Handball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)Future Arena
Dates6–21 August 2016
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
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)

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] The tournaments were won by Denmark in the men's competition and Russia for the women's tournament. The French teams for both competitions finished with the silver medal, and the bronze went to Germany and Norway, respectively.

Format

The handball event at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played between 6 and 21 August 2016 at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] The Games consisted of two tournaments, one each for men and women's teams.[3] The events featured twelve teams, who qualified for the tournament from a series of preceding tournaments, as well as the host country Brazil. The draw for the championships took place on 29 April 2016, and split the teams into round robin groups of six.[3] Four teams from each group qualified for the knockout rounds, and the winner and runner-up receiving gold and silver medals respectively. A third-placed play-off was contested for the bronze medal.[3]

Matches were played over 60 minutes, with two points being awarded to winners and a single point to draws in the group stage.[2] Teams tied for points in the group stage featured a series of tiebreaker criteria including head-to-head points, goal difference and goals scored.[2][4]

Competition schedule

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21
MenGGGGG¼½BF
WomenGGGGG¼½BF

Qualification

Qualification for the Olympics were awarded based on a series of tournaments before the event between January 2015 and April 2016. Each National Olympic Committee were allowed to enter one team each for men and women. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event, as was the winner of the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Four more spots were awarded to the winners of continental qualification tournaments for Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Finally, six places were awarded through three Olympic qualification tournaments. These tournaments were open to the top six teams from the World Championship that had not already qualified as well as six entrants determined through a complex continental qualification algorithm. The twelve teams were divided into three round-robin tournaments featuring four teams, with the top two teams in each tournament qualifying.[5][6]

Summary

Men's competition

The semi-finals saw France defeat Germany by a single point, after having a three point lead at half time.[7] The other semi-final between Poland and Denmark went to extra-time, with the scores tied at 25-25 where Denmark won the match 29-28.[8] The bronze medal match was held between Poland and Germany. The Polish side started hotly and had a 8-5 lead, before the Germans came back and held a 17-13 lead at half-time.[9] Germany pushed the lead to seven points after the third quarter, and eventually won the match 31-25 to win the bronze medal.[10][9]

The Danish side met the French team in the final.[11] Leading at 16-14 after the first half, Denmark retained their lead to win the match 28-26.[10] This was Denmark's first medal in the handball event at the Olympics, having reached their best, a fourth place in 1984.[12] Danish player Jannick Green "dreamt about one day making" the final, and the team "worked really hard and played well".[12] The result put an end to the French period of dominance at the Olympics, having won the two prior events in 2008 and 2012.[13] French player Luka Karabatic commented "When you’ve got a medal around your neck it’s a little bit different and you can see what you achieved as a team... Getting a silver medal is something unbelievable."[12][14]

Results

Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.[15]

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
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. 1 2 Croatia 29–28 France
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Slovenia 25–28 Germany

Knockout stage

 
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
 
 Germany28 Bronze medal
 
 Germany34
 
21 August
 
 Qatar22
 
4th  Poland25
 
 
  Germany31
 

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
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
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
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.

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Brazil23
 
18 August
 
 Netherlands32
 
 Netherlands23
 
16 August
 
 France24
 
 Spain26
 
20 August
 
 France (OT)27
 
 France19
 
16 August
 
 Russia22
 
 Sweden20
 
18 August
 
 Norway33
 
 Norway37
 
16 August
 
 Russia (OT)38 Bronze medal
 
 Russia31
 
20 August
 
 Angola27
 
 Netherlands26
 
 
 Norway36
 

Medal summary

Medalists

Below is a full list of players awarded medals at the championships.[16][17]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Denmark (DEN)
Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Mads Christiansen
Mads Mensah Larsen
Casper Ulrich Mortensen
Jesper Nøddesbo
Jannick Green
Lasse Svan Hansen
Rene Toft Hansen
Henrik Mollgaard
Kasper Sondergaard
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
Cedric Sorhaindo
Michael Guigou
Luka Karabatic
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
Patrick Groetzki
Kai Häfner
Andreas Wolff
Julius Kühn
Christian Dissinger
Paul Drux
Women
  Russia (RUS)
Anna Sedoykina
Polina Kuznetsova
Daria Dmitrieva
Anna Sen
Olga Akopyan
Anna Vyakhireva
Marina Sudakova
Vladlena Bobrovnikova
Victoria Zhilinskayte
Yekaterina Marennikova
Irina Bliznova
Ekaterina Ilina
Maya Petrova
Tatyana Yerokhina
Victoriya Kalinina		  France (FRA)
Laura Glauser
Blandine Dancette
Camille Ayglon
Allison Pineau
Laurisa Landre
Grace Zaadi
Marie Prouvensier
Amandine Leynaud
Manon Houette
Siraba Dembélé
Chloé Bulleux
Béatrice Edwige
Estelle Nze Minko
Gnonsiane Niombla
Alexandra Lacrabère		  Norway (NOR)
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
Mari Molid
Emilie Hegh Arntzen
Ida Alstad
Veronica Kristiansen
Heidi Løke
Nora Mørk
Stine Bredal Oftedal
Marit Malm Frafjord
Katrine Lunde
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren
Amanda Kurtović
Camilla Herrem
Sanna Solberg

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  8. ↑ "Denmark 29-28 Poland ET" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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