2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament

The 2016 EHF European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament was the 2nd edition and was hosted for the first time in Sweden from 7 to 8 December 2016.[1][2]

2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–8 December
Teams4 (from EHF confederations)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up Portugal
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored233 (29.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iderlindo Gomes (POR) (22 goals)
Best player5 players
Best goalkeeper Joyce Van Haaster (NED)
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Venues edit

Sölvesborg
Valjeviken

Match officials edit

Country Referees
  Austria Mirsad Begovic
Vladimir Bubalo
  France Marc De Sousa
Christophe Dewaele

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+1)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 73 26 +47 5 Final
2   Portugal 3 2 1 0 62 30 +32 5
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 22 69 −47 2 Third place game
4   Sweden (H) 3 0 0 3 27 59 −32 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.[3]
(H) Hosts
7 December 2016
14:00
Netherlands   26–7   Sweden Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: De Sousa, Dewaele (FRA)
Nkomezi 7 (12-2) Almers & Solagh Hamadi 3
  Report   2× 
7 December 2016
15:00
Portugal   26–6   Italy Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Gomes 8 (13-3) Castellani & Cagiola 2
  2×  Report   2×  1× 
7 December 2016
17:00
Italy   4–32   Netherlands Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: De Sousa, Dewaele (FRA)
Castellani 2 (3-13) Hooning & Dokkum 5
  1×  Report   1× 
7 December 2016
18:00
Sweden   9–21   Portugal Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Almers 3 (5-8) Rumor & Jeronimo 5
  Report

8 December 2016
10:00
Netherlands   15–15   Portugal Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: De Sousa, Dewaele (FRA)
Hooning 5 (7-6) Jeronimo 8
  Report   1× 
8 December 2016
11:00
Sweden   11–12   Italy Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Solagh Hamadi 4 (5-4) Cagiola 10
  Report   2× 

Knockout stage edit

Third place game edit

8 December 2016
14:00
Italy   7–13   Sweden Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: De Sousa, Dewaele (FRA)
3 players 2 (5-5) Johannesen & Solagh Hamadi 4
  Report   1× 

Final edit

8 December 2016
15:00
Netherlands   19–10   Portugal Valjeviken, Sölvesborg
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Neeft 5 (9-2) Gomes 5
 1×  Report   3× 

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

Rank Team
    Netherlands
    Portugal
    Sweden
4   Italy

All-Star Team edit

The all-star team and awards were announced on 8 December 2016.[4]

Position Player
Most Valuable Player 1   Joao Jeronimo (POR)
Most Valuable Player 2   Massimo Cagiola (ITA)
Most Valuable Player 3   Julia Johansson (SWE)
Most Valuable Player 4   Yves Nkomezi (NED)
Most Valuable Player 5   Mayenka De Bruin (NED)

Awards edit

Award Player
Best Goalkeeper   Joyce Van Haaster (NED)
Topscorer   Iderlindo Gomes (POR) (22 goals)

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Iderlindo Gomes   Portugal 22
2 Joao Jeronimo   Portugal 19
3 Massimo Cagiola   Italy 15
Yves Nkomezi   Netherlands
5 Bart Neeft   Netherlands 14
6 Martijn Dokkum   Netherlands 13
Frank Hooning   Netherlands
8 Kevin Johannessen   Sweden 11
Serghei Mitrofan   Portugal
10 Robert Appelman   Netherlands 10
Ahmed Solagh Hamadi   Sweden

Source: [5]

References edit

  1. ^ Pazen, Björn (2016-12-08). "NETHERLANDS DEFEND TITLE AT EUROPEAN WHEELCHAIR HANDBALL NATIONS' TOURNAMENT". eurohandball. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. ^ "New working group and second EHF Trophy". EHF Office. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  3. ^ "How to play Wheelchair Handball" (PDF). eurohandball (PDF). 2016-07-28. 4 (p.); 3 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  4. ^ "A L L * S T A R * T E A M" (PDF). eurohandball.com. December 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. ^ "2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.

External links edit