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{{Infobox sports season
| title            = 2015–16 Asia League Ice Hockey
| league           = [[Asia League Ice Hockey]]
| sport            = [[ice hockey]]
| logo             = 
| pixels           = 
| caption          =
| duration         = 29 August 2015 – 3 April 2016 
| no_of_games      = 231 <!-- (24*9)+(2*2+3*2+5) -->
| no_of_teams      = 9
| attendance       =
| TV               =
| season           = Regular season
| season_champs    = {{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Anyang Halla]]
| season_champ_name= Regular season leaders
| league_champs    = 
| league_champ_name=
| second_place     =
| MVP              = {{Flagicon|USA}}{{Flagicon|KOR}} Mike Testwuide
| MVP_link         =
| top_scorer       = {{Flagicon|CAN}} Michael Swift (31+39=70p)<ref>[http://www.alhockey.com/popup/25/point_rank.html Point ranking, ALIH 2015-16], Retrieved 29 March 2016</ref>

| top_scorer_link  =
| promote          =
| promoted_from    =
| relegate         =
| relegate_to      =
| playoffs         = Playoffs
| playoffs_link    =
| conf1            = 
| conf1_link       = 
| conf1_champ      = 
| conf1_runner-up  = 
| conf2            = 
| conf2_link       = 
| conf2_champ      
| conf2_runner-up  = 
| playoffs_MVP     = 
| playoffs_MVP_link=
| finals           = 
| finals_link      =
| finals_champ     = {{Flagicon|KOR}} Anyang Halla
| finals_runner-up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Sakhalin|PSK Sakhalin]]
| finals_MVP       = {{Flagicon|CAN}}{{Flagicon|KOR}}Matt Dalton
| finals_MVP_link  = 
| seasonslist      = 
| seasonslistnames = Asia League Ice Hockey
| prevseason_link  = 2014–15 Asia League Ice Hockey season
| prevseason_year  = 2014–15
| nextseason_link  =
| nextseason_year  =
}}

The '''2015–16 Asia League Ice Hockey season''' was the 13th season of [[Asia League Ice Hockey]]. The league consisted of nine teams from [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Russia]], and [[South Korea]].<ref name="AL">{{cite web |url=http://www.alhockey.com/games/?playoff |title=2015-16 Season Schedule, ALIH |accessdate=29 March 2016 }}</ref>

==Regular season==
Below is the final standings in the regular season.<ref name="AL2">{{cite web|url=http://www.alhockey.com/popup/25/standings.html
|title=Final standings, ALIH|accessdate=29 March 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! width="30" | Place
! width="150" align="left"| Team
! width="30" | GP
! width="30" | W
! width="30" | OTW
! width="30" | SOW
! width="30" | SOL
! width="30" | OTL
! width="30" | L
! width="70" | GF-GA
! width="70" | Pts
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 1 ||align="left"| '''y''' - [[Anyang Halla]] || 48 ||33||2||4||0||3||6||206–86||'''114'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 2 ||align="left"| '''y''' - [[HC Sakhalin|PSK Sakhalin]] || 48 ||34||1||3||3||0||7||206–111||'''113'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 3 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Nippon Paper Cranes]] || 48 ||25||2||2||3||2||14||166–125||'''88'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 4 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Oji Eagles]] || 48 ||26||1||1||3||1||16||158–125||'''86'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 5 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Tohoku Free Blades]] || 48 ||20||4||1||2||1||20||138–141||'''73'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 6 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Nikkō Ice Bucks]] || 48 ||16||3||5||3||4||17||145–150||'''71'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 7 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[High1]] || 48 ||12||2||0||2||3||29||121–170||'''45'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 8 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[Daemyung Sangmu]] || 48 ||9||1||2||1||2||33||101–191||'''36'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 9 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[China Dragon]] || 48 ||3||3||1||2||3||36||105–247||'''22'''
|}

<small>'''y''' – Clinched first-round bye; '''x''' – Clinched playoff spot; '''e''' - Eliminated from playoff contention.</small>

==Playoffs==
The teams placed 3-6 in the regular season met in the first round, while the teams placed 1-2 were direct qualified for semifinals. The first round was determined in best out of three games, while the semifinal and the final were determined in best out of five games.<ref name="AL"/> 

{{8TeamBracket
| RD1= First round 
| RD2= Semifinal
| RD3= Final
| group1      =  
| group2      =  
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=
| RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3=3
| RD1-team3='''Cranes'''
| RD1-score3='''2'''
| RD1-seed4=6
| RD1-team4=Nikko
| RD1-score4=0
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=
| RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=
| RD1-score6=
| RD1-seed7=4
| RD1-team7=Eagles
| RD1-score7=0
| RD1-seed8=5
| RD1-team8='''Tohoku'''
| RD1-score8='''2'''
| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team1='''Sakhalin'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2=3
| RD2-team2=Cranes
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3=1
| RD2-team3='''Anyang'''
| RD2-score3='''3'''
| RD2-seed4=4
| RD2-team4=Tohoku
| RD2-score4=0
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1='''Anyang'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Sakhalin
| RD3-score2=2
}}

== References ==
<references/>

{{Asia League Ice Hockey}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2015 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2016 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:Asia League Ice Hockey seasons]]