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

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.

Denmark won their first gold medal, defeating defending champion France 28–26 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 31–25.

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

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 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
				Tunisia
		Malmö	2	Slovenia
				Sweden
		Herning	2	Denmark
				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.

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

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 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

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

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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

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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

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Niklas Landin Jacobsen
• Left wing: Uwe Gensheimer
• Left back: Mikkel Hansen
• Central back: Nikola Karabatic
• Right back: Valentin Porte
• Right wing: Lasse Svan Hansen
• Line player: Cedric Sorhaindo
• MVP: Mikkel Hansen

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
	Uwe Gensheimer		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
	Michał Daszek		43	77
10	Daniel Narcisse	32	44	73
	Valentin Porte		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
	Ivan Stevanović		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 Karabatić 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

External links

• Official website