2016 European Women's Handball Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Host country Sweden
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates4–18 December
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates4–18 December
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Norway (7th title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place France
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored2,309 (49.13 per match)
Attendance148,800 (3,166 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Nora Mørk
(53 goals)
Awards
Best playerNetherlands Nycke Groot[1]
← Previous
Next →

The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.

Sweden was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012.[2]

Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands.[3] France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.[4]

There were two bids:

Turkey withdrew their bid, leaving Sweden as the sole bid. they were given the hosting rights on the 23 June 2012.[2]

Venues

Stockholm Gothenburg Malmö Kristianstad Helsingborg
Hovet
Capacity: 8,094		 Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,312		 Malmö Isstadion
Capacity: 5,339		 Kristianstad Arena
Capacity: 4,700		 Helsingborg Arena
Capacity: 4,700
Group A Group I
Knockout stage		 Group C Group B Group D
Group II

Qualification

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament
 SwedenHost23 June 20129 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 RussiaGroup 6 winner12 March 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 FranceGroup 7 winner12 March 20168 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 HungaryGroup 5 winner1 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 NorwayGroup 1 winner1 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 RomaniaGroup 1 runner-up1 June 201610 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 SerbiaGroup 2 winner1 June 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Czech RepublicGroup 2 runner-up1 June 20164 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 NetherlandsGroup 3 winner1 June 20165 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 SpainGroup 3 runner-up1 June 20168 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 PolandGroup 5 runner-up1 June 20164 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014)
 GermanyGroup 7 runner-up1 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 MontenegroGroup 4 winner2 June 20163 (2010, 2012, 2014)
 DenmarkGroup 6 runner-up2 June 201611 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 CroatiaGroup 4 runner-up2 June 20168 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 SloveniaBest third-ranked team5 June 20164 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Referees

14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.[7][8] Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.[9]

Preliminary round

Main round

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
 Netherlands26
 
18 December
 
 Denmark22
 
 Netherlands29
 
16 December
 
 Norway30
 
 France16
 
 
 Norway20
 
Third place
 
 
18 December
 
 
 Denmark22
 
 
 France25

Semifinals

16 December 2016
18:15		 Netherlands  26–22  Denmark Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,853
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Polman 7 (13–13) Jørgensen 6
2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square
16 December 2016
20:45		 France  16–20  Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,908
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Lacrabère 6 (9–11) Mørk 7
2×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Fifth place game

16 December 2016
15:45		 Germany  22–23  Romania Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,210
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Huber 5 (11–11) Zamfir 6
3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Third place game

18 December 2016
15:30		 Denmark  22–25  France Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,391
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Jørgensen 6 (9–14) Nze Minko 5
2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card Report 2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final

18 December 2016
18:00		 Netherlands  29–30  Norway Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,037
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Snelder 6 (15–15) Mørk 12
3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final ranking and statistics

References

External links

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI