2015–16 Andebol 1
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | ABC Braga (13th title) |
Relegated | Sporting da Horta |
EHF Champions League | ABC Braga |
EHF Cup | Benfica Porto |
EHF Challenge Cup | Sporting CP Madeira SAD |
Matches played | 175 |
Goals scored | 9,878 (56.45 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (235 goals) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
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.
ABC Braga beat Benfica 3–2 in the playoff finals to win their 13th national championship title, nine years after their previous triumph.[1][2] Seven-time defending champions Porto were eliminated by Benfica in the semi-finals.[3]
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 , were promoted from the 2014–15 Second Division, replacing the relegated sides of and Xico Andebol.
Team | Location | Venue |
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ABC Braga | Braga | Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite |
Águas Santas | Águas Santas | Pavilhão da Associação Atlética de Águas Santas |
Avanca | Estarreja | Pavilhão da Associação Atlética de Avanca |
Belenenses | Lisbon | Pavilhão Acácio Rosa |
Benfica | Lisbon | Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2 |
Fafe | Pavilhão Municipal de Fafe | |
Madeira SAD | Funchal (Madeira) | Pavilhão Desportivo do Funchal |
Maia | Pavilhão Municipal da Maia | |
Lisbon | Pavilhão da Escola da Quinta de Marrocos | |
Porto | Porto | Dragão Caixa |
Sporting CP | Lisbon | Pavilhão Paz e Amizade |
Sporting da Horta | Horta (Azores) | Pavilhão Desportivo da Horta |
First phase[]
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Porto | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 526 | +161 | 66 | Playoffs |
2 | ABC Braga | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 679 | 608 | +71 | 58 | |
3 | Sporting CP | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 725 | 558 | +167 | 56 | |
4 | Benfica | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 651 | 552 | +99 | 54 | |
5 | Madeira SAD | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 641 | 598 | +43 | 51 | |
6 | Águas Santas | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 572 | 573 | −1 | 48 | |
7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 564 | 646 | −82 | 37 | ||
8 | Avanca | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 520 | 597 | −77 | 36 | |
9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 589 | 661 | −72 | 33 | Relegation group | |
10 | Belenenses | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 528 | 635 | −107 | 30 | |
11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 541 | 628 | −87 | 30 | ||
12 | Sporting da Horta | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 532 | 647 | −115 | 29 |
Results[]
Second phase[]
Playoffs[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ABC Braga | 36 | 32 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 28 | 28 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ABC Braga | 31 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sporting CP | 32 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sporting CP | 27 | 33 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Águas Santas | 24 | 24 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ABC Braga | 40 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Benfica | 38 | 28 | 23 | 34 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Porto | 30 | 30 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Avanca | 24 | 24 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Porto | 31 | 29 | 27 | 20 | – | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Benfica | 32 | 30 | 23 | 22 | – | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Benfica | 26 | 40 | – | 3 | Sporting CP | 26 | 25 | – | |||||||||||||||
5 | Madeira SAD | 25 | 30 | – | 1 | Porto | 27 | 33 | – |
5th–8th classification[]
5th–8th-place semifinals | 5th-place playoff | ||||||||||||
7 | 34 | 26 | 27 | ||||||||||
6 | Águas Santas | 33 | 29 | 34 | |||||||||
6 | Águas Santas | 29 | 28 | 25 | |||||||||
5 | Madeira SAD | 28 | 32 | 28 | |||||||||
8 | Avanca | 18 | 20 | – | |||||||||
5 | Madeira SAD | 25 | 31 | – | 7th-place playoff | ||||||||
8 | Avanca | 28 | 29 | 19 | |||||||||
7 | 26 | 30 | 20 |
Relegation group[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | BEL | HOR | |||
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1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 170 | −6 | 30 | — | 27–23 | 29–33 | 30–29 | |||
2 | Belenenses | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 159 | +8 | 29 | 31–23 | — | 26–24 | 31–29 | ||
3 | Sporting da Horta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 158 | +16 | 29 | 26–26 | 29–29 | — | 28–22 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 161 | 179 | −18 | 22 | 28–29 | 27–27 | 26–34 | — |
References[]
- ^ "Nove anos depois, ABC/UMinho é campeão nacional" [Nine years later, ABC/UMinho is national champion] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Handball Federation. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Perez, Francisco (4 June 2016). "ABC dá a volta e conquista 13.º título de campeão de andebol" [ABC comes from behind and wins 13th handball championship title]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Benfica vence FC Porto e está na final do Nacional de andebol" [Benfica defeats FC Porto and is the handball championship finals]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
External links[]
- Portuguese Handball Federation (in Portuguese)
- Andebol 1
- 2015–16 domestic handball leagues