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 | |
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League | SEHA League |
Sport | Handball |
Duration | 1 September 2015 – 3 April 2016 |
Number of games | 90 (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 champions | MVM Veszprém |
Season MVP | Momir Ilić |
Top scorer | Radoslav Antl (99 goals) [1] |
Final Four | |
Finals champions | MVM Veszprém |
Runners-up | Vardar |
Finals MVP | Momir Ilić |
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
editVenues and locations
editCountry | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
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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
editStandings
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts | Note | |
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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
editIn 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 | |
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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
editThe final four was held at the Varaždin Arena, in Varaždin, Croatia on 1 and 3 April 2016.
Format
editThe 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
edit1 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 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 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 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 2× 5× |
Match for third place
edit3 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 | ||
4× 6× | Report | 4× 2× |
Final
edit3 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 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |