The 48 teams that will compete in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League is set. Read below for the complete list of teams. 

Of the 48 teams, 34 are returnees from the 2014–15 season. The list includes the champions of 11 leagues, as well as regular season winners and Neman Grodno, the champions of the IIHF Continental Cup. 

The finals are still ongoing in the national leagues of the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, and Sweden – therefore, teams currently in the final are marked as "finalist". In all four leagues, both finalists have qualified for the CHL.

AUSTRIA:
Red Bull Salzburg – champion/regular season winner
Vienna Capitals
Black Wings Linz
KAC Klagenfurt

CZECH REPUBLIC:
HC Litvinov – finalist
Ocerlari Trinec – finalist/regular season winner
Sparta Prague
Vitkovice Ostrava
HC Pardubice
Bili Tygri Liberec

FINLAND:
IFK Helsinki
JYP Jyvaskyla 
KalPa Kuopio
Karpat Oulu – finalist/regular season winner
Tappara Tampere – finalist
TPS Turku 
Lukko Rauma
Espoo Blues

GERMANY:
Adler Mannheim – finalist/regular season winner
Eisbaren Berlin
ERC Ingolstadt – finalist
Krefeld Pinguine
Red Bull Munich
Düsseldorfer EG 

SWEDEN:
Djurgarden Stockholm
Farjestad Karlstad
Frolunda Gothenburg
HV71 Jonkoping
Linkoping HC
Lulea Hockey – CHL champion
Skelleftea AIK – finalist/regular season winner
Vaxjo Lakers – finalist

SWITZERLAND:
EV Zug
Fribourg-Gottéron 
SC Bern
ZSC Lions Zurich – regular season winner
HC Davos – champion
Geneve-Servette

BELARUS:
Neman Grodno – Continental Cup champion

GREAT BRITAIN:
Sheffield Steelers – champion
Braehead Clan 

NORWAY:
Stavanger Oilers – champion/regular season winner
Storhamar Hamar

FRANCE:
Gap Rapaces – champion
Grenoble – regular season winner

DENMARK: 
SonderjyskeE Vojens – champion

SLOVAKIA:
HC Kosice – champion/regular season winner
HK Nitra