2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup explained

Tourney Name:IIHF Continental Cup
Year:2015–2016
Size:155px
Num Teams:17
Type:other
Winners: Dragons de Rouen
Count:2
Second: Herning Blue Fox
Third: GKS Tychy
Fourth: Asiago
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17

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.

Qualified teams

TeamQualification
Enter in the third round
Herning Blue Fox2014–15 Metal Ligaen regular season winners
Yertis Pavlodar2014–15 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
Asiago2014–15 Serie A winners
Shakhtyor Soligorsk2014–15 Belarusian Extraleague winners
Dragons de Rouen2014–15 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
Kremenchuk2014–15 Ukrainian Hockey Championship runners-up
Enter in the second round
Mogo Riga2014–15 Latvian Hockey League winners
Jesenice2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League winners
Miskolci Jegesmedve2014–15 OB I bajnokság winners
Jaca2014–15 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
Coventry Blaze2014–15 Elite League Play-Off winners
GKS Tychy2014–15 Polska Liga Hokejowa winners
Dunărea Galați2014–15 Romanian Hockey League winners
Enter in the first round
Partizan Belgrade2014–15 Serbian Hockey League winners
Rishon Devils2014–15 Israeli Hockey League winners
CSKA Sofia2014–15 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
Zeytinburnu Belediyespor2014–15 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League winners

First round

Group A

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

Second round

Group B

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

Group C

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

Third round

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

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

Group E

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

Super final

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

Final group

See also

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