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2015–16 CERH European League

The 2015–16 CERH European League is the 51st season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to CERH Champions League/European League.

2015–16 CERH European League
The Pavilhão Fidelidade in Lisbon hosted the Final Four.
Tournament details
Dates24 October 2015 – 15 May 2016
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-upPortugal Oliveirense
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored528 (8.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Pedro Gil (21 goals)[1]

Barcelona were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in semi-finals by the eventual winners Benfica, who became European champions for a second time.

Teams edit

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists, LQF: Losing quarter-finalists). Bold means seeded teams.

Group stage
  BarcelonaTH (1st)   Benfica (1st)   Forte dei Marmi (1st)   Dinan Quévert (1st)
  Liceo La Coruña (2nd)   Porto (2nd)   Viareggio (2nd)   Mérignac (2nd)
  Vic (CW)   Oliveirense (3rd)   Breganze (LSF)   Iserlohn (1st)
  Vendrell (3rd)   Valongo (4th)   Bassano (LQF)   Basel (1st)

Round dates edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2015).

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 24 October 2015
Matchday 2 7 November 2015
Matchday 3 28 November 2015
Matchday 4 12 December 2015
Matchday 5 16 January 2016
Matchday 6 6 February 2016
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 5 March 2016 2 April 2016
Semi-finals 14 May 2016
Final 15 May 2016

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 September 2015, 11:00, in Luso, Portugal. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders Barcelona being automatically placed in pot 1. Liceo La Coruña, Benfica and Forte dei Marmi were the other three seeded teams.[2] The remaining teams were then drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. In each group, teams play against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.[3]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR BAR BRE ISE
1   Porto 6 6 0 0 46 8 +38 18 Advanced to knockout phase — 1–0 13–4 21–1
2   Barcelona 6 4 0 2 34 12 +22 12 1–2 — 5–2 7–2
3   Breganze 6 1 1 4 24 34 −10 4 1–2 4–6 — 7–2
4   Iserlohn 6 0 1 5 13 63 −50 1 1–7 1–15 6–6 —
Source: CERH

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN VIC BAS MER
1   Benfica 6 5 0 1 41 18 +23 15 Advanced to knockout phase — 5–1 9–6 8–0
2   Vic 6 5 0 1 36 17 +19 15 7–6 — 8–0 9–0
3   Bassano 6 1 0 5 24 43 −19 3 2–8 5–8 — 7–5
4   Mérignac 6 1 0 5 13 36 −23 3 2–5 1–3 5–4 —
Source: CERH

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOR VEN VAL QUE
1   Forte dei Marmi 6 4 2 0 39 24 +15 14 Advanced to knockout phase — 6–2 8–7 9–1
2   Vendrell 6 3 1 2 27 24 +3 10 6–6 — 5–1 8–4
3   Valongo 6 2 1 3 26 27 −1 7 5–5 5–3 — 5–1
4   Dinan Quévert 6 1 0 5 16 33 −17 3 3–5 2–3 5–3 —
Source: CERH

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIC OLI VIA BAS
1   Liceo La Coruña 6 5 0 1 37 15 +22 15 Advanced to knockout phase — 5–3 7–2 13–1
2   Oliveirense 6 5 0 1 35 22 +13 15 4–2 — 5–3 10–5
3   Viareggio 6 2 0 4 26 32 −6 6 2–5 5–7 — 8–4
4   Basel 6 0 0 6 19 48 −29 0 3–5 2–6 4–6 —
Source: CERH

Knockout phase edit

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.[3]

Quarter-finals edit

The first-leg matches were played on 5 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 2 April 2016.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oliveirense   8–6   Porto 4–3 4–3
Vendrell   8–10   Benfica 3–5 5–5
Vic   7–8   Forte dei Marmi 2–1 5–7
Barcelona   8–2   Liceo La Coruña 6–0 2–2

Final four edit

The final four tournament took place on 14 and 15 May 2016.[3] It was hosted by Benfica at the Pavilhão Fidelidade in Lisbon, Portugal.[4]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May 2016 – Lisbon
 
 
  Oliveirense3
 
15 May 2016 – Lisbon
 
  Forte dei Marmi2
 
  Oliveirense 3
 
14 May 2016 – Lisbon
 
  Benfica 5
 
  Benfica (pen.)1 (2)
 
 
  Barcelona1 (1)
 


All times listed below are local time (UTC+01:00).

Semi-finals edit

Benfica  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Barcelona
Marc Torra   47' Report Pablo Álvarez   34'
Penalties
João Rodrigues  
Jordi Adroher  
Marc Torra  
Carlos Nicolía  		 2–1   Xavier Barroso
  Matías Pascual
  Xavi Costa
  Sergi Panadero
  Lucas Ordóñez
Referee: Alessandro Da Prato, Alessandro Eccelsi (Italy)
Oliveirense  3–2  Forte dei Marmi
Ricardo Barreiros   12', 20', 43' Report Pedro Gil   16', 26'
Referee: Óscar Valverde, Francisco Garcia (Spain)

Final edit

Oliveirense  3–5  Benfica
João Souto   16', 19'
Ricardo Oliveira   18'		 Report Diogo Rafael   14', 17'
Jordi Adroher   33', 46'
Carlos Nicolía   38'
Referee: Arnauld Esoli, Xavier Bleuzen (France)
2015–16 CERH European League winners
 
Benfica
2nd title

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "hoqueipatins.pt - Liga Europeia - CERH - Goleadores - H quei em Patins - poca 2015-2016". Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ^ "Rink Hockey Eurocups: all the teams regularly signed up". cerh.eu. CERH. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "CERS/CERH Media Guide 2015–2016" (PDF). CERH. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ "SL Benfica will organize the Final Four of the Euroleague in Lisbon". CERH.eu. 12 April 2016.

External links edit

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