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2016 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.

2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates4–18 December
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Norway (7th title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place France
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored2,309 (49.13 per match)
Attendance148,800 (3,166 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Nora Mørk
(53 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Nycke Groot[1]
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Sweden was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012.[2]

Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands.[3] France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.[4]

Bidding process edit

There were two bids:

Turkey withdrew their bid, leaving Sweden as the sole bid. they were given the hosting rights on the 23 June 2012.[2]

Venues edit

Stockholm Gothenburg Malmö Kristianstad Helsingborg
Hovet
Capacity: 8,094 		Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,312 		Malmö Isstadion
Capacity: 5,339 		Kristianstad Arena
Capacity: 4,700 		Helsingborg Arena
Capacity: 4,700
Group A Group I
Knockout stage 		Group C Group B Group D
Group II
         

Qualification edit

Main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Qualified teams edit

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
  Sweden Host 23 June 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Russia Group 6 winner 12 March 2016 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  France Group 7 winner 12 March 2016 8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Hungary Group 5 winner 1 June 2016 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Norway Group 1 winner 1 June 2016 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Romania Group 1 runner-up 1 June 2016 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Serbia Group 2 winner 1 June 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Czech Republic Group 2 runner-up 1 June 2016 4 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
  Netherlands Group 3 winner 1 June 2016 5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
  Spain Group 3 runner-up 1 June 2016 8 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Poland Group 5 runner-up 1 June 2016 4 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014)
  Germany Group 7 runner-up 1 June 2016 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Montenegro Group 4 winner 2 June 2016 3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
  Denmark Group 6 runner-up 2 June 2016 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Croatia Group 4 runner-up 2 June 2016 8 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Slovenia Best third-ranked team 5 June 2016 4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw edit

The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads edit

Main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Referees edit

14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.[7][8] Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.[9]

Preliminary round edit

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.[10][11]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 2 1 0 91 87 +4 5 Main round
2   Sweden (H) 3 1 1 1 78 74 +4 3
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 72 68 +4 2[a]
4   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 77 89 −12 2[a]
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 30–18 Slovenia
4 December 2016
15:15 		Serbia   36–34   Slovenia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Radosavljević 8 (17–16) Mavsar 9
2×  3×  Report 2×  3× 
4 December 2016
18:00 		Sweden   25–19   Spain Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,900
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Alm, Hagman 5 (14–10) Martín 7
2×  3×  Report 4×  3× 
6 December 2016
18:30 		Spain   23–25   Serbia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Martín 6 (8–11) Krpež Slezak 6
4×  4×  Report 2×  3× 
6 December 2016
20.45 		Slovenia   25–23   Sweden Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Mavsar 6 (13–13) Gulldén 10
3×  3×  Report 2×  3× 
8 December 2016
18:30 		Spain   30–18   Slovenia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Pena 6 (14–5) Mavsar 5
3×  4×  Report 3×  5× 
8 December 2016
20:45 		Sweden   30–30   Serbia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Sand 8 (15–18) three players 5
2×  5×  Report 2×  4× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 0 1 73 71 +2 4[a] Main round
2   France 3 2 0 1 70 60 +10 4[a]
3   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 75 68 +7 4[a]
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 65 84 −19 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Germany 2 Pts, +1 GD, 50 GF; France 2 Pts, +1 GD, 39 GF; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD
4 December 2016
18:30 		Netherlands   27–30   Germany Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 2,026
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Abbingh, Groot 5 (14–13) Huber 7
3×  2×  1×  Report 3×  4× 
4 December 2016
20:45 		France   31–22   Poland Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
three players 5 (15–9) Grzyb 6
3×  5×  Report 3×  3× 
6 December 2016
18:30 		Poland   21–30   Netherlands Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 2,105
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Wojtas 5 (11–14) Abbingh, Goos 5
2×  4×  Report 3×  4× 
6 December 2016
20:45 		Germany   20–22   France Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,805
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Huber 6 (11–11) Nze Minko 5
4×  2×  Report 2× 
8 December 2016
18:30 		Germany   23–22   Poland Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,875
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Huber 7 (12–10) Achruk 7
2×  3×  Report 3×  1× 
8 December 2016
20:45 		Netherlands   18–17   France Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,730
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Visser 5 (7–12) Nze Minko 5
1×  2×  Report 3×  3× 

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 78 69 +9 6 Main round
2   Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 83 83 0 2[a]
3   Hungary 3 1 0 2 62 64 −2 2[a]
4   Montenegro 3 1 0 2 63 70 −7 2[a]
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Czech Republic 2 Pts, +4 GD; Hungary 2 Pts, +2 GD; Montenegro 2 Pts, −6 GD
5 December 2016
18:30 		Hungary   22–27   Czech Republic Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 753
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Kovács 7 (10–13) Hrbková, Malá 5
2×  5×  Report 3×  3× 
5 December 2016
20:45 		Montenegro   21–22   Denmark Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,674
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Knežević 7 (11–14) Jørgensen 9
2×  3×  Report 3×  2× 
7 December 2016
18:30 		Czech Republic   27–28   Montenegro Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 654
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Hrbková 6 (12–13) Jauković, Mehmedović 7
3×  3×  Report 3×  7× 
7 December 2016
20:45 		Denmark   23–19   Hungary Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,946
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Jørgensen 5 (12–10) Görbicz 6
3×  5×  Report 4×  3× 
9 December 2016
18:30 		Montenegro   14–21   Hungary Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,279
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
four players 2 (6–11) Görbicz 5
3×  2×  Report 3×  2× 
9 December 2016
20:45 		Denmark   33–29   Czech Republic Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 3,124
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Jørgensen 9 (13–17) Růčková 7
3×  7×  Report 4×  5× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 80 58 +22 6 Main round
2   Romania 3 2 0 1 74 66 +8 4
3   Russia 3 1 0 2 70 71 −1 2
4   Croatia 3 0 0 3 68 97 −29 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
5 December 2016
18:30 		Russia   32–26   Croatia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,571
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Bobrovnikova, Zhilinskayte 6 (16–13) Penezić 8
2×  6×  Report 4×  9× 
5 December 2016
20:45 		Norway   23–21   Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,278
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Mørk 7 (13–11) Neagu 6
3×  6×  Report 3×  4× 
7 December 2016
18:30 		Romania   22–17   Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,279
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Buceschi, Neagu 7 (11–9) Postnova 4
3×  4×  Report 2×  2× 
7 December 2016
20:45 		Croatia   16–34   Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,375
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Penezić 4 (9–15) Frafjord 6
2×  6×  1×  Report 3×  5× 
9 December 2016
18:30 		Romania   31–26   Croatia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,435
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Neagu 10 (15–13) Penezić 8
4×  7×  Report 2×  5× 
9 December 2016
20:45 		Norway   23–21   Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,493
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Kristiansen, Mørk 5 (11–11) three players 3
2×  3×  Report 2×  3× 

Main round edit

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 4 0 1 142 128 +14 8[a] Semifinals
2   France 5 4 0 1 111 100 +11 8[a]
3   Germany 5 3 1 1 124 110 +14 7 Fifth place game
4   Sweden (H) 5 1 1 3 126 131 −5 3[b]
5   Serbia 5 1 1 3 122 142 −20 3[b]
6   Spain 5 0 1 4 108 122 −14 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Netherlands 18–17 France
  2. ^ a b Sweden 30–30 Serbia
10 December 2016
16:15 		Serbia   19–26   Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 4,212
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Georgijev 7 (10–14) Huber, Hubinger 4
3×  6×  Report 2×  9× 
10 December 2016
18:30 		Sweden   30–33   Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,102
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Gulldén 8 (13–14) Groot 7
2×  4×  Report 3×  6×  1× 
10 December 2016
20:45 		Spain   22–23   France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,702
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Pena 5 (14–10) Pineau 9
4×  6×  Report 2×  2× 
12 December 2016
16:15 		Spain   20–20   Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,697
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Pena 7 (12–9) Hubinger 5
3×  2×  Report 4×  3× 
12 December 2016
18:30 		Serbia   27–35   Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,663
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Stoiljković 8 (12–17) Abbingh, Broch 6
3×  2×  Report 2×  4× 
12 December 2016
20:45 		Sweden   19–21   France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,279
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Roberts 5 (10–12) Nze Minko 6
3×  2×  Report 2×  4×  1× 
14 December 2016
16:15 		Spain   24–29   Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,896
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Martín 6 (13–15) Polman 10
3×  4×  Report 2×  4× 
14 December 2016
18:30 		Sweden   22–28   Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,031
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Hagman, Alm 4 (9–12) Bölk 5
1×  3×  Report 2×  2× 
14 December 2016
20:45 		Serbia   21–28   France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,243
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Stoiljković 6 (12–15) Ayglon, Nze Minko 6
3×  3×  Report 2×  3× 

Group II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 5 5 0 0 127 109 +18 10 Semifinals
2   Denmark 5 3 1 1 123 113 +10 7
3   Romania 5 3 0 2 119 110 +9 6 Fifth place game
4   Russia 5 1 2 2 116 121 −5 4
5   Czech Republic 5 1 0 4 132 146 −14 2
6   Hungary 5 0 1 4 111 129 −18 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
11 December 2016
16:15 		Czech Republic   24–26   Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,021
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Růčková 5 (12–14) Sen 4
2×  Report 3×  1× 
11 December 2016
18:30 		Hungary   21–29   Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,236
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
four players 3 (9–15) Neagu 10
3×  3×  Report 3×  3× 
11 December 2016
20:45 		Denmark   20–22   Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,553
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
three players 4 (9–14) Mørk 5
2×  3×  Report 2×  3× 
13 December 2016
16:15 		Czech Republic   28–30   Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 773
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Luzumová 7 (14–17) Neagu 10
4×  5×  Report 3×  4× 
13 December 2016
18:30 		Hungary   23–24   Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,402
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Görbicz, Kovács 5 (9–11) Mørk 6
2×  3×  Report 3×  3× 
13 December 2016
20:45 		Denmark   26–26   Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,672
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Jørgensen 7 (13–11) Sudakova 6
3×  4×  Report 4×  4× 
14 December 2016
16:15 		Hungary   26–26   Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 732
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kovács 6 (14–13) Dmitrieva 7
3×  4×  Report 2×  5×  1× 
14 December 2016
18:30 		Denmark   21–17   Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,582
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hansen 9 (12–10) Buceschi 4
3×  7×  1×  Report 3×  3× 
14 December 2016
20:45 		Czech Republic   24–35   Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 853
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Hrbková 7 (17–18) Mørk 6
2×  1×  Report 3×  1× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
  Netherlands26
 
18 December
 
  Denmark22
 
  Netherlands29
 
16 December
 
  Norway30
 
  France16
 
 
  Norway20
 
Third place
 
 
18 December
 
 
  Denmark22
 
 
  France25

Semifinals edit

16 December 2016
18:15 		Netherlands   26–22   Denmark Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,853
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Polman 7 (13–13) Jørgensen 6
2×  2×  Report 3×  3× 
16 December 2016
20:45 		France   16–20   Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,908
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Lacrabère 6 (9–11) Mørk 7
2×  1×  Report 3×  4× 

Fifth place game edit

16 December 2016
15:45 		Germany   22–23   Romania Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,210
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Huber 5 (11–11) Zamfir 6
3×  2×  Report 2×  2× 

Third place game edit

18 December 2016
15:30 		Denmark   22–25   France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,391
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Jørgensen 6 (9–14) Nze Minko 5
2×  4×  1×  Report 2×  3× 

Final edit

18 December 2016
18:00 		Netherlands   29–30   Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,037
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Snelder 6 (15–15) Mørk 12
3×  2×  Report 2×  2× 

Final ranking and statistics edit

Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

References edit

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  11. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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External links edit

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