2016 European Women's Handball Championship

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2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates4–18 December
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Norway.svg  Norway (7th title)
Runner-upFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Third placeFlag of France.svg  France
Fourth placeFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored2,309 (49.13 per match)
Attendance148,800 (3,166 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Norway.svg Nora Mørk
(53 goals)
Best player Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nycke Groot [1]
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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.

Contents

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

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

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 AGroup I
Knockout stage		Group CGroup BGroup D
Group II
Hovet exterior 2009.JPG Scandinavium september 2011.jpg Malmo isstadion 2.jpg Kristianstad Arena in 2011.JPG HelsingborgArena.jpg

Qualification

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Host23 June 20129 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Group 6 winner12 March 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of France.svg  France Group 7 winner12 March 20168 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Group 5 winner1 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 )
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Group 1 winner1 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998 , 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012, 2014 )
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Group 1 runner-up1 June 201610 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Group 2 winner1 June 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012 , 2014)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Group 2 runner-up1 June 20164 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group 3 winner1 June 20165 ( 1998 , 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group 3 runner-up1 June 20168 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Group 5 runner-up1 June 20164 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Group 7 runner-up1 June 201611 ( 1994 , 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Group 4 winner2 June 20163 (2010, 2012 , 2014)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Group 6 runner-up2 June 201611 ( 1994 , 1996 , 1998, 2000, 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Group 4 runner-up2 June 20168 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 )
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Best third-ranked team 5 June 20164 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

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

Draw

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

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

Referees

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

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 32109187+45 Main round
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (H)31117874+43
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31027268+42 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 31027789−122 [lower-alpha 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. 1 2 Spain 30–18 Slovenia
4 December 2016
15:15		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg36–34Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Radosavljević 8(17–16) Mavsar 9
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4 December 2016
18:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg25–19Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,900
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Alm, Hagman 5(14–10) Martín 7
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6 December 2016
18:30		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg23–25Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Martín 6(8–11) Krpež Slezak 6
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6 December 2016
20.45		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg25–23Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Mavsar 6(13–13) Gulldén 10
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8 December 2016
18:30		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg30–18Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Pena 6(14–5) Mavsar 5
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8 December 2016
20:45		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg30–30Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Sand 8(15–18)three players 5
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32017371+24 [lower-alpha 1] Main round
2Flag of France.svg  France 32017060+104 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32017568+74 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30036584−190
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. 1 2 3 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  Flag of the Netherlands.svg27–30Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 2,026
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Abbingh, Groot 5(14–13) Huber 7
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4 December 2016
20:45		 France  Flag of France.svg31–22Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
three players 5(15–9) Grzyb 6
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6 December 2016
18:30		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg21–30Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 2,105
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Wojtas 5(11–14) Abbingh, Goos 5
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6 December 2016
20:45		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg20–22Flag of France.svg  France Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,805
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Huber 6(11–11) Nze Minko 5
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8 December 2016
18:30		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg23–22Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,875
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Huber 7(12–10) Achruk 7
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8 December 2016
20:45		 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg18–17Flag of France.svg  France Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 1,730
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Visser 5(7–12) Nze Minko 5
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Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33007869+96 Main round
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3102838302 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31026264−22 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 31026370−72 [lower-alpha 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.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Czech Republic 2 Pts, +4 GD; Hungary 2 Pts, +2 GD; Montenegro 2 Pts, −6 GD
5 December 2016
18:30		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg22–27Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 753
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Kovács 7(10–13) Hrbková, Malá 5
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5 December 2016
20:45		 Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg21–22Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,674
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Knežević 7(11–14) Jørgensen 9
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7 December 2016
18:30		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg27–28Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 654
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Hrbková 6(12–13) Jauković, Mehmedović 7
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7 December 2016
20:45		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg23–19Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,946
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Jørgensen 5(12–10) Görbicz 6
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9 December 2016
18:30		 Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg14–21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 1,279
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
four players 2(6–11) Görbicz 5
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9 December 2016
20:45		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg33–29Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
Attendance: 3,124
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Jørgensen 9(13–17) Růčková 7
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Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 33008058+226 Main round
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 32017466+84
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31027071−12
4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 30036897−290
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  Flag of Russia.svg32–26Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,571
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Bobrovnikova, Zhilinskayte 6(16–13) Penezić 8
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5 December 2016
20:45		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg23–21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,278
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Mørk 7(13–11) Neagu 6
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7 December 2016
18:30		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svg22–17Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,279
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Buceschi, Neagu 7(11–9) Postnova 4
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7 December 2016
20:45		 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg16–34Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,375
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Penezić 4(9–15) Frafjord 6
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9 December 2016
18:30		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svg31–26Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,435
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Neagu 10(15–13) Penezić 8
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9 December 2016
20:45		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg23–21Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,493
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Kristiansen, Mørk 5(11–11)three players 3
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Main round

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

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5401142128+148 [lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2Flag of France.svg  France 5401111100+118 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5311124110+147 Fifth place game
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (H)5113126131−53 [lower-alpha 2]
5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5113122142−203 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5014108122−141
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. 1 2 Netherlands 18–17 France
  2. 1 2 Sweden 30–30 Serbia
10 December 2016
16:15		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg19–26Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 4,212
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Georgijev 7(10–14) Huber, Hubinger 4
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10 December 2016
18:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg30–33Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,102
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Gulldén 8(13–14) Groot 7
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10 December 2016
20:45		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg22–23Flag of France.svg  France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,702
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Pena 5(14–10) Pineau 9
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12 December 2016
16:15		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg20–20Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,697
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Pena 7(12–9) Hubinger 5
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12 December 2016
18:30		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg27–35Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,663
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Stoiljković 8(12–17) Abbingh, Broch 6
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12 December 2016
20:45		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg19–21Flag of France.svg  France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,279
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Roberts 5(10–12) Nze Minko 6
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14 December 2016
16:15		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg24–29Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,896
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Martín 6(13–15) Polman 10
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14 December 2016
18:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg22–28Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,031
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Hagman, Alm 4(9–12) Bölk 5
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14 December 2016
20:45		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg21–28Flag of France.svg  France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,243
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Stoiljković 6(12–15) Ayglon, Nze Minko 6
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Group II

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5500127109+1810 Semifinals
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5311123113+107
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5302119110+96 Fifth place game
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5122116121−54
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5104132146−142
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5014111129−181
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  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg24–26Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,021
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Růčková 5(12–14) Sen 4
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11 December 2016
18:30		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg21–29Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,236
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
four players 3(9–15) Neagu 10
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11 December 2016
20:45		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg20–22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,553
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
three players 4(9–14) Mørk 5
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13 December 2016
16:15		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg28–30Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 773
Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
Luzumová 7(14–17) Neagu 10
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13 December 2016
18:30		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg23–24Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,402
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Görbicz, Kovács 5(9–11) Mørk 6
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13 December 2016
20:45		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg26–26Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,672
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Jørgensen 7(13–11) Sudakova 6
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14 December 2016
16:15		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg26–26Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 732
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kovács 6(14–13) Dmitrieva 7
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14 December 2016
18:30		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg21–17Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 1,582
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hansen 9(12–10) Buceschi 4
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14 December 2016
20:45		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg24–35Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
Attendance: 853
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Hrbková 7(17–18) Mørk 6
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26
 
18 December
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 29
 
16 December
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30
 
Flag of France.svg  France 16
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 20
 
Third place
 
 
18 December
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 25

Semifinals

16 December 2016
18:15		 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg26–22Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,853
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Polman 7(13–13) Jørgensen 6
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16 December 2016
20:45		 France  Flag of France.svg16–20Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,908
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Lacrabère 6(9–11) Mørk 7
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Fifth place game

16 December 2016
15:45		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg22–23Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,210
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Huber 5(11–11) Zamfir 6
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Third place game

18 December 2016
15:30		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg22–25Flag of France.svg  France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,391
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Jørgensen 6(9–14) Nze Minko 5
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Final

18 December 2016
18:00		 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg29–30Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,037
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Snelder 6(15–15) Mørk 12
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Final ranking and statistics

Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

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