Belarusian Men's Handball Championship - Season 2015/2016

The 2015/2016 season was the 24th season of the Belarusian Men's Handball Championship. HC Meshkov Brest were the defending champions. The season was held in 3 stages.

First stage

Teams were divided into 2 groups:

• Group 1: SKA Minsk, GK Gomel, Kronon Grodno, Masheka Mogilev, GK im. Levin Novopolotsk
• Group 2: Meshkov Brest 2, RGUOR-SKA, RCOR, SKA-Suvorov

During this stage each team played the others: in Group 1 – 4 times, in Group 2 – 6 times. HC Meshkov Brest as defending champions of the 2014/2015 season skipped this stage.

Results

Group 1

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	GD	P
1	SKA Minsk	X	29:29 31:27 34:26 24:19	36:20 34:22 39:27 38:26	34:26 42:28 37:28 40:32	34:26 41:33 39:21 45:29	577:419	31
2	GK Gomel	29:29 27:31 26:34 19:24	X	29:30 32:28 33:31 43:20	44:24 24:21 31:28 33:19	28:25 35:32 31:23 31:23	495:422	23
3	Kronon Grodno	20:36 22:34 27:39 26:38	30:29 28:32 31:33 20:43	X	28:36 32:28 32:31 33:32	28:27 35:32 29:30 34:25	455:525	14
4	GK im. Levin Novopolotsk	26:34 28:42 28:37 32:40	24:44 21:24 28:31 19:33	36:28 28:32 31:32 32:33	X	31:24 30:26 33:30 28:27	455:517	10
5	Masheka Mogilev	26:34 33:41 21:39 29:45	25:28 32:35 23:31 23:31	27:28 32:35 30:29 25:34	24:31 26:30 30:33 27:28	X	433:532	2

Group 2

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	GD	P
1	Meshkov Brest 2	X	30:16 35:25 27:26 29:22 37:17 32:24	36:25 31:20 31:24 28:31 32:26 31:23	40:26 34:25 35:26 33:23 30:26 34:25	585:430	34
2	RCOR	16:30 25:35 26:27 22:29 17:37 24:32	X	31:23 35:31 34:30 32:31 35:38 24:31	34:26 37:28 35:24 27:30 26:31 15:38	495:551	14
3	RGUOR-SKA	25:36 20:31 24:31 31:28 26:32 23:31	23:31 31:35 30:34 31:32 38:35 31:24	X	33:34 33:34 34:28 32:28 23:22 26:32	514:558	12
4	SKA-Suvorov	26:40 25:34 26:35 23:33 26:30 25:34	26:34 28:37 24:35 30:27 31:26 38:15	34:33 34:33 28:34 28:32 22:23 32:26	X	506:561	12

Second stage

According to the results of the first stage were formed 3 groups:

• Group A: HC Meshkov Brest, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places of Group 1
• Group B: rest teams of Group 1, 1st place of Group 2 and Belarus national handball U-18 team (on a non-competitive basis)
• Group C: rest teams of Group 2

At the end of the stage in Group B were determined the places from 5th to 7th in the championship, in the Group C – the places from 8th to 10th in the championship.

Results

Group A

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	GD	P
1	Meshkov Brest	X	36:31 34:26	36:27 36:31	47:22 38:22	227:159	12
2	SKA Minsk	31:36 26:34	X	32:30 35:30	49:27 45:26	218:183	8
3	GK Gomel	27:36 31:36	30:32 30:35	X	37:27 36:28	191:194	4
4	Kronon Grodno	22:47 22:38	27:49 26:45	27:37 28:36	X	152:252	0

Group B

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	GD	P
5	Masheka Mogilev	X	35:27 27:25 32:25	37:29 33:26 25:27	32:38 34:26 43:30	298:253	14
6	Meshkov Brest 2	27:35 25:27 25:32	X	30:23 23:23 36:32	30:29 24:27 32:25	252:253	9
-	National U-18 team	29:37 26:33 27:25	23:30 23:23 32:36	X	28:28 33:32 30:28	251:272	8
7	GK im. Levin Novopolotsk	38:32 26:34 30:43	29:30 27:24 25:32	28:28 32:33 28:32	X	263:288	5

Group C

Pos	Team	1	2	3	GD	P
8	SKA-Suvorov	X	26:34 28:37 24:35 30:27 31:26 38:15 32:29 29:21 34:24	34:33 34:33 28:34 28:32 22:23 32:26 40:26 31:19 23:31	544:505	22
9*	RCOR	34:26 37:28 35:24 27:30 26:31 15:38 29:32 21:29 24:34	X	31:23 35:31 34:30 32:31 35:38 24:31 25:29 21:27 33:30	518:542	16
10*	RGUOR-SKA	33:34 33:34 34:28 32:28 23:22 26:32 26:40 19:31 31:23	23:31 31:35 30:34 31:32 38:35 31:24 29:25 27:21 30:33	X	527:542	16

∗ RCOR scored more points in personal matches against RGUOR-SKA (10-8) and therefore stands above

Third stage (Playoffs)

According to the final positions in Group A were formed semi-final pairs up as follows:

• 3rd place - 2nd place
• 4th place - 1st place

Winners of the semi-final pairs played in the final round, where competed for the gold and silver medals of the championship. Defeated in semi-finals teams competed for the bronze medals. The semi-finals were held up to two wins one of the teams, the final round - up to three wins.

Results

	Semi-finals				Final
	GK Gomel	1
	SKA Minsk	2
					SKA Minsk	0
					Meshkov Brest	3
	Kronon Grodno	0
	Meshkov Brest	2
					Third place
					Kronon Grodno	0
					GK Gomel	3

Semi-finals

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26)

18:00 UTC+3

GK Gomel	38:37	SKA Minsk

GRCOR, Gomel

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)

20:00 UTC+3

SKA Minsk	28:25	GK Gomel

Sports Palace "Uruchje", Minsk

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)

12:00 UTC+3

SKA Minsk	31:27	GK Gomel

Sports Palace "Uruchje", Minsk

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26)

15:30 UTC+3

Kronon Grodno	18:42	Meshkov Brest

Sports Complex "Victoria", Grodno

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)

18:00 UTC+3

Meshkov Brest	43:24	Kronon Grodno

Sports Palace "Victoria", Brest

Third place

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)

17:00 UTC+3

Kronon Grodno	24:40	GK Gomel

Sports Complex "Victoria", Grodno

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

13:00 UTC+3

GK Gomel	34:31	Kronon Grodno

GRCOR, Gomel

22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

13:00 UTC+3

GK Gomel	31:26	Kronon Grodno

GRCOR, Gomel

Final

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)

19:30 UTC+3

SKA Minsk	30:32	Meshkov Brest

Sports Palace "Uruchje", Minsk

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

16:00 UTC+3

Meshkov Brest	33:26	SKA Minsk

Sports Palace "Victoria", Brest

22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

18:30 UTC+3

Meshkov Brest	27:26	SKA Minsk

Sports Palace "Victoria", Brest

Results of the season

Meshkov Brest 8th time	SKA Minsk 9th time	GK Gomel 4th time