IIHF Continental Cup 2016

The 2015–16 Continental Cup was the 19th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup, Europe's second-tier ice hockey club competition organised by International Ice Hockey Federation. The season started on 2 October 2015 and the Super Final was played on 8–10 January 2016. Dragons de Rouen won the competition for the second time.
==Qualified teams==
Team 	Qualification
Enter in the third round 	Enter in the third round
Herning Blue Fox 	2014–15 Metal Ligaen regular season winners
Yertis Pavlodar 	2014–15 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship winners
Asiago 	2014–15 Serie A winners
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 	2014–15 Belarusian Extraleague winners
Dragons de Rouen 	2014–15 Ligue Magnus regular season runners-up
Kremenchuk 	2014–15 Ukrainian Hockey Championship runners-up
Enter in the second round	Enter in the second round
Mogo Riga 	2014–15 Latvian Hockey League winners
Jesenice 	2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League winners
Miskolci Jegesmedve 	2014–15 OB I bajnokság winners
Jaca 	2014–15 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo winners
Coventry Blaze 	2014–15 Elite League Play-Off winners
GKS Tychy 	2014–15 Polska Liga Hokejowa winners
Dunărea Galați 	2014–15 Romanian Hockey League winners
Enter in the first round 	Enter in the first round
Partizan Belgrade 	2014–15 Serbian Hockey League winners
Rishon Devils 	2014–15 Israeli Hockey League winners
CSKA Sofia 	2014–15 Bulgarian Hockey League winners
Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK	2014–15 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League winners
==First round==
===Group A===
The Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 2–4 October 2015 with all games held at the Pionir Ice Hall.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification 		SOF 	ZEY 	BEL 	RIS
1 	HC CSKA Sofia 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	28	10	+18	9 	Advance to Round 2 (Group C)		— 	9–5 	12–4	7–1
2 	Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK	3 	2	0 	0 	1	23	14	+9 	6 	 		5–9 	— 	4–1 	14–4
3 	HK Partizan 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	14	17	−3 	3 	 		4–12	1–4 	— 	9–1
4 	Rishon Ice Devils 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	6 	30	−24	0 	 		1–7 	4–14	1–9 	—
==Second round==
===Group B===
The Group B tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Miskolc Arena.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification 		RIG	MIS 	ACJ	JAC
1 	HK Mogo 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	12	5 	+7 	9 	Advance to Round 3 (Group D)		— 	2–1 	4–1	6–3
2 	Miskolci JJSE	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	7 	+8 	6 	 		1–2	— 	4–3	10–2
3 	HDD Jesenice 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	9 	−2 	3 	 		1–4	3–4 	— 	3–1
4 	CH Jaca 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	6 	19	−13	0 	 		3–6	2–10	1–3	—
===Group C===
The Group C tournament was played in Tychy, Poland from 23–25 October 2015 with all games held at the Tychy Winter Stadium.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification 		TYC 	COV 	DUN 	BEL
1 	GKS Tychy 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	37	5 	+32	9 	Advance to Round 3 (Group E)		— 	3–2 	8–3 	26–0
2 	Coventry Blaze 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	21	6 	+15	6 	 		2–3 	— 	7–2 	12–1
3 	CSM Dunărea Galaţi	3 	1	0 	0 	2	15	16	−1 	3 	 		3–8 	2–7 	— 	10–1
4 	HK Partizan 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	48	−46	0 	 		0–26	1–12	1–10	—
CSKA Sofia, the winners of Group A renounced its participation due to financial problems and were replaced by Group A third-placed team Partizan Belgrade after Group A runner-ups Zeytinburnu Belediyespor declined the invitation.
==Third round==
Third round games will be played on 20–22 November 2015. The top-two ranked teams of each third round group will be promoted for the Super final.
===Group D===
The Group D tournament is being played in Asiago, Italy from 20–22 November 2015.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification 		HER	ASI	PAV 	RIG
1 	Herning Blue Fox	3 	2	1 	0 	0	10	3 	+7 	8 	Qualification to Super Final		— 	2–1	3–0 	5–2
2 	HC Asiago 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	8 	4 	+4 	7 	Qualification to Super Final		1–2	— 	3–2 	4–0
3 	Yertis Pavlodar 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	13	8 	+5 	3 	 		0–3	2–3	— 	11–2
4 	HK Mogo 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	20	−16	0 	 		2–5	0–4	2–11	—
===Group E===
The Group E tournament is being played in Rouen, France from 20–22 November 2015.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification 		ROU	TYC	SOL	KRE
1 	Dragons de Rouen 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	13	6 	+7 	9 	Qualification to Super Final		— 	5–3	1-0	7-3
2 	GKS Tychy 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	8 	7 	+1 	6 	Qualification to Super Final		3–5	— 	2–1	3–1
3 	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	3 	+4 	3 	 		0–1	1–2	— 	6–0
4 	HC Kremenchuk 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	16	−12	0 	 		3–7	1–3	0–6	—
==Super final==
Super final was played in Rouen, France on 8–10 January 2016.
===Final Group===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result		ROU	HER	TYC	ASI
1 	Dragons de Rouen	3 	3	0 	0 	0	14	7 	+7	9 	 		— 	4–0	6–5	4–2
2 	Herning Blue Fox	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	6 	−1	3 	 		0–4	— 	1–2	4–0
3 	GKS Tychy 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	9 	11	−2	3 	 		5–6	2–1	— 	2–4
4 	HC Asiago 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	10	−4	3 	 		2–4	0–4	4–2	—
==See also==
* 2015–16 Champions Hockey League
==External links==
* Official IIHF tournament page
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