2015–16 CERH 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]

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.

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

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

Round dates

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

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Knockout phase

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

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 Portugal 8–6 Portugal Porto 4–3 4–3
Vendrell Spain 8–10 Portugal Benfica 3–5 5–5
Vic Spain 7–8 Italy Forte dei Marmi 2–1 5–7
Barcelona Spain 8–2 Spain Liceo La Coruña 6–0 2–2

Final four

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
 
 
Portugal Oliveirense3
 
15 May 2016 – Lisbon
 
Italy Forte dei Marmi2
 
Portugal Oliveirense 3
 
14 May 2016 – Lisbon
 
Portugal Benfica 5
 
Portugal Benfica (pen.)1 (2)
 
 
Spain Barcelona1 (1)
 


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

Semi-finals

Benfica Portugal1–1 (a.e.t.)Spain Barcelona
Marc Torra 47' Report Pablo Álvarez 34'
Penalties
João Rodrigues soccer ball with red X
Jordi Adroher soccer ball with check mark
Marc Torra soccer ball with check mark
Carlos Nicolía soccer ball with red X		 2–1 soccer ball with red X Xavier Barroso
soccer ball with red X Matías Pascual
soccer ball with red X Xavi Costa
soccer ball with check mark Sergi Panadero
soccer ball with red X Lucas Ordóñez
Referee: Alessandro Da Prato, Alessandro Eccelsi (Italy)
Oliveirense Portugal3–2Italy Forte dei Marmi
Ricardo Barreiros 12', 20', 43' Report Pedro Gil 16', 26'
Referee: Óscar Valverde, Francisco Garcia (Spain)

Final

Oliveirense Portugal3–5Portugal 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
Portugal
Benfica
2nd title

See also

References

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  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.