jensen 9	33:21 (14: 11)	Hypo Lower Austria Patricia Kovacs 6
October 24, 2015, Sat 8:15 pm in BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf	1,100 spectators Match report	Hypo Lower Austria Alžbeta Tóthová 6	25:38 ( 09:22)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Sanja Damnjanović , Andrea Lekić , Sara Ristovska , Maja Sokač each 4
October 25, 2015, Sun. 7:00 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	4,617 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Anita Görbicz 5	21:26 (11: 11)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Louise Burgaard 8
October 31, 2015, Sat 8:25 pm in BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf	900 spectators Match report	Hypo Lower Austria Alžbeta Tóthová 10	21:29 ( 06:15)	Győri ETO KC Szimonetta Planéta , Linn Jørum Sulland 4 each
November 1, 2015, Sunday 3:15 pm in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	3,000 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Penezić 10	33:24 (16: 08)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Trine Østergaard Jensen 5
November 8, 2015, Sun. 5 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	4,491 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Heidi Løke , Zsuzsanna Tomori 7th each	37:16 (17: 09)	Hypo Lower Austria Alžbeta Tóthová 3
November 8, 2015, Sun. 5 p.m. in IBF Arena, Ikast	1,720 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm , Louise Burgaard 3 each	15:25 (11: 12)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Lekić 6
November 13, 2015, Fri 8:25 p.m. in BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf	800 spectators Match report	Hypo Lower Austria Alžbeta Tóthová 7	27:33 (10: 16)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Pauline Bøgelund 8
November 14, 2015, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	5,089 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Anita Görbicz 8	28:27 (14: 17)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Siraba Dembélé , Tatjana Chmyrowa , Jovanka Radičević 4 each
November 21, 2015, Sat. 5:30 p.m. in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	2,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Lekić 9	37:25 (15: 14)	Hypo Lower Austria Jennifer Thurner 6
November 22, 2015, Sunday 3:10 p.m. in IBF Arena, Ikast	1,843 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Stine Jørgensen , Fie Woller 5 each	22:22 (12:10)	Győri ETO KC Eduarda Amorim , Anita Görbicz 5 each

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	6th	5	1	0	169	131	+38	11
2.	CSM Bucharest	6th	4th	1	1	163	138	+25	09
3.	IK Sävehof	6th	2	0	4th	138	158	−20	04th
4th	MKS Lublin	6th	0	0	6th	141	184	−43	00

October 16, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Complex Sportiv Național, Bucharest	3,500 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Line Jørgensen , Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo , Cristina Vărzaru 6 each	33:21 (14: 13)	MKS Lublin Marta Gęga , Iwona Niedźwiedź 5 each
October 18, 2015, Sun. 7:00 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	3,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Majda Mehmedović 6	33:20 (17: 08)	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson 5
October 23, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Hala Globus, Lublin	2,850 spectators Match report	MKS Lublin Iwona Niedźwiedź 8	23:31 (13: 17)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Cristina Neagu 9
October 23, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Partillebohallen, Partille	1,305 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Olivia Mellegård 4	17:28 ( 09: 13)	CSM Bucharest Line Jørgensen 7
October 30, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Hala Globus, Lublin	2,200 spectators Match report	MKS Lublin Krystsina Repelewska 6	21:34 (10: 17)	IK Sävehof Emma Ekenman-Fernis 6
November 1, 2015, Sunday 7:00 p.m. in Complex Sportiv Național, Bucharest	4,500 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo 5	22:28 (11:15)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Cristina Neagu 9
November 6, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Partillebohallen, Partille	1,355 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson 8	27:24 (14: 11)	MKS Lublin Iwona Niedźwiedź 8
November 8, 2015, Sun. 7:00 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	3,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Katarina Bulatović 8	23:23 (12: 13)	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 7
November 13, 2015, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Hala Globus, Lublin	1,800 spectators Match report	MKS Lublin Iwona Niedźwiedź 7	27:30 (13:15)	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 8
November 15, 2015, Sun. 5:00 p.m. in Partillebohallen, Partille	860 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson , Louise Sand 5 each	18:25 (11: 14)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Katarina Bulatović 6
November 20, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	1,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Katarina Bulatović , Cristina Neagu 8 each	29:25 (12: 13)	MKS Lublin Jéssica Quintino 6
November 20, 2015, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Dinamo Bucureşti, Bucharest	1,800 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 6	22:28 (11:15)	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson , Emma Ekenman-Fernis 5 each

Main round

The 12 teams of the group stage took part, which played off the places for the quarter-finals in two groups. The results of the teams that already played against each other in the group stage were adopted.

decisions

	Qualification place for the quarter-finals
	Place of the outgoing club

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	GK Rostov-on-Don	10	9	1	0	281	237	+44	19th
2.	Larvik HK	10	6th	0	4th	281	263	+18	12
3.	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	10	5	2	3	282	272	+10	12
4th	HCM Baia Mare	10	5	0	5	259	247	+12	10
5.	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball	10	2	2	6th	252	287	−35	06th
6th	Thuringian HC	10	0	1	9	244	297	−53	01

January 9, 2016, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	3,386 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 8	23:21 (13: 11)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Luca Szekerczés , Dóra Hornyák each 4
January 9, 2016, Sat. 6:30 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	1,603 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Gro Hammerseng-Edin , Nora Mørk 5 each	28:19 (14: 07)	Thuringian HC Eliza Buceschi 5
January 10, 2016, Sun 6 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,200 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Allison Pineau 9	31:28 (13:15)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsian Niombla 9
January 16, 2016, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in SYMA Rendezvény és Kongresszusi Központ, Budapest	3,000 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 9	30: 27 (19: 14)	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 7
January 16, 2016, Sat. 5:00 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,500 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Eliza Buceschi 7	23:25 (12:10)	HCM Baia Mare Alexandra do Nascimento 7
January 17, 2016, Sunday 4:15 pm in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,100 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Gnonsian Niombla 8	22:27 (13:10)	GK Rostov-on-Don Regina Schimkute 6
February 5, 2016, Fri. 8:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,300 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Allison Pineau 10	32:24 (16: 14)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 9
February 6, 2016, Sat. 5:00 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	3,250 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 10	32:24 (15: 07)	Thuringian HC Danick Snelder 4
February 7, 2016, Sat. 6:30 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	2,137 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 12	26:31 (14:15)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa 9
February 13, 2016, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in SYMA Rendezvény és Kongresszusi Központ, Budapest	3,000 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Luca Szekerczés , Szandra Zácsik 6 each	29:29 (15: 13)	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 9
February 14, 2016, Sunday 2 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,900 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Svenja Huber 5	20:28 (11: 13)	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 9
February 14, 2016, Sun. 7:00 p.m. in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,300 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Manon Houette 7	17:18 (8: 8)	HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh 6
February 19, 2016, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare - Maramureș	2,080 spectators Match report	HCM Baia Mare Alexandra do Nascimento 9	38: 27 (19: 12)	Thuringian HC Meike Schmelzer 6
February 20, 2016, Sat. 5:00 p.m. in Dworez sporta, Rostov-on-Don	2,800 spectators Match report	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 9	38: 21 (21: 12)	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Mélissa Agathe 5
February 20, 2016, Sat. 7:00 p.m. in Arena Larvik, Larvik	2,817 spectators Match report	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 10	37: 31 (20:15)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 7
February 27, 2016, Sat. 2:30 p.m. in SYMA Rendezvény és Kongresszusi Központ, Budapest	3,000 spectators Match report	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Nerea Pena 7	21:18 (14: 07)	HCM Baia Mare Alexandra do Nascimento 8
February 28, 2016, Sunday 2 p.m. in Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen, Nordhausen	1,700 spectators Match report	Thuringian HC Eliza Buceschi 8	28:32 (14:15)	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 8
February 28, 2016, Sunday 3:15 p.m. in Palais des Sports, Orléans	2,000 spectators Match report	CJF Fleury Loiret Handball Alexandrina Barbosa 6	28:31 (16:15)	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 10

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	10	7th	1	2	264	211	+53	15th
2.	Győri ETO KC	10	7th	1	2	252	230	+22	15th
3.	ŽRK Vardar SCBT	10	7th	0	3	270	246	+24	14th
4th	CSM Bucharest	10	4th	1	5	242	239	+ 03	09
5.	FC Midtjylland Håndbold	10	2	1	7th	220	261	−41	05
6th	IK Sävehof	10	1	0	9	225	286	−61	02

January 9, 2016, Saturday 4:00 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	5,220 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Linn Jørum Sulland 6	22:20 (13: 11)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Cristina Neagu , Katarina Bulatović 4 each
January 9, 2016, Sat. 5:30 p.m. in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	2,000 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Lekić 5	22:21 (11: 11)	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 8
January 10, 2016, Sun. 5:00 p.m. in IBF Arena, Ikast	1,105 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm 7th	25:21 (15: 09)	IK Sävehof Joanna Lindvall-Haggren 5
January 15, 2016, Fri. 8:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Ioan Art Ghermănescu, Bucharest	3,845 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 9	24:22 (10: 12)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm 7th
January 17, 2016, Sunday 4:00 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	4,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Dragana Cvijić 7	31:19 (16: 08)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Maja Sokač 5
January 17, 2016, Sunday 4:15 pm in Partillebohallen, Partille	821 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Emma Ekenman-Fernis 4	18:26 ( 06: 13)	Győri ETO KC Nycke Groot 6
February 6, 2016, Sat. 5:00 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	5,000 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Nycke Groot 6	28:22 (12:10)	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 8
February 6, 2016, Sat. 5:30 p.m. in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	2,500 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Lekić , Andrea Penezić 6 each	37:25 (19:10)	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson 7
February 7, 2016, Sun. 5 p.m. in IBF Arena, Ikast	1,532 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm 5	18:28 ( 09: 13)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Cristina Neagu , Katarina Bulatović 7th each
February 12, 2016, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Partillebohallen, Partille	619 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson 11	32:24 (17: 11)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm 6
February 14, 2016, Sun. 7:00 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	5,000 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Dragana Cvijić 6	25:22 (12: 12)	Győri ETO KC Eduarda Amorim 7
February 16, 2016, Monday 6:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Ioan Art Ghermănescu, Bucharest	4,600 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Carmen Martín 6	25:30 (11: 17)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Lekić 9
February 19, 2016, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Audi Arena, Győr	4,534 spectators Match report	Győri ETO KC Nycke Groot , Ida Alstad 6 each	32: 26 (19: 14)	IK Sävehof Julia Eriksson 7
February 21, 2016, Sunday 3:10 pm in IBF Arena, Ikast	2,246 spectators Match report	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Stine Jørgensen 6	23:28 (12: 12)	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 8
February 21, 2016, Sun. 5:30 p.m. in Sport Center Jane Sandanski, Skopje	4,000 spectators Match report	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Barbara Lazović 6	26:24 (11: 11)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Katarina Bulatović 6
February 26, 2016, Friday 7:00 p.m. in Partillebohallen, Partille	848 spectators Match report	IK Sävehof Louise Sand 6	26:29 (14: 14)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT Maja Sokač 7
February 28, 2016, Sunday 4:00 p.m. in Sala Polivalentă Ioan Art Ghermănescu, Bucharest	4,000 spectators Match report	CSM Bucharest Isabelle Gullden 8	22:24 (8:14)	Győri ETO KC Heidi Løke , Linn Jørum Sulland 5
February 28, 2016, Sun. 5 p.m. in SC Morača, Podgorica	3,600 spectators Match report	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Dragana Cvijić 5	27:21 (14: 7)	FC Midtjylland Håndbold Johanna Ahlm 5

Quarter finals

In the quarter-finals, the four best-placed teams of the two main round groups take part, which cross over against each other. The winners qualify for the final four .

Qualified teams

GK Rostov-on-Don ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK Győri ETO KC FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Vardar SCBT HCM Baia Mare CSM Bucharest

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
CSM Bucharest Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo 10	GK Rostov-on-Don Ekaterina Ilyina 17	03/31/2016 7:00 p.m.	04/09/2016 5:00 p.m.	55  : 53
		26  : 25 (11: 12)	29  : 28 (16: 11)
		4,500 spectators	3,400 spectators
ŽRK Vardar SCBT Andrea Penezić 13	Larvik HK Nora Mørk 13	04/02/2016 5:30 p.m.	04/10/2016 3:30 p.m.	60  : 48
		34  : 20 (16: 09)	26: 28 (13: 11)
		3,500 spectators	3,000 spectators
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Zita Szucsánszki 8	Győri ETO KC Heidi Løke 13	04/02/2016 3:00 p.m.	04/09/2016 5:00 p.m.	41: 71
		18: 31 (12: 17)	23: 40 (10: 22)
		2,498 spectators	5,027 spectators
HCM Baia Mare Lois Abbingh , Patricia Vizitiu 9 each	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Cristina Neagu 18th	04/02/2016 2:00 p.m.	04/10/2016 7:00 p.m.	49: 61
		24: 29 (10: 17)	25: 32 (14: 13)
		2,000 spectators	3,500 spectators

Final Four

Qualified teams

Qualified for the Final Four were:

CSM Bucharest Győri ETO KC ŽRK Vardar SCBT ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 7, 2016. The winner of each game advanced to the final of the EHF Champions League 2016.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	20: 21 ( 08: 11)	Győri ETO KC	May 7, 2016, Sat 3:15 pm
CSM Bucharest	27  : 21 (14: 09)	ŽRK Vardar SCBT	May 7th, 2016, Sat. 5:45 p.m.

1st semifinals

May 7, 2016 in Budapest , Papp László Budapest Sportaréna , 11,000 spectators.

ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica: Nenezić , Žderić - Neagu (6), Bulatović (4), Raičević (4), Mehmedović (2), Petrović (2), Jauković (1), Pavićević (1), Achruk , Agović , Cvijić , Irman , Kovačević , Pavićević , Ramusović

Győri ETO KC: Kiss , Grimsbø - Groot (4), Løke (4), Sulland (4), Amorim (3), Kovacsics (2), Broch (1), Görbicz (1), Hársfalvi (1), Knedlíková ( 1), Alstad , Hudák , Lakatos , Orbán , Tóth

Referees: Radojko Brkic and Andrei Jusufhodzic

Source: match report

2nd semifinals

May 7, 2016 in Budapest , Papp László Budapest Sportaréna , 10,000 spectators.

CSM Bucharest: Grubišić , Iordache , Pessoa - Rodrigues Belo (5), Brădeanu (4), Gulldén (4), Jørgensen (4), Manea (4), Bazaliu (2), Fisker (2), Martín (1), Vărzaru (1), Curea , Nan , Torstenson , Wetkowa

ŽRK Vardar SCBT: Leynaud , Suslina - Lekić (6), Dembélé (4), Lazović-Varlec (2), Radičević (2), Althaus (1), Čović (1), Damnjanović (1), Chmyrowa (1), Klikovac (1), Penezić (1), Sokač (1), Tschernoiwanenko , Ichnewa , Ristovska

Referees: Joanna Brehmer and Agnieszka Skowronek

Source: match report

Small finale

The game for third place took place on May 8, 2016. The winner of the game is third placed in the EHF Champions League 2016.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
ŽRK Vardar SCBT	30  : 28 (14: 16)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	May 8th, 2016, Sunday 3:15 pm

May 8, 2016 in Budapest , Papp László Budapest Sportaréna , 11,000 spectators.

ŽRK Vardar SCBT: Leynaud , Suslina - Penezić (7), Radičević (6), Lazović-Varlec (4), Chmyrowa (3), Althaus (2), Čović (2), Damnjanović (2), Dembélé (2), Ichnewa (1), Klikovac (1), Grbić , Lekić , Sokač , Ristovska

ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica: Nenezić , Žderić - Neagu (8), Bulatović (5), Mehmedović (4), Raičević (4), Petrović (3), Jauković (2), Cvijić (1), Pavićević (1), Achruk , Irman , Kovačević , Malović , Pletikosić , Ramusović

Referees: Karina Christiansen and Line Hesseldal Hansen

Source: match report

final

The final took place on May 8, 2016. The winner of the game is the winner of the EHF Champions League 2016.

Team 1	Bottom line	Team 2	date and time
CSM Bucharest	29  : 26 (25: 25, 22: 22, 13: 12) n.p.	Győri ETO KC	May 8th, 2016, Sun. 5:45 p.m.

May 8, 2016 in Budapest , Papp László Budapest Sportaréna , 12,000 spectators.

CSM Bucharest: Grubišić , Iordache , Pessoa - Gulldén (15), Martín (4), Manea (3), Torstenson (3), Rodrigues Belo (2), Brădeanu (1), Vărzaru (1), Bazaliu , Curea , Fisker , Jørgensen , Nan , Wetkowa

Győri ETO KC: Kiss , Grimsbø - Løke (8), Amorim (5), Groot (4), Kovacsics (3), Sulland (3), Broch (1), Görbicz (1), Knedlíková (1), Alstad , Hársfalvi , Hudák , Lakatos , Orbán , Tóth

Referees: Kjersti Arntsen and Guro Røen

Source: match report

statistics

List of goalscorers

The top scorer list shows the top three goalscorers in the 2015/16 EHF Women's Champions League.
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.		Isabelle Gullden	(RM)	CSM Bucharest	16	108	6.75
2.		Ekaterina Ilyina	(RM)	GK Rostov-on-Don	14th	97	6.93
3.		Cristina Neagu	(RL)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	16	94	5.88

See also

• EHF Women's Cup 2015/16
• EHF European Women's Cup Winners' Cup 2015/16
• EHF Challenge Cup women 2015/16

Web links

• EHF website for the CL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/livetext-gyor-csm-bucuresti-ora-1845-tigroaicele-victorie-trofeul-ligii-campionilor-handbal-1_572f50ba5ab6550cb8ac1677/index.html
2. ↑ Match details ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica - Győri ETO KC ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
3. ↑ Match details CSM Bucharest - ŽRK Vardar SCBT ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
4. ↑ Match details ŽRK Vardar SCBT - ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
5. ↑ Match details CSM Bucharest - Győri ETO KC ( English ) European Handball Federation. Retrieved March 19, 2019.