2015–16 Champions Hockey League

2015–16 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates	20 August 2015 – 9 February 2016
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Frölunda HC (1st title)
Runner-up	Oulun Kärpät
Third place	HC Davos; Lukko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	802 (5.11 per match)
Attendance	512,040 (3,261 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ryan Lasch; (16 points)
MVP	Ryan Lasch
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The 2015–16 Champions Hockey League is the second season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The regulation round began on 20 August 2015 and ended on 6 September 2015. The playoffs began on 22 September 2015 and ended with the 2016 Champions Hockey League Final on 9 February 2016. Frölunda HC defeated Oulun Kärpät 2–1 to win the second edition of Champions Hockey League.

Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from twelve different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League.

Team license

The teams were decided with regards to different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.

A license: The 26 founding teams get an A license, if they play in the first-tier league of their respective domestic league system in the 2015–16 season.
B license: Two teams – the regular-season winner and the play-off champion in the 2014–15 season – from each of the founding leagues (the Austrian EBEL, the Czech Extraliga, the Finnish Liiga, the German DEL, the Swedish SHL and the Swiss NLA) received a B licence to the tournament. If those teams had already received an A license, other teams from the league took the B license spots. The order the B licenses were handed out is:^[1]^[2]

National champion
Regular season winner
Runner-up, regular season
Play-off finalist
Best placed semifinal loser
Worst placed semifinal loser

C license: There were 10 wild cards. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom will, like the previous season got wild cards.^[3] From Slovakia, France, Norway and the United Kingdom, a second team also got a wild card.^[4] One wild card license were assigned to the 2014–15 IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Neman Grodno.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Teams

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[9]^[10]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	13 May 2015^[11]	20–21 August 2015
	Matchday 2		22–23 August 2015
	Matchday 3		27–28 August 2015
	Matchday 4		29–30 August 2015
	Matchday 5		3–4 September 2015
	Matchday 6		5–6 September 2015
Playoff	Round of 32	8 September 2015^[12]	22 September 2015	6 October 2015
	Round of 16		3 November 2015	10 November 2015
	Quarter-finals		1 December 2015	8 December 2015
	Semi-finals		12 January 2016	19 January 2016
	Final		9 February 2016

Group stage

Teams in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League.

Blue: A-license;

Red: B-license;

Yellow: C-license.

For the 2015–16 season, the regular season was expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with 3 teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the play-offs (round of 32).^[5]

The group stage began on 20 August and ended on 6 September 2015.^[13]^[14] The 48 teams were divided into 16 groups of three teams each. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, facing each team at home and on the road, giving 4 games per team. The 16 group winners and the 16 runners-up qualified for the playoffs.^[15]

Group stage draw

The 16 groups were determined by a draw taking place on 13 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. The 48 teams had been ranked and placed into three pots of 16 teams each. Following the draw, each group consisted of one team from each pot. The seedings were as follows;^[16]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Växjö Lakers Oulun Kärpät HC Litvínov HC Davos Red Bull Salzburg Adler Mannheim Skellefteå AIK Tappara Oceláři Třinec ZSC Lions Black Wings Linz Red Bull Munich Frölunda HC Lukko Sparta Prague SC Bern	Vienna Capitals ERC Ingolstadt Linköpings HC JYP HC Pardubice Genève-Servette KAC Klagenfurt Düsseldorfer EG HV71 Espoo Blues Vítkovice Steel EV Zug Eisbären Berlin Luleå Hockey KalPa Bílí Tygři Liberec	Fribourg-Gottéron Krefeld Pinguine Färjestad BK HIFK Djurgårdens IF TPS HC Košice Stavanger Oilers SønderjyskE Ishockey Sheffield Steelers Rapaces de Gap HK Nitra Storhamar Ishockey Braehead Clan Grenoble Neman Grodno

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regular time, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime loss or shootout loss, 0 points for a loss in regular time). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:^[17]

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of wins in regular time in the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored in one match in the group matches played among the teams in question;
if, after having applied criteria 1 to 5, teams still had an equal ranking in a two-way tie, criteria 1 to 5 were reapplied against the third team in the group. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 10 applied;
higher number of wins in overtime;
higher number of goals scored in shootout (if both matches ended in shootout);
if two teams still remained tied and they met in their group's final game, they played a shootout to determine which team is ranked higher;
higher pre-draw rankings.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LHC	HIFK	SCB
1	Linköpings HC	4	3	1	0	0	14	4	+10	11	Advance to Playoffs	—	2–0	3–2(SO)
2	HIFK	4	1	0	1	2	6	8	−2	4	Advance to Playoffs	1–2	—	3–1
3	SC Bern	4	0	1	1	2	7	15	−8	3		1–7	3–2(SO)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TAP	DIF	EVZ
1	Tappara	4	3	0	1	0	16	6	+10	10	Advance to Playoffs	—	2–3(OT)	3–1
2	Djurgårdens IF	4	2	1	0	1	13	11	+2	8	Advance to Playoffs	2–4	—	5–3
3	EV Zug	4	0	0	0	4	6	18	−12	0		0–7	2–3	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HV71	RBS	SON
1	HV71	4	4	0	16	4	+12	12	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–1	7–1
2	Red Bull Salzburg	4	1	3	10	13	−3	3	Advance to Playoffs	1–3	—	7–2
3	SønderjyskE Ishockey	4	1	3	8	17	−9	3		1–2	4–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SKE	LIB	NIT
1	Skellefteå AIK	4	3	1	0	0	16	6	+10	11	Advance to Playoffs	—	5–2	3–2(SO)
2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	4	2	0	0	2	13	9	+4	6	Advance to Playoffs	0–4	—	2–0
3	HK Nitra	4	0	0	1	3	4	18	−14	1		2–4	0–9	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HCD	FBK	PCE
1	HC Davos	4	3	0	1	0	12	6	+6	10	Advance to Playoffs	—	0–1(OT)	5–3
2	Färjestad BK	4	1	2	0	1	8	9	−1	7	Advance to Playoffs	0–4	—	4–3(OT)
3	HC Pardubice	4	0	0	1	3	10	15	−5	1		2–3	2–3	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIT	BLU	GRE
1	HC Litvínov	4	3	1	0	0	14	7	+7	11	Advance to Playoffs	—	3–2(OT)	6–4
2	Espoo Blues	4	1	0	1	2	7	8	−1	4	Advance to Playoffs	0–1	—	4–2
3	Grenoble	4	1	0	0	3	9	15	−6	3		1–4	2–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TPS	DEG	BWL
1	TPS	4	2	1	1	0	15	9	+6	9	Advance to Playoffs	—	1–2(SO)	6–1
2	Düsseldorfer EG	4	1	1	0	2	15	14	+1	5	Advance to Playoffs	4–5	—	6–3
3	Black Wings Linz	4	1	0	1	2	11	18	−7	4		2–3(OT)	5–3	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBM	KOS	KAC
1	Red Bull Munich	4	4	0	0	0	15	4	+11	12	Advance to Playoffs	—	1–0	6–1
2	HC Košice	4	1	1	0	2	7	8	−1	5	Advance to Playoffs	2–4	—	2–1(SO)
3	KAC Klagenfurt	4	0	0	1	3	5	15	−10	1		1–4	2–3	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MAN	VIT	NEM
1	Adler Mannheim	4	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	8	Advance to Playoffs	—	2–1(SO)	2–1
2	Vítkovice Steel	4	2	0	1	1	7	5	+2	7	Advance to Playoffs	1–2	—	3–1
3	Neman Grodno	4	1	0	0	3	4	7	−3	3		2–0	0–2	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KÄR	VIC	KRE
1	Oulun Kärpät	4	4	0	0	0	12	1	+11	12	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–0	4–1
2	Vienna Capitals	4	1	0	1	2	8	14	−6	4	Advance to Playoffs	0–2	—	2–3(SO)
3	Krefeld Pinguine	4	0	1	0	3	9	14	−5	2		0–2	5–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LHF	LUK	FRI
1	Luleå Hockey	4	2	1	0	1	14	9	+5	8	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–3(SO)	4–2
2	Lukko	4	1	1	1	1	11	12	−1	6	Advance to Playoffs	0–3	—	4–2
3	Fribourg-Gottéron	4	1	0	1	2	11	15	−4	4		4–3	3–4(SO)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OIL	TRI	KAL
1	Stavanger Oilers	4	2	0	1	1	11	7	+4	7	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–1	3–0
2	Oceláři Třinec	4	1	1	1	1	14	11	+3	6	Advance to Playoffs	4–3(OT)	—	6–0
3	KalPa	4	1	1	0	2	6	13	−7	5		2–1	4–3(SO)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STO	SPA	GEN
1	Storhamar Ishockey	4	3	0	0	1	10	5	+5	9	Advance to Playoffs	—	2–3	5–1
2	Sparta Prague	4	2	0	1	1	12	10	+2	7	Advance to Playoffs	1–2	—	5–2
3	Genève-Servette	4	0	1	0	3	7	16	−9	2		0–3	4–3(OT)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FHC	JYP	SHE
1	Frölunda HC	4	4	0	20	5	+15	12	Advance to Playoffs	—	3–2	9–1
2	JYP	4	2	2	10	9	+1	6	Advance to Playoffs	1–4	—	3–0
3	Sheffield Steelers	4	0	4	4	20	−16	0		1–4	2–4	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VLH	ING	BRA
1	Växjö Lakers	4	3	1	20	10	+10	9	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–2	10–2
2	ERC Ingolstadt	4	2	2	16	15	+1	6	Advance to Playoffs	5–3	—	5–2
3	Braehead Clan	4	1	3	11	22	−11	3		1–3	6–4	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZSC	BER	GAP
1	ZSC Lions	4	4	0	20	10	+10	12	Advance to Playoffs	—	3–2	6–1
2	Eisbären Berlin	4	1	3	12	13	−1	3	Advance to Playoffs	3–6	—	6–1
3	Rapaces de Gap	4	1	3	9	18	−9	3		4–5	3–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Playoffs

Teams in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League Playoffs.

Green: Group winners;

Blue: Runners-up.

In the playoffs, the teams will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis with the team with the better standing after the group stage having the second game at home, except for the one-match final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs were as follows:

The entire playoff was drawn at a single occasion on 8 September 2015 to determine the sixteen pairings for the Round of 32. After the draw, all matches up to the final were set in brackets.^[12]
In the draw for the Round of 32, the 16 group winners were seeded, and the 16 runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.^[12]

Playoff teams

Group	Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A	Linköpings HC	HIFK
B	Tappara	Djurgårdens IF
C	HV71	Red Bull Salzburg
D	Skellefteå AIK	Bílí Tygři Liberec
E	HC Davos	Färjestad BK
F	HC Litvínov	Espoo Blues
G	TPS	Düsseldorfer EG
H	Red Bull Munich	HC Košice
I	Adler Mannheim	Vítkovice Steel
J	Oulun Kärpät	Vienna Capitals
K	Luleå Hockey	Lukko
L	Stavanger Oilers	Oceláři Třinec
M	Storhamar Ishockey	Sparta Prague
N	Frölunda HC	JYP
O	Växjö Lakers	ERC Ingolstadt
P	ZSC Lions	Eisbären Berlin

Bracket

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Oceláři Třinec	2	1	3
HV71	2	3	5	Espoo Blues	3	1	4
Espoo Blues	4	2	6	HV71	1	1	2
Adler Mannheim	1	3	4					Espoo Blues	2	1	3
Sparta Prague	3	3	6					Oulun Kärpät	0	5	5
ZSC Lions	2	0	2	Sparta Prague	4	1	5
Düsseldorfer EG	0	0	0	Oulun Kärpät	2	4	6
Oulun Kärpät	2	3	5									Lukko	2	2	4
Red Bull Salzburg	1	2	3									Oulun Kärpät	3	2	5
Storhamar Ishockey	3	3	6	TPS	4	2	6
JYP	2	1	3	Storhamar Ishockey	3	1	4
TPS	2	4	6					TPS	3	1	4(0)
Lukko	5	3	8					Lukko	3	1	4(1)
Red Bull Munich	3	0	3	Djurgårdens IF	1	1	2
Djurgårdens IF	4	3	7	Lukko	2	2	4
Växjö Lakers	3	3	6													Oulun Kärpät	1
Bílí Tygři Liberec	4	6	10													Frölunda HC	2
Linköpings HC	1	3	4	Bílí Tygři Liberec	3	3	6
HIFK	2	2	4	HC Davos	5	4	9
HC Davos	1	5	6					HC Davos	1	4	5
Eisbären Berlin	3	3	6					Skellefteå AIK	1	1	2
Stavanger Oilers	0	3	3	Eisbären Berlin	2	1	3
HC Košice	4	0	4	Skellefteå AIK	5	2	7
Skellefteå AIK	3	3	6									HC Davos	0	1	1
ERC Ingolstadt	4	1	5									Frölunda HC	5	1	6
Frölunda HC (OT)	2	4	6	HC Litvínov	2	0	2
Vienna Capitals	3	2	5	Frölunda HC	1	6	7
HC Litvínov (OT)	4	2	6					Luleå Hockey	3	4	7(1)
Vítkovice Steel	0	1	1					Frölunda HC	2	5	7(3)
Tappara	2	2	4	Tappara	2	0	2
Färjestad BK	0	3	3	Luleå Hockey	1	5	6
Luleå Hockey	3	1	4

Note:

The teams listed on top of each tie play first match at home and the bottom team plays second match at home.
The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second match at home.

Round of 32

The draw for the entire playoff (round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 8 September 2015.^[10]^[12] The first legs were played on 22 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 6 October 2015. The seeded teams (group winners) played the last match at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oceláři Třinec	3–5	HV71	2–2	1–3
Bílí Tygři Liberec	10–4	Linköpings HC	4–1	6–3
Espoo Blues	6–4	Adler Mannheim	4–1	2–3
HIFK	4–6	HC Davos	2–1	2–5
Sparta Prague	6–2	ZSC Lions	3–2	3–0
Eisbären Berlin	6–3	Stavanger Oilers	3–0	3–3
Düsseldorfer EG	0–5	Oulun Kärpät	0–2	0–3
HC Košice	4–6	Skellefteå AIK	4–3	0–3
Red Bull Salzburg	3–6	Storhamar Ishockey	1–3	2–3
ERC Ingolstadt	5–6	Frölunda HC	4–2	1–4 (OT)
JYP	3–6	TPS	2–2	1–4
Vienna Capitals	5–6	HC Litvínov	3–4	2–2 (OT)
Lukko	8–3	Red Bull Munich	5–3	3–0
Vítkovice Steel	1–4	Tappara	0–2	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	7–6	Växjö Lakers	4–3	3–3
Färjestad BK	3–4	Luleå Hockey	0–3	3–1

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 3 November, and the second legs were played on 10 November 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Espoo Blues	4–2	HV71	3–1	1–1
Sparta Prague	5–6	Oulun Kärpät	4–2	1–4
TPS	6–4	Storhamar Ishockey	4–3	2–1
Djurgårdens IF	2–4	Lukko	1–2	1–2
Bílí Tygři Liberec	6–9	HC Davos	3–5	3–4
Eisbären Berlin	3–7	Skellefteå AIK	2–5	1–2
HC Litvínov	2–7	Frölunda HC	2–1	0–6
Tappara	2–6	Luleå Hockey	2–1	0–5

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 1 December, and the second legs were played on 8 December 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Espoo Blues	3–5	Oulun Kärpät	2–0	1–5
TPS	4–4 (0–1 SO)	Lukko	3–3	1–1 (OT)
HC Davos	5–2	Skellefteå AIK	1–1	4–1
Luleå Hockey	7–7 (1–3 SO)	Frölunda HC	3–2	4–5 (OT)

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 12 January, and the second legs will be played on 19 January 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lukko	4–5	Oulun Kärpät	2–3	2–2
HC Davos	1–6^[A]	Frölunda HC	0–5	1–1

Notes

^ Order of legs reversed, since HC Davos home ice was unavailable on 19 January.^[18]

Final

The final was played on 9 February 2016.

9 February 2016
18:30

Oulun Kärpät

1–2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Frölunda HC

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614


Sami Aittokallio	Goalies	Lars Johansson	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Lukas Kohlmüller
J. Keränen (S. Suoranta, A. Masuhr) (PP1) – 47:01	0–1 0–2 1–2	16:20 – R. Lasch (O. Fantenberg, J. Larsson) 17:43 – S. Abbott (H. Tömmernes, J. Sundström)
2 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	23

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v t e Champions Hockey League
Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Related	Champions Hockey League (2008–09) European Trophy (2010–2013)

v t e Top-level European ice hockey club tournaments
European Cup	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
European Hockey League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
European Champions Cup	2005 2006 2007 2008
Champions Hockey League (2008–09)	2008–09
European Trophy	2010 2011 2012 2013
Champions Hockey League	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Silver Stone Trophy Victoria Cup

v t e 2015–16 European club competitions
« 2014–15 2016–17 »
Football	Men Champions League Europa League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League
Football variants	Futsal Futsal Cup Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men Euroleague Eurocup FIBA Europe Cup Women EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League EHF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Challenge Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup Women Euro League LEN Trophy Super Cup
Rugby union	Men European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup
Indoor hockey	Men EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup Women EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Trophy Women EuroHockey Club Champions Cup Trophy
Roller hockey	Men European League CERS Cup Continental Cup Women European Cup
Lacrosse	Men Ken Galluccio Cup

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	License
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Austrian Hockey League	founding club	A
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Austrian Hockey League	founding club	A
Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Czech Extraliga	founding club	A
HC Pardubice	Pardubice	Czech Extraliga	founding club	A
Sparta Prague	Prague	Czech Extraliga	founding club	A
Vítkovice Steel	Ostrava	Czech Extraliga	founding club	A
HIFK	Helsinki	Liiga	founding club	A
JYP	Jyväskylä	Liiga	founding club	A
KalPa	Kuopio	Liiga	founding club	A
Oulun Kärpät	Oulu	Liiga	founding club	A
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	founding club	A
TPS	Turku	Liiga	founding club	A
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	founding club	A
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	founding club	A
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	founding club	A
Krefeld Pinguine	Krefeld	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	founding club	A
SC Bern	Bern	National League A	founding club	A
Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	National League A	founding club	A
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League A	founding club	A
EV Zug	Zug	National League A	founding club	A
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
HV71	Jönköping	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
Linköpings HC	Linköping	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
Luleå Hockey	Luleå	Swedish Hockey League	founding club	A
Black Wings Linz	Linz	Austrian Hockey League	regular season runner-up	B
KAC Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Austrian Hockey League	play-off semi-finalist	B
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	regular season winner	B
HC Litvínov	Litvínov	Czech Extraliga	play-off champion	B
Lukko	Rauma	Liiga	play-off semi-finalist	B
Espoo Blues	Espoo	Liiga	regular season fifth ^[8]	B
Red Bull Munich	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	regular season runner-up	B
Düsseldorfer EG	Düsseldorf	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	play-off semi-finalist	B
HC Davos	Davos	National League A	play-off champion	B
Genève-Servette	Geneva	National League A	play-off semi-finalist	B
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	play-off champion	B
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	regular season winner	B
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Belarusian Extraleague	Continental Cup winner	C
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	GET-ligaen	play-off champion	C
Storhamar Ishockey	Hamar	GET-ligaen	regular season runner-up	C
HC Košice	Košice	Slovak Extraliga	play-off champion	C
HK Nitra	Nitra	Slovak Extraliga	regular season runner-up	C
SønderjyskE Ishockey	Vojens	Metal Ligaen	play-off champion	C
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Elite Ice Hockey League	regular season champion	C
Braehead Clan	Glasgow	Elite Ice Hockey League	regular season runner-up	C
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Ligue Magnus	play-off champion	C
Grenoble	Grenoble	Ligue Magnus	regular season winner	C

2015–16 Champions Hockey League

Contents

Team allocation

Team license

Teams

Round and draw dates

Group stage

Group stage draw

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Group O

Group P

Playoffs

Playoff teams

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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