2015–16 Ekstraklasa (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Ekstraklasa was the 60th season of the Ekstraklasa, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contested this season's league, which began on 2 September 2015 and concluded in May 2016.

Ekstraklasa
Season2015–2016
ChampionsVive Tauron Kielce
Champions LeagueVive Tauron Kielce
Wisła Płock
EHF CupKS Azoty-Puławy
NMC Górnik Zabrze
Matches played174
Goals scored9,652 (55.47 per match)
Top goalscorerVitaly Titov
(173 goals)
← 2014–15

Vive Tauron Kielce were the defending champions.[1]

Team information
Kielce
Płock
Puławy
Szczecin
Zabrze
Mielec
Głogów
Kwidzyn
Lubin
Wrocław
Legionowo
Opole
Location of teams in 2015–16 Ekstraklasa

The following 12 clubs compete in the Ekstraklasa during the 2015–16 season:

Team City Arena Capacity
Azoty-Puławy Puławy Globus Hall 4,119
Górnik Zabrze Zabrze HWS Pogoń 1,777
Gwardia Opole Opole Hala Gwardii im. Jerzego Klempela 1,000
KPR Legionowo Legionowo Arena Legionowo 1,989
MMTS Kwidzyn Kwidzyn KWS KCSiR 1,504
Orlen Wisła Płock Płock Orlen Arena 5,492
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Arena Szczecin 5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów Głogów HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka 2,500
SPR Stal Mielec Mielec Hala SW MOSiR 2,200
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Vive Tauron Kielce Kielce Hala Legionów 4,200
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin RCS Lubin 3,714

Regular season

A victory over a team in full-time added two points, a draw added one point and a loss added no points.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vive Tauron Kielce 22 20 1 1 765 573 +192 41 Play-offs
2 Orlen Wisła Płock 22 20 1 1 733 522 +211 41
3 Azoty-Puławy 22 16 1 5 669 598 +71 33
4 MMTS Kwidzyn 22 11 1 10 583 596 −13 23
5 KPR Legionowo 22 10 2 10 571 588 −17 22
6 SPR Chrobry Głogów 22 9 3 10 556 572 −16 21
7 Górnik Zabrze 22 9 3 10 693 679 +14 21
8 Zagłębie Lubin 22 8 2 12 540 587 −47 18
9 Gwardia Opole 22 8 1 13 547 587 −40 17 Relegation Round
10 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 22 7 1 14 561 600 −39 15
11 SPR Stal Mielec 22 4 0 18 562 687 −125 8
12 Śląsk Wrocław 22 2 0 20 513 704 −191 4
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results
Home \ Away PUL ZAB OPO LEG KWI PLO SZC GLO MIE WRO KIE LUB
Azoty-Puławy 38–28 33–22 29–26 32–27 23–32 25–22 36–22 33–24 26–20 25–29 28–28
Górnik Zabrze 36–39 32–31 35–34 33–33 34–34 36–28 19–25 33–27 47–24 34–38 32–30
Gwardia Opole 22–27 31–29 25–18 23–19 22–28 24–23 23–23 34–22 27–26 26–38 25–39
KPR Legionowo 23–26 27–24 20–19 28–24 19–27 24–23 28–22 27–19 30–23 25–35 22–24
MMTS Kwidzyn 32–29 31–26 25–23 32–25 22–34 29–26 22–26 28–27 31–19 25–32 24–22
Orlen Wisła Płock 35–33 31–25 34–17 33–27 31–23 35–25 35–23 42–22 47–19 31–27 33–18
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 24–30 26–30 27–22 23–29 27–20 22–40 25–28 37–28 35–25 27–27 25–27
SPR Chrobry Głogów 26–35 29–28 30–26 26–26 26–27 20–30 19–20 35–27 25–15 30–31 26–26
SPR Stal Mielec 28–24 30–39 23–24 30–32 31–23 23–36 29–21 27–30 24–30 19–38 27–25
Śląsk Wrocław 27–38 26–33 20–30 28–32 16–33 26–35 20–29 25–30 25–29 28–39 31–21
Vive Tauron Kielce 41–28 37–28 37–28 34–20 38–28 32–22 32–24 33–23 41–32 37–20 37–22
Zagłębie Lubin 27–28 30–29 24–23 24–29 22–25 20–28 21–22 17–15 29–26 26–20 28–32
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

A victory over a team in full-time added two points, a draw added one point and a loss added no points.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gwardia Opole 28 13 1 14 727 733 −6 27
2 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 28 11 1 16 752 758 −6 23 Relegation Play-offs
3 SPR Stal Mielec 28 7 0 21 716 839 −123 14 Relegation
4 Śląsk Wrocław 28 2 0 26 646 906 −260 4
Source: PGNiG Superliga

Results
Home \ Away OPO SZC MIE WRO
Gwardia Opole 29–28 29–22 38–26
Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 33–30 27–30 38–18
SPR Stal Mielec 19–23 25–28 27–20
Śląsk Wrocław 18–31 26–37 25–31
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Warmia Olsztyn 53–61 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 30–29 23–32

Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin won 61–53 aggregate and stays in the Ekstraklasa.

Play-offs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1P Vive Tauron Kielce 40 34 74
8P Zagłębie Lubin 25 24 49
G1 Vive Tauron Kielce 38 29 40
G2 MMTS Kwidzyn 25 23 19
4P MMTS Kwidzyn 22 26 48
5P KPR Legionowo 26 17 43
SF1 Vive Tauron Kielce 35 33 27
SF2 Orlen Wisła Płock 29 26 25
2P Orlen Wisła Płock 32 35 67
7P NMC Górnik Zabrze 29 23 52
G3 Orlen Wisła Płock 35 36 25 3rd place
G4 Azoty-Puławy 34 32 22
3P Azoty-Puławy 32 33 65 SF1 MMTS Kwidzyn 31 29 27
6P SPR Chrobry Głogów 27 30 57 SF2 Azoty-Puławy 22 31 28

References
  1. Superliga
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