2016 European Men's Handball Championship

2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	4 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	15–31 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	2,299 (54.74 per match)
Attendance	342,115 (8,146 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kiril Lazarov (42 goals)
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The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship is the twelfth edition and is being held for the first time in Poland from 15–31 January 2016. Croatia and Norway were the other applicants in the bidding process.

Poland was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012 with 58% votes.^[1]

Venues

Kraków	Gdańsk / Sopot	Kraków Gdańsk / Sopot Katowice Wrocław
Tauron Arena Capacity: 15,328	Ergo Arena Capacity: 11,409

Katowice	Wrocław
Spodek Capacity: 11,036	Centennial Hall Capacity: 8,500

Qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament
Poland	00Host	0023 June 2012	7 0 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Hungary	00Group 5 winner	002 May 2015	92 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Denmark	00Group 2 winner	003 May 2015	100 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
France	00Group 6 winner	003 May 2015	112 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Sweden	00Group 3 winner	003 May 2015	102 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Slovenia	00Group 3 runner-up	0010 June 2015	92 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Croatia	00Group 1 winner	0010 June 2015	112 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Norway	00Group 1 runner-up	0010 June 2015	62 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Spain	00Group 7 winner	0010 June 2015	112 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Germany	00Group 7 runner-up	0010 June 2015	102 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Iceland	00Group 4 winner	0014 June 2015	82 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Serbia	00Group 4 runner-up	0014 June 2015	32 (2010, 2012, 2014)
Montenegro	00Best third placed team	0014 June 2015	22 (2008, 2014)
Russia	00Group 5 runner-up	0014 June 2015	112 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
North Macedonia	00Group 6 runner-up	0014 June 2015	32 (1998, 2012, 2014)
Belarus	00Group 2 runner-up	0014 June 2015	30 (1994, 2008, 2014)

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

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 18 June 2015.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France Denmark (assigned to D1) Spain Croatia (assigned to B1)	Iceland Poland (assigned to A2) Sweden Hungary	Russia North Macedonia Germany (assigned to C3) Belarus	Serbia Norway Slovenia Montenegro

Squads

Match officials

On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.^[3]

Country	Referees
Belarus	Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
France	Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig

Country	Referees
Latvia	Zigmārs Stoļarovs Renārs Līcis
North Macedonia	Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Sweden	Michael Johansson Jasmin Kliko

Group stage

The draw was held on 19 June 2015.^[4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	84	76	+8	6	Advance to main round
2	France	3	2	0	1	91	80	+11	4
3	North Macedonia	3	0	1	2	73	81	−8	1^[a]
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	81	92	−11	1^[a]	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Macedonia 27–27 Serbia

15 January 2016 18:00	France	30–23	North Macedonia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Sorhaindo 6	(12–12)	K. Lazarov 9
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 7×

15 January 2016 20:30	Poland	29–28	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,100 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Jurecki 7	(14–15)	Nenadić, Nikčević 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

17 January 2016 18:15	Serbia	26–36	France	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Šešum 7	(16–19)	Nyokas 8
	3× 7×	Report	2× 2×

17 January 2016 20:30	North Macedonia	23–24	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	K. Lazarov 8	(13–11)	Syprzak 6
	4× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

19 January 2016 18:15	North Macedonia	27–27	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Manaskov 10	(13–13)	Nenadić, Šešum 7
	4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	France	25–31	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,854 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Abalo, Mahé 5	(12–15)	Bielecki 9
	2× 3×	Report	4× 6×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	88	84	+4	4^[a]	Advance to main round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	95	83	+12	4^[a]
3	Belarus	3	1	2	87	94	−7	2^[b]
4	Iceland	3	1	2	92	101	−9	2^[b]	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Norway 34–31 Croatia
^ ^a ^b Belarus 39–38 Iceland

15 January 2016 16:00	Croatia	27–21	Belarus	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Štrlek 9	(15–15)	Rutenka 8
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

15 January 2016 18:15	Iceland	26–25	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Pálmarsson 8	(10–11)	Bjørnsen 7
	4× 7×	Report	4× 4×

17 January 2016 16:00	Belarus	39–38	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pukhouski 11	(17–18)	Petersson 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2016 18:15	Norway	34–31	Croatia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 8,400 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bjørnsen 7	(16–17)	Duvnjak 8
	2× 4×	Report	4× 6×

19 January 2016 18:15	Belarus	27–29	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Rutenka 9	(13–12)	Bjørnsen, O'Sullivan 5
	4× 6×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	Croatia	37–28	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Marić 8	(19–10)	Gunnarsson, Sigurðsson 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	80	75	+5	5	Advance to main round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	81	79	+2	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	71	72	−1	2
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	66	72	−6	1	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]

16 January 2016 18:30	Spain	32–29	Germany	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Rivera 7	(18–15)	Dissinger 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2016 20:45	Sweden	23–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Ekberg 4	(16–9)	Gaber 5
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

18 January 2016 18:15	Slovenia	24–24	Spain	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Žvižej 6	(13–10)	Aguinagalde 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

18 January 2016 20:30	Germany	27–26	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Reichmann 9	(13–17)	Jakobsson 8
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Germany	25–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Reichmann 5	(12–10)	Kavtičnik 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

20 January 2016 20:00	Spain	24–22	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Rivera 9	(12–10)	Jakobsson, Östlund 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	91	75	+16	6	Advance to main round
2	Russia	3	2	1	80	78	+2	4
3	Hungary	3	1	2	80	84	−4	2
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	76	90	−14	0	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]

16 January 2016 18:00	Hungary	32–27	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,864 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Bánhidi 7	(16–12)	Borozan 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

16 January 2016 20:15	Denmark	31–25	Russia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 7,952 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 4	(13–13)	Shelmenko 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

18 January 2016 18:00	Russia	27–26	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,452 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Dibirov 6	(14–10)	Jamali 6
	4× 6×	Report	3× 3×

18 January 2016 20:15	Montenegro	28–30	Denmark	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,980 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Grbović 7	(16–14)	Eggert 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Russia	28–21	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 5,930 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Gorbok, Shelmenko 5	(14–9)	Ševaljević, Vujović 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

20 January 2016 20:00	Denmark	30–22	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 8,361 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Hansen 9	(18–10)	Hornyák 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Main round

The points gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced were carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	153	141	+12	9	Advanced to semifinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	153	134	+19	6^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	France	5	3	0	2	145	130	+15	6^[a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Poland	5	3	0	2	138	142	−4	6^[a]	Advanced to seventh place game
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4	128	151	−23	2	Eliminated
6	North Macedonia	5	0	1	4	130	149	−19	1	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Croatia 2 pts, +6 GD, France 2 pts, +2 GD, Poland 2 pts, −8 GD

21 January 2016 18:15	France	34–23	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 6,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Karabatić 9	(20–5)	Khadkevich 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2016 20:30	North Macedonia	24–34	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Manaskov 7	(13–17)	Slišković 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

23 January 2016 18:15	France	32–24	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Abalo 6	(16–10)	Duvnjak 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

23 January 2016 20:30	Poland	28–30	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,600 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bielecki 10	(15–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2016 18:15	North Macedonia	31–31	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 7,600 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	K. Lazarov 11	(17–13)	Bjørnsen 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

25 January 2016 20:30	Poland	32–27	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Jurecki 9	(19–13)	Shylovich 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2016 16:00	North Macedonia	29–30	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	K. Lazarov 10	(13–14)	Pukhouski 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

27 January 2016 18:15	France	24–29	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Narcisse 7	(11–12)	Tønnesen 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 7×

27 January 2016 20:30	Poland	23–37	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bielecki, Daszek 4	(10–15)	Štrlek 11
	1× 6×	Report	2× 5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	135	130	+5	8^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	140	129	+11	8^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	139	123	+16	7	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Sweden	5	1	2	2	126	121	+5	4	Advanced to seventh place game
5	Russia	5	1	1	3	132	140	−8	3	Eliminated
6	Hungary	5	0	0	5	110	139	−29	0	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain 32–29 Germany

22 January 2016 18:15	Germany	29–19	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Wiede 6	(17–9)	three players 3
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 January 2016 20:30	Sweden	28–28	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,350 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Jakobsson 9	(15–15)	Dibirov 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 2016 18:15	Germany	30–29	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Dissinger 7	(17–16)	Dibirov 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

24 January 2016 20:30	Spain	23–27	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Entrerríos, Rivera 4	(14–11)	Damgaard 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

26 January 2016 18:15	Spain	31–29	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Rivera 5	(15–15)	Nagy 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

26 January 2016 20:30	Sweden	28–28	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	three players 5	(13–15)	Damgaard 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4× 1×

27 January 2016 16:00	Sweden	22–14	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Nilsson, Östlund 5	(10–7)	Bodó 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

27 January 2016 18:15	Germany	25–23	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Fäth 6	(12–13)	Hansen 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2016 20:30	Spain	25–23	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Rivera 11	(11–12)	Dibirov 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

29 January 2016

Norway	25-27
		31 January 2016
Germany

29 January 2016

Spain	27-31

Croatia
		Third place game

		31 January 2016

Semifinals

29 January 2016 18:30	Norway	v	Germany	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

29 January 2016 21:00	Spain	v	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

Seventh place game

29 January 2016 16:00	Poland	v	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
		Report

Fifth place game

29 January 2016 18:30	France	v	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
		Report

Third place game

31 January 2016 15:00	LSF1	v	LSF2	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

Final

31 January 2016 17:30	WSF1	v	WSF2	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

Statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9	Russia
10	Belarus
11	North Macedonia
12	Hungary
13	Iceland
14	Slovenia
15	Serbia
16	Montenegro

Champions qualify directly for the Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Championship.

Runners-up and third-placed team qualify for the 2017 World Championship

Qualified from the World Championships to the Summer Olympics final qualification tournament

The two best teams not already qualified from the World Championships will qualify for the Summer Olympics final qualification tournament

Top goalscorers

As of 27 January 2016.


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Kiril Lazarov	42	79	53
2	Valero Rivera Folch	41	53	77
3	Barys Pukhouski	37	58	64
4	Manuel Štrlek	35	41	85
5	Kristian Bjørnsen	34	44	77
6	Tobias Reichmann	33	42	79
6	Michal Jurecki	33	59	56
8	Mikkel Hansen	32	55	58
	Dejan Manaskov		44	73
	Timur Dibirov		46	70

Source: handball.sportsresult.com

Top goalkeepers

As of 27 January 2016.

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Victor Kireev	36	74	203
1	Arpad Sterbik	36	45	124
3	Thierry Omeyer	35	67	191
	Andreas Wolff		55	155
	Mattias Andersson		59	170
6	Viachaslau Saldatsenka	34	79	232
	Ivan Stevanović		31	90
	Niklas Landin Jacobsen		65	193
9	Matevž Skok	33	13	39
10	Sławomir Szmal	31	53	172

Source: handball.sportsresults.com

References

^ "EHF EURO 2016 awarded to Poland and Sweden". eurohandball.com. 23 June 2012.
^ "Krakow hosts EHF EURO 2016 draw". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2015.
^ "Final referee selection for EHF EURO 2016 announced". eurohandball.com. 30 September 2013.
^ "EHF EURO 2016 Preliminary Round Groups drawn in Krakow". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "EHF EURO Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 12 January 2015. pp. 12–16.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_MKD0.032022090643655-5] Macedonia 27–27 Serbia

[table_hth_NOR0.32580930289152-7] Norway 34–31 Croatia

[table_hth_BLR0.32580930289152-8] Belarus 39–38 Iceland

[table_hth_CRO0.17871447195239-9] Croatia 2 pts, +6 GD, France 2 pts, +2 GD, Poland 2 pts, −8 GD

[table_hth_ESP0.92360916078259-10] Spain 32–29 Germany

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

[2] "Krakow hosts EHF EURO 2016 draw". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2015.

[3] "Final referee selection for EHF EURO 2016 announced". eurohandball.com. 30 September 2013.

[4] "EHF EURO 2016 Preliminary Round Groups drawn in Krakow". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2015.

[EHF_EURO_Regulations_2015-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "EHF EURO Regulations" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 12 January 2015. pp. 12–16.

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