European Handball Championship 2016

This article describes the 2016 Men's Handball Championship . For the women's championship, see the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship .

12th European Men's Handball Championship 2016
Handball EHF Euro 2016
Number of nations	16  (of 37 applicants)
European champion	Germany (2nd title)
venue	Poland
Opening game	15th January 2016
Endgame	January 31, 2016
Games	48
Gates	2,629   (∅: 54.77 per game)
spectator	400,815   (∅: 8,350 per game)
Top scorer	Valero Rivera (48 goals)
Best player	Raúl Entrerríos
yellow cards	282  (∅: 5.88 per game)
Time penalties	385  (∅: 8.02 per game)
Red cards	16  (∅: 0.33 per game)
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The 12th European Men's Handball Championship took place in Poland from January 15 to 31, 2016 . The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF). The German national handball team became European champions .

Host

The 11th Congress of the European Handball Federation awarded the event to the Polish Handball Federation during its meeting on June 22, 2012 in Monaco . The candidacy prevailed in the final vote with 27:19 votes against the applications of Croatia and Norway .

Venues

Danzig Katowice Wroclaw Krakow Venues of the handball European championship 2016

The following halls were used as the venues for the event:

Danzig	Katowice	Wroclaw	Krakow
Ergo Arena   11,409 seats	Spodek (saucer) 11,500 seats	Hala Stulecia ( Centennial Hall ) 6,000 seats	Tauron Arena   15,328 seats

qualification

→ Main article : European Handball Championship 2016 / qualification

Tournament mode

The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each. Each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The fourth group eliminated from the tournament; everyone else qualified for the main round.

In the main round, the best three teams from two groups were combined into groups of six, taking the results against the other two also qualified opponents in the preliminary round.

The teams from preliminary round groups A and B formed main round group 1, those from C and D formed group 2. Within the main round group, each team played against the three qualified teams from the other preliminary round group.

In the event of a tie within a preliminary or main round group, the following order of placement applied before the end of the respective round:

• better goal difference from all group matches,
• higher number of goals scored in all group matches,
• alphabetical order.

In the event of a tie within a preliminary or main round group, a direct comparison decided after the end of the respective round . If there was only a tie, the following order was used to determine the placement:

• better goal difference between the teams in question,
• higher number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned,
• better goal difference from all group games (i.e. preliminary and main round), which is calculated by subtraction,
• higher number of goals scored in all group matches,
• Draw by the EHF in the presence of a team official from the respective teams.

Ranks 13 to 16 occupied the group fourth in the preliminary round, ranks 9 to 12 the fifth and sixth place in the main round.

The fourth placed in the main round groups played the game for 7th place, the third placed the game for 5th place.

The group winners and runners-up in the main round played in the semifinals crosswise for the final.

Attendees

Of the 16 participating teams, the Polish team was directly qualified as the host.

The following teams qualified for the finals:

country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Number of participants	Previous participation in European championships ( bold = European champions in the respective year )
Poland	host	June 22, 2014	07th	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Croatia	Winner group 1	June 10, 2015	11	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Denmark	Winner group 2	May 2, 2015	10	1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 , 2010, 2012 , 2014
Sweden	Winner group 3	May 3, 2015	10	1994 , 1996, 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Iceland	Winner group 4	June 14, 2015	08th	2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Hungary	Winner group 5	May 2, 2015	09	1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
France	Winner group 6	May 3, 2015	11	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 , 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014
Spain	Winner group 7	June 10, 2015	11	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Norway	Second group 1	June 10, 2015	06th	2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Belarus	Second group 2	June 14, 2015	03	1994, 2008, 2014
Slovenia	Second group 3	June 10, 2015	09	1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
Serbia	Second group 4	June 14, 2015	03	2010, 2012, 2014
Russia	Second group 5	June 14, 2015	11	1994, 1996 , 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
North Macedonia	Second group 6	June 14, 2015	03	1998, 2012, 2014
Germany	Second group 7	June 10, 2015	10	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
Montenegro	Best third	June 14, 2015	02	2008, 2014

Group draw

The draw of the preliminary round groups of the XII. The 2016 European Handball Championship took place in Krakow on June 19, 2015 .

Four of the 16 teams qualified were seeded:

• Poland on group place 2 in group A
• Croatia on group place 1 in group B
• Germany on group place 3 in group C
• Denmark on group place 1 in group D

The twelve remaining teams were divided into four pots according to their performance in the qualification so that they can be drawn to the remaining group places.

Group place 1	France		Spain
Group place 2		Iceland	Sweden	Hungary
Group place 3	North Macedonia	Belarus		Russia
Group place 4	Serbia	Norway	Slovenia	Montenegro

The draw then resulted in the following groups:

Group A Krakow	Group B Katowice	Group C Wroclaw	Group D Gdansk
France	Croatia (set)	Spain	Denmark (set)
Poland (set)	Iceland	Sweden	Hungary
North Macedonia	Belarus	Germany (set)	Russia
Serbia	Norway	Slovenia	Montenegro

Squad of the participating teams

→ Main article : 2016 European Handball Championship / squad

Preliminary round

	Qualification place for the main round
	Place of the outgoing nation

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Poland	03	03	00	00	0084:7600	+8	06th
02.	France	03	02	00	01	0091:8000	+11	04th
03.	North Macedonia	03	00	01	02	0073:8100	−8	01
04th	Serbia	03	00	01	02	0081:9200	−11	01

January 15, 2016 6:00 p.m.	France	30:23	Macedonia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Sorhaindo 6	(12:12)	K. Lazarov 9
	2 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 15, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Poland	29:28	Serbia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 14,100 Referee: Stark, Ştefan
	Jurecki 7	(14:15)	Nikčević , Nenadić 7
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2016 6:15 pm	Serbia	26:36	France	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 10,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko
	Šešum 7	(16:19)	Nyokas 8
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 17, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	23:24	Poland	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 14,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	K. Lazarov 8	(13:11)	Syprzak 6
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 19, 2016 6:15 pm	Macedonia	27:27	Serbia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Manaskov 10	(13:13)	Šešum , Nenadić 7
	4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 19, 2016 8:30 p.m.	France	25:31	Poland	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 14,854 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Abalo , Mahé 5	(12:15)	Bielecki 9
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	03	02	00	01	0088:8400	+4	04th
02.	Croatia	03	02	00	01	0095:8300	+12	04th
03.	Belarus	03	01	00	02	0087:9400	−7	02
04th	Iceland	03	01	00	02	0092: 1010	−9	02

January 15, 2016 4:00 p.m.	Croatia	27:21	Belarus	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Johansson, Kliko
	Štrlek 9	(15:15)	Rutenka 8
	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 15, 2016 6:15 pm	Iceland	26:25	Norway	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 6,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Pálmarsson 8	(10:11)	Bjørnsen 7
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

January 17, 2016 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	39:38	Iceland	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 6,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Puchouski 11	(17:18)	Petersson 6
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 17, 2016 6:15 pm	Norway	34:31	Croatia	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 8,400 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Bjørnsen 7	(16:17)	Duvnjak 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 19, 2016 6:15 pm	Belarus	27:29	Norway	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 6,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Rutenka 9	(13:12)	Bjørnsen , O'Sullivan 5
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 19, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	37:28	Iceland	Spodek , Katowice Spectators: 7,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan
	Marić 8	(19:10)	Sigurðsson , Gunnarsson 6
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	03	02	01	00	0080:7500	+5	05
02.	Germany	03	02	00	01	0081:7900	+2	04th
03.	Sweden	03	01	00	02	0071:7200	−1	02
04th	Slovenia	03	00	01	02	0066:7200	−6	01

January 16, 2016 6:30 p.m.	Spain	32:29	Germany	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Rivera 7	(18:15)	Dissinger 6
	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 16, 2016 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	23:21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis
	Ekberg 4	(16: 9)	Gaber 5
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 18, 2016 6:15 pm	Slovenia	24:24	Spain	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Žvižej 6	(13:10)	Aguinagalde 6
	4 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 18, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Germany	27:26	Sweden	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Reichmann 9	(13:17)	Jakobsson 8
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2016 5:15 pm	Germany	25:21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Reichmann 5	(12:10)	Kavtičnik 6
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 20, 2016 8:00 p.m.	Spain	24:22	Sweden	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,200 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov
	Rivera 9	(12:10)	Jakobsson , Östlund 4
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	03	03	00	00	0091:7500	+16	06th
02.	Russia	03	02	00	01	0080:7800	+2	04th
03.	Hungary	03	01	00	02	0080:8400	−4	02
04th	Montenegro	03	00	00	03	0076:9000	−14	00

January 16, 2016 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	32:27	Montenegro	Ergo Arena , Danzig Spectators: 6,864 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Bánhidi 7	(16:12)	Borozan 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 16, 2016 8:15 pm	Denmark	31:25	Russia	Ergo Arena , Gdansk Spectators: 7,952 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Damgaard Nielsen , Hansen , Mensah Larsen 4	(13:13)	Schelmenko 5
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 18, 2016 6:00 p.m.	Russia	27:26	Hungary	Ergo Arena , Gdansk Spectators: 6,452 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov
	Dibirov 6	(14:10)	Jamali 6
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 18, 2016 8:15 pm	Montenegro	28:30	Denmark	Ergo Arena , Gdansk Spectators: 6,980 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Grbović 7	(16:14)	Eggert Magnussen 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2016 5:15 pm	Russia	28:21	Montenegro	Ergo Arena , Gdansk Spectators: 5,930 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis
	Gorbok , Schelmenko 5	(14: 9)	Vujović , Ševaljević 4
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 20, 2016 8:00 p.m.	Denmark	30:22	Hungary	Ergo Arena , Danzig Spectators: 8,361 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Hansen 9	(18:10)	Hornyák 5
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Main round

colour	meaning
	Place in the table qualifies for the semi-finals
	Place in the table qualifies for the game for 5th place
	Place in the table qualifies for the game for 7th place
	Team is eliminated

Group I.

taken from the preliminary round:
France	-	Macedonia	30:23
Macedonia	-	Poland	23:24
France	-	Poland	25:31
Croatia	-	Belarus	27:21
Norway	-	Croatia	34:31
Belarus	-	Norway	27:29

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	05	04th	01	00	0153: 1410	+12	09
02.	Croatia	05	03	00	02	0153: 1340	+19	06 *
03.	France	05	03	00	02	0145: 1300	+15	06 *
04th	Poland	05	03	00	02	0138: 1420	−4	06 *
05.	Belarus	05	01	00	04th	0128: 1510	−23	02
06th	North Macedonia	05	00	01	04th	0130: 1490	−19	01

^*The direct comparison between the three teams with the same points decided .

January 21, 2016 6:15 pm	France	34:23	Belarus	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 6,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko
	N. Karabatić 9	(20: 5)	Chadkevich 9
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 21, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	24:34	Croatia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 9,100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Manaskov 7	(13:17)	Slišković 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 23, 2016 6:15 pm	France	32:24	Croatia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 10,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Abalo 6	(16:10)	Duvnjak 5
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 23, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Poland	28:30	Norway	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 14,600 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Bielecki 10	(15:16)	Hansen 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 25, 2016 6:15 pm	Macedonia	31:31	Norway	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 7,600 Referees: Stark, Ştefan
	K. Lazarov 11	(17:13)	Bjørnsen 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 25, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Poland	32:27	Belarus	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 14,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Jurecki 9	(19:13)	Schylowitsch 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 27, 2016 4:00 p.m.	Macedonia	29:30	Belarus	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 3,100 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis
	K. Lazarov 10	(13:14)	Puchouski 11
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 27, 2016 6:15 pm	France	24:29	Norway	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 10,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Narcisse 7	(11:12)	Tønnesen 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

January 27, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Poland	23:37	Croatia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Bielecki , Daszek 4	(10:15)	Štrlek 11
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Group II

taken from the preliminary round:
Spain	-	Germany	32:29
Germany	-	Sweden	27:26
Spain	-	Sweden	24:22
Denmark	-	Russia	31:25
Russia	-	Hungary	27:26
Denmark	-	Hungary	30:22

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	05	04th	00	01	0135: 1300	+5	08 *
02.	Germany	05	04th	00	01	0140: 1290	+11	08 *
03.	Denmark	05	03	01	01	0139: 1230	+16	07th
04th	Sweden	05	01	02	02	0126: 1210	+5	04th
05.	Russia	05	01	01	03	0132: 1400	−8	03
06th	Hungary	05	00	00	05	0110: 1390	−29	00

^* Spain had won the direct comparison against Germany in the preliminary round.

January 22, 2016 6:15 pm	Germany	29:19	Hungary	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Again 6	(17: 9)	Jamali , K. Nagy , L. Nagy 3
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 22, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	28:28	Russia	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,350 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Jakobsson 9	(15:15)	Dibirov 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

January 24, 2016 6:15 p.m.	Germany	30:29	Russia	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,593 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Dissinger 7	(17:16)	Dibirov 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

January 24, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Spain	23:27	Denmark	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,593 Referee: Načevski, Nikolov
	Entrerríos , Rivera 4	(14:11)	Damgaard Nielsen 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

January 26, 2016 6:15 pm	Spain	31:29	Hungary	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Rivera 5	(15:15)	L. Nagy 9
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 26, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	28:28	Denmark	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,593 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis
	Jakobsson , Zachrisson , Nilsson 5	(13:15)	Damgaard Nielsen 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 27, 2016 4:00 p.m.	Sweden	22:14	Hungary	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 5,900 Referee: Stark, Ştefan
	Nilsson , Östlund 5	(10: 7)	Bodó 5
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

January 27, 2016 6:15 pm	Germany	25:23	Denmark	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,593 Referee: Horáček, Novotný
	Fäth 6	(12:13)	Hansen 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 27, 2016 8:30 p.m.	Spain	25:23	Russia	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Rivera 11	(11:12)	Dibirow 5
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Finals

Game for 7th place

January 29, 2016 4:00 p.m.	Poland	26:24	Sweden	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Krajewski , Konitz 5	(12:12)	Nilsson 5
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

Play for 5th place

January 29, 2016 6:30 p.m.	France	29:26	Denmark	Hala Stulecia , Wroclaw Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Kounkoud 8	(15:13)	Balling Christensen 7
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

Semifinals

January 29, 2016 6:30 p.m.	Norway	33:34 a.d.	Germany	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 9,100 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Bjørnsen 8	(27:27 13:14)	Reichmann 10
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 29, 2016 9:00 p.m.	Spain	33:29	Croatia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 11,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Rivera , García 6	(18:14)	Slišković 6
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

3rd place match

January 31, 2016 3:00 p.m.	Norway	24:31	Croatia	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov
	Sagoses 5	(11:15)	Horvat 8
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

final

January 31, 2016 5:30 p.m.	Germany	24:17	Spain	Tauron Arena Kraków , Kraków Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Häfner 7	(10: 6)	Entrerríos 5
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Germany	8th	7th	0	1	223: 200	+23
	Spain	8th	5	1	2	209: 207	+2
	Croatia	8th	5	0	3	250: 219	+31
04th	Norway	8th	4th	1	3	235: 232	+3
05.	France	7th	5	0	2	210: 182	+28
06th	Denmark	7th	4th	1	2	195: 180	+15
07th	Poland	7th	5	0	2	193: 194	- 01
08th.	Sweden	7th	2	2	3	173: 168	+ 05
09.	Russia	6th	2	1	3	160: 161	- 01
10.	Belarus	6th	2	0	4th	167: 189	−22
11.	North Macedonia	6th	0	2	4th	157: 176	−19
12.	Hungary	6th	1	0	5	142: 166	−24
13.	Iceland	3	1	0	2	092: 101	- 09
14th	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	066: 072	- 06
15th	Serbia	3	0	1	2	081: 092	−11
16.	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	076: 090	−14

• First place entitles Germany to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics .
• The first three places entitle Germany, Spain and Croatia to participate in the 2017 World Cup .
• As the two best-placed teams that have not already qualified through the 2015 World Cup , Norway and Sweden will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Poland, Spain, Denmark and Croatia have already qualified through the World Cup. As world champions, France is directly qualified for the Olympic Games. Slovenia and Macedonia have also qualified as successors for Qatar and European champions Germany for the qualifying tournaments via the 2015 World Cup.

• The placement of places 1 to 8 results from the result of the respective placement games.
• The placements of places 9 to 12 are based on the following criteria:
  • Points in the main round games
  • Goal difference in the main round games
• The positions 13 to 16 are based on the following criteria:
  • Points in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 3 of the respective group
  • Goal difference in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 3 of the respective group

statistics

List of goalscorers

Best thrower of the EM 2016: Valero Rivera

rank	player	Gates	Litters	Quota	7 m goals	7 meter throws	Games
1	Valero Rivera	48	62	77%	31	38	8th
2	Tobias Reichmann	46	58	79%	26th	29	8th
3	Kristian Bjørnsen	45	59	76%	11	16	8th
4th	Manuel Štrlek	43	54	80%	11	13	8th
5	Kiril Lazarov	42	79	53%	12	19th	6th
6th	Barys Puchouski	37	58	64%	10	11	6th
7th	Karol Bielecki	34	66	52%	6th	10	7th
	Michał Jurecki		61	56%	1	3	7th
9	Mikkel Hansen	33	57	58%	1	2	7th
	Espen Lie Hansen		59	56%	0	0	8th
11	Dejan Manaskov	32	44	73%	10	11	6th
	Timur Dibirov		46	70%	9	15th	6th
	Johan Jakobsson		55	58%	0	0	7th
	Marino Marić		45	71%	0	0	8th
	Víctor Tomás		47	68%	4th	4th	8th
Source: handball.sportsresult.com , as of January 31, 2016

goalkeeper

rank	player	Rate in%	Parades	Litters	Games
1	Vincent Gérard	37	34	92	7th
2	Viktor Kireev	36	74	203	6th
	Andreas Wolff		81	224	8th
4th	Mattias Andersson	35	59	170	7th
	Thierry Omeyer 1)		67	191	7th
6th	Vyachazlau Saldatsenka	34	79	232	6th
	Niklas Landin Jacobsen		65	193	7th
	Arpad Sterbik		63	184	8th
	Ivan Stevanović		49	143	8th
10	Matevž Skok	33	13	39	3
Source: handball.sportsresult.com , as of January 31, 2016

¹⁾ Thierry Omeyer also scored a goal from a throw.

Fair play

space	team	Games				Points
						per game	total
01.	Hungary	006th	00	19th	18th	009.3	0056
02.	Russia	006th	00	20th	17th	009.5	0057
03.	Denmark	007th	02	18th	21st	009.6	0067
	France	007th	01	23	16	009.6	0067
05.	North Macedonia	006th	00	19th	20th	009.7	0058
06th	Montenegro	003	00	12	07th	010.3	0031
07th	Spain	008th	02	25th	23	010.4	0083
08th.	Poland	007th	01	27	18th	011.0	0077
09.	Sweden	007th	01	27	21st	011.4	0080
10.	Belarus	006th	01	28	18th	013.2	0079
11.	Iceland	003	00	16	9	013.7	0041
12.	Norway	008th	00	42	26th	013.8	0110
13.	Croatia	008th	03	36	27	014.3	0114
	Germany	008th	02	40	24	014.3	0114
15th	Slovenia	003	02	15th	9	016.3	0049
16.	Serbia	003	01	19th	10	017.7	0053
= 1 point, = 2 points, = 5 points (also applies to 3 x or to with report)
Source: handball.sportsresult.com , as of January 31, 2016

All-Star Team

Before the final, the following players were recognized for their achievements and elected to the All-Star team.

• 

  Goalkeeper of the All-Star-Team of the EM 2016: Andreas Wolff

• 

  Raúl Entrerríos, most valuable player of the Euro 2016

position	Surname	country
goal	Andreas Wolff	Germany
Left winger	Manuel Štrlek	Croatia
Back left	Michał Jurecki	Poland
Back center	Sander Sagosen	Norway
Back right	Johan Jakobsson	Sweden
Right winger	Tobias Reichmann	Germany
circle	Julen Aguinagalde	Spain
best defender	Henrik Møllgaard	Denmark
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Raúl Entrerríos	Spain

referee

Lars Geipel (left) and Marcus Helbig (Germany)

Václav Horáček (left) and Jiří Novotný (Czech Republic)

Sjarhej Repkin (right) and Andrej Husko (Belarus)

The EHF nominated twelve pairs of referees for the European Championship .

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round	Main round	Semifinals	Finals
		Group / game	Group / game
Denmark	Martin Gjeding	A / FRA - MKD B / BLR - NOR	I / POL - CRO		F / GER - ESP
	Mads Hansen
Germany	Lars Geipel	B / ISL - NOR A / MKD - POL	I / MKD - CRO I / FRA - NOR
	Marcus Helbig
France	Stevann Pichon	C / ESP - GER D / DEN - HUN	II / SWE - RUS	NOR - GER
	Laurent Reveret
Croatia	Matija Gubica	D / DEN - RUS C / GER - SWE	II / GER - HUN II / ESP - RUS		P7 / POL - SWE
	Boris Milošević
Latvia	Zigmārs Stoļarovs	C / SWE - SLO D / RUS - MNE	II / SWE - DEN I / MKD - BLR
	Renārs Līcis
Macedonia	Gjorgji Načevski	D / RUS - HUN C / ESP - SWE	II / ESP - DEN		P3 / NOR - CRO
	Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos	D / MNE - DEN C / GER - SLO	II / GER - RUS I / POL - BLR
	Ricardo Fonseca
Romania	Bogdan Nicolae Stark	A / POL - SRB B / CRO - ISL	I / MKD - NOR II / SWE - HUN
	Romeo Mihai Ştefan
Sweden	Michael Johansson	B / CRO - BLR A / SRB - FRA	I / FRA - BLR
	Jasmine Kliko
Spain	Óscar Raluy López	B / NOR - CRO A / FRA - POL	I / POL - NOR		P5 / FRA - DEN
	Ángel Sabroso Ramírez
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček	B / BLR - ISL A / MKD - SRB	I / FRA - CRO II / GER - DEN	ESP - CRO
	Jiří Novotný
Belarus	Andrei Husko	D / HUN - MNE C / SLO - ESP	II / ESP - HUN
	Syarhej Repkin
F = final, P3 = game for 3rd place, P5 = game for 5th place, P7 = game for 7th place

Television broadcast

Das Erste and ZDF got the rights for the games of the German team. The remaining games were broadcast by the Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports . In Germany, the online sports broadcaster Sportdeutschland.TV broadcast all European Championship matches with the exception of the German team's games broadcast by Erste and ZDF. After the end of the game, recordings of all games (including the German ones) were available as videos on Sportdeutschland.TV. Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly on Laola1.tv by the EHF channel ehfTV .

Audience ratings

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

game	date	Time	Channel	spectator		Market share		source
				total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
1	Jan. 16, 2016	18:30	ZDF	3.8 million	0.93 million	14.6%	11.4%
2	Jan. 18, 2016	20:30	The first	1st half: 3.07 million 2nd half: 4.34 million	1st half: - 2nd half: 1.17 million	1st half: 8.8% 2nd half: 13.3%	1st half: 7.4% 2nd half: 9.8%
3	Jan. 20, 2016	17:15	ZDF	3.83 million	0.77 million	18.3%	12.2%
4th	Jan. 22, 2016	18:15	ZDF	4.64 million	1.11 million	17.8%	14.2%
5	Jan. 24, 2016	18:15	The first	6.04 million	1.49 million	19.7%	14.2%
6th	Jan. 27, 2016	18:15	The first	5.61 million	1.41 million	21.2%	17.6%
7th	Jan. 29, 2016	18:30	ZDF	8.50 million	2.50 million	28.9%	27.2%
8th	Jan. 31, 2016	17:30	The first	12.98 million	4.50 million	42%	40.3%

The extension of the semi-final between Norway and Germany saw more than 10 million viewers on January 29, 2016 after 8 p.m. The final achieved the second-best odds of a handball broadcast in Germany. Only the final game of the 2007 World Cup saw more people.

Records

In the preliminary round match between Belarus and Iceland (39:38), a new goal record was set with 77 goals at a handball European Championship.

Web links

Commons : European Men's Handball Championship 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Site for European Championship 2016 (English)
• European Handball Championship 2016 on the EHF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EHF EURO 2016 awarded to Poland and Sweden. EHF, June 23, 2012, accessed September 25, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Host cities announced. EHF, April 11, 2014, accessed September 25, 2014 . 
3. ↑ EHF EURO REGULATIONS. In: eurohandball.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016 . 
4. ↑ European Championship draw in Krakow. In: handball-world.com. Handball-World, June 15, 2015, accessed June 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ List of goalscorers
6. ↑ Goalkeeper List
7. ↑ Fair play table
8. ↑ The full handball board: Sportdeutschland.TV shows all the games of the European handball championship. In: Presseportal.de. January 7, 2016, accessed January 15, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Saturday, January 16, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 17, 2016, archived from the original on January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Handball EM only throws warm in the second half. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 19, 2016, accessed on January 19, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 20, 2016, archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Friday, January 22, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 23, 2016, archived from the original on January 23, 2016 ; accessed on January 23, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Sunday, January 24, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 25, 2016, archived from the original on January 27, 2016 ; Retrieved January 25, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 27, 2016, archived from the original on January 28, 2016 ; accessed on January 28, 2016 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b c} SportCheck: Kerber! Handball players! Odds records! Oddsmeter GmbH, February 1, 2016, accessed on February 1, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Top 20: the TV ratings of the total audience for Sunday, January 31, 2016. Meedia GmbH, January 31, 2016, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 . 
17. ↑ A strong start for “Die Puppenstars”, 8.50 million fans watch the European Handball Championship, 3.90 million “Carnival in Franconia”. Meedia GmbH, January 30, 2016, accessed January 30, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Goal record at EM - France continue. Sport1, January 17, 2016, accessed February 10, 2016 .