Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament was held from December 2014 to March 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the World champion, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.

Legend for qualification type

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2016 World Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Host country

• Brazil

World Championship

Main article: 2015 World Women's Handball Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	94	65	+29	6	Qualified for World Championship
2	Congo	3	2	0	1	86	73	+13	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	69	72	−3	2
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	49	88	−39	0

Source:
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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	5	4	1	0	149	113	+36	9	Round of 16
2	Hungary	5	4	0	1	146	121	+25	8
3	Denmark (H)	5	3	0	2	134	113	+21	6
4	Serbia	5	2	1	2	144	132	+12	5
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	118	138	−20	2
6	Tunisia	5	0	0	5	108	182	−74	0

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.
(H) Hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	183	116	+67	9	Round of 16
2	Sweden	5	4	1	0	192	134	+58	9
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	135	135	0	6
4	Angola	5	2	0	3	144	155	−11	4
5	China	5	1	0	4	141	180	−39	2
6	Cuba	5	0	0	5	123	198	−75	0

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.
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	0	118	95	+23	9	Round of 16
2	France	5	3	1	1	121	91	+30	7
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	151	114	+37	6
4	South Korea	5	2	2	1	138	125	+13	6
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	89	120	−31	2
6	DR Congo	5	0	0	5	78	150	−72	0

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.
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	171	115	+56	10	Round of 16
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	159	106	+53	8
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	148	98	+50	6
4	Romania	5	2	0	3	150	116	+34	4
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	0	4	88	197	−109	2
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	95	179	−84	0

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.

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Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

Main article: 2014 European Women's Handball Championship

Rank	Team
	Norway
	Spain
	Sweden
4	Montenegro
5	France
6	Hungary
7	Netherlands
8	Denmark
9	Romania
10	Germany
11	Poland
12	Slovakia
13	Croatia
14	Russia
15	Serbia
16	Ukraine

America (2nd ranking continent)

Main article: Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Handball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall B
Dates	July 16 – July 24
Competitors	120 from 8 nations
Medalists
Brazil   Argentina   Uruguay
«2011 2019»

The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre (in Hall B) from July 16 to 24.

For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket.

Brazil were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 33–15 in the final.

The winner of the tournament were to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the 2nd and the 3rd place (due to the continental rankings at the World Championship) qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament. As the host nation Brazil won, the runner up qualified instead, in accordance with the regulations.

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified, along with the host nation Canada. The United States and Uruguay competed against one another in a home/away playoff for the last spot in the tournament. The fourth placed team in the Central American and Caribbean Games both declined to compete in the respective tournaments.

Summary

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
2014 South American Games	March 7–15	Santiago	3	Brazil Argentina Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 15–23	Veracruz	3	Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico
Last chance qualification tournament	March 7/14, 2015	Auburn Montevideo	1	Uruguay
Total			8

Last chance qualification tournament

March 07	United States	25 – 30	Uruguay	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn Attendance: 900 Referees: Perez, Guzman (PUR)
	Gascon, Darling 7	(16–15)	Scarrone 8
	3× 7× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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March 14	Uruguay	24 – 22	United States	Polideportivo, Montevideo Attendance: 1200 Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Barreiro 5	(13–8)	Darling 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Rosters

Main article: Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Cuba
•  Mexico
•  Puerto Rico
•  Uruguay

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on March 15, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Brazil Argentina	Chile Mexico	Puerto Rico Uruguay	Canada Cuba

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 26, 2015.

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the women's handball competition

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	0	120	52	+68	6	Qualified for the Semifinals
Mexico	3	2	0	1	83	86	−3	4
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	72	98	−26	1
Canada	3	0	1	2	55	94	−39	1

Source:

July 16 11:30	Brazil	38–21	Puerto Rico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Nascimento, Silva 7	(15–10)	Ceballos 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

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July 16 13:30	Mexico	25–22	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Aguirre, Saavedra 4	(14–10)	Lochet 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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July 18 11:30	Canada	12–48	Brazil	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Routhier 6	(5–26)	Nascimento 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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July 18 13:30	Puerto Rico	30–39	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Cabrera, Ceballos 6	(17–14)	Rocha 6
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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July 20 11:30	Puerto Rico	21–21	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 7	(10–7)	Perry 7
	2× 3×	report	2× 5×

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July 20 13:30	Brazil	34–19	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Nascimento 8	(19–12)	Jaramillo 3
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	2	0	1	75	60	+15	4	Qualified for the Semifinals
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	80	74	+6	4
Cuba	3	2	0	1	83	83	0	4
Chile	3	0	0	3	69	90	−21	0

Source:

July 16 18:30	Argentina	20–15	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Mendoza 6	(13–7)	Barreiro 9
	3× 2×	report	3× 5×

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July 16 20:30	Chile	25–28	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	Feuchtmann, Torres 5	(11–14)	Lusson 10
	2× 5×	report	1× 7× 1×

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July 18 18:30	Cuba	27–25	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen (DEN)
	Lusson 14	(14–13)	Mendoza 9
	1× 8×	Report	3× 2×

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July 18 20:30	Uruguay	32–26	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Ines Paolantoni, Florencia Zanikian (ARG)
	three players 5	(15–10)	Flores 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7×

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July 20 18:30	Uruguay	33–28	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Minore, Marina (ARG)
	Barreiro 10	(13–12)	Lusson 9
	4× 4×	report	2× 5×

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July 20 20:30	Argentina	30–18	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Mendoza 6	(15–10)	three players 3
	3× 1×	report	4× 3×

Classification round

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	July 22 — Toronto
	Puerto Rico	36
					July 24 — Toronto
	Chile	34
					Puerto Rico	27
	July 22 — Toronto
					Cuba	40
	Canada	20
	Cuba	30
					Seventh place
					July 24 — Toronto
					Chile	20
					Canada	27

Semifinals

July 22 11:00	Puerto Rico	36–34	Chile	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paoloantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Ceballos 11	(21–18)	Feuchtmann 6
	2×	report	2× 3×

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July 22 18:00	Canada	20–30	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Routhier 5	(7–18)	Lusson 9
	3× 2×	report	4× 5×

Seventh place match

July 24 10:30	Chile	20–27	Canada	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Miño 5	(10–14)	Lochet, Laplante 4
	3× 3×	report	2× 3×

Fifth place match

July 24 13:00	Puerto Rico	27–40	Cuba	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	three players 5	(14–20)	Reyes, Barrio 7
	2× 2×	report	1× 6×

Medal round

	Semifinals				Final
	July 22 — Toronto
	Brazil	40
					July 24 — Toronto
	Uruguay	22
					Brazil	25
	July 22 — Toronto
					Argentina	20
	Mexico	16
	Argentina	27
					Third place
					July 24 — Toronto
					Uruguay	29
					Mexico	21

Semifinals

July 22 13:30	Brazil	40–22	Uruguay	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
	Silva 8	(18–11)	Scarrone 8
	3× 5×	report	3× 2×

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July 22 20:30	Mexico	16–27	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Jaramillo, Sifuentes 4	(6–11)	Pizzo 7
	3× 3×	report	3× 5×

Bronze medal match

July 24 17:30	Uruguay	29–21	Mexico	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Barreiro 11	(11–8)	Saavedra 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

Gold medal match

July 24 20:00	Brazil	25–20	Argentina	Exhibition Centre – Hall B Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Nascimento 6	(12–12)	Mendoza, Karsten 5
	3× 5×	report	3× 2×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Uruguay
4	Mexico
5	Cuba
6	Puerto Rico
7	Canada
8	Chile

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Note: As Brazil were already qualified for the olympics as hosts, the qualification slot went to Argentina instead and Mexico qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament instead of Argentina.

2015 Pan American Games winners
Brazil 5th title

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lisandra Lusson	48
2	Martina Barreiro	39
3	Alexandra Nascimento	34
3	Nathalys Ceballos	34
5	Fernanda da Silva	32

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Player	Saves	%
1	Valentina Kogan	49	43
2	Marisol Carratu	26	42
3	Mayssa Pessoa	31	39

References

Asia (3rd ranking continent)

The competition was held in Nagoya, Japan.

All times are local (UTC+9).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	160	82	+78	8	Advance to final tournament
2	Japan	4	3	0	1	125	94	+31	6	Advance to qualification tournaments
3	China	4	2	0	2	106	102	+4	4
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	3	103	114	−11	2
5	Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	80	182	−102	0

Source: Asianhandball
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.

20 October 2015 17:00	Kazakhstan	18−28	China	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(8−13)

20 October 2015 19:00	Japan	51−17	Uzbekistan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(25−10)

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21 October 2015 17:00	South Korea	35−24	Kazakhstan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(18−10)

21 October 2015 19:00	China	19−29	Japan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(11−13)

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22 October 2015 17:00	China	22−34	South Korea	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(8−15)

22 October 2015 19:00	Uzbekistan	27−38	Kazakhstan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(15−18)

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24 October 2015 16:00	Japan	24−23	Kazakhstan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(13−11)

24 October 2015 18:00	Uzbekistan	15−56	South Korea	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(8−30)

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25 October 2015 14:00	Uzbekistan	21–37	China	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(6–21)

25 October 2015 16:00	South Korea	35–21	Japan	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya
		(17–11)

Africa (4th ranking continent)

The competition was held in Luanda, Angola.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	0	100	72	+28	6	Advance to final tournament
2	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	74	66	+8	4	Advance to qualification tournaments
3	Senegal	3	1	0	2	65	85	−20	2
4	DR Congo	3	0	0	3	71	87	−16	0

Source:
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.

19 March 2015 18:00	Angola	38−21	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(20–10)
		Report

19 March 2015 20:00	Tunisia	26−21	DR Congo	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(14–11)
		Report

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20 March 2015 18:00	Senegal	19−25	Tunisia	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(13–13)
		Report

20 March 2015 20:00	Angola	36−28	DR Congo	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(19–13)
		Report

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21 March 2015 18:00	DR Congo	22–25	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(14–11)
		Report

21 March 2015 20:00	Angola	26–23	Tunisia	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(10–12)
		Report

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held on 18–20 March 2016. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:

• The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships are eligible to participate in the tournament.
• The best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if it was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. But, as no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams, which already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
• The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1	2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2	2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
2nd from World: Netherlands 7th from World: France 2nd from Asia: Japan 2nd from Africa: Tunisia	3rd from World: Romania 6th from World: Denmark 3rd from Americas: Uruguay 4th from Europe: Montenegro	4th from World: Poland 5th from World: Russia 3rd from Europe: Sweden 4th from Americas: Mexico

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	103	62	+41	6	Advanced to final tournament
2	France (H)	3	2	0	1	75	56	+19	4
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	79	78	+1	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	55	116	−61	0

Source: IHF
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) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+1).

18 March 2016 16:45	Japan	37–20	Tunisia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Fujii 8	(19–8)	Hamrouni 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

18 March 2016 19:00	Netherlands	24–17	France	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Van der Heijden 5	(9–7)	Dembélé 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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19 March 2016 16:45	Netherlands	33–25	Japan	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Malestein 8	(15–16)	Yokoshima 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

19 March 2016 19:00	France	33–15	Tunisia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Houette 8	(20–6)	three players 3
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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20 March 2016 17:45	Tunisia	20–46	Netherlands	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	three players 3	(10–27)	Abbingh 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

20 March 2016 19:30	France	25–17	Japan	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Pineau 7	(11–7)	Fujii 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	91	67	+24	5	Advanced to final tournament
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	0	83	64	+19	5
3	Denmark (H)	3	1	0	2	85	75	+10	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	55	108	−53	0

Source: IHF
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) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+1).

18 March 2016 16:45	Uruguay	19–34	Montenegro	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Scarrone 4	(10–15)	Mehmedović 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

18 March 2016 19:00	Romania	32–25	Denmark	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Buceschi 10	(19–13)	Dalby, Spellerberg 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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19 March 2016 17:45	Romania	36–19	Uruguay	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Chintoan 9	(17–10)	Fynn 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

19 March 2016 20:00	Denmark	22–26	Montenegro	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Jørgensen 7	(10–13)	Bulatović 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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20 March 2016 17:30	Montenegro	23–23	Romania	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Despotović 8	(11–15)	Chintoan 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3×

20 March 2016 20:00	Denmark	38–17	Uruguay	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Rej 9	(19–7)	Barreiro 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	3	3	0	0	101	71	+30	6	Advanced to final tournament
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	100	81	+19	4
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	85	71	+14	2
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	51	114	−63	0

Source: IHF
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) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+3).

18 March 2016 17:30	Poland	25–27	Russia	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Kobylińska 5	(11–11)	Vyakhireva 7
	2× 2×	Report	4× 3×

18 March 2016 20:00	Sweden	41–20	Mexico	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Sand 5	(21–9)	Aguirre 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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19 March 2016 16:00	Poland	24–30	Sweden	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Zych 6	(12–16)	Alm 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

19 March 2016 18:30	Russia	37–17	Mexico	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Gorshkova 6	(17–11)	Sifuentes 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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20 March 2016 18:00	Russia	37–29	Sweden	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Dmitrieva, Vyakhireva 7	(15–10)	Gulldén 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

20 March 2016 20:30	Mexico	14–36	Poland	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Esquivel 6	(5–18)	Kołodziejsk 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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