Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 7–21 August 2016 |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Denmark (1st title) |
Runner-up | France |
Third place | Germany |
Fourth place | Poland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 38 |
Goals scored | 2,081 (55 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Karol Bielecki (55 goals) |
Best player | Mikkel Hansen |
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The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 7 August and ended on 21 August 2016. Games were held at the Future Arena.
Denmark won their first gold medal, defeating defending champion France 28–26 in the final.[1] Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 31–25.[2]
The medals were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Yumilka Ruiz and Tony Estanguet, IOC members from Sweden, Cuba and France respectively and by Hassan Moustafa, and , President, 1st Vice President and Caretaker Chairman of the Commission of Organizing and Competition of the IHF respectively.
Competition schedule[]
Event↓/Date → | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | ||
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Men | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Qualification[]
Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
2015 World Championship | 15 January – 1 February 2015 | Qatar | 1 | France |
2015 Pan American Games | 16–25 July 2015 | Toronto | 1 | Argentina |
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament | 14–27 November 2015 | Doha | 1 | Qatar |
2016 European Championship | 15–31 January 2016 | Poland | 1 | Germany |
2016 African Championship | 21–30 January 2016 | Cairo | 1 | Egypt |
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 8–10 April 2016 | Gdańsk | 2 | Poland |
Tunisia | ||||
Malmö | 2 | Slovenia | ||
Sweden | ||||
Herning | 2 | Denmark | ||
Croatia | ||||
Total | 12 |
Competition format[]
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Referees[]
16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016.[3][4]
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Rosters[]
Draw[]
The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[5][6]
Seeding[]
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[7]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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France Poland |
Slovenia Denmark |
Croatia Sweden |
Tunisia Brazil |
Germany Qatar |
Argentina Egypt |
Group stage[]
All times are local (UTC−3).[8]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 134 | +13 | 8[a] | Quarter-finals |
2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 8[a] | |
3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 127 | +9 | 6 | |
4 | Qatar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 5 | |
5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 126 | −16 | 2 | |
6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 145 | −27 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:
7 August 2016 09:30 |
Croatia | 23–30 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Štrlek 5 | (8–15) | Marković 10 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 1× 6× |
7 August 2016 14:40 |
Denmark | 25–19 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Hansen, Svan 6 | (10–10) | Simonet 7 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
7 August 2016 19:50 |
France | 25–23 | Tunisia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Mahé 5 | (16–11) | Tej 6 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 4× 6× |
9 August 2016 09:30 |
Qatar | 20–35 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
three players 4 | (13–16) | Abalo 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
9 August 2016 14:40 |
Tunisia | 23–31 | Denmark | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
Jallouz 5 | (10–16) | Mortensen, Svan 8 | ||
1× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
9 August 2016 21:50 |
Argentina | 26–27 | Croatia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
F. Fernández 8 | (15–14) | Štrlek 7 | ||
2× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 3× |
11 August 2016 09:30 |
Tunisia | 25–25 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Boughanmi 8 | (12–11) | Capote 12 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 2× 5× |
11 August 2016 14:40 |
Denmark | 24–27 | Croatia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Svan Hansen 9 | (12–15) | Duvnjak 8 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 4× 5× |
11 August 2016 21:50 |
France | 31–24 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Abalo 7 | (17–12) | F. Fernández 8 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
13 August 2016 11:30 |
Croatia | 29–28 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL) |
Kopljar 6 | (14–12) | Guigou 10 | ||
4× 5× 2× | Report | 4× 2× |
13 August 2016 14:40 |
Denmark | 26–25 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Svan 7 | (14–14) | Markovic 7 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
13 August 2016 21:50 |
Argentina | 23–21 | Tunisia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
Pizarro 7 | (14–10) | Boughanmi 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 4× 4× 1× |
15 August 2016 14:40 |
France | 33–30 | Denmark | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Mahé 9 | (17–16) | Hansen 8 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
15 August 2016 19:50 |
Croatia | 41–26 | Tunisia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
Karačić 9 | (25–10) | Boughanmi 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 1× 1× |
15 August 2016 21:50 |
Qatar | 22–18 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Capote, Memišević 4 | (12–9) | Simonet 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 4× 4× |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 141 | +12 | 8[a] | Quarter-finals |
2 | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 126 | +11 | 8[a] | |
3 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 150 | −9 | 5 | |
4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 140 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 143 | −14 | 3 | |
6 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 131 | +1 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host
Notes:
7 August 2016 11:30 |
Sweden | 29–32 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Tollbring 8 | (15–18) | Kühn 7 | ||
4× 9× 1× | Report | 3× 9× |
7 August 2016 16:40 |
Poland | 32–34 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Daszek 8 | (13–16) | Toledo 7 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 3× 6× |
7 August 2016 21:50 |
Slovenia | 27–26 | Egypt | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL) |
Janc 8 | (15–15) | El-Ahmar 7 | ||
3× 9× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
9 August 2016 11:30 |
Germany | 32–29 | Poland | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
three players 5 | (16–14) | Bielecki 10 | ||
4× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
9 August 2016 16:40 |
Brazil | 28–31 | Slovenia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Chiuffa 8 | (13–16) | Janc 6 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 2× 13× |
9 August 2016 19:50 |
Egypt | 26–25 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
Sanad 7 | (12–13) | Petersen 5 | ||
4× 7× | Report | 3× 8× |
11 August 2016 11:30 |
Poland | 33–25 | Egypt | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Daszek 6 | (16–10) | Eissa 6 | ||
4× 7× | Report | 3× 6× 1× |
11 August 2016 16:40 |
Brazil | 33–30 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Chiuffa 8 | (17–16) | Häfner, Reichmann 6 | ||
2× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
11 August 2016 19:50 |
Slovenia | 29–24 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
Janc, Razgor 5 | (14–13) | Tollbring 6 | ||
4× 7× | Report | 4× 6× |
13 August 2016 09:30 |
Slovenia | 25–28 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Dolenec 6 | (12–11) | Gensheimer 6 | ||
4× 6× | Report | 4× 8× |
13 August 2016 16:40 |
Egypt | 27–27 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
El-Ahmar 9 | (15–13) | four players 4 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 4× 2× |
13 August 2016 19:50 |
Sweden | 24–25 | Poland | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Stenmalm 8 | (13–12) | Bielecki 8 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 4× 8× |
15 August 2016 09:30 |
Poland | 20–25 | Slovenia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Bielecki 4 | (13–13) | Zarabec 7 | ||
2× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 8× |
15 August 2016 11:30 |
Germany | 31–25 | Egypt | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Gensheimer 7 | (15–12) | Sanad 7 | ||
2× 9× | Report | 1× 3× |
15 August 2016 16:40 |
Sweden | 30–19 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Stenmalm 6 | (16–10) | Toledo 4 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
Knockout stage[]
Bracket[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
Croatia | 27 | |||||||||
19 August | ||||||||||
Poland | 30 | |||||||||
Poland | 28 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
Denmark (OT) | 29 | |||||||||
Denmark | 37 | |||||||||
21 August | ||||||||||
Slovenia | 30 | |||||||||
Denmark | 28 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
France | 26 | |||||||||
Brazil | 27 | |||||||||
19 August | ||||||||||
France | 34 | |||||||||
France | 29 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
Germany | 28 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Germany | 34 | |||||||||
21 August | ||||||||||
Qatar | 22 | |||||||||
4th Poland | 25 | |||||||||
Germany | 31 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals[]
17 August 2016 10:00 |
Brazil | 27–34 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Pozzer 8 | (16–16) | Guigou 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
17 August 2016 13:30 |
Germany | 34–22 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
three players 5 | (16–12) | Capote 9 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× |
17 August 2016 17:00 |
Denmark | 37–30 | Slovenia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
M. Hansen, L. Hansen 8 | (16–13) | Bezjak, Janc 6 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 4× 8× |
17 August 2016 20:30 |
Croatia | 27–30 | Poland | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Čupić, Stepančić 7 | (14–18) | Bielecki 12 | ||
4× 2× 1× | Report | 2× 2× |
Semifinals[]
19 August 2016 15:30 |
France | 29–28 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Narcisse 7 | (16–13) | Gensheimer 11 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
19 August 2016 20:30 |
Poland | 28–29 (ET) | Denmark | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Bielecki 7 | (15–16) | M. Hansen 10 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | ||
FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4 |
Bronze medal game[]
21 August 2016 10:30 |
Poland | 25–31 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Krajewski, Lijewski 5 | (13–17) | Reichmann 7 | ||
1× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
Gold medal game[]
21 August 2016 14:00 |
Denmark | 28–26 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Hansen 8 | (16–14) | Guigou 6 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
Ranking and statistics[]
Final ranking[]
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All-star team[]
Source: IHF.info |
Top goalscorers[]
Source: IHF |
Top goalkeepers[]
Source: IHF |
Medalists[]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Denmark (DEN) |
France (FRA) |
Germany (GER) |
References[]
- ^ "Denmark end France's grip on Olympic title". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Decisive bronze-medal win for Germany". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
- ^ "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.
- ^ Referees
- ^ "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
- ^ "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 releases handball match schedule for Olympic Games". rio2016.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
External links[]
- Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics