2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four

The 2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four was a friendly men's handball tournament, held in Moscow, Russia at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace between 08–10 January organised by the Handball Union of Russia as a preparation of the host nation to the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four
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Tournament details
Host country Russia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates08–10 January
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Russia[1]
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Argentina[2]
Fourth place Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored343 (57.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belarus Siarhei Rutenka
(19 goals)
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Results

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Russia 3 2 1 0 93 80 +13 5
  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 90 86 +4 3
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 70 86 –16 2
  Belarus 3 0 2 1 90 89 –1 2

Round robin

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January 8
15:00
Argentina   29 – 28   Belarus Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
Souto 5 (15–13) Rutenka 9
  8×  Report   4× 
January 8
17:00
Russia   35 – 28   Netherlands Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
Buzmakov 8 (17–13) Remer, Boomhouwer 4
  6×  Report   6× 

January 9
15:00
Belarus   34 – 34   Netherlands Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
Rutenka 10 (20–17) Baart 7
  5×  Report   5× 
January 9
17:00
Russia   30 – 24   Argentina Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
Dibirov 8 (17–10) Souto 5
  4×  Report   3× 

January 10
13:00
Netherlands   28 – 17   Argentina Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
Schagen 5 (14–8) Vazquez 5
  1×  Report   4× 
January 10
15:00
Russia   28 – 28   Belarus Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow
three players 5 (16–12) Pukhouski 12
  2×  Report   3× 

Final standing

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Rank Team
    Russia
2   Netherlands
3   Argentina
4   Belarus

References

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  1. ^ "news about the competition on local news site" (in Russian).
  2. ^ "news about the competition on argentinean press" (in Spanish).
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