Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad
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Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates7–21 August 2016
Teams12 (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
Matches38
Goals scored2,081 (55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Karol Bielecki
(55 goals)
Best playerDenmark 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
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[]

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2015 World Championship 15 January – 1 February 2015  Qatar 1  France
2015 Pan American Games 16–25 July 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 14–27 November 2015 Qatar Doha 1  Qatar
2016 European Championship 15–31 January 2016  Poland 1  Germany
2016 African Championship 21–30 January 2016 Egypt Cairo 1  Egypt
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments 8–10 April 2016 Poland Gdańsk 2  Poland
 Tunisia
Sweden Malmö 2  Slovenia
 Sweden
Denmark 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]

Rosters[]

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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
 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
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
Source: IHF
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:
  1. ^ a b Croatia 29–28 France


7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
09:30
 Croatia  23–30  Qatar Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Štrlek 5 (8–15) Marković 10
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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
14:40
 Denmark  25–19  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Hansen, Svan 6 (10–10) Simonet 7
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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
19:50
 France  25–23  Tunisia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Mahé 5 (16–11) Tej 6
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
09:30
 Qatar  20–35  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
three players 4 (13–16) Abalo 7
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
14:40
 Tunisia  23–31  Denmark Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Jallouz 5 (10–16) Mortensen, Svan 8
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
21:50
 Argentina  26–27  Croatia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
F. Fernández 8 (15–14) Štrlek 7
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
09:30
 Tunisia  25–25  Qatar Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Boughanmi 8 (12–11) Capote 12
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
14:40
 Denmark  24–27  Croatia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Svan Hansen 9 (12–15) Duvnjak 8
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
21:50
 France  31–24  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Abalo 7 (17–12) F. Fernández 8
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
11:30
 Croatia  29–28  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
Kopljar 6 (14–12) Guigou 10
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
14:40
 Denmark  26–25  Qatar Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
Svan 7 (14–14) Markovic 7
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
21:50
 Argentina  23–21  Tunisia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Pizarro 7 (14–10) Boughanmi 8
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
14:40
 France  33–30  Denmark Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Mahé 9 (17–16) Hansen 8
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
19:50
 Croatia  41–26  Tunisia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Karačić 9 (25–10) Boughanmi 7
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
21:50
 Qatar  22–18  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Capote, Memišević 4 (12–9) Simonet 5
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Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: IHF
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:
  1. ^ a b Slovenia 25–28 Germany


7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
11:30
 Sweden  29–32  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
Tollbring 8 (15–18) Kühn 7
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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
16:40
 Poland  32–34  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Daszek 8 (13–16) Toledo 7
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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
21:50
 Slovenia  27–26  Egypt Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
Janc 8 (15–15) El-Ahmar 7
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
11:30
 Germany  32–29  Poland Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
three players 5 (16–14) Bielecki 10
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
16:40
 Brazil  28–31  Slovenia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Chiuffa 8 (13–16) Janc 6
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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
19:50
 Egypt  26–25  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Sanad 7 (12–13) Petersen 5
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
11:30
 Poland  33–25  Egypt Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Daszek 6 (16–10) Eissa 6
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
16:40
 Brazil  33–30  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Chiuffa 8 (17–16) Häfner, Reichmann 6
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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
19:50
 Slovenia  29–24  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
Janc, Razgor 5 (14–13) Tollbring 6
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
09:30
 Slovenia  25–28  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Dolenec 6 (12–11) Gensheimer 6
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
16:40
 Egypt  27–27  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
El-Ahmar 9 (15–13) four players 4
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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
19:50
 Sweden  24–25  Poland Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Stenmalm 8 (13–12) Bielecki 8
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
09:30
 Poland  20–25  Slovenia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Bielecki 4 (13–13) Zarabec 7
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
11:30
 Germany  31–25  Egypt Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
Gensheimer 7 (15–12) Sanad 7
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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
16:40
 Sweden  30–19  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Stenmalm 6 (16–10) Toledo 4
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Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
17 August
 
 
 Croatia27
 
19 August
 
 Poland30
 
 Poland28
 
17 August
 
 Denmark (OT)29
 
 Denmark37
 
21 August
 
 Slovenia30
 
Gold medal icon.svg  Denmark28
 
17 August
 
Silver medal icon.svg  France26
 
 Brazil27
 
19 August
 
 France34
 
 France29
 
17 August
 
 Germany28 Bronze medal
 
 Germany34
 
21 August
 
 Qatar22
 
4th  Poland25
 
 
Bronze medal icon.svg  Germany31
 

Quarterfinals[]

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
10:00
 Brazil  27–34  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pozzer 8 (16–16) Guigou 8
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17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
13:30
 Germany  34–22  Qatar Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
three players 5 (16–12) Capote 9
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17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
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
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17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
20:30
 Croatia  27–30  Poland Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Čupić, Stepančić 7 (14–18) Bielecki 12
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Semifinals[]

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
15:30
 France  29–28  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
Narcisse 7 (16–13) Gensheimer 11
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19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
20:30
 Poland  28–29 (ET)  Denmark Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Bielecki 7 (15–16) M. Hansen 10
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FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4

Bronze medal game[]

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
10:30
 Poland  25–31  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Krajewski, Lijewski 5 (13–17) Reichmann 7
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Gold medal game[]

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
14:00
 Denmark  28–26  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Hansen 8 (16–14) Guigou 6
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Ranking and statistics[]

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
 Denmark (DEN)
  France (FRA)
  Germany (GER)

References[]

  1. ^ "Denmark end France's grip on Olympic title". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Decisive bronze-medal win for Germany". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ Referees
  5. ^ "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
  7. ^ "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Rio 2016 releases handball match schedule for Olympic Games". rio2016.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.

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