Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

Men's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	7–21 August 2016
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches	38
Goals scored	2081 (54.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Karol Bielecki (55 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
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Denmark won their first gold medal after defeating defending champion France.[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

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

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

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championship	15 January – 1 February 2015	Qatar	1	France
2015 Pan American Games	16–25 July 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament	14–27 November 2015	Doha	1	Qatar
2016 European Championship	15–31 January 2016	Poland	1	Germany
2016 African Championship	21–30 January 2016	Cairo	1	Egypt
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments	8–10 April 2016	Gdańsk	2	Poland
				Tunisia
		Malmö	2	Slovenia
				Sweden
		Herning	2	Denmark
				Croatia
Total			12

Competition format

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

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

Referees  Brazil Nilson Menezes Rogéro Pinto  Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný  Denmark Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen  Egypt Mohamed Rashed Tamer El-Sayed  France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura  Germany Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig  Iceland Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson  Iran Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviyan

Referees  Ivory Coast Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté  North Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov  Norway Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen  Russia Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berekzina  Slovenia David Sok Bojan Lah  Portugal Santos Duarte Fonseca Ricardo  South Korea Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok  Spain Óscar Raluy López Ángel Sabroso Ramírez

Rosters

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

Draw

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

Seeding

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

All times are local (UTC−3).[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	147	134	+13	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	152	126	+26	8[lower-alpha 1]
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. 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)
	Štrlek 5	(8–15)	Marković 10
	3× 5×	Report	1× 6×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:40	Denmark	25–19	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Hansen, Svan 6	(10–10)	Simonet 7
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:50	France	25–23	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mahé 5	(16–11)	Tej 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

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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 players 4	(13–16)	Abalo 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 14:40	Tunisia	23–31	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Jallouz 5	(10–16)	Mortensen, Svan 8
	1× 2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 21:50	Argentina	26–27	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	F. Fernández 8	(15–14)	Štrlek 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 3×

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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)
	Boughanmi 8	(12–11)	Capote 12
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 14:40	Denmark	24–27	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Svan Hansen 9	(12–15)	Duvnjak 8
	2× 3×	Report	4× 5×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 21:50	France	31–24	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abalo 7	(17–12)	F. Fernández 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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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)
	Kopljar 6	(14–12)	Guigou 10
	4× 5× 2×	Report	4× 2×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40	Denmark	26–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Svan 7	(14–14)	Markovic 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 21:50	Argentina	23–21	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Pizarro 7	(14–10)	Boughanmi 8
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4× 1×

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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)
	Mahé 9	(17–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 19:50	Croatia	41–26	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Karačić 9	(25–10)	Boughanmi 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 1×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50	Qatar	22–18	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Capote, Memišević 4	(12–9)	Simonet 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	153	141	+12	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	1	137	126	+11	8[lower-alpha 1]
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) Host.
Notes:

1. 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)
	Tollbring 8	(15–18)	Kühn 7
	4× 9× 1×	Report	3× 9×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 16:40	Poland	32–34	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Daszek 8	(13–16)	Toledo 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 21:50	Slovenia	27–26	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Janc 8	(15–15)	El-Ahmar 7
	3× 9×	Report	4× 5× 1×

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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 players 5	(16–14)	Bielecki 10
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 16:40	Brazil	28–31	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Chiuffa 8	(13–16)	Janc 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 13×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:50	Egypt	26–25	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Sanad 7	(12–13)	Petersen 5
	4× 7×	Report	3× 8×

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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)
	Daszek 6	(16–10)	Eissa 6
	4× 7×	Report	3× 6× 1×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 16:40	Brazil	33–30	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Chiuffa 8	(17–16)	Häfner, Reichmann 6
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 5× 1×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 19:50	Slovenia	29–24	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	Janc, Razgor 5	(14–13)	Tollbring 6
	4× 7×	Report	4× 6×

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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)
	Dolenec 6	(12–11)	Gensheimer 6
	4× 6×	Report	4× 8×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 16:40	Egypt	27–27	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	El-Ahmar 9	(15–13)	four players 4
	3× 7×	Report	4× 2×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:50	Sweden	24–25	Poland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Stenmalm 8	(13–12)	Bielecki 8
	3× 2×	Report	4× 8×

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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)
	Bielecki 4	(13–13)	Zarabec 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 8×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:30	Germany	31–25	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Gensheimer 7	(15–12)	Sanad 7
	2× 9×	Report	1× 3×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 16:40	Sweden	30–19	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Stenmalm 6	(16–10)	Toledo 4
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	17 August
	Croatia	27
					19 August
	Poland	30
					Poland	28
	17 August
					Denmark (OT)	29
	Denmark	37
									21 August
	Slovenia	30
									Denmark	28
	17 August
									France	26
	Brazil	27
					19 August
	France	34
					France	29
	17 August
					Germany	28			Bronze medal
	Germany	34
									21 August
	Qatar	22
									Poland	25
									Germany	31

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 10:00	Brazil	27–34	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pozzer 8	(16–16)	Guigou 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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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 players 5	(16–12)	Capote 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

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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. Hansen 8	(16–13)	Bezjak, Janc 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 8×

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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, Stepančić 7	(14–18)	Bielecki 12
	4× 2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Semifinals

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 15:30	France	29–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Narcisse 7	(16–13)	Gensheimer 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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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)
	Bielecki 7	(15–16)	M. Hansen 10
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4

Bronze medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 10:30	Poland	25–31	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Krajewski, Lijewski 5	(13–17)	Reichmann 7
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

Gold medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 14:00	Denmark	28–26	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Hansen 8	(16–14)	Guigou 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking Rank Team  Denmark  France  Germany 4  Poland 5  Croatia 6  Slovenia 7  Brazil 8  Qatar 9  Egypt 10  Argentina 11  Sweden 12  Tunisia Source: IHF.info

All-star team Goalkeeper: Niklas Landin Jacobsen Left wing: Uwe Gensheimer Left back: Mikkel Hansen Central back: Nikola Karabatic Right back: Valentin Porte Right wing: Lasse Svan Hansen Line player: Cedric Sorhaindo MVP : Mikkel Hansen Source: IHF.info

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Karol Bielecki 55 87 63 2 Mikkel Hansen 54 87 62 3 Lasse Svan Hansen 49 70 70 Uwe Gensheimer 62 79 5 Tobias Reichmann 41 50 82 6 Rafael Capote 40 66 61 7 Michaël Guigou 39 52 75 8 Žarko Marković 33 70 47 Michał Daszek 43 77 10 Daniel Narcisse 32 44 73 Valentin Porte 49 65 Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Silvio Heinevetter 40 26 65 2 Danijel Šarić 35 55 157 3 Thierry Omeyer 34 75 223 Piotr Wyszomirski 67 196 Mikael Appelgren 24 70 6 Marouen Maggaiz 33 50 153 7 Matías Schulz 31 45 145 Ivan Stevanović 35 114 9 Andreas Wolff 31 35 114 10 Maik Santos 30 69 228 Source: IHF

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark (DEN) Niklas Landin Jacobsen 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) Olivier Nyokas Daniel Narcisse Vincent Gérard Nikola Karabatić Kentin Mahé Mathieu Grébille Thierry Omeyer Timothey N'Guessan Luc Abalo Cédric Sorhaindo Michaël Guigou Luka Karabatić Ludovic Fabregas Adrien Dipanda Valentin Porte	Germany (GER) Uwe Gensheimer 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

1. "Denmark end France's grip on Olympic title". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
2. "Decisive bronze-medal win for Germany". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
3. "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.
4. Referees
5. "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
6. "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
7. "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.
8. "Rio 2016 releases handball match schedule for Olympic Games". rio2016.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.

External links

• Official website