2016 Summer Olympics / Handball

Handball at the 2016 Olympic Games
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Arena do Futuro
Teams	24 (12 , 12 )
Nations	20th
Athletes	353 (176 , 177 )
date	August 6-21, 2016
decisions	2
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The Future Arena in the Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , two handball competitions were held from 6 to 21 August 2016 . Twelve teams each took part in the tournament for women and men. The venue was the Future Arena in the Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro , which offered space for 12,000 spectators.

Men

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	THE	Niklas Landin Jacobsen , Jannick Green Krejberg , Lasse Svan , Casper Ulrich Mortensen , Henrik Toft Hansen , Jesper Nøddesbo , René Toft Hansen , Morten Olsen , Mads Mensah Larsen , Mikkel Hansen , Michael Damgaard , Henrik Møllgaard Jensen , Mads Christiansen , Kasper Søndergaard Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
2	FRA	Vincent Gérard , Thierry Omeyer , Michaël Guigou , Kentin Mahé , Mathieu Grébille , Timothey N'Guessan , Nikola Karabatić , Daniel Narcisse , Ludovic Fabregas , Luka Karabatić , Cédric Sorhaindo , Adrien Dipanda , Valentin Porte , Luc Abalo , Olivier Nyokas Trainer: Claude Onesta
3	GER	Christian Dissinger , Paul Drux , Steffen Fäth , Uwe Gensheimer , Patrick Groetzki , Kai Häfner , Silvio Heinevetter , Julius Kühn , Finn Lemke , Hendrik Pekeler , Tobias Reichmann , Martin Strobel , Steffen Weinhold , Fabian Wiede , Patrick Wiencek , Andreas Wolff Coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

draw

The draw took place on April 29, 2016. The lottery pots were announced on April 10, 2016.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France Poland	Slovenia Denmark	Croatia Sweden	Tunisia Brazil	Germany Qatar	Argentina Egypt

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are in local time ( UTC − 3 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	05	04th	00	01	0147: 1340	+13	08th
02.	France	05	04th	00	01	0152: 1260	+26	08th
03.	Denmark	05	03	00	02	0136: 1270	+9	06th
04th	Qatar	05	02	01	02	0122: 1270	−5	05
05.	Argentina	05	01	00	04th	0110: 1260	−16	02
06th	Tunisia	05	00	01	04th	0118: 1450	−27	01

August 7, 2016 9:30 am	Croatia	23:30	Qatar	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raluy, Sambroso Ramirez
	Štrlek 5	(8:15)	Marković 10
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

August 7, 2016 2:40 pm	Denmark	25:19	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Sok, Lah
	Svan , Hansen 6 each	(10:10)	P. Simonet 7
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 7, 2016 7:50 pm	France	25:23	Tunisia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Geipel , Helbig
	Mahé 5	(16:11)	Tej 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

August 9, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Qatar	20:35	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	Marković , Capote , Bagarić 4	(13:16)	Abalo 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 9, 2016 2:40 pm	Tunisia	23:31	Denmark	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Nilson, Menezes
	Jallouz 5	(10:17)	Svan , Mortensen 8 each
	1 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 9, 2016 9:50 pm	Argentina	26:27	Croatia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rashed, El-Sayed
	Fernández 8	(15:14)	Štrlek 7
	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

August 11, 2016 9:30 am	Tunisia	25:25	Qatar	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Hansen, Gjeding
	Bannour 8	(12:11)	Capote 12
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

August 11, 2016 2:40 pm	Denmark	24:27	Croatia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Geipel , Helbig
	Svan 9	(12:15)	Duvnjak 8
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

August 11, 2016 9:50 pm	France	31:24	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov
	Abalo 7	(17:12)	F. Fernández 8
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

August 13, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Croatia	29:28	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson
	Kopljar 6	(14:12)	Guigou 10
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

August 13, 2016 2:40 pm	Denmark	26:25	Qatar	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rashed, El-Sayed
	Svan 7	(14:14)	Marković 7
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 13, 2016 9:50 pm	Argentina	23:21	Tunisia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Koo, Lee
	Pizarro 7	(14:10)	Boughanmi 8
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×

August 15, 2016 2:40 pm	France	33:30	Denmark	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Lah, Sok
	Mahé 9	(17:16)	Hansen 8
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

August 15, 2016 7:50 pm	Croatia	41:26	Tunisia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté
	Karačić 9	(25:10)	Boughanmi 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

August 15, 2016 9:50 pm	Qatar	22:18	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez
	Capote , Memišević 4	(12: 9)	Simonet 5
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

Group B

All times are in local time ( UTC − 3 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	05	04th	00	01	0153: 1410	+12	08th
02.	Slovenia	05	04th	00	01	0137: 1260	+11	08th
03.	Brazil	05	02	01	02	0141: 1500	−9	05
04th	Poland	05	02	00	03	0139: 1400	−1	04th
05.	Egypt	05	01	01	03	0129: 1430	−14	03
06th	Sweden	05	01	00	04th	0132: 1310	+1	02

August 7, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Sweden	29:32	Germany	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Hansen, Gjeding
	Tollbring 8	(15:18)	Bold 7
	4 ×  9 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  9 ×

August 7, 2016 4:40 pm	Poland	32:34	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov
	Daszek 8	(13:16)	de Toledo 7
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

August 7, 2016 9:50 pm	Slovenia	27:26	Egypt	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson
	Jan 8	(15:15)	El-Ahmar 7
	3 ×  9 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×

August 9, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Germany	32:29	Poland	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez
	Gensheimer , Wiede , Kühn 5	(16:14)	Bielecki 10
	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

August 9, 2016 4:40 pm	Brazil	28:31	Slovenia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Hansen, Gjeding
	Chiuffa 8	(13:16)	Jan 6
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  13 ×

August 9, 2016 7:50 pm	Egypt	26:25	Sweden	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sadeghi, Kolahdouzan
	Sanad 7	(12:13)	Petersen 5
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  8 ×

August 11, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Poland	33:25	Egypt	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Daszek 6	(16:10)	Eissa 6
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

August 11, 2016 4:40 pm	Brazil	33:30	Germany	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	Chiuffa 8	(17:16)	Reichmann 6
	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×

August 11, 2016 7:50 pm	Slovenia	29:24	Sweden	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raluy, Sabroso Ramirez
	Janc , Razgor 5 each	(14:13)	Tollbring 6
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

August 13, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Slovenia	25:28	Germany	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov
	Dolenec 6	(12:11)	Gensheimer 6
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

August 13, 2016 4:40 pm	Egypt	27:27	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Lah, Sok
	El-Ahmar 9	(15:13)	4 players 4
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

August 13, 2016 7:50 pm	Sweden	24:25	Poland	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Geipel, Helbig
	Stenmalm 8	(13:12)	Bielecki 8
	4 ×  8 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

August 15, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Poland	20:25	Slovenia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	Bielecki 4	(13:13)	Zarabec 7
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  8 ×

August 15, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Germany	31:25	Egypt	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Hansen, Gjeding
	Gensheimer 7th	(15:12)	Sanad 7
	2 ×  9 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

August 15, 2016 2:40 pm	Sweden	30:19	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Stenmalm 6	(16:10)	de Toledo 4
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	17th August 2016
	Croatia	27
					19th August 2016
	Poland	30th
					Poland	28
	17th August 2016
					Denmark	29
	Slovenia	30th
									August 21, 2016
	Denmark	37
									Denmark	28
	17th August 2016
									France	26th
	France	34
					19th August 2016
	Brazil	27
					France	29			3rd place match
	17th August 2016
					Germany	28
	Germany	34							Germany	31
	Qatar	22nd							Poland	25th
									August 21, 2016

Quarter finals

August 17, 2016 10:00 a.m.	Brazil	27:34	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	dos Santos 6	(16:16)	Guigou 8
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

August 17, 2016 1:30 p.m.	Germany	34:22	Qatar	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,518 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Gensheimer , Reichmann , Wiede 5	(16:12)	Capote 9
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

August 17, 2016 5:00 p.m.	Denmark	37:30	Slovenia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,435 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso Ramirez
	Svan , Hansen 8	(16:13)	Janc , Bezjak 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

August 17, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	27:30	Poland	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,265 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Stepančić , Čupić 7	(14:18)	Bielecki 12
	4 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Semifinals

August 19, 2016 3:30 p.m.	France	29:28	Germany	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,795 Referees: Hansen, Gjeding
	Narcisse 7	(16:13)	Gensheimer 11th
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

August 19, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Poland	28:29 a.d.	Denmark	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,689 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Bielecki 7	(15:16), (25:25)	Hansen 10
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

3rd place match

August 21, 2016 10:30 a.m.	Germany	31:25	Poland	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	Reichmann 7	(17:13)	Lijewski , Krajewski 5 each
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

final

August 21, 2016 2:00 p.m.	Denmark	28:26	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raluy, Sabroso Ramirez
	Hansen 8	(16:14)	Guigou 6
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates	FT	7m
1	Karol Bielecki	Poland	8th	55	34	21st
2	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark	8th	54	39	15th
3	Uwe Gensheimer	Germany	8th	49	29	20th
	Let Svan	Denmark	8th	49	49	0
5	Tobias Reichmann	Germany	8th	41	39	2
6th	Rafael Capote	Qatar	6th	40	40	0
7th	Michaël Guigou	France	8th	39	20th	19th
8th	Michał Daszek	Poland	8th	33	33	0
	Žarko Marković	Qatar	6th	33	22nd	11
10	Daniel Narcisse	France	8th	32	32	0
	Valentin Porte	France	8th	32	32	0

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark
Left winger:	Uwe Gensheimer	Germany
Back left:	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark
Back center:	Nikola Karabatić	France
Back right:	Valentin Porte	France
Right winger:	Let Svan	Denmark
Circle:	Cédric Sorhaindo	France
MVP (Most Valuable Player):	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark

Audience ratings

Audience ratings for the broadcast of the German national handball team by ZDF.

game	date	Time	spectator	Market share	source
1	07 Aug 2016	16.30	3.30 million	23.8%
2	09 Aug 2016	16.30	3.37 million	25.6%
3	11 Aug 2016	21.40		27.6%
4th	13 Aug 2016	14.30	2.82 million
5	15 Aug 2016	16.30	3.89 million	29.9%
6th	17th Aug 2016	18.30	4.55 million	22.9%
7th	19 Aug 2016	20.30	5.48 million	20.7%
8th	Aug 21, 2016	14.00	3.95 million	24.4%

Women

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	RUS	Anna Sedoikina , Wiktorija Kalinina , Tatjana Jerochina , Anna Wjachirewa , Marina Sudakowa , Irina Blisnowa , Anna Sen , Yekaterina Iljina , Daria Dmitrieva , Polina Kuznetsova , Ekaterina Marennikowa , Olga Akopjan , Wladlena Bobrownikowa , Wiktorija Schilinskaite , Maja Petrova Coach: Yevgeny Trefilov
2	FRA	Laura Glauser , Blandine Dancette , Camille Ayglon-Saurina , Allison Pineau , Laurisa Landre , Grace Zaadi , Amandine Leynaud , Manon Houette , Siraba Dembélé , Chloé Bulleux , Béatrice Edwige , Estelle Nze Minko , Gnonsiane Niombla , Alexandra Lacrabère , Marie Prouvensier , Tamara Horacek Coach: Olivier Krumbholz
3	NOR	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø , Katrine Lunde , Camilla Herrem , Sanna Solberg , Nora Mørk , Amanda Kurtovic , Marit Malm Frafjord , Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren , Stine Bredal Oftedal , Veronica Kristiansen , Ida Alstad , Emilie Hegh Arntzen , Heidi Løke , Mari Molid Coach: Þórir Hergeirsson

draw

The draw took place on April 29, 2016. The lottery pots were announced on April 10, 2016.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Norway Netherlands	Romania Russia	Sweden Montenegro	France Brazil	Spain Argentina	South Korea Angola

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Brazil	05	04th	00	01	0138: 1170	+21	08th
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0141: 1210	+20	08th
03.	Spain	05	03	00	02	0125: 1160	+9	06th
04th	Angola	05	02	00	03	0116: 1280	−12	04th
05.	Romania	05	02	00	03	0108: 1190	−11	04th
06th	Montenegro	05	00	00	05	0107: 1340	−27	00

August 6, 2016 9:30 am	Norway	28:31	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,780 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Mørk 12	(16:17)	Rodrigues Belo 12
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  8 ×  1 ×

August 6, 2016 4:40 pm	Montenegro	19:25	Spain	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,115 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	K. Bulatović 5	(10:14)	Alberto , Pinedo , Pena , Cabral 4
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

August 6, 2016 7:50 pm	Romania	19:23	Angola	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Neagu 8	(9:11)	Guialo 5
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

August 8, 2016 2:40 pm	Spain	24:27	Norway	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,238 Referees: Geipel , Helbig
	Cabral Barbosa 5	(10:11)	Kristiansen 7
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

August 8, 2016 4:40 pm	Brazil	26:13	Romania	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,858 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Rodrigues Belo 8	(14: 9)	Neagu 6
	2 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

August 8, 2016 9:50 pm	Angola	27:25	Montenegro	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,975 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Guialo 7	(12:12)	K. Bulatović 9
	2 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

August 10, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Brazil	24:29	Spain	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,495 Referees: Koo, Lee
	da Silva 7	(12:15)	Pena 8
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

August 10, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Romania	25:21	Montenegro	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,218 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed
	Neagu 10	(11: 9)	K. Bulatović 9
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

August 10, 2016 4:40 pm	Norway	30:20	Angola	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,332 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Mørk 8	(16: 9)	Guialo 8
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×

August 12, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Angola	24:28	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,473 Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	Bernardo 8	(13:13)	Rodrigues Belo 7
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

August 12, 2016 2:40 pm	Romania	24:21	Spain	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,023 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Neagu 9	(13:11)	Martín , Pena , Cabral each 4
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

August 12, 2016 4:40 pm	Montenegro	19:28	Norway	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,460 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté
	Jauković 5	(11:16)	Mørk 6
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

August 14, 2016 9:30 a.m.	Montenegro	23:29	Brazil	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,708 Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan
	Pavićević 6	(10:12)	Rodrigues Belo 6
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 14, 2016 4:40 pm	Norway	28:27	Romania	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,304 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Kristiansen 7	(14:13)	Neagu 11
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

August 14, 2016 7:50 pm	Spain	26:22	Angola	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,325 Referees: Pinto, Menezes
	Martín , Cabral 7	(13:12)	Guialo 6
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  8 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	05	00	00	0165: 1470	+18	10
02.	France	05	04th	00	01	0118: 9300	+25	08th
03.	Sweden	05	02	01	02	0150: 1410	+9	05
04th	Netherlands	05	01	02	02	0135: 1350	± 0	04th
05.	South Korea	05	01	01	03	0128: 1360	−8	03
06th	Argentina	05	00	00	05	0101: 1450	−44	00

August 6, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Netherlands	14:18	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,452 Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	Abbing , Van der Heijden , Groot 3 each	(6:10)	Pineau , Lacrabère 5
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

August 6, 2016 2:40 pm	Russia	30:25	South Korea	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,975 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Sudakowa 6	(12:13)	Jung , Kim 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

August 6, 2016 9:50 pm	Sweden	31:21	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,575 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté
	Hagman 6	(13: 9)	Mendoza 5
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

August 8, 2016 9:30 am	South Korea	28:31	Sweden	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 3,875 Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	Woo 7	(15:16)	Hagman 7
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

August 8, 2016 11:30 a.m.	France	25:26	Russia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 4,980 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Lacrabère 11	(10:15)	Kuznetsova 6
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

August 8, 2016 7:50 pm	Argentina	18:26	Netherlands	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,975 Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan
	Mendoza 3	(8:13)	Polman 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  10 ×

August 10, 2016 2:40 pm	Russia	36:34	Sweden	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,681 Referees: Pinto, Menezes
	Bobrownikowa , Dmitrijewa 6 each	(15:18)	Gullden 11
	4 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

August 10, 2016 7:50 pm	Netherlands	32:32	South Korea	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,248 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso
	Broch , Groot 7 each	(18:17)	Gwon 11
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

August 10, 2016 9:50 pm	France	27:11	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 7,184 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Houette 8	(15: 4)	Campigli 4
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

August 12, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Sweden	29:29	Netherlands	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,958 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Hagman 14	(16:13)	Malestein 5
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

August 12, 2016 7:50 pm	Russia	35:29	Argentina	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 6,948 Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan
	Vyachireva 7	(20:18)	Pizzo 6
	3 ×  11 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

August 12, 2016 9:50 pm	South Korea	17:21	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Hansen, Gjeding
	Song 5	(11:11)	Lacrabère 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

August 14, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Sweden	25:27	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 5,108 Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	Roberts 8	(13:15)	Lacrabère 8
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  1 ×

August 14, 2016 2:40 pm	Netherlands	34:38	Russia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,542 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Polman 12	(16:17)	Ilyina 8
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

August 14, 2016 9:50 pm	Argentina	22:28	South Korea	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 4,495 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Mendoza 6	(10:12)	Gwon 11
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	16th August 2016
	Brazil	23
					18th August 2016
	Netherlands	32
					Netherlands	23
	16th August 2016
					France	24
	France	27
									20th August 2016
	Spain	26th
									France	19th
	16th August 2016
									Russia	22nd
	Norway	33
					18th August 2016
	Sweden	20th
					Norway	37			3rd place match
	16th August 2016
					Russia	38
	Russia	31							Netherlands	26th
	Angola	27							Norway	36
									20th August 2016

Quarter finals

August 16, 2016 10:00 a.m.	Brazil	23:32	Netherlands	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Spectators: 8,878 Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	da Silva 7	(11:12)	Polman 7
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

August 16, 2016 1:30 p.m.	Spain	26:27 a.d.	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Pena 13	(12: 5), (23:23)	Lacrabère 7
	4 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

August 16, 2016 5:00 p.m.	Sweden	20:33	Norway	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Gullden 9	(7:19)	Oftedal 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

August 16, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Russia	31:27	Angola	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Pinto, Menezes
	Kuznetsova 5	(18:14)	Bernardo 8
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Semifinals

August 18, 2016 3:30 p.m.	Netherlands	23:24	France	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Koo, Lee
	van der Heijden 8	(13:17)	Pineau 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

August 18, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Norway	37:38 a.d.	Russia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referee: Lah, Sok
	Mørk 14	(16:18), (31:31)	Bobrovnikova 8
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

3rd place match

August 20, 2016 11:30 a.m.	Netherlands	26:36	Norway	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Groot 6	(13:19)	Mørk 7
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

final

August 20, 2016 3:30 p.m.	France	19:22	Russia	Future Arena , Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen
	Pineau , Dembélé 5 each	(7:10)	Vyachireva 5
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates	FT	7m
1	Nora Mørk	Norway	8th	62	37	25th
2	Alexandra Lacrabère	France	8th	46	35	11
3	Cristina Neagu	Romania	5	44	30th	14th
4th	Nathalie Hagman	Sweden	6th	38	32	6th
5	Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo	Brazil	6th	37	31	6th
	Veronica Kristiansen	Norway	8th	37	30th	7th
7th	Isabelle Gullden	Sweden	6th	36	16	20th
	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	8th	36	30th	6th
	Anna Vyachireva	Russia	8th	36	23	13
10	Isabel Guialo	Angola	6th	35	15th	20th

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway
Left winger:	Polina Kuznetsova	Russia
Back left:	Allison Pineau	France
Back center:	Darja Dmitrieva	Russia
Back right:	Alexandra Lacrabère	France
Right winger:	Nathalie Hagman	Sweden
Circle:	Heidi Løke	Norway
MVP (Most Valuable Player):	Anna Vyachireva	Russia

qualification

Qualification criteria

336 athletes take part in the competitions, twelve teams of each gender with 14 players each. The following qualification criteria counted for both women and men: The 2015 world champions and the four winners of the continental championships that were held between 2015 and 2016 qualified for the Olympic tournament. ( Asia and Oceania together form a continental association). Brazil is automatically qualified to host.

The last opportunity to qualify in 2016 were three tournaments per gender, in which two teams qualified. Four teams took part in each of these tournaments, the places were awarded after the performance at the World and Continental Championships. The six best teams in the World Cup that had not yet qualified for the Olympic tournament took part. There were also two teams each from Europe and Asia as well as one team from America and Africa .

Overview of all qualification competitions

Men

Qualifying competition	date	venue	Places	Qualified
host	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
World Championship 2015	January 15 to February 1, 2015	Qatar	1	France
Pan American Games 2015	July 13-30, 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
Asian qualifying tournament	November 14-27, 2015	Qatar	1	Qatar
European Championship 2016	January 15 to 31, 2016	Poland	1	Germany
African Championship 2016	January 21-30, 2016	Cairo	1	Egypt
Olympic qualifying tournaments	April 8-10, 2016	Danzig	2	Poland
				Tunisia
		Malmo	2	Sweden
				Slovenia
		Herning	2	Croatia
				Denmark
total			12

Women

Qualifying competition	date	venue	Places	Qualified
host	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
World Championship 2015	5th to 20th December 2015	Denmark	1	Norway
Pan American Games 2015	July 13-30, 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
Asian qualifying tournament	October 20-25, 2015	Japan	1	South Korea
European Championship 2014	December 7-21, 2014	Hungary / Croatia	1	Spain
African qualifying tournament	March 19-21, 2015	Luanda	1	Angola
Olympic qualifying tournaments	March 18-20, 2016	Metz	2	Netherlands
				France
		Aarhus	2	Romania
				Montenegro
		Astrakhan	2	Russia
				Sweden
total			12

Qualifying tournaments

Men

2016 Olympic Qualifier # 1	2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2	2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 3
3rd place in the World Cup: Poland  9th place in the World Cup: North Macedonia  3rd place in the Pan American Games: Chile  2nd place in the African Championship: Tunisia	4th place in the World Cup: Spain  8th place in the World Cup: Slovenia  2nd place in the Asian qualifying tournament: Iran  8th place in the European Championship: Sweden	5th place in the world championship: Denmark  6th place in the World Cup: Croatia  4th place in the European Championship: Norway  3rd place in the Asian qualifying tournament: Bahrain

Qualifier # 1

The tournament took place in Gdansk from April 8-10, 2016 .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Poland	03	03	00	00	0088:7100	+17	06th
02.	Tunisia	03	02	00	01	0091:8300	+8	04th
03.	North Macedonia	03	01	00	02	0076:8400	−8	02
04th	Chile	03	00	00	03	0083: 1000	−17	00

Qualifier # 2

The tournament took place in Malmö from April 8-10, 2016 .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Slovenia	03	02	00	01	0080:6200	+18	04th
02.	Sweden	03	02	00	01	0081:6700	+14	04th
03.	Spain	03	02	00	01	0083:7000	+13	04th
04th	Iran	03	00	00	03	0059: 1040	−45	00

Qualifier # 3

The tournament took place from April 8th to 10th, 2016 in Herning .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	03	02	01	00	0079:7300	+6	05
02.	Croatia	03	02	00	01	0084:7100	+13	04th
03.	Norway	03	01	01	01	0081:8100	± 0	03
04th	Bahrain	03	00	00	03	0075:9400	−19	00

Women

2016 Olympic Qualifier # 1	2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2	2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 3
2nd place in the world championship: Netherlands  7th place in the World Cup: France  3rd place in the Asian qualifying tournament: Japan  2nd place in the African Championship: Tunisia	3rd place in the world championship: Romania  6th place in the world championship: Denmark  3rd place in the Pan American Games: Uruguay  4th place in the European Championship: Montenegro	4th place in the World Cup: Poland  5th place in the World Cup: Russia  3rd place in the European Championship: Sweden  4th place in the Pan American Games: Mexico

Qualifier # 1

The tournament took place in Metz from March 18-20, 2016 .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Netherlands	03	03	00	00	0103: 6200	+41	06th
02.	France	03	02	00	01	0075:5600	+19	04th
03.	Japan	03	01	00	02	0079:7800	+1	02
04th	Tunisia	03	00	00	03	0055: 1160	−61	00

Qualifier # 2

The tournament took place in Aarhus from March 18-20, 2016 .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Romania	03	02	01	00	0091:6700	+24	05
02.	Montenegro	03	02	01	00	0083:6400	+19	05
03.	Denmark	03	01	00	02	0085:7500	+10	02
04th	Uruguay	03	00	00	03	0055: 1080	−53	00

Qualifier # 3

The tournament took place in Astrakhan from March 18-20 , 2016 .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	03	03	00	00	0101: 7100	+30	06th
02.	Sweden	03	02	00	01	0100: 8100	+19	04th
03.	Poland	03	01	00	02	0085:7100	+14	02
04th	Mexico	03	00	00	03	0051: 1140	−63	00

Web links

Commons : Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Olympic Games 2016 on the website of the International Handball Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated. handball-world.com, April 10, 2016, accessed on April 16, 2016 (English). 
2. ↑ Strong Olympics: ZDF not only scores with football. dwdl.de, August 8, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 . 
3. ↑ First round of medals: Karsch's silver shot brings a new Olympic record. Oddsmeter GmbH, August 10, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 . 
4. ↑ SportCheck: Only the Supercup can defy the Olympics. Oddsmeter GmbH, August 15, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ZDF: Over 5 million feverishly with Angelique Kerber. dwdl.de, August 14, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Handball thriller and gold soccer players clear away. dwdl.de, August 20, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Handball players get great Olympic odds again. dwdl.de, August 22, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Qualification system - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Rio 2016. (pdf) IOC, accessed on January 22, 2016 (English).