The 2015–16 season is the fifth season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and second under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from seven countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia and Belarus) will participate in this year's competition.

2015-16 SEHA League season
LeagueSEHA League
SportHandball
Duration1 September 2015 – 3 April 2016
Number of games90 (regular season)
94 (including F4 tournament)
Number of teams Belarus (1 team)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 team)
 Croatia (2 teams)
 Hungary (1 team)
 Macedonia (2 teams)
 Serbia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
Regular season
Season championsHungary MVM Veszprém
Season MVPMomir Ilić
Top scorerRadoslav Antl (99 goals) [1]
Final Four
Finals championsHungary MVM Veszprém
  Runners-upNorth Macedonia Vardar
Finals MVPMomir Ilić
SEHA League seasons

MVM Veszprém are the defending champions. The SEHA League consists of two phases – the first has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away game against each other. After that the four best ranked clubs play the Final Four. The campaign began on 1 September 2015 with the match between the defending champions Veszprém and last year's runner-up Meshkov Brest. The regular season will end on 13 March 2016, while the Final Four tournament will be held in Varaždin from 1 to 3 April 2016.[2]

Team information

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Venues and locations

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Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
  Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest, Belarus Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac m:tel Banja Luka Sportska dvorana Borik (3,500)
  Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (16,800)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
  Hungary Veszprém Veszprém Veszprém Aréna (5,096)
  Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Maks Strumica Strumica Sportska Sala Park (4,000)
  Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad Hala Slana Bara (4,000)
Spartak Vojput Subotica Hala sportova u Subotici (3,000)
  Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)

Regular season

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Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Note
1   Veszprém 18 16 2 0 628 418 210 50 Advance to Final Four
2   Vardar 18 14 2 2 603 491 112 44 Advance to Final Four
3   PPD Zagreb 18 14 0 4 570 453 117 42 Advance to Final Four
4   Meshkov Brest 18 12 0 6 567 481 86 36 Advance to Final Four
5   Tatran Prešov 18 9 1 8 546 492 54 28
6   Nexe 18 8 1 9 497 502 -5 25
7   Vojvodina 18 4 3 11 471 574 -103 15
8   Borac m:tel 18 3 2 13 461 577 -116 11
9   Spartak Vojput 18 3 1 14 461 583 -122 10
10   Maks Strumica 18 0 2 16 389 622 -233 2

Results

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In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

  BOR   VAR   VES   VOJ   MAK   MES   NEX   PPD   SPA   TAT
  Borac m:tel 31−42 20−34 21−30 26−21 34−42 27−27 21−35 28−24 24−23
  Vardar 39−27 30−30 37−27 42−27 27−28 31−28 33−24 36−18 39−32
  Veszprém 32−25 24−24 44−21 50−16 31−24 39−21 38−27 36−29 39−31
  Vojvodina 37−29 26−31 22−42 30−25 22−32 24−26 28−44 27−27 26−26
  Maks Strumica 30−30 26−35 23−37 25−25 22−41 20−30 21−40 23−31 24−31
  Meshkov Brest 42−18 30−32 25−37 31−22 39−20 31−26 21−24 40−28 23−31
  Nexe 30−25 29−36 21−35 32−27 23−17 28−31 27−28 32−22 31−32
  PPD Zagreb 30−20 30−25 19−23 46−29 42−13 28−24 25−23 36−22 34−26
  Spartak Vojput 32−29 27−36 15−31 25−28 26−18 28−35 26−32 29−35 29−39
  Tatran Prešov 27−26 27−28 25−26 31−20 44−18 23−28 26−31 30−23 42−23

Final four

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The final four was held at the Varaždin Arena, in Varaždin, Croatia on 1 and 3 April 2016.

Format

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The first-placed team of the group faces the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team will play against the third-placed team from the other group in the final four.

Semifinals

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1 April 2016
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
MVM Veszprém   24−21   Meshkov Brest Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,358
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Nagy, Ugalde 5 (6−11) four players 4
  5×  Report   4× 

FT: 20−20 Pen: 4–1

1 April 2016
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Vardar   26−24   Zagreb Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 5,347
Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
Manaskov 6 (12−10) Horvat 6
  7×  Report   5× 

Match for third place

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3 April 2016
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Meshkov Brest   23−24   Zagreb Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 5,420
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Stojković 6 (9−11) Horvat 8
  6×  Report   2× 

Final

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3 April 2016
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
MVM Veszprém   28−26   Vardar Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 5,486
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Ilić 7 (14−15) Cindrić 5
  7×  Report   5×  1× 

References

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  1. ^ "SEHA league - official website".
  2. ^ ""Final 4" in Varaždin from 1st to 3rd of April 2016".
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