Tourney Name: | EHF European Women's Handball Championship |
Year: | 2016 |
Size: | 220px |
Country: | Sweden |
Dates: | 4–18 December |
Num Teams: | 16 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 5 |
Cities: | 5 |
Count: | 7 |
Matches: | 47 |
Goals: | 2309 |
Top Scorer: | Nora Mørk (53 goals) |
Player: | Nycke Groot[1] |
Previous: | 2014 European Women's Handball Championship |
Next: | 2018 European Women's Handball Championship |
The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was 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.[2]
Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands.[3] France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.[4]
There were two bids:
Turkey withdrew their bid, leaving Sweden as the sole bid. they were given the hosting rights on the 23 June 2012.[2]
Stockholm | Gothenburg | Malmö | Kristianstad | Helsingborg | |
Hovet Capacity: 8,094 | Scandinavium Capacity: 12,312 | 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 | |
See main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification.
width=15% | Country ! | width=15% | Qualified as! | width=15% | Qualified on ! | width=55% | Previous appearances in tournament |
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(1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||||||
winner | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
winner | (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
winner | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
winner | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
winner | (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012) | ||||||
winner | (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
winner | (2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
runner-up | (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | ||||||
(2002, 2004, 2006, 2010) |
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.[5] [6]
See main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads.
14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.[7] [8] Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.[9]
Referees | ||
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Dalibor Jurinović Marko Mrvica | ||
Karina Christiansen Line Hansen | ||
Péter Horváth Balázs Márton | ||
Viktorija Kijauskaite Aušra Žaliene | ||
Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen | ||
Joanna Brehmer Agnieszka Skowronek |
Referees | ||
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Diana-Carmen Florescu Anamaria Stoia | ||
Victoria Alpaidze Tatyana Berezkina | ||
Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević | ||
Peter Brunovský Vladimír Čanda | ||
Andreu Marín Ignacio García | ||
Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik |
The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.[10] [11]
All times are local (UTC+1).
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Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.
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The All Star Team and awards were announced on 18 December 2016.
Position | Player | |
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Goalkeeper | ||
Left wing | ||
Left back | ||
Centre back | ||
Right back | ||
Right wing | ||
Pivot | ||
Best defense player | ||
1 | Nora Mørk | 53 | 95 | 56 | ||
2 | Stine Jørgensen | 47 | 81 | 58 | ||
3 | Cristina Neagu | 46 | 89 | 52 | ||
4 | Estavana Polman | 39 | 68 | 57 | ||
5 | Svenja Huber | 35 | 58 | 60 | ||
Nycke Groot | 53 | 66 | ||||
Estelle Nze Minko | 59 | 59 | ||||
8 | Isabelle Gulldén | 31 | 58 | 53 | ||
Alexandra Lacrabère | 59 | 53 | ||||
10 | Michaela Hrbková | 30 | 56 | 54 |
Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves[13] | Shots |
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1 | Victoriya Kalinina | 41 | 39 | 96 | |
Silje Solberg | 68 | 164 | |||
3 | Amandine Leynaud | 40 | 41 | 102 | |
4 | Laura Glauser | 39 | 66 | 169 | |
Silvia Navarro | 64 | 164 | |||
6 | Denisa Dedu | 38 | 56 | 146 | |
7 | Sandra Toft Galsgaard | 35 | 85 | 244 | |
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | 39 | 113 | |||
Clara Woltering | 76 | 217 | |||
10 | Johanna Bundsen | 34 | 47 | 138 | |
Tess Wester | 95 | 281 |