2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup

The 2015–16 Continental Cup was the 19th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 2 October 2015 and the Super Final was played on 8–10 January 2016. Dragons de Rouen won the competition for the second time and also qualified for the 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.

2015–2016 IIHF Continental Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 October 2015 – 10 January 2016
Teams17
Final positions
Champions France Dragons de Rouen (2nd title)
Runner-up Denmark Herning Blue Fox
Third place Poland GKS Tychy
Fourth placeItaly Asiago

Qualified teams edit

Location of teams for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup.
  Blue: First round;   Red: Second round;   Green: Third round.
Team Qualification
Enter in the third round
  Herning Blue Fox 2014–15 Metal Ligaen regular season winners
  Yertis Pavlodar 2014–15 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
  Asiago 2014–15 Serie A winners
  Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2014–15 Belarusian Extraleague winners
  Dragons de Rouen 2014–15 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
  Kremenchuk 2014–15 Ukrainian Hockey Championship runners-up
Enter in the second round
  Mogo Riga 2014–15 Latvian Hockey League winners
  Jesenice 2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League winners
  Miskolci Jegesmedve 2014–15 OB I bajnokság winners
  Jaca 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
  Coventry Blaze 2014–15 Elite League Play-Off winners
  GKS Tychy 2014–15 Polska Liga Hokejowa winners
  Dunărea Galați 2014–15 Romanian Hockey League winners
Enter in the first round
  Partizan Belgrade 2014–15 Serbian Hockey League winners
  Rishon Devils 2014–15 Israeli Hockey League winners
  CSKA Sofia 2014–15 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
  Zeytinburnu Belediyespor 2014–15 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League winners

First round edit

Group A edit

The Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 2–4 October 2015 with all games held at the Pionir Ice Hall.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SOF   ZEY   BEL   RIS
1   CSKA Sofia 3 3 0 0 0 28 10 +18 9 Advance to Round 2 (Group C) 9–5 12–4 7–1
2   Zeytinburnu Belediyespor 3 2 0 0 1 23 14 +9 6 5–9 4–1 14–4
3   Partizan Belgrade 3 1 0 0 2 14 17 −3 3 4–12 1–4 9–1
4   Rishon Devils 3 0 0 0 3 6 30 −24 0 1–7 4–14 1–9
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Second round edit

Group B edit

The Group B tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Miskolc Arena.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   RIG   MIS   ACJ   JAC
1   Mogo Riga 3 3 0 0 0 12 5 +7 9 Advance to Round 3 (Group D) 2–1 4–1 6–3
2   Miskolci Jegesmedve 3 2 0 0 1 15 7 +8 6 1–2 4–3 10–2
3   Jesenice 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3 1–4 3–4 3–1
4   Jaca 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0 3–6 2–10 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Group C edit

The Group C tournament was played in Tychy, Poland from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Tychy Winter Stadium.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TYC   COV   DUN   BEL
1   GKS Tychy 3 3 0 0 0 37 5 +32 9 Advance to Round 3 (Group E) 3–2 8–3 26–0
2   Coventry Blaze 3 2 0 0 1 21 6 +15 6 2–3 7–2 12–1
3   Dunărea Galați 3 1 0 0 2 15 16 −1 3 3–8 2–7 10–1
4   Partizan Belgrade[a] 3 0 0 0 3 2 48 −46 0 0–26 1–12 1–10
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2015. Source: IIHF.com
Notes:
  1. ^ CSKA Sofia, the winners of Group A renounced its participation due to financial problems and were replaced by Group A third-placed team Partizan Belgrade after Group A runners-up Zeytinburnu Belediyespor declined the invitation.[1]

Third round edit

Third round games will be played on 20–22 November 2015. The top-two ranked teams of each third round group will be promoted for the Super final.

Group D edit

The Group D tournament is being played in Asiago, Italy from 20–22 November 2015.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   HER   ASI   PAV   RIG
1   Herning Blue Fox 3 2 1 0 0 10 3 +7 8 Qualification to Super Final 2–1 3–0 5–2
2   Asiago 3 2 0 1 0 8 4 +4 7 1–2 3–2 4–0
3   Yertis Pavlodar 3 1 0 0 2 13 8 +5 3 0–3 2–3 11–2
4   Mogo Riga 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0 2–5 0–4 2–11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Group E edit

The Group E tournament is being played in Rouen, France from 20–22 November 2015.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ROU   TYC   SOL   KRE
1   Dragons de Rouen 3 3 0 0 0 13 6 +7 9 Qualification to Super Final 5–3 1–0 7–3
2   GKS Tychy 3 2 0 0 1 8 7 +1 6 3–5 2–1 3–1
3   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3 1 0 0 2 7 3 +4 3 0–1 1–2 6–0
4   Kremenchuk 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0 3–7 1–3 0–6
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: IIHF.com

Super final edit

Teams in the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup Super final.

Super final was played in Rouen, France on 8–10 January 2016.

Final group edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts   ROU   HER   TYC   ASI
1   Dragons de Rouen 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7 9 4–0 6–5 4–2
2   Herning Blue Fox 3 1 0 0 2 5 6 −1 3 0–4 1–2 4–0
3   GKS Tychy 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 −2 3 5–6 2–1 2–4
4   Asiago 3 1 0 0 2 6 10 −4 3 2–4 0–4 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2016. Source: IIHF.com

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "CSKA Sofia won't travel to Tychy". European Ice Hockey Online. 2015-10-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

External links edit