2015–16 Andebol 1

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.

Andebol 1
Season2015–16
ChampionsABC Braga
(13th title)
RelegatedSporting da Horta
Fafe
EHF Champions LeagueABC Braga
EHF CupBenfica
Porto
EHF Challenge CupSporting CP
Madeira SAD
Matches played175
Goals scored9,878 (56.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Pedro Cruz
(235 goals)

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
2015–16 Andebol 1 teams (Mainland)
2015–16 Andebol 1 teams (Madeira)
2015–16 Andebol 1 teams (Azores)

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.

Team Location Venue
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 Fafe Pavilhão Municipal de Fafe
Madeira SAD Funchal (Madeira) Pavilhão Desportivo do Funchal
Maia/ISMAI Maia Pavilhão Municipal da Maia
Passos Manuel 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
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 Passos Manuel 22 7 1 14 564 646 −82 37
8 Avanca 22 7 0 15 520 597 −77 36
9 Maia/ISMAI 22 5 1 16 589 661 −72 33 Relegation group
10 Belenenses 22 4 0 18 528 635 −107 30
11 Fafe 22 3 2 17 541 628 −87 30
12 Sporting da Horta 22 3 1 18 532 647 −115 29
Source: Portuguese Handball Federation

Results
Home \ Away ABC AGU AVA BEL BEN FAF MAD MAI PAS POR SCP HOR
ABC Braga 25–30 27–24 36–30 29–27 30–28 35–27 32–29 33–25 27–30 34–33 32–18
Águas Santas 19–23 32–25 22–21 25–24 29–28 22–29 37–32 28–29 25–30 26–28 27–25
Avanca 22–34 21–25 28–25 18–29 24–21 31–32 28–22 28–30 19–28 21–34 26–25
Belenenses 24–33 23–27 18–22 21–24 25–23 25–27 21–23 31–33 26–30 14–30 26–25
Benfica 34–28 33–27 30–19 37–23 33–27 29–23 29–22 33–28 19–23 31–32 38–27
Fafe 30–31 18–25 24–21 20–22 22–26 26–30 28–26 29–29 18–34 25–36 25–25
Madeira SAD 27–28 25–23 29–24 36–30 28–31 36–29 41–31 29–20 26–27 31–32 26–17
Maia/ISMAI 36–38 26–29 24–26 27–28 29–31 26–25 29–29 31–26 21–33 25–42 21–25
Passos Manuel 27–31 21–24 27–22 24–20 15–32 30–29 27–30 23–32 25–35 22–31 26–27
Porto 32–27 37–25 29–23 41–26 30–25 26–18 29–23 27–22 32–25 35–30 33–31
Sporting CP 31–32 29–23 32–24 33–19 31–28 38–21 28–29 39–22 35–25 26–27 40–21
Sporting da Horta 25–34 21–22 20–24 34–30 25–28 26–27 25–28 24–33 24–27 19–39 23–35
Source: Portuguese Handball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Playoffs
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                               
  2 ABC Braga 36 32 –  
7 Passos Manuel 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 Passos Manuel 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 Passos Manuel 26 30 20

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation MAI BEL HOR FAF
1 Maia/ISMAI 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 Second Division 26–26 29–29 — 28–22
4 Fafe 6 0 1 5 161 179 −18 22 28–29 27–27 26–34 —
Source: Portuguese Handball Federation

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
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