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2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	4–18 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches	33
Goals scored	1616 (48.97 per match)
Attendance	91,217 (2,764 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristina Neagu; (33 goals)
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The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship is being held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It is 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.^[1]

Venues[change | change source]

Stockholm	Gothenburg	Malmö	Kristianstad	Helsingborg
Hovet Capacity: 8,094	Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044	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[change | change source]

Qualified teams[change | change source]

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament
Sweden	Host	23 June 2012	9 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Russia	Group 6 winner	12 March 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
France	Group 7 winner	12 March 2016	8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Hungary	Group 5 winner	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Norway	Group 1 winner	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Romania	Group 1 runner-up	1 June 2016	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Serbia	Group 2 winner	1 June 2016	8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Czech Republic	Group 2 runner-up	1 June 2016	4 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Netherlands	Group 3 winner	1 June 2016	5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Spain	Group 3 runner-up	1 June 2016	8 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Poland	Group 5 runner-up	1 June 2016	4 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014)
Germany	Group 7 runner-up	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Montenegro	Group 4 winner	2 June 2016	3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
Denmark	Group 6 runner-up	2 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Croatia	Group 4 runner-up	2 June 2016	8 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Slovenia	Best third-ranked team	5 June 2016	4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

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

Draw[change | change source]

The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[2]^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway Netherlands Sweden Montenegro	France Hungary Russia Serbia	Spain Denmark Romania Germany	Poland Croatia Czech Republic Slovenia

Squads[change | change source]

Referees[change | change source]

14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.^[4]^[5] Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.^[6]

Referees
Croatia	Dalibor Jurinović Marko Mrvica
Denmark	Karina Christiansen Line Hansen
Hungary	Péter Horváth Balázs Márton
Lithuania	Viktorija Kijauskaite Aušra Žaliene
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen
Poland	Joanna Brehmer Agnieszka Skowronek

Referees
Romania	Diana-Carmen Florescu Anamaria Stoia
Russia	Victoria Alpaidze Tatyana Berezkina
Serbia	Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević
Slovakia	Peter Brunovský Vladimír Čanda
Spain	Andreu Marín Ignacio García
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik

Preliminary round[change | change source]

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.^[7]^[8]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	91	87	+4	5	Main round
2	Sweden (H)	3	1	1	1	78	74	+4	3
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	72	68	+4	2^[a]
4	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	77	89	−12	2^[a]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Spain 30–18 Slovenia

4 December 2016 15:15	Serbia	36–34	Slovenia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Radosavljević 8	(17–16)	Mavsar 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

4 December 2016 18:00	Sweden	25–19	Spain	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 7,900 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Alm, Hagman 5	(14–10)	Martín 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

6 December 2016 18:30	Spain	23–25	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Martín 6	(8–11)	Krpež Slezak 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

6 December 2016 20.45	Slovenia	25–23	Sweden	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Mavsar 6	(13–13)	Gulldén 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

8 December 2016 18:30	Spain	30–18	Slovenia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Pena 6	(14–5)	Mavsar 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

8 December 2016 20:45	Sweden	30–30	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Sand 8	(15–18)	three players 5
	5× 2×	Report	4× 2×

Group B[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	73	71	+2	4^[a]	Main round
2	France	3	2	1	70	60	+10	4^[a]
3	Netherlands	3	2	1	75	68	+7	4^[a]
4	Poland	3	0	3	65	84	−19	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Germany 2 Pts, +1 GD, 50 GF; France 2 Pts, +1 GD, 39 GF; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD

4 December 2016 18:30	Netherlands	27–30	Germany	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,026 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Abbingh, Groot 5	(14–13)	Huber 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

4 December 2016 20:45	France	31–22	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 5	(15–9)	Grzyb 6
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

6 December 2016 18:30	Poland	21–30	Netherlands	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,105 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Wojtas 5	(11–14)	Abbingh, Goos 5
	4× 2×	Report	4× 3×

6 December 2016 20:45	Germany	20–22	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,805 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Huber 6	(11–11)	Nze Minko 5
	2× 4×	Report	2×

8 December 2016 18:30	Germany	23–22	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,875 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Huber 7	(12–10)	Achruk 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

8 December 2016 20:45	Netherlands	18–17	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,730 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Visser 5	(7–12)	Nze Minko 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group C[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	78	69	+9	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	1	2	83	83	0	2^[a]
3	Hungary	3	1	2	62	64	−2	2^[a]
4	Montenegro	3	1	2	63	70	−7	2^[a]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Czech Republic 2 Pts, +4 GD; Hungary 2 Pts, +2 GD; Montenegro 2 Pts, −6 GD

5 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	22–27	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 753 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
	Kovács 7	(10–13)	Hrbková, Malá 5
	5× 2×	Report	3× 3×

5 December 2016 20:45	Montenegro	21–22	Denmark	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,674 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Knežević 7	(11–14)	Jørgensen 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

7 December 2016 18:30	Czech Republic	27–28	Montenegro	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 654 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Hrbková 6	(12–13)	Jauković, Mehmedović 7
	3× 3×	Report	7× 3×

7 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	23–19	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,946 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Jørgensen 5	(12–10)	Görbicz 6
	5× 3×	Report	3× 4×

9 December 2016 18:30	Montenegro	14–21	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,279 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	four players 2	(6–11)	Görbicz 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

9 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	33–29	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 3,124 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Jørgensen 9	(13–17)	Růčková 7
	7× 3×	Report	5× 4×

Group D[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	80	58	+22	6	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	1	74	66	+8	4
3	Russia	3	1	2	70	71	−1	2
4	Croatia	3	0	3	68	97	−29	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

5 December 2016 18:30	Russia	32–26	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,571 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Bobrovnikova, Zhilinskayte 6	(16–13)	Penezić 8
	6× 2×	Report	9× 4×

5 December 2016 20:45	Norway	23–21	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,278 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Mørk 7	(13–11)	Neagu 6
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

7 December 2016 18:30	Romania	22–17	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,279 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Buceschi, Neagu 7	(11–9)	Postnova 4
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

7 December 2016 20:45	Croatia	16–34	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,375 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
	Penezić 4	(9–15)	Frafjord 6
	6× 2× 1×	Report	5× 3×

9 December 2016 18:30	Romania	31–26	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,435 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Neagu 10	(15–13)	Penezić 8
	7× 4×	Report	5× 2×

9 December 2016 20:45	Norway	23–21	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,493 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Kristiansen, Mørk 5	(11–11)	three players 3
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Main round[change | change source]

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	113	104	+9	6	Semifinals
2	France	4	3	0	1	83	79	+4	6	Semifinals
3	Germany	4	2	1	1	96	88	+8	5	Fifth place game
4	Sweden (H)	4	1	1	2	104	103	+1	3	Eliminated
5	Serbia (E)	4	1	1	2	101	114	−13	3
6	Spain (E)	4	0	1	3	84	93	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2016. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host

10 December 2016 16:15	Serbia	19–26	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,212 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Georgijev 7	(10–14)	Huber, Hubinger 4
	6× 3×	Report	9× 2×

10 December 2016 18:30	Sweden	30–33	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,102 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Gulldén 8	(13–14)	Groot 7
	4× 2×	Report	6× 3× 1×

10 December 2016 20:45	Spain	22–23	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,702 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Pena 5	(14–10)	Pineau 9
	6× 4×	Report	2× 2×

12 December 2016 16:15	Spain	20–20	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Pena 7	(12–9)	Hubinger 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

12 December 2016 18:30	Serbia	27–35	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,663 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Stoiljković 8	(12–17)	Abbingh, Broch 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

12 December 2016 20:45	Sweden	19–21	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,279 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Roberts 5	(10–12)	Nze Minko 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2× 1×

14 December 2016 16:15	Spain	v	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

14 December 2016 18:30	Sweden	v	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

14 December 2016 20:45	Serbia	v	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Group II[change | change source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	68	62	+6	6	Semifinals
2	Romania	3	2	1	72	61	+11	4	Semifinals
3	Denmark	3	2	1	76	70	+6	4	Fifth place game
4	Czech Republic	3	1	2	80	81	−1	2	Eliminated
5	Russia	3	1	2	64	69	−5	2
6	Hungary	3	0	3	62	79	−17	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2016. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

11 December 2016 16:15	Czech Republic	24–26	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,021 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Růčková 5	(12–14)	Sen 4
	2×	Report	1× 3×

11 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	21–29	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,236 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	four players 3	(9–15)	Neagu 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

11 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	20–22	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,553 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	three players 4	(9–14)	Mørk 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

13 December 2016 16:15	Czech Republic	v	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
		Report

13 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	v	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
		Report

13 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	v	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
		Report

14 December 2016 16:15	Hungary	v	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

14 December 2016 18:30	Denmark	v	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

14 December 2016 20:45	Czech Republic	v	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

Knockout stage[change | change source]

Bracket[change | change source]

	Semifinals				Final

	16 December

	I1
					18 December
	II2

	16 December

	II1

	I2
					Third place

					18 December

Semifinals[change | change source]

16 December 2016 18:15	I1	v	II2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

16 December 2016 20:45	II1	v	I2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Fifth place game[change | change source]

16 December 2016 15:45	I3	v	II3	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Third place game[change | change source]

18 December 2016 15:30	LSF1	v	LSF2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Final[change | change source]

18 December 2016 18:00	WSF1	v	WSF2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Final ranking[change | change source]

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13	Montenegro
14	Slovenia
15	Poland
16	Croatia

Statistics[change | change source]

Top goalscorers[change | change source]


Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Cristina Neagu	Romania	33	60	55
2	Isabelle Gulldén	Sweden	28	50	56
2	Svenja Huber	Germany	28	46	61
4	Stine Jørgensen	Denmark	26	42	62
5	Eliza Buceschi	Romania	23	33	70
5	Estelle Nze Minko	France	23	38	61
7	Nora Mørk	Norway	22	47	47
7	Jovana Stoiljkovic	Serbia	22	38	58
9	Katarina Krpež Slezak	Serbia	21	38	58
	Carmen Martin	Spain	21	30	70
	Sanja Radosavljević	Serbia	21	26	81

Source: EHF Updated 12 December 2016

Top goalkeepers[change | change source]

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Kinga Janurik	Hungary	54	19	35
2	Victoriya Kalinina	Russia	44	33	75
3	Denisa Dedu	Romania	42	39	92
4	Laura Glauser	France	41	35	86
5	Silje Solberg	Norway	40	32	81
6	Silvia Navarro	Spain	38	43	112
7	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway	37	17	46
8	Tess Wester	Netherlands	36	50	139
9	Clara Woltering	Germany	35	46	132
10	Lucie Satrapova	Czech Republic	34	45	134

Source: EHF Updated 11 December 2016

References[change | change source]

↑ "EHF EURO 2016 awarded to Poland and Sweden". eurohandball.com. 23 June 2012.
↑ "Women's EHF EURO 2016 Draw takes place on 10 June". eurohandball.com. 6 June 2016.
↑ "Women's EHF EURO 2016: 16 teams, one dream". eurohandball.com. 10 June 2016.
↑ "EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2016.
↑ "EHF confirms referees for EHF EURO". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. 5 October 2016.
↑ "referees-guidelines". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
↑ "Playing times set for Women's EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 16 June 2016.
↑ Schedule

External links[change | change source]

Official website

Template:2017 World Women's Handball Championship qualification

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[table_hth_ESP0.41364132119978-9] 1.0 ^1.1 Spain 30–18 Slovenia

[table_hth_GER0.10878683911114-10] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Germany 2 Pts, +1 GD, 50 GF; France 2 Pts, +1 GD, 39 GF; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD

[table_hth_CZE0.2372986600908-11] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Czech Republic 2 Pts, +4 GD; Hungary 2 Pts, +2 GD; Montenegro 2 Pts, −6 GD

[1] "EHF EURO 2016 awarded to Poland and Sweden". eurohandball.com. 23 June 2012.

[2] "Women's EHF EURO 2016 Draw takes place on 10 June". eurohandball.com. 6 June 2016.

[3] "Women's EHF EURO 2016: 16 teams, one dream". eurohandball.com. 10 June 2016.

[4] "EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2016.

[5] "EHF confirms referees for EHF EURO". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. 5 October 2016.

[6] "referees-guidelines". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

[7] "Playing times set for Women's EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 16 June 2016.

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