| 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League | |
| League: | CEV Women's Champions League |
| Sport: | Volleyball |
| Duration: | October 27, 2015 – April 10, 2016 |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: |  Pomì Casalmaggiore |
| Finals Runner-Up: |  Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| Finals Mvp: | Francesca Piccinini |
| Seasonslistnames: | CEV Women's Champions League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League was the 57th edition of the CEV Women's Champions League, the highest level of European club volleyball.
The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:[1]
| Rank | Country | Number of teams | Teams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships) | |
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| 1 | 3 | Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul (1) VakıfBank Istanbul (2) Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul (3) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Dinamo Kazan (1) Dinamo Moscow (2) Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg (3) | ||
| 3 | 2 | RC Cannes (1) Rocheville Le Cannet (2) | ||
| 4 | 2+1 | Telekom Baku (1) Lokomotiv Baku (2) Azerrail Baku (3) W/C | ||
| 5 | 2+1 | Chemik Police (1) PGE Atom Trefl Sopot (2) Impel Wrocław (3) W/C | ||
| 6 | 2 | Dresdner SC (1) Allianz MTV Stuttgart (2) | ||
| 7 | 2+1 | Pomì Casalmaggiore (1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2) Nordmeccanica Piacenza (3) W/C | ||
| 8 | 1 | CS Volei Alba Blaj (1) | ||
| 9 | 1 | Voléro Zürich (1) | ||
| 10 | 1 | Agel Prostějov (1) | ||
| 11 | 1 | Vizura Beograd (1) | ||
| 12 | 1 | Calcit Ljubljana (1) |
24 teams were drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each.
The 1st and 2nd qualified for the Playoff 12
The organizer of the Final Four were determined after the end of the League Round and qualified directly for the Final Four.
The team of the organizer of the Final Four was replaced by the best 3rd ranked team with the best score.
The next 4 third-placed teams will move to the Challenge Round of the CEV Cup.
The remaining teams will be eliminated.
In the League Round, the placing of the teams is determined by the number of matches won.In case of a tie in the number of matches won by two or more teams, they will be ranked on the basis of the following criteria:
The playoffs will consist of two rounds: Playoff 12 and Playoff 6. Each round is played in two legs.
If the teams are tied after two legs, a "Golden Set" is played. The winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).
At each leg, points are awarded to the teams in the same manner as in the Group Round (3 for 3:0 or 3:1, 2 for 3:2 etc.). So, if team A defeat team B in the first leg 3:0 and lose in the second leg 1:3, team A does not advance to the next round (as it would have been expected on the basis of analogy with football competitions), but the two teams are tied with 3 points each, and a Golden Set is played.
The three teams that win in Playoff 6 round advance to the Final Four along with the organizer of the Final Four.
The drawing of lots was held in Vienna, Austria on 2 July 2015. The 24 participated teams of the competition were divided by 4 pots based on the latest European Cups Ranking List and their National Rankings. Exception, the teams which received wild cards had to be in the 4th pot.[2]
| width=250 | Pool A | width=250 | Pool B | width=250 | Pool C |
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 Dinamo Kazan | Vakıfbank Istanbul | Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul | |||
 Lokomotiv Baku |  PGE Atom Trefl Sopot | Chemik Police | |||
| Allianz MTV Stuttgart | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | Pomì Casalmaggiore | |||
| Azerrail Baku | Calcit Ljubljana |  Agel Prostějov |
| width=250 | Pool D | width=250 | Pool E | width=250 | Pool F |
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| Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg | Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul | Dinamo Moscow | |||
 RC Cannes | Telekom Baku | Rocheville Le Cannet | |||
| Voléro Zürich | Dresdner SC |  CS Volei Alba Blaj | |||
 Vizura Beograd | Impel Wrocław | Nordmeccanica Piacenza |
See main article: article and 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League squads.
| Pool | width=250 | Winners | width=250 | Runners-up | width=250 | Third place |
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| A | Dinamo Kazan | Lokomotiv Baku | ||||
| B | Vakıfbank Istanbul | PGE Atom Trefl Sopot | ||||
| C | Pomì Casalmaggiore (F4 Hosts) | Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul | Chemik Police (Lucky Loser) | |||
| D | Uralochka-NTMK Ekaterinburg | |||||
| E | Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul | Dresdner SC | ||||
| F | Nordmeccanica Piacenza |
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Pomì Casalmaggiore PalaGeorge, Montichiari, Italy|}
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| width=40 | Rank | width=240 | Team |
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| Pomì Casalmaggiore | |||
| VakıfBank Istanbul | |||
| Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul | |||
| 4 | Dinamo Kazan |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship |
| Roster for Final Four | |
| Head coach | |
Francesca Piccinini (Pomì Casalmaggiore)
Carli Lloyd (Pomì Casalmaggiore)
Kim Yeon-Koung (Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul)
Kimberly Hill (VakıfBank Istanbul)
Eda Erdem Dündar (Fenerbahçe Grundig Istanbul)
Jovana Stevanović (Pomì Casalmaggiore)
Margareta Kozuch (Pomì Casalmaggiore)
Gizem Örge (VakıfBank Istanbul)