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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | Future Arena |
Dates | 7–21 August 2016 |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 2,081 (54.76 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (55 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
men | women | |
Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio 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.
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 | ||
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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 |
Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2015 World Championship | 15 January – 1 February 2015 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2015 Pan American Games | 16–25 July 2015 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament | 14–27 November 2015 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2016 European Championship | 15–31 January 2016 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2016 African Championship | 21–30 January 2016 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 8–10 April 2016 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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Total | 12 |
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.
16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016. [3] [4]
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The draw took place on 29 April 2016. [5] [6]
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016. [7]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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All times are local (UTC−3). [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 134 | +13 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 127 | +9 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 5 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 126 | −16 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 145 | −27 | 1 |
7 August 2016 09:30 | Croatia ![]() | 23–30 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Štrlek 5 | (8–15) | Marković 10 | ||
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7 August 2016 14:40 | Denmark ![]() | 25–19 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Hansen, Svan 6 | (10–10) | Simonet 7 | ||
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7 August 2016 19:50 | France ![]() | 25–23 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Mahé 5 | (16–11) | Tej 6 | ||
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9 August 2016 09:30 | Qatar ![]() | 20–35 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
three players 4 | (13–16) | Abalo 7 | ||
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9 August 2016 14:40 | Tunisia ![]() | 23–31 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
Jallouz 5 | (10–16) | Mortensen, Svan 8 | ||
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9 August 2016 21:50 | Argentina ![]() | 26–27 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
F. Fernández 8 | (15–14) | Štrlek 7 | ||
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11 August 2016 09:30 | Tunisia ![]() | 25–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Boughanmi 8 | (12–11) | Capote 12 | ||
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11 August 2016 14:40 | Denmark ![]() | 24–27 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Svan Hansen 9 | (12–15) | Duvnjak 8 | ||
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11 August 2016 21:50 | France ![]() | 31–24 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Abalo 7 | (17–12) | F. Fernández 8 | ||
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13 August 2016 11:30 | Croatia ![]() | 29–28 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL) |
Kopljar 6 | (14–12) | Guigou 10 | ||
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13 August 2016 14:40 | Denmark ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Svan 7 | (14–14) | Markovic 7 | ||
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13 August 2016 21:50 | Argentina ![]() | 23–21 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
Pizarro 7 | (14–10) | Boughanmi 8 | ||
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15 August 2016 14:40 | France ![]() | 33–30 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Mahé 9 | (17–16) | Hansen 8 | ||
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15 August 2016 19:50 | Croatia ![]() | 41–26 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
Karačić 9 | (25–10) | Boughanmi 7 | ||
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15 August 2016 21:50 | Qatar ![]() | 22–18 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Capote, Memišević 4 | (12–9) | Simonet 5 | ||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 141 | +12 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | Quarter-finals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 126 | +11 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 150 | −9 | 5 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 140 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 143 | −14 | 3 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 131 | +1 | 2 |
7 August 2016 11:30 | Sweden ![]() | 29–32 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Tollbring 8 | (15–18) | Kühn 7 | ||
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7 August 2016 16:40 | Poland ![]() | 32–34 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Daszek 8 | (13–16) | Toledo 7 | ||
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7 August 2016 21:50 | Slovenia ![]() | 27–26 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL) |
Janc 8 | (15–15) | El-Ahmar 7 | ||
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9 August 2016 11:30 | Germany ![]() | 32–29 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
three players 5 | (16–14) | Bielecki 10 | ||
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9 August 2016 16:40 | Brazil ![]() | 28–31 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Chiuffa 8 | (13–16) | Janc 6 | ||
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9 August 2016 19:50 | Egypt ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
Sanad 7 | (12–13) | Petersen 5 | ||
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11 August 2016 11:30 | Poland ![]() | 33–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Daszek 6 | (16–10) | Eissa 6 | ||
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11 August 2016 16:40 | Brazil ![]() | 33–30 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Chiuffa 8 | (17–16) | Häfner, Reichmann 6 | ||
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11 August 2016 19:50 | Slovenia ![]() | 29–24 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
Janc, Razgor 5 | (14–13) | Tollbring 6 | ||
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13 August 2016 09:30 | Slovenia ![]() | 25–28 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Dolenec 6 | (12–11) | Gensheimer 6 | ||
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13 August 2016 16:40 | Egypt ![]() | 27–27 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
El-Ahmar 9 | (15–13) | four players 4 | ||
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13 August 2016 19:50 | Sweden ![]() | 24–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Stenmalm 8 | (13–12) | Bielecki 8 | ||
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15 August 2016 09:30 | Poland ![]() | 20–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Bielecki 4 | (13–13) | Zarabec 7 | ||
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15 August 2016 11:30 | Germany ![]() | 31–25 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Gensheimer 7 | (15–12) | Sanad 7 | ||
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15 August 2016 16:40 | Sweden ![]() | 30–19 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Stenmalm 6 | (16–10) | Toledo 4 | ||
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
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19 August | ||||||||||
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17 August | ||||||||||
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21 August | ||||||||||
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17 August | ||||||||||
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19 August | ||||||||||
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17 August | ||||||||||
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21 August | ||||||||||
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4th ![]() | 25 | |||||||||
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17 August 2016 10:00 | Brazil ![]() | 27–34 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Pozzer 8 | (16–16) | Guigou 8 | ||
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17 August 2016 13:30 | Germany ![]() | 34–22 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
three players 5 | (16–12) | Capote 9 | ||
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17 August 2016 17:00 | Denmark ![]() | 37–30 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
M. Hansen, L. Hansen 8 | (16–13) | Bezjak, Janc 6 | ||
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17 August 2016 20:30 | Croatia ![]() | 27–30 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Čupić, Stepančić 7 | (14–18) | Bielecki 12 | ||
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19 August 2016 15:30 | France ![]() | 29–28 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
Narcisse 7 | (16–13) | Gensheimer 11 | ||
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19 August 2016 20:30 | Poland ![]() | 28–29 (ET) | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Bielecki 7 | (15–16) | M. Hansen 10 | ||
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FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4 |
21 August 2016 10:30 | Poland ![]() | 25–31 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Krajewski, Lijewski 5 | (13–17) | Reichmann 7 | ||
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21 August 2016 14:00 | Denmark ![]() | 28–26 | ![]() | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
M. Hansen 8 | (16–14) | Guigou 6 | ||
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Final ranking
| All-star team
Source: IHF.info |
Top goalscorers
Source: IHF | Top goalkeepers
Source: IHF |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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