# 2015–16 Champions Hockey League

The 2015–16 Champions Hockey League was the second season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The regulation round began on 20 August 2015 and ended on 6 September 2015. The playoffs began on 22 September 2015 and ended with the Champions Hockey League Final on 9 February 2016. Frölunda HC defeated Kärpät 2–1 to win the second edition of Champions Hockey League.

## Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from twelve different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League.

### Team license

The teams were decided with regards to different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.
* A license: The 26 founding teams get an A license, if they play in the first-tier league of their respective domestic league system in the 2015–16 season.
* B license: Two teams – the regular-season winner and the play-off champion in the 2014–15 season – from each of the founding leagues (the Austrian EBEL, the Czech Extraliga, the Finnish Liiga, the German DEL, the Swedish SHL and the Swiss NLA) received a B licence to the tournament. If those teams had already received an A license, other teams from the league took the B license spots. The order the B licenses were handed out is:
* National champion
* Regular season winner
* Runner-up, regular season
* Play-off finalist
* Best placed semifinal loser
* Worst placed semifinal loser
* C license: There were 10 wild cards. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom—like the previous season—got wild cards. From Slovakia, France, Norway and the United Kingdom, a second team also got a wild card. One wild card license were assigned to the 2014–15 IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Neman Grodno.

### Teams

| Team | City/Area | League | Qualification | License |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Austrian Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Vienna Capitals | Vienna | Austrian Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Bílí Tygři Liberec | Liberec | Czech Extraliga | founding club | A |
| HC Pardubice | Pardubice | Czech Extraliga | founding club | A |
| HC Sparta Praha | Prague | Czech Extraliga | founding club | A |
| Vítkovice Steel | Ostrava | Czech Extraliga | founding club | A |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Liiga | founding club | A |
| JYP | Jyväskylä | Liiga | founding club | A |
| KalPa | Kuopio | Liiga | founding club | A |
| Kärpät | Oulu | Liiga | founding club | A |
| Tappara | Tampere | Liiga | founding club | A |
| TPS | Turku | Liiga | founding club | A |
| Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | founding club | A |
| Eisbären Berlin | Berlin | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | founding club | A |
| ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | founding club | A |
| Krefeld Pinguine | Krefeld | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | founding club | A |
| SC Bern | Bern | National League A | founding club | A |
| Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | National League A | founding club | A |
| ZSC Lions | Zürich | National League A | founding club | A |
| EV Zug | Zug | National League A | founding club | A |
| Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Frölunda HC | Gothenburg | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Färjestad BK | Karlstad | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| HV71 | Jönköping | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Linköpings HC | Linköping | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Luleå HF | Luleå | Swedish Hockey League | founding club | A |
| Black Wings Linz | Linz | Austrian Hockey League | regular season runner-up | B |
| KAC Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt | Austrian Hockey League | play-off semi-finalist | B |
| Oceláři Třinec | Třinec | Czech Extraliga | regular season winner | B |
| HC Litvínov | Litvínov | Czech Extraliga | play-off champion | B |
| Lukko | Rauma | Liiga | play-off semi-finalist | B |
| Espoo Blues | Espoo | Liiga | regular season fifth | B |
| Red Bull Munich | Munich | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | regular season runner-up | B |
| Düsseldorfer EG | Düsseldorf | Deutsche Eishockey Liga | play-off semi-finalist | B |
| HC Davos | Davos | National League A | play-off champion | B |
| Genève-Servette | Geneva | National League A | play-off semi-finalist | B |
| Växjö Lakers | Växjö | Swedish Hockey League | play-off champion | B |
| Skellefteå AIK | Skellefteå | Swedish Hockey League | regular season winner | B |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Belarusian Extraleague | Continental Cup winner | C |
| Stavanger Oilers | Stavanger | GET-ligaen | play-off champion | C |
| Storhamar Ishockey | Hamar | GET-ligaen | regular season runner-up | C |
| HC Košice | Košice | Tipsport Liga | play-off champion | C |
| HK Nitra | Nitra | Tipsport Liga | regular season runner-up | C |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | Vojens | Metal Ligaen | play-off champion | C |
| Sheffield Steelers | Sheffield | Elite Ice Hockey League | regular season champion | C |
| Braehead Clan | Glasgow | Elite Ice Hockey League | regular season runner-up | C |
| Rapaces de Gap | Gap | Ligue Magnus | play-off champion | C |
| Grenoble | Grenoble | Ligue Magnus | regular season winner | C |

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 13 May 2015 | 20–21 August 2015 | 20–21 August 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 13 May 2015 | 22–23 August 2015 | 22–23 August 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 13 May 2015 | 27–28 August 2015 | 27–28 August 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 13 May 2015 | 29–30 August 2015 | 29–30 August 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 13 May 2015 | 3–4 September 2015 | 3–4 September 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 13 May 2015 | 5–6 September 2015 | 5–6 September 2015 |
| Playoff | Round of 32 | 8 September 2015 | 22 September 2015 | 6 October 2015 |
| Playoff | Round of 16 | 8 September 2015 | 3 November 2015 | 10 November 2015 |
| Playoff | Quarter-finals | 8 September 2015 | 1 December 2015 | 8 December 2015 |
| Playoff | Semi-finals | 8 September 2015 | 12 January 2016 | 19 January 2016 |
| Playoff | Final | 8 September 2015 | 9 February 2016 | 9 February 2016 |

## Group stage

For the 2015–16 season, the regular season was expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with 3 teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the play-offs (round of 32).
The group stage began on 20 August and ended on 6 September 2015. The 48 teams were divided into 16 groups of three teams each. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, facing each team at home and on the road, giving 4 games per team. The 16 group winners and the 16 runners-up qualified for the playoffs.

### Group stage draw

The 16 groups were determined by a draw taking place on 13 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. The 48 teams had been ranked and placed into three pots of 16 teams each. Following the draw, each group consisted of one team from each pot. The seedings were as follows;
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Växjö Lakers Kärpät HC Litvínov HC Davos Red Bull Salzburg Adler Mannheim Skellefteå AIK Tappara Oceláři Třinec ZSC Lions Black Wings Linz Red Bull Munich Frölunda HC Lukko HC Sparta Praha SC Bern | Vienna Capitals ERC Ingolstadt Linköpings HC JYP HC Pardubice Genève-Servette KAC Klagenfurt Düsseldorfer EG HV71 Espoo Blues Vítkovice Steel EV Zug Eisbären Berlin Luleå HF KalPa Bílí Tygři Liberec | Fribourg-Gottéron Krefeld Pinguine Färjestad BK HIFK Djurgårdens IF TPS HC Košice Stavanger Oilers SønderjyskE Ishockey Sheffield Steelers Rapaces de Gap HK Nitra Storhamar Ishockey Braehead Clan Grenoble Neman Grodno |

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regular time, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime loss or shootout loss, 0 points for a loss in regular time). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:
* higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
* higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* higher number of wins in regular time in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* higher number of goals scored in one match in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* if, after having applied criteria 1 to 5, teams still had an equal ranking in a two-way tie, criteria 1 to 5 were reapplied against the third team in the group. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 10 applied;
* higher number of wins in overtime;
* higher number of goals scored in shootout (if both matches ended in shootout);
* if two teams still remained tied and they met in their group's final game, they played a shootout to determine which team is ranked higher;
* higher pre-draw rankings.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LHC | HIFK | SCB |
| 1 | Linköpings HC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 2–0 | 3–2(SO) |
| 2 | HIFK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | SC Bern | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 1–7 | 3–2(SO) | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAP | DIF | EVZ |
| 1 | Tappara | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 2–3(OT) | 3–1 |
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs | 2–4 | — | 5–3 |
| 3 | EV Zug | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | | 0–7 | 2–3 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HV71 | RBS | SON |
| 1 | HV71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–1 | 7–1 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–3 | — | 7–2 |
| 3 | SønderjyskE Ishockey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SKE | LIB | NIT |
| 1 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 5–2 | 3–2(SO) |
| 2 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | HK Nitra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 1 | | 2–4 | 0–9 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HCD | FBK | PCE |
| 1 | HC Davos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 0–1(OT) | 5–3 |
| 2 | Färjestad BK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–4 | — | 4–3(OT) |
| 3 | HC Pardubice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 1 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIT | BLU | GRE |
| 1 | HC Litvínov | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 3–2(OT) | 6–4 |
| 2 | Espoo Blues | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Grenoble | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPS | DEG | BWL |
| 1 | TPS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 1–2(SO) | 6–1 |
| 2 | Düsseldorfer EG | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Playoffs | 4–5 | — | 6–3 |
| 3 | Black Wings Linz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 4 | | 2–3(OT) | 5–3 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBM | KOS | KAC |
| 1 | Red Bull Munich | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| 2 | HC Košice | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | Advance to Playoffs | 2–4 | — | 2–1(SO) |
| 3 | KAC Klagenfurt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 | | 1–4 | 2–3 | — |

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAN | VIT | NEM |
| 1 | Adler Mannheim | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 2–1(SO) | 2–1 |
| 2 | Vítkovice Steel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Neman Grodno | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | — |

### Group J

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KÄR | VIC | KRE |
| 1 | Kärpät | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Vienna Capitals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–2 | — | 2–3(SO) |
| 3 | Krefeld Pinguine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 2 | | 0–2 | 5–6 | — |

### Group K

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LHF | LUK | FRI |
| 1 | Luleå HF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–3(SO) | 4–2 |
| 2 | Lukko | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–3 | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 4 | | 4–3 | 3–4(SO) | — |

### Group L

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OIL | TRI | KAL |
| 1 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Oceláři Třinec | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | 4–3(OT) | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | KalPa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 5 | | 2–1 | 4–3(SO) | — |

### Group M

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STO | SPA | GEN |
| 1 | Storhamar Ishockey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 2–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | HC Sparta Praha | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–2 | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Genève-Servette | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 | | 0–3 | 4–3(OT) | — |

### Group N

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FHC | JYP | SHE |
| 1 | Frölunda HC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 3–2 | 9–1 |
| 2 | JYP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–4 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | | 1–4 | 2–4 | — |

### Group O

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VLH | ING | BRA |
| 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 4–2 | 10–2 |
| 2 | ERC Ingolstadt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | 5–3 | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Braehead Clan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 3 | | 1–3 | 6–4 | — |

### Group P

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZSC | BER | GAP |
| 1 | ZSC Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Playoffs | 3–6 | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Rapaces de Gap | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | | 4–5 | 3–1 | — |

## Playoffs

In the playoffs, the teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis with the team with the better standing after the group stage having the second game at home, except for the one-game final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.
The mechanism of the draw for playoffs were as follows:
* The entire playoff was drawn at a single occasion on 8 September 2015 to determine the sixteen pairings for the Round of 32. After the draw, all games up to the final were set in brackets.
* In the draw for the Round of 32, the 16 group winners were seeded, and the 16 runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

### Playoff teams

| Group | Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw) | Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw) |
| A | Linköpings HC | HIFK |
| B | Tappara | Djurgårdens IF |
| C | HV71 | Red Bull Salzburg |
| D | Skellefteå AIK | Bílí Tygři Liberec |
| E | HC Davos | Färjestad BK |
| F | HC Litvínov | Espoo Blues |
| G | TPS | Düsseldorfer EG |
| H | Red Bull Munich | HC Košice |
| I | Adler Mannheim | Vítkovice Steel |
| J | Kärpät | Vienna Capitals |
| K | Luleå HF | Lukko |
| L | Stavanger Oilers | Oceláři Třinec |
| M | Storhamar Ishockey | HC Sparta Praha |
| N | Frölunda HC | JYP |
| O | Växjö Lakers | ERC Ingolstadt |
| P | ZSC Lions | Eisbären Berlin |

### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Oceláři Třinec | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| HV71 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Espoo Blues | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Espoo Blues | 4 | 2 | 6 | HV71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Adler Mannheim | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | Espoo Blues | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| HC Sparta Praha | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | Kärpät | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| ZSC Lions | 2 | 0 | 2 | HC Sparta Praha | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kärpät | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kärpät | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | Lukko | 2 | 2 | 4 | | |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Kärpät | 3 | 2 | 5 | | |
| Storhamar Ishockey | 3 | 3 | 6 | TPS | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| JYP | 2 | 1 | 3 | Storhamar Ishockey | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| TPS | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | TPS | 3 | 1 | 4(0) | | | | | | |
| Lukko | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | Lukko (SO) | 3 | 1 | 4(1) | | | | | | |
| Red Bull Munich | 3 | 0 | 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 4 | 3 | 7 | Lukko | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Växjö Lakers | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kärpät | 1 |
| Bílí Tygři Liberec | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frölunda HC | 2 |
| Linköpings HC | 1 | 3 | 4 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| HIFK | 2 | 2 | 4 | HC Davos | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Davos | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | HC Davos | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Eisbären Berlin | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | Skellefteå AIK | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Stavanger Oilers | 0 | 3 | 3 | Eisbären Berlin | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Košice | 4 | 0 | 4 | Skellefteå AIK | 5 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Skellefteå AIK | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | HC Davos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | Frölunda HC | 5 | 1 | 6 | | |
| Frölunda HC (OT) | 2 | 4 | 6 | HC Litvínov | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vienna Capitals | 3 | 2 | 5 | Frölunda HC | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| HC Litvínov (OT) | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | Luleå HF | 3 | 4 | 7(1) | | | | | | |
| Vítkovice Steel | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Frölunda HC (SO) | 2 | 5 | 7(3) | | | | | | |
| Tappara | 2 | 2 | 4 | Tappara | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Färjestad BK | 0 | 3 | 3 | Luleå HF | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Luleå HF | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note:
* The teams listed on top of each tie play first game at home and the bottom team plays second game at home.
* The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second game at home.

### Round of 32

The draw for the entire playoff (round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 8 September 2015. The first legs were played on 22 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 6 October 2015. The seeded teams (group winners) played the last game at home.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Oceláři Třinec | 3–5 | HV71 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Bílí Tygři Liberec | 10–4 | Linköpings HC | 4–1 | 6–3 |
| Espoo Blues | 6–4 | Adler Mannheim | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| HIFK | 4–6 | HC Davos | 2–1 | 2–5 |
| HC Sparta Praha | 6–2 | ZSC Lions | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 6–3 | Stavanger Oilers | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 0–5 | Kärpät | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| HC Košice | 4–6 | Skellefteå AIK | 4–3 | 0–3 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 3–6 | Storhamar Ishockey | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 5–6 | Frölunda HC | 4–2 | 1–4 (OT) |
| JYP | 3–6 | TPS | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Vienna Capitals | 5–6 | HC Litvínov | 3–4 | 2–2 (OT) |
| Lukko | 8–3 | Red Bull Munich | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| Vítkovice Steel | 1–4 | Tappara | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 7–6 | Växjö Lakers | 4–3 | 3–3 |
| Färjestad BK | 3–4 | Luleå HF | 0–3 | 3–1 |

#### Second Leg

* HC Litvínov won 6–5 in Overtime on Aggregate.
* Skellefteå AIK won 6–4 on Aggregate.
* Tappara won 4–1 on Aggregate.
* TPS won 6–3 on Aggregate.
* Oulun Kärpät won 5–0 on Aggregate.
* HV71 won 5–3 on Aggregate.
* Bílí Tygři Liberec won 10–4 on Aggregate.
* Djurgårdens IF won 7–6 on Aggregate.
* Storhamar Hockey won 6–3 on Aggregate.
* Eisbären Berlin won 6–3 on Aggregate.
* Frölunda HC won 6–5 in Overtime on Aggregate.
* Espoo Blues won 6–4 on Aggregate.
* Lukko won 8–3 on Aggregate.
* HC Davos won 6–4 on Aggregate.
* HC Sparta Praha won 6–2 on Aggregate.
* Luleå HF won 4–3 on Aggregate.

### Round of 16

The first legs were played on 3 November, and the second legs were played on 10 November 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Espoo Blues | 4–2 | HV71 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| HC Sparta Praha | 5–6 | Kärpät | 4–2 | 1–4 |
| TPS | 6–4 | Storhamar Ishockey | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2–4 | Lukko | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Bílí Tygři Liberec | 6–9 | HC Davos | 3–5 | 3–4 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 3–7 | Skellefteå AIK | 2–5 | 1–2 |
| HC Litvínov | 2–7 | Frölunda HC | 2–1 | 0–6 |
| Tappara | 2–6 | Luleå HF | 2–1 | 0–5 |

#### Second Leg

* Oulun Kärpät won 6–5 on Aggregate.
* Lukko won 4–2 on Aggregate.
* Luleå HF won 6–2 on Aggregate.
* Skellefteå AIK won 7–3 on Aggregate.
* TPS Turku won 6–4 on Aggregate.
* HC Davos won 9–6 on Aggregate.
* Espoo Blues won 4–2 on Aggregate.
* Frölunda HC won 7–2 on Aggregate.

### Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 1 December, and the second legs were played on 8 December 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Espoo Blues | 3–5 | Kärpät | 2–0 | 1–5 |
| TPS | 4–5 (0–1 SO) | Lukko | 3–3 | 1–2 (OT) |
| HC Davos | 5–2 | Skellefteå AIK | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Luleå HF | 7–8 (1–3 SO) | Frölunda HC | 3–2 | 4–6 (OT) |

#### Second Leg

* Oulun Kärpät won 5–3 on Aggregate.
* Lukko won 5–4 on Aggregate after winning 1–0 in a shootout.
* HC Davos won 5–2 on Aggregate.
* Frölunda HC won 8–7 on Aggregate after winning 3–1 in a shootout.

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 12 January, and the second legs were played on 19 January 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lukko | 4–5 | Kärpät | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| HC Davos | 1–6 | Frölunda HC | 0–5 | 1–1 |

### Second Leg

* Oulun Kärpät won 5–4 on Aggregate.
* Frölunda HC won 6–1 on Aggregate.

#### Notes

* ^ Order of legs reversed, since HC Davos home ice was unavailable on 19 January.

### Final

The final was played on 9 February 2016.