Season 2015–16 EHF Champions League ABC Braga Top goalscorer Pedro Cruz
(235 goals) Champion ABC/UMinho Goals scored 9,878 | Champions ABC Braga
(13th title) EHF Cup Benfica
Porto Dates 5 Sep 2015 – 4 Jun 2016 Location Portugal Matches played 175 | |
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EHF Challenge Cup Sporting CP
Madeira SAD Relegated Sporting Clube da Horta, Fafe People also search for 2015–16 Damehåndboldligaen | ||
The 2015–16 Andebol 1 (also known as Fidelidade Andebol 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 64th season of the Portuguese Handball First Division, the premier professional handball league in Portugal. A total of twelve teams contested the league, which began on 5 September 2015 and concluded on 4 June 2016.
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ABC Braga beat Benfica 3–2 in the playoff finals to win their 13th national championship title, nine years after their previous triumph. Seven-time defending champions Porto were eliminated by Benfica in the semi-finals.
Format
The competition format for the 2015–16 season consisted of two phases. The first phase was contested under a double round-robin system, with teams playing against each other home and away. In the second phase, the eight top-ranked teams from the first phase competed in the championship playoffs, while the remaining four teams played a mini-tournament to decide the two teams being relegated to the Second Division.
Teams
A total of twelve teams contested the league, including ten sides from the previous season. The remaining two teams, Avanca and Fafe, were promoted from the 2014–15 Second Division, replacing the relegated sides of Santo Tirso and Xico Andebol.
Results
Home teams are listed vertically on the left and their score is given first. Home wins are highlighted in green, draws in yellow, and losses in red.
Source: Portuguese Handball Federation