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2015–16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

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{{Infobox sport tournament

| name = Women's EHF Challenge Cup

| year = 2015–16

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| sport = Handball

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| start_date = {{nowrap|14 November 2015}}

| end_date = {{nowrap|7 May 2016}}

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| champions = {{Flagicon|ESP}} Gran Canaria

| runners-up1 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Kastamonu Bld. GSK

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| previous = 2014–15

| next = 2016–17

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The 2015–16 Women's EHF Challenge Cup was the 19th edition of the European Handball Federation's fourth-tier competition for women's handball clubs, running from 14 November 2015.

Round and draw dates

All draws held at the European Handball Federation headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

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Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

Round 3

|22 July 2014

|14–21 November 2015

|15–22 November 2015

Last 16

|25 November 2015

|8–15 January 2016

|9–17 January 2016

Quarter-final

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|20–22 February 2016

|21–28 February 2016

Semi-finals

|2–3 April 2016

|9–10 April 2016

Final

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Qualification stage

=Round 3=

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into last 16.

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{{TwoLegResult|IBV Vestmannaeyjar|ISL|56–61a|ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja|SRB|28–30|28–31}}

{{TwoLegResult|ŽRK Danilovgrad|MNE|42–52|ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina|SLO|24–30|18–22}}

{{TwoLegResult|Colégio de Gaia|POR|68–58b|HIFK|FIN|36–29|32–29}}

{{TwoLegResult|ŽRK Pelister|MKD|57–77|KHF Shqiponja|KOS|22–38|35–39}}

{{TwoLegResult|Izmir BB GSK|TUR|54–40|DHB Rotweiss Thun|SUI|27–17|27–23}}

{{TwoLegResult|Metraco Zagłębie Lubin|POL|78–29c|Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan|ISR|41–12|37–17}}

{{TwoLegResult|ABU Baku|AZE|41–56d|Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS|NED|19–27|22–29}}

{{TwoLegResult|Yellow Winterthur|SUI|59–40|ASD Ariosta P. Ferrara|ITA|34–21|25–19}}

{{TwoLegResult|HC Vardar SCJS|MKD|62–31e|London Angels HC|GBR|27–14|35–17}}

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;Notes:

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a Both legs were hosted by ŽRK Aranđelovac.

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b Both legs were hosted by HIFK.

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c Both legs were hosted by Metraco Zaglebie Lubin.

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d Both legs were hosted by Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS.

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e Both legs were hosted by HC Vardar junior.

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Last 16

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Bolded teams qualified into quarterfinals.

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{{TwoLegResult|Kastamonu Bld. GSK|TUR| 73–63a|Metraco Zagłębie Lubin|POL| 43–39 | 30–24 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Schuler Afbouwgroep|NED| 45–60b|ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja|SRB| 27–33 | 18–27 }}

{{TwoLegResult|KHF Shqiponja|KOS| 54–94|Gran Canaria|ESP| 23–38 | 31–56 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Yellow Winterthur|SUI| 29–70 |Virto/Quintus|NED| 13–37 | 16–33 }}

{{TwoLegResult|EKS Start Elblag|POL| 54–44 |ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina|SLO| 28–22 | 26–22 }}

{{TwoLegResult|HC Vardar SCJS|MKD| 57–51 |Minaqua Vojvodina|SRB| 26–24 | 31–27 }}

{{TwoLegResult|DHC Sokol Poruba|CZE| 45–45 |Izmir BB GSK|TUR| 28–22 | 17–23 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Colégio de Gaia|POR| 35–53c|HC Karpaty|UKR| 14–23 | 21–30 }}

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;Notes:

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a Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

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b Both legs were hosted by Schuler Afbouwgroep.

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c Both legs were hosted by Colegio de Gaia.

=Quarterfinals=

Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Bolded teams qualified for the semifinals.

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{{TwoLegResult|HC Vardar SCJS|MKD| 39–47 |HC Karpaty|UKR| 22–19 | 17–28 }}

{{TwoLegResult|EKS Start Elblag|POL| 48–46 |Izmir BB SK|TUR| 29–25 | 19–21 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Gran Canaria|ESP| 62–44a|ŽRK Izvor Bukovička Banja|SRB| 35–25 | 27–19 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Kastamonu Bld. GSK|TUR| 52–46b|Virto/Quintus|NED| 27–23 | 25–23 }}

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a Both legs were hosted by Gran Canaria.

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b Both legs were hosted by Kastamonu Bld. GSK.

=Semifinals=

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{{TwoLegResult|Kastamonu Bld. GSK|TUR| 54–45 |HC Karpaty|UKR|24–20|30–25}}

{{TwoLegResult|EKS Start Elblag|POL| 46–47 |Gran Canaria|ESP|24–25|22–22}}

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=Final=

Team listed first played the first leg at home.

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{{TwoLegResult| Kastamonu Bld. GSK|TUR| 54–62 |Gran Canaria|ESP| 25–29 | 29–33 }}

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See also

{{EHF Challenge Cup seasons}}

{{2015–16 in European handball (EHF)}}

{{2015–16 European club competitions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 EHF Challenge Cup}}

Category:Women's EHF Challenge Cup

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