2015–16 EHF Cup

A total of 24 teams entered the draw for the first qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2015. The first legs were played on 6–7 September and the second legs were played on 13–14 September 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo București	62–48	Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu	38–24	24–24
Hubo Initia Hasselt	70–45a	Merzifon Belediye Hentbol SK	37–21	33–24
RK Poreč	46–42b	Maccabi Rishon Lezion	20–18	26–24
HC Fregata-Burgas	38–54	KH BESA Famiglia	18–24	20–30
GRK Varaždin 1930	47–36	A.S.D. Romagna Handball	26–16	21–20
PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol	50–76c	NMC Górnik Zabrze	25–40	25–36
Põlva Serviti	53–49	Dragūnas Klaipėda	29–26	24–23
Ystad IF HF	76–48	Handball Käerjeng	41–28	35–20
HB Dudelange	50–68d	Haslum Handballklubb	27–34	23–34
KRAS/Volendam	64–41e	HC Lovćen	34–23	30–18
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	67–55	Riihimäki Cocks	34–24	33–21
SSV Bozen Loacker	50–50f (a)	Haukar	30–24	20–26

Notes

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the second qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 22 July 2015. Among these teams were 12 winners of the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AC Diomidis Argous	41–61a	Dinamo București	21–26	20–35
Csurgói KK	59–46	Pogoń Szczecin	29–19	30–27
ØIF Arendal	65–43b	KH BESA Famiglia	34–18	31–25
Talent M.A.T. Plzeň	54–49	RK Poreč	27–24	27–25
Pfadi Winterthur	52–44	Põlva Serviti	31–24	21–20
Hubo Initia Hasselt	48–43	RK Spartak Vojput	27–20	21–23
Permskie Medvedi	54–55	Ystads IF	30–28	24–27
CSM București	50–47	Bregenz	28–24	22–23
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	53–52	Alingsås HK	27–25	26–27
RK Nexe	62–41	GRK Varaždin 1930	30–20	32–31
Haukar	63–44c	HC Zomimak-M	34–20	29–24
Team Tvis Holstebro	64–63	Sporting CP	36–31	28–32
NMC Górnik Zabrze	54–52	ZTR Zaporizhia	28–25	26–27
Haslum Handballklubb	53–60	RK Borac m:tel	28–29	25–31
KRAS/Volendam	55–64	SKA Minsk	25–32	30–32
Chambery Savoie Handball	66–40	HC Sporta Hlohovec	35–12	31–28

Notes

A total of 32 teams entered the draw for the third qualification round, which was held on Tuesday, 21 October 2015. Among these teams 16 winners of the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pfadi Winterthur	59–48	KS Azoty-Puławy	29–25	30–23
Ystads IF	59–48	Grundfos Tatabanya KC	28–28	31–20
Maribor Branik	52–57	Dinamo București	27–26	25–31
Alpla HC Hard	46–68	SKA Minsk	23–33	23–35
RK Gorenje Velenje	52–61	Team Tvis Holstebro	25–29	27–32
Aalborg Handball	62–48	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	30–20	32–28
Hubo Initia Hasselt	46–52	Helvetia Anaitasuna	20–28	26–24
RK Borac m:tel	52–58	OCI-LIONS	29–31	23–27
Talent M.A.T. Plzeň	51–66	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	28–31	23–35
RK Nexe	44–48	HBC Nantes	26–26	18–22
Füchse Berlin	61–65	Chambery Savoie Handball	31–31	30–34
NMC Górnik Zabrze	58–77	Frisch Auf Göppingen	29–39	29–38
CSM București	60–53	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	31–24	29–29
SC Magdeburg	65–61	Csurgói KK	42–37	23–24
Haukar	46–59	Saint-Raphael Var Handball	28–29	18–30
Fraikin BM. Granollers	55–49	ØIF Arendal	29–21	26–28

The draw of the EHF Cup group phase took place on Thursday, 3 December 2015, at 11:00 CET. The 16 teams allocated into four pots were drawn into four groups of four teams. The country protection rule was applied, i.e. two clubs from the same country could not face each other in the same group.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 13–14 February, 20–21 February, 27–28 February, 5–6 March, 19–20 March, and 26–27 March 2016.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
2. goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
3. higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved;
4. goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.

On 3 December 2015, EHF announced the composition of the group phase seeding pots.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Fraikin BM. Granollers	SC Magdeburg	Dinamo București	Aalborg Handball
OCI-Lions	Team Tvis Holstebro	HBC Nantes	Frisch Auf Göppingen
SKA Minsk	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	Pfadi Winterthur	Saint-Raphael Var Handball
Chambery Savoie Handball	Helvetia Anaitasuna	Ystads IF	CSM București

The ranking of the second-placed teams was carried out on the basis of the team's results in the group stage. Because the French side HBC Nantes, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Frisch Auf Göppingen	6	4	0	2	198	161	+37	8
A	Fraikin BM. Granollers	6	3	1	2	172	165	+7	7
C	Saint-Raphael Var Handball	6	3	1	2	165	165	0	7
D	Ystads IF	6	3	1	2	159	167	−8	7

Because the hosts of the Final 4 tournament, HBC Nantes, finished the group stage among the group winners, they have clinched the direct ticket to the final weekend and decided that only three quarter-finals were played for the remaining spots in the final tournament.[1] The draw of the EHF Cup quarter-finals took place on Tuesday 29 March 2016 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Six teams were positioned into two pots. Teams from the same group could not face each other in the quarter-finals.[1] The country protection rule was not applied for the quarter-finals. Therefore, there were two national duels in this round.[2]

In the quarter-finals, teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the teams from second pot playing the first leg at home. The first pot contained the three group winners and the second pot contained the top three second-placed teams.[1]

Pot 1 SC Magdeburg Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Chambery Savoie Handball

Pot 2 Fraikin BM Granollers Frisch Auf Göppingen Saint-Raphael Var Handball

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fraikin Granollers	56–56	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	30–24	26–32
Saint-Raphael Var Handball	52–54	Chambery Savoie Handball	30–25	22–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen	58–54	SC Magdeburg	31–25	27–29