Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Brazil |
| Dates | 6–21 August 2016 |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Denmark (men) Russia (women) |
| Runner-up |
 France (men) France (women) |
| Third place |
 Germany (men) Norway (women) |
| Fourth place |
 Poland (men) Netherlands (women) |
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The handball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 21 August at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park.[1]
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date Event | Sat 6 | 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 | |||||||||
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee might enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments. The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event, as was the 2015 World Champion (runner-up if the Olympic host was the champion). 4 more spots were awarded to the winners of continental qualification tournaments (for Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, with the runner-up qualifying if the winner was the Olympic host or the World Champion). Finally, 6 spots were awarded through 3 Olympic Qualification Tournaments. These tournaments were open to the top 6 teams from the World Championship that had not already qualified as well as 6 entrants determined through a complex continental qualification algorithm; the 12 teams were divided into 3 tournaments of 4 teams each, with the top 2 teams in each tournament qualifying.[2]
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 | |||
Women's qualification
| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
| 2014 European Championship | 7–21 December 2014 | Various | 1 |  Spain[1] |
| 2015 African Qualification Tournament | 19–21 March 2015 |  Luanda | 1 | Angola |
| 2015 Pan American Games | 15–24 July 2015 | Toronto | 1 | Argentina |
| 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament | 20–25 October 2015 |  Nagoya | 1 |  South Korea |
| 2015 World Championship | 5–20 December 2015 | Denmark | 1 | Norway |
| 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 18–20 March 2016 | Metz | 2 | Netherlands |
| France | ||||
| Aarhus | 2 |  Romania | ||
 Montenegro | ||||
| Astrakhan | 2 | Russia | ||
| Sweden | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||
^ 1. Norway won the European Championship, ensuring its qualification. Norway later also won the 2015 World Championship title, which took precedence in the qualification path. Therefore, the European Championship's runner-up, Spain, received the European continental tournament berth.
Draw
The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[3]
Men's competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage
The teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.
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 |
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:
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 |
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:
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 17 August | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 27 | |||||||||
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| Poland | 30 | |||||||||
| Poland | 28 | |||||||||
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| Denmark (OT) | 29 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 37 | |||||||||
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| Slovenia | 30 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 28 | |||||||||
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| France | 26 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 27 | |||||||||
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| France | 34 | |||||||||
| France | 29 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 28 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Germany | 34 | |||||||||
| 21 August | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 22 | |||||||||
| Poland | 25 | |||||||||
| Germany | 31 | |||||||||
Women's competition
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage
The teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (H) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 117 | +21 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Norway |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 121 | +20 | 8 | |
| 3 | Spain |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 116 | +9 | 6 | |
| 4 | Angola |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 128 | −12 | 4 | |
| 5 | Romania |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 119 | −11 | 4 | |
| 6 | Montenegro |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 134 | −27 | 0 |
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.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 147 | +18 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 93 | +25 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sweden |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 141 | +9 | 5 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | South Korea |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 136 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 147 | −46 | 0 |
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.
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 23 | |||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 32 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 23 | |||||||||
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| France | 24 | |||||||||
| Spain | 26 | |||||||||
| 20 August | ||||||||||
| France (OT) | 27 | |||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 22 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 20 | |||||||||
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| Norway | 33 | |||||||||
| Norway | 37 | |||||||||
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| Russia (OT) | 38 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| 20 August | ||||||||||
| Angola | 27 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 26 | |||||||||
| Norway | 36 | |||||||||
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total 5 NOCs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
See also
- Handball at the 2014 Asian Games
- Handball at the 2015 African Games
- Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games
References
- ↑ "Olympic Handball". Rio 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 – IHF Handball Qualification System" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
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