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Contents

   



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1 Competition schedule  




2 Qualification  




3 Competition format  




4 Referees  




5 Rosters  




6 Draw  


6.1  Seeding  






7 Group stage  


7.1  Group A  




7.2  Group B  






8 Knockout stage  


8.1  Bracket  




8.2  Quarterfinals  




8.3  Semifinals  




8.4  Bronze medal game  




8.5  Gold medal game  






9 Ranking and statistics  


9.1  Final ranking  




9.2  All-star team  




9.3  Top goalscorers  




9.4  Top goalkeepers  






10 Medalists  




11 References  




12 External links  













Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament






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Men's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)Future Arena
Dates7–21 August 2016
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Germany
Fourth place Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored2,081 (54.76 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 OlympicsatRio 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, Miguel Roca Mas and Per Bertelsen, President, 1st Vice President and Caretaker Chairman of the Commission of Organizing and Competition of the IHF respectively.

    Competition schedule[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016.[3][4]

    Rosters[edit]

    Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

    Draw[edit]

    The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[5][6]

    Seeding[edit]

    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[edit]

    All times are local (UTC−3).[8]

    Group A[edit]

    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)
    Štrlek5 (8–15) Marković10
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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, Svan6 (10–10) Simonet7
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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)
    Mahé5 (16–11) Tej6
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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 players4 (13–16) Abalo7
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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)
    Jallouz5 (10–16) Mortensen, Svan8
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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. Fernández8 (15–14) Štrlek7
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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)
    Boughanmi8 (12–11) Capote12
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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 Hansen9 (12–15) Duvnjak8
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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)
    Abalo7 (17–12) F. Fernández8
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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)
    Kopljar6 (14–12) Guigou10
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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)
    Svan7 (14–14) Markovic7
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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)
    Pizarro7 (14–10) Boughanmi8
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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)
    Mahé9 (17–16) Hansen8
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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)
    Karačić9 (25–10) Boughanmi7
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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, Memišević4 (12–9) Simonet5
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    Group B[edit]

    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) Hosts
    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)
    Tollbring8 (15–18) Kühn7
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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)
    Daszek8 (13–16) Toledo7
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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)
    Janc8 (15–15) El-Ahmar7
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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 players5 (16–14) Bielecki10
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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)
    Chiuffa8 (13–16) Janc6
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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)
    Sanad7 (12–13) Petersen5
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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)
    Daszek6 (16–10) Eissa6
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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)
    Chiuffa8 (17–16) Häfner, Reichmann6
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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, Razgor5 (14–13) Tollbring6
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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)
    Dolenec6 (12–11) Gensheimer6
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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-Ahmar9 (15–13) four players4
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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)
    Stenmalm8 (13–12) Bielecki8
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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)
    Bielecki4 (13–13) Zarabec7
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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)
    Gensheimer7 (15–12) Sanad7
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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)
    Stenmalm6 (16–10) Toledo4
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    Knockout stage[edit]

    Bracket[edit]

     

    		Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal

     

    		          

     

    		17 August

     

     

    		 Croatia27

     

    		19 August

     

    		 Poland30

     

    		 Poland28

     

    		17 August

     

    		 Denmark (OT)29

     

    		 Denmark37

     

    		21 August

     

    		 Slovenia30

     

    		  Denmark28

     

    		17 August

     

    		  France26

     

    		 Brazil27

     

    		19 August

     

    		 France34

     

    		 France29

     

    		17 August

     

    		 Germany28Bronze medal

     

    		 Germany34

     

    		21 August

     

    		 Qatar22

     

    		4th  Poland25

     

     

    		  Germany31

     

    Quarterfinals[edit]

    17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
    10:00     		Brazil  27–34  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
    Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
    Pozzer8 (16–16) Guigou8
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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 players5 (16–12) Capote9
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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. Hansen8 (16–13) Bezjak, Janc6
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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, Stepančić7 (14–18) Bielecki12
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    Semifinals[edit]

    19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
    15:30     		France  29–28  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
    Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
    Narcisse7 (16–13) Gensheimer11
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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)
    Bielecki7 (15–16) M. Hansen10
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    FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4

    Bronze medal game[edit]

    21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
    10:30     		Poland  25–31  Germany Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
    Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
    Krajewski, Lijewski5 (13–17) Reichmann7
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    Gold medal game[edit]

    21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
    14:00     		Denmark  28–26  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
    Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
    M. Hansen8 (16–14) Guigou6
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    Ranking and statistics[edit]

    Medalists[edit]

    Gold Silver Bronze
     Denmark (DEN)
  • Mads Christiansen
  • Mads Mensah Larsen
  • Casper Ulrich Mortensen
  • Jesper Nøddesbo
  • Jannick Green
  • Lasse Svan Hansen
  • Rene Toft Hansen
  • Henrik Møllgaard
  • Kasper Søndergaard
  • Henrik Toft Hansen
  • Mikkel Hansen
  • Morten Olsen
  • Michael Damgaard
    		•   France (FRA)
  • Daniel Narcisse
  • Vincent Gérard
  • Nikola Karabatić
  • Kentin Mahé
  • Mathieu Grébille
  • Thierry Omeyer
  • Timothey N'Guessan
  • Luc Abalo
  • Cédric Sorhaindo
  • Michaël Guigou
  • Luka Karabatic
  • Ludovic Fabregas
  • Adrien Dipanda
  • Valentin Porte
    		•   Germany (GER)
  • Finn Lemke
  • Patrick Wiencek
  • Tobias Reichmann
  • Fabian Wiede
  • Silvio Heinevetter
  • Hendrik Pekeler
  • Steffen Weinhold
  • Martin Strobel
  • Steffen Fath
  • Kai Häfner
  • Andreas Wolff
  • Julius Kühn
  • Christian Dissinger
  • Paul Drux

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ "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.

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