The 2015–2016 English Hockey League season took place from September 2015 until April 2016. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March. The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on the 16 & 17 of April.
Wimbledon won the Men's Premier League title despite finishing fourth in the regular season league standings. Surbiton won the Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings.
The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Clifton.
Men's Premier Division League Standings Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Holcombe 18 13 5 0 57 24 33 442 Surbiton 18 12 1 5 67 46 21 373 Reading 18 10 2 6 51 41 11 324 Wimbledon 18 10 2 6 41 35 6 325 Brooklands Manchester University 18 7 4 7 49 46 3 256 Beeston 18 5 4 9 38 40 -2 197 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 4 9 26 36 -10 198 East Grinstead 18 5 3 10 36 50 -14 189 Canterbury 18 5 1 12 32 58 -26 1610 Cannock 18 4 2 12 45 66 -21 14
= Qualified for League finals weekend = Relegated Results
Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Surbiton 18 14 4 0 53 11 462 Canterbury 18 12 4 2 45 18 403 University of Birmingham 18 11 3 4 37 20 364 Holcombe 18 9 3 6 28 31 305 East Grinstead 18 7 4 7 36 30 256 Leicester 18 7 1 10 24 36 227 Clifton 18 5 3 10 30 46 188 Reading 18 4 2 12 24 44 139 Bowdon Hightown 18 4 1 13 21 44 1310 Buckingham 18 3 3 12 19 37 12
= Qualified for League finals weekend = Relegated Results
League Finals Weekend Semi-finals Division Team 1 Team 2 Score Men's Premier Surbiton Reading 2-4 Men's Premier Holcombe Wimbledon 2-3 Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 2-0 Women's Premier Canterbury University of Birmingham 6-0
Finals Men Division Team 1 Team 2 Score Men's Premier Wimbledon Reading 1-1 (4-3 p)
Squads Wimbledon James Bailey (gk), Chris Rea (gk), James Jewell, Tom Woods, Henry Weir, Ian Sloan, James Osborn, Steve Ebbers, Alastair Brogdon (capt), Michael Hoare, Peter Millar, Phil Roper, Richie Dawson-Smith, Phil Ball, Caspar Phijffer, Chris Gregg, Pieter Wiegman, Johnny Kinder, Coach: Ben Hawes
Reading Tommy Alexander (gk), Chris Wyver (gk), John Jackson, Richard Mantell, Simon Mantell, Dan Shingles, Peter Kelly, Jonty Clarke, Andy Watts, Tim Atkins, Tom Carson, Ben Boon, Jack Smart, Chris Newman (capt), Nick Park, Montgomery Jefferson, James O'Neill, Oliver Deasy, Coach: Andy Watts
Women Division Team 1 Team 2 Score Women's Premier Surbiton Holcombe 0-0 (3-1 p)
Men's Cup Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Chichester Havant 3-1 Beeston Sheffield University Bankers 2-1 City of Peterborough Banbury 5-2 Surbiton Univ of Birmingham 3-1 Semi-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Beeston City of Peterborough 5-1 Chichester Surbiton 1-0 Final (Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 14 February) Team 1 Team 2 Score Beeston Chichester 3-0
Women's Cup Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Brooklands Poynton Barnes 2-1 Holcombe Bowdon Hightown 1-0 Buckingham Ben Rhydding 3-2 Clifton Univ of Birmingham 3-2 Semi-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Buckingham Brooklands Poynton 5-1 Clifton Holcombe 3-1 Final (Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 30 April) Team 1 Team 2 Score Clifton Buckingham 1-0
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