2016 European Men's Handball Championship

2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Mistrzostwa Europy w Piłce Ręcznej Mężczyzn 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venues	4 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	15–31 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,629 (54.77 per match)
Attendance	400,815 (8,350 per match)
Top scorers	Valero Rivera Folch; (48 goals)
Awards
Best player	Raúl Entrerríos
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Host country

Poland

Venues4 (in 5 host cities)

Dates15–31 January

Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition and was held for the first time in Poland from 15–31 January 2016. Croatia and Norway were the other applicants in the bidding process.

Poland was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012 with 58% votes.^[2]

Germany won their second title by beating Spain 24–17 in the final.^[3] Croatia captured the bronze medal after defeating Norway 31–24.^[4]

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Country
Country	Votes
Poland	27
Croatia	15
Norway	4
Total	46

Kraków	Gdańsk / Sopot	Kraków Gdańsk / Sopot Katowice Wrocław
Tauron Arena Capacity: 15,328	Ergo Arena Capacity: 11,409

Katowice	Wrocław
Spodek Capacity: 11,036	Centennial Hall Capacity: 8,500

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Poland	Host	23 June 2012	7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Hungary	Group 5 winner	2 May 2015	9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Denmark	Group 2 winner	2 May 2015	10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
France	Group 6 winner	3 May 2015	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Sweden	Group 3 winner	10 June 2015	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Slovenia	Group 3 runner-up	10 June 2015	9 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Croatia	Group 1 winner	10 June 2015	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Norway	Group 1 runner-up	10 June 2015	6 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Spain	Group 7 winner	10 June 2015	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Germany	Group 7 runner-up	10 June 2015	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Iceland	Group 4 winner	14 June 2015	8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Serbia	Group 4 runner-up	14 June 2015	3 ( 2010, 2012, 2014)
Montenegro	Best third placed team	14 June 2015	2 (2008, 2014)
Russia	Group 5 runner-up	14 June 2015	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Macedonia	Group 6 runner-up	14 June 2015	3 (1998, 2012, 2014)
Belarus	Group 2 runner-up	14 June 2015	3 (1994, 2008, 2014)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	84	76	+8	6	Advance to main round
2	France	3	2	0	1	91	80	+11	4
3	Macedonia	3	0	1	2	73	81	−8	1^[a]
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	81	92	−11	1^[a]	Eliminated

15 January 2016 18:00	France	30–23	Macedonia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Sorhaindo 6	(12–12)	K. Lazarov 9
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 7×

2016 European Men's Handball Championship

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Seeding

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Group I

Group II

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final ranking and qualifications

All Star Team

Player's awards

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

Related Articles

15 January 2016 20:30	Poland	29–28	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,100 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Jurecki 7	(14–15)	Nenadić, Nikčević 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

17 January 2016 18:15	Serbia	26–36	France	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Šešum 7	(16–19)	Nyokas 8
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17 January 2016 20:30	Macedonia	23–24	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	K. Lazarov 8	(13–11)	Syprzak 6
	4× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

19 January 2016 18:15	Macedonia	27–27	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Manaskov 10	(13–13)	Nenadić, Šešum 7
	4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	France	25–31	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,854 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Abalo, Mahé 5	(12–15)	Bielecki 9
	2× 3×	Report	4× 6×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	88	84	+4	4^[a]	Advance to main round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	95	83	+12	4^[a]
3	Belarus	3	1	2	87	94	−7	2^[b]
4	Iceland	3	1	2	92	101	−9	2^[b]	Eliminated

15 January 2016 16:00	Croatia	27–21	Belarus	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Štrlek 9	(15–15)	Rutenka 8
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

15 January 2016 18:15	Iceland	26–25	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Pálmarsson 8	(10–11)	Bjørnsen 7
	4× 7×	Report	4× 4×

17 January 2016 16:00	Belarus	39–38	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pukhouski 11	(17–18)	Petersson 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2016 18:15	Norway	34–31	Croatia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 8,400 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bjørnsen 7	(16–17)	Duvnjak 8
	2× 4×	Report	4× 6×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	153	141	+12	9	Advanced to semifinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	153	134	+19	6^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	France	5	3	0	2	145	130	+15	6^[a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Poland	5	3	0	2	138	142	−4	6^[a]	Advanced to seventh place game
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4	128	151	−23	2	Eliminated
6	Macedonia	5	0	1	4	130	149	−19	1	Eliminated

19 January 2016 18:15	Belarus	27–29	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Rutenka 9	(13–12)	Bjørnsen, O'Sullivan 5
	4× 6×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	Croatia	37–28	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Marić 8	(19–10)	Gunnarsson, Sigurðsson 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2016 18:30	Spain	32–29	Germany	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Rivera 7	(18–15)	Dissinger 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2016 20:45	Sweden	23–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Ekberg 4	(16–9)	Gaber 5
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

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18 January 2016 18:15	Slovenia	24–24	Spain	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Žvižej 6	(13–10)	Aguinagalde 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

18 January 2016 20:30	Germany	27–26	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Reichmann 9	(13–17)	Jakobsson 8
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Germany	25–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Reichmann 5	(12–10)	Kavtičnik 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

20 January 2016 20:00	Spain	24–22	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Rivera 9	(12–10)	Jakobsson, Östlund 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

16 January 2016 18:00	Hungary	32–27	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,864 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Bánhidi 7	(16–12)	Borozan 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

16 January 2016 20:15	Denmark	31–25	Russia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 7,952 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 4	(13–13)	Shelmenko 5
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18 January 2016 18:00	Russia	27–26	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,452 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Dibirov 6	(14–10)	Jamali 6
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18 January 2016 20:15	Montenegro	28–30	Denmark	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,980 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Grbović 7	(16–14)	Eggert 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Russia	28–21	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 5,930 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Gorbok, Shelmenko 5	(14–9)	Ševaljević, Vujović 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

20 January 2016 20:00	Denmark	30–22	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 8,361 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Hansen 9	(18–10)	Hornyák 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2016 18:15	France	34–23	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 6,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Karabatić 9	(20–5)	Khadkevich 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2016 20:30	Macedonia	24–34	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Manaskov 7	(13–17)	Slišković 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

23 January 2016 18:15	France	32–24	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Abalo 6	(16–10)	Duvnjak 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

23 January 2016 20:30	Poland	28–30	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,600 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bielecki 10	(15–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2016 18:15	Macedonia	31–31	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 7,600 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	K. Lazarov 11	(17–13)	Bjørnsen 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

25 January 2016 20:30	Poland	32–27	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Jurecki 9	(19–13)	Shylovich 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×