2015–16 EHF Champions League knockout stage

This article describes the knockout stage of the 2015–16 EHF Champions League.

Qualified teams

The top six placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Group	Qualifed for quarterfinals	Qualifed for Round of 16
	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Paris Saint-Germain	MVM Veszprém	Flensburg-Handewitt	THW Kiel	RK Zagreb	Wisła Płock
B	Barcelona	Vive Targi Kielce	Vardar	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Pick Szeged	Montpellier
Playoff winners	Motor Zaporozhye Meshkov Brest

Format

12 teams played a home and away in the first knock-out phase, with the 10 teams qualified from groups A and B and the two teams qualified from groups C and D. After that, the six winners of these matches in the first knock-out phase joined with the winners of groups A and B to play a home and away for the right to play in the final four.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motor Zaporozhye	52–70	MVM Veszprém	24–29	28–41
Meshkov Brest	58–65	Vive Targi Kielce	28–32	30–33
Montpellier	57–59	Flensburg-Handewitt	27–28	30–31
Wisła Płock	54–55	Vardar	30–30	24–25
Pick Szeged	62–65	THW Kiel	33–29	29–36
Zagreb	54–53	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	23–24	31–29

Matches

19 March 2016 18:00	Motor Zaporozhye	24–29	MVM Veszprém	Palace of Sport, Brovary Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Soroka 7	(12–12)	Marguč, Sulić 5
	5× 1×	Report	4× 3×

26 March 2016 17:00	MVM Veszprém	41–28	Motor Zaporozhye	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Nilsson 7	(23–14)	Shelmenko, Soroka 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

MVM Veszprém won 70–52 on aggregate.

19 March 2016 19:00	Meshkov Brest	28–32	Vive Targi Kielce	Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Atman 7	(14–12)	Jurecki 10
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3× 1×

26 March 2016 16:00	Vive Targi Kielce	33–30	Meshkov Brest	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Buntić 6	(14–14)	Stojković 7
	5× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Vive Targi Kielce won 65–58 on aggregate.

19 March 2016 17:30	Montpellier	27–28	Flensburg-Handewitt	Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Gajić 6	(13–15)	Mogensen, Svan Hansen 5
	3× 3×	Report	5× 2×

27 March 2016 17:00	Flensburg-Handewitt	31–30	Montpellier	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Eggert 12	(20–14)	Gajić 12
	3× 3×	Report	6× 3× 1×

Flensburg-Handewitt won 59–57 on aggregate.

16 March 2016 18:30	Wisła Płock	30–30	Vardar	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Rocha 7	(16–14)	Karačić 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

26 March 2016 18:00	Vardar	25–24	Wisła Płock	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Toskić 8	(13–15)	Zhitnikov 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Vardar won 55–54 on aggregate.

20 March 2016 18:30	Pick Szeged	33–29	THW Kiel	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ancsin 6	(16–14)	Cañellas, Vujin 6
	3×	Report	2× 2×

23 March 2016 18:30	THW Kiel	36–29	Pick Szeged	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Vujin 9	(18–14)	Bombač, Källman 7
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

THW Kiel won 65–62 on aggregate.

19 March 2016 20:00	Zagreb	23–24	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,800 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	three players 5	(12–10)	Gensheimer 7
	4× 4×	Report	2× 4×

27 March 2016 19:30	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	29–31	Zagreb	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 10,521 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Schmid 7	(15–13)	Šebetić, Vujić 5
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Zagreb won 54–53 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zagreb	52–60	Paris Saint-Germain	20–28	32–32
THW Kiel	59–57	Barcelona	29–24	30–33
Vardar	56–59	MVM Veszprém	26–29	30–30
Flensburg-Handewitt	56–57	Vive Targi Kielce	28–28	28–29

Matches

23 April 2016 20:30	Zagreb	20–28	Paris Saint-Germain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,200 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Mandalinić, Vujić 4	(13–16)	Hansen 9
	6× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 May 2016 17:00	Paris Saint-Germain	32–32	Zagreb	Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Onufryienko 7	(16–13)	Horvat 8
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Paris Saint-Germain won 60–52 on aggregate.

24 April 2016 19:30	THW Kiel	29–24	Barcelona	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 10,285 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Klein 9	(16–12)	Lazarov 6
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

30 April 2016 18:30	Barcelona	33–30	THW Kiel	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 6,762 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Entrerríos 6	(13–14)	Cañellas, Vujin 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

THW Kiel won 59–57 on aggregate.

23 April 2016 16:00	Vardar	26–29	MVM Veszprém	Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Dibirov, Karačić 6	(9–12)	Ilić 9
	4× 3×	Report	4× 4×

30 April 2016 17:30	MVM Veszprém	30–30	Vardar	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Ilić 9	(12–14)	Cindrić 5
	7× 2×	Report	4× 2×

MVM Veszprém won 59–56 on aggregate.

23 April 2016 17:30	Flensburg-Handewitt	28–28	Vive Targi Kielce	Flens-Arena, Flensburg Attendance: 5,367 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Glandorf 11	(13–14)	Čupić 5
	1× 3×	Report	5× 3×

27 April 2016 18:30	Vive Targi Kielce	29–28	Flensburg-Handewitt	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Jurecki 9	(14–13)	Schmidt, Svan 8
	8× 2× 1×	Report	8× 3×

Vive Targi Kielce won 57–56 on aggregate.

Final four

The final four was held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on 28 and 29 May 2016. The draw was held on 3 May 2016 at 12:00.^[1][2]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	28 May
	Vive Targi Kielce	28
					29 May
	Paris Saint-Germain	26
					Vive Targi Kielce (Pen)	39
	28 May
					MVM Veszprém	38
	THW Kiel	28
	MVM Veszprém (ET)	31
					Third place
					29 May
					Paris Saint-Germain	29
					THW Kiel	27

Semifinals

28 May 2016 15:15	Vive Targi Kielce	28–26	Paris Saint-Germain	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Jurecki 6	(16–16)	Hansen 10
	9× 2× 1×	Report	4× 3× 1×

28 May 2016 18:00	THW Kiel	28–31 (ET)	MVM Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Vujin 8	(15–12)	Ilić 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 3–6

Third place game

29 May 2016 15:15	Paris Saint-Germain	29–27	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Hansen 10	(15–11)	Dissinger 8
	6× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Final

29 May 2016 18:00	Vive Targi Kielce	39–38 (ET)	MVM Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,250 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Reichmann 9	(13–17)	Ilić, Ugalde 6
	5× 3×	Report	6× 3×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 6–6 Pen: 4–3

References

External links

• Final four website