Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	Future Arena
Dates	7–21 August 2016
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	2,081 (54.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Karol Bielecki ; (55 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
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Last updated January 24, 2024

The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 7 August and ended on 21 August 2016. Games were held at the Future Arena.

The medals were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Yumilka Ruiz and Tony Estanguet, IOC members from Sweden, Cuba and France respectively and by Hassan Moustafa, Miguel Roca Mas and Per Bertelsen, President, 1st Vice President and Caretaker Chairman of the Commission of Organizing and Competition of the IHF respectively.

Competition schedule

Event↓/Date →	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19	Sat 20		Sun 21
Men	G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championship	15 January – 1 February 2015	Qatar	1	France
2015 Pan American Games	16–25 July 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament	14–27 November 2015	Doha	1	Qatar
2016 European Championship	15–31 January 2016	Poland	1	Germany
2016 African Championship	21–30 January 2016	Cairo	1	Egypt
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments	8–10 April 2016	Gdańsk	2	Poland
		Gdańsk	2	Tunisia
		Malmö	2	Slovenia
		Malmö	2	Sweden
		Herning	2	Denmark
		Herning	2	Croatia
Total			12

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Referees

16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016.^[3]^[4]

Referees
Brazil	Nilson Menezes Rogéro Pinto
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
Egypt	Mohamed Rashed Tamer El-Sayed
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Iceland	Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson
Iran	Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviyan

Referees
Ivory Coast	Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté
Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berekzina
Slovenia	David Sok Bojan Lah
Portugal	Santos Duarte Fonseca Ricardo
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Óscar Raluy López Ángel Sabroso Ramírez

Rosters

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.^[5]^[6]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.^[7]

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

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).^[8]

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 2 Croatia 29–28 France

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30	Croatia	23–30	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Štrlek 5	(8–15)	Marković 10
	3× 5×	Report	1× 6×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:40	Denmark	25–19	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Hansen, Svan 6	(10–10)	Simonet 7
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:50	France	25–23	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mahé 5	(16–11)	Tej 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30	Qatar	20–35	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 4	(13–16)	Abalo 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 14:40	Tunisia	23–31	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Jallouz 5	(10–16)	Mortensen, Svan 8
	1× 2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 21:50	Argentina	26–27	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	F. Fernández 8	(15–14)	Štrlek 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 3×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30	Tunisia	25–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Boughanmi 8	(12–11)	Capote 12
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 14:40	Denmark	24–27	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Svan Hansen 9	(12–15)	Duvnjak 8
	2× 3×	Report	4× 5×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 21:50	France	31–24	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abalo 7	(17–12)	F. Fernández 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 11:30	Croatia	29–28	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Kopljar 6	(14–12)	Guigou 10
	4× 5× 2×	Report	4× 2×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40	Denmark	26–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Svan 7	(14–14)	Markovic 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 21:50	Argentina	23–21	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Pizarro 7	(14–10)	Boughanmi 8
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4× 1×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 14:40	France	33–30	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(17–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 19:50	Croatia	41–26	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Karačić 9	(25–10)	Boughanmi 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 1×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50	Qatar	22–18	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Capote, Memišević 4	(12–9)	Simonet 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

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 2 Slovenia 25–28 Germany

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 11:30	Sweden	29–32	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Tollbring 8	(15–18)	Kühn 7
	4× 9× 1×	Report	3× 9×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 16:40	Poland	32–34	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Daszek 8	(13–16)	Toledo 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 21:50	Slovenia	27–26	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Janc 8	(15–15)	El-Ahmar 7
	3× 9×	Report	4× 5× 1×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:30	Germany	32–29	Poland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	three players 5	(16–14)	Bielecki 10
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 16:40	Brazil	28–31	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Chiuffa 8	(13–16)	Janc 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 13×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:50	Egypt	26–25	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Sanad 7	(12–13)	Petersen 5
	4× 7×	Report	3× 8×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:30	Poland	33–25	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Daszek 6	(16–10)	Eissa 6
	4× 7×	Report	3× 6× 1×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 16:40	Brazil	33–30	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Chiuffa 8	(17–16)	Häfner, Reichmann 6
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 5× 1×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 19:50	Slovenia	29–24	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	Janc, Razgor 5	(14–13)	Tollbring 6
	4× 7×	Report	4× 6×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 09:30	Slovenia	25–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Dolenec 6	(12–11)	Gensheimer 6
	4× 6×	Report	4× 8×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 16:40	Egypt	27–27	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	El-Ahmar 9	(15–13)	four players 4
	3× 7×	Report	4× 2×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:50	Sweden	24–25	Poland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Stenmalm 8	(13–12)	Bielecki 8
	3× 2×	Report	4× 8×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 09:30	Poland	20–25	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bielecki 4	(13–13)	Zarabec 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 8×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:30	Germany	31–25	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Gensheimer 7	(15–12)	Sanad 7
	2× 9×	Report	1× 3×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 16:40	Sweden	30–19	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Stenmalm 6	(16–10)	Toledo 4
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal

17 August

Croatia	27
		19 August
Poland	30
		Poland	28
17 August
		Denmark (OT)	29
Denmark	37
				21 August
Slovenia	30
				Denmark	28
17 August
				France	26
Brazil	27
		19 August
France	34
		France	29
17 August
		Germany	28	Bronze medal
Germany	34
				21 August
Qatar	22
				4th Poland	25

				Germany	31

Quarterfinals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 10:00	Brazil	27–34	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pozzer 8	(16–16)	Guigou 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30	Germany	34–22	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 5	(16–12)	Capote 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 17:00	Denmark	37–30	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	M. Hansen, L. Hansen 8	(16–13)	Bezjak, Janc 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 8×

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:30	Croatia	27–30	Poland	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Čupić, Stepančić 7	(14–18)	Bielecki 12
	4× 2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Semifinals

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 15:30	France	29–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Narcisse 7	(16–13)	Gensheimer 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 20:30	Poland	28–29 (ET)	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bielecki 7	(15–16)	M. Hansen 10
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4

Bronze medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 10:30	Poland	25–31	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Krajewski, Lijewski 5	(13–17)	Reichmann 7
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

Gold medal game

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 14:00	Denmark	28–26	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	M. Hansen 8	(16–14)	Guigou 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	France
	Germany
4	Poland
5	Croatia
6	Slovenia
7	Brazil
8	Qatar
9	Egypt
10	Argentina
11	Sweden
12	Tunisia

Source: IHF.info

Source: IHF.info

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Karol Bielecki	55	87	63
2	Mikkel Hansen	54	87	62
3	Lasse Svan Hansen	49	70	70
3	Uwe Gensheimer	49	62	79
5	Tobias Reichmann	41	50	82
6	Rafael Capote	40	66	61
7	Michaël Guigou	39	52	75
8	Žarko Marković	33	70	47
8	Michał Daszek	33	43	77
10	Daniel Narcisse	32	44	73
10	Valentin Porte	32	49	65

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Silvio Heinevetter	40	26	65
2	Danijel Šarić	35	55	157
3	Thierry Omeyer	34	75	223
	Piotr Wyszomirski		67	196
	Mikael Appelgren		24	70
6	Marouen Maggaiz	33	50	153
7	Matías Schulz	31	45	145
7	Ivan Stevanović	31	35	114
9	Andreas Wolff	31	35	114
10	Maik Santos	30	69	228

Source: IHF

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark (DEN) Niklas Landin Jacobsen Mads Christiansen Mads Mensah Larsen Casper Ulrich Mortensen Jesper Nøddesbo Jannick Green Lasse Svan Hansen Rene Toft Hansen Henrik Møllgaard Kasper Søndergaard 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 Cédric Sorhaindo Michaël 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 Steffen Fath Kai Häfner Andreas Wolff Julius Kühn Christian Dissinger Paul Drux

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References

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↑ "Decisive bronze-medal win for Germany". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.
↑ "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.
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↑ "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
↑ "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.
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[table_hth_CRO0.7125021371583-9] 1 2 Croatia 29–28 France

[table_hth_GER0.13961347850953-10] 1 2 Slovenia 25–28 Germany

[1] "Denmark end France's grip on Olympic title". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.

[2] "Decisive bronze-medal win for Germany". ihf.info. 21 August 2016.

[3] "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.

[4] Referees

[5] "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.

[6] "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.

[7] "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.

[8] "Rio 2016 releases handball match schedule for Olympic Games". rio2016.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.

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