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.
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 |
The Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 2–4 October 2015 with all games held at the Pionir Ice Hall.
The Group B tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Miskolc Arena.
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 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.
The Group D tournament is being played in Asiago, Italy from 20–22 November 2015.
The Group E tournament is being played in Rouen, France from 20–22 November 2015.
Super final was played in Rouen, France on 8–10 January 2016.