2016 European Women's Handball Championship

2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	4–18 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
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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.

Sweden was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012.^[1]

Venues

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 1 Knockout stage	Group C	Group B	Group D Group 2

Qualification

Qualified teams

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

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

Referees

14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.^[4]^[5]

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

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.^[6]^[7]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	1	1	0	36	34	+2	2	Main round
2	Slovenia	1	0	1	34	36	−2	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

Updated to match(es) played on 4 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.

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

4 December 2016 18:00	Sweden	v	Spain	Hovet, Stockholm Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
		Report

6 December 2016 18:30	Spain	v	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm
		Report

6 December 2016 20.45	Slovenia	v	Sweden	Hovet, Stockholm
		Report

8 December 2016 18:30	Spain	v	Slovenia	Hovet, Stockholm
		Report

8 December 2016 20:45	Sweden	v	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Netherlands	Main round
2	France
3	Germany
4	Poland	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played: 4 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.

4 December 2016 18:30	Netherlands	v	Germany	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
		Report

4 December 2016 20:45	France	v	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
		Report

6 December 2016 18:30	Poland	v	Netherlands	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		Report

6 December 2016 20:45	Germany	v	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		Report

8 December 2016 18:30	Germany	v	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		Report

8 December 2016 20:45	Netherlands	v	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Montenegro	Main round
2	Hungary
3	Denmark
4	Czech Republic	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played: 5 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.

5 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	v	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
		Report

5 December 2016 20:45	Montenegro	v	Denmark	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
		Report

7 December 2016 18:30	Czech Republic	v	Montenegro	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
		Report

7 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	v	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
		Report

9 December 2016 18:30	Montenegro	v	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
		Report

9 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	v	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö
		Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Norway	Main round
2	Russia
3	Romania
4	Croatia	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played: 5 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.

5 December 2016 18:30	Russia	v	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
		Report

5 December 2016 20:45	Norway	v	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
		Report

7 December 2016 18:30	Romania	v	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

7 December 2016 20:45	Croatia	v	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

9 December 2016 18:30	Romania	v	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

9 December 2016 20:45	Norway	v	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

Main round

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over. Throw-off times are set at 16:15, 18:00 and 20:45.

Group I

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	A1	Semifinals
2	B1	Semifinals
3	A2	Fifth place game
4	B2	Eliminated
5	A3
6	B3

First match(es) will be played: 10 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.

10 December 2016	A3	v	B2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

10 December 2016	A2	v	B3	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

10 December 2016	A1	v	B1	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

12 December 2016	A3	v	B1	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

12 December 2016	A1	v	B3	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

12 December 2016	A2	v	B2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

14 December 2016	A1	v	B2	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

14 December 2016	A2	v	B1	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

14 December 2016	A3	v	B3	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Group II

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	C1	Semifinals
2	D1	Semifinals
3	C2	Fifth place game
4	D2	Eliminated
5	C3
6	D3

First match(es) will be played: 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	C3	v	D2	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

11 December 2016	C2	v	D3	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

11 December 2016	C1	v	D1	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

13 December 2016	C3	v	D1	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

13 December 2016	C1	v	D3	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

13 December 2016	C2	v	D2	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

14 December 2016	C1	v	D2	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

14 December 2016	C2	v	D1	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

14 December 2016	C3	v	D3	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg
		Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final

	16 December

	I1
					18 December
	II2

	16 December

	II1

	I2
					Third place

					18 December

Semifinals

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

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

References

^ "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.
^ "Playing times set for Women's EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 16 June 2016.
^ Schedule

External links

Official website

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

[7] Schedule

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