Handball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_tournament

Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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The women's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were played at the Future Arena.

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Russia won their first title after defeating France 22–19 in the final.[1] Norway captured the bronze, and their third consecutive medal by winning against the Netherlands.[2]

The medals were presented by Aïcha Garad Ali, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen and Auvita Rapilla, IOC members from Djibouti, Denmark and Papua New Guinea 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

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
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Qualification

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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

15 pairs of referees were selected on 5 July 2016.[3][4]

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Rosters

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

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[5][6] The final match schedule was announced on 20 May 2016.[7]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[8]

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Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
09:30		 Norway  28–31  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,780
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Mørk 12 (16–17) Belo 12
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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
16:40		 Montenegro  19–25  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,115
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
K. Bulatović 5 (10–14) four players 4
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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
19:50		 Romania  19–23  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,465
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Neagu 8 (9–11) Guialo 5
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
14:40		 Spain  24–27  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Cabral 5 (10–11) Kristiansen 7
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
16:40		 Brazil  26–13  Romania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Belo 8 (14–9) Neagu 6
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
21:50		 Angola  27–25  Montenegro Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Guialo 7 (12–12) K. Bulatović 9
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
09:30		 Brazil  24–29  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
da Silva 7 (12–15) Pena 8
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
11:30		 Romania  25–21  Montenegro Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
Neagu 10 (11–9) K. Bulatović 9
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
16:40		 Norway  30–20  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mørk 8 (16–8) Guialo 8
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
09:30		 Angola  24–28  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Bernardo 8 (13–13) Belo 7
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
14:40		 Romania  24–21  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Neagu 9 (13–11) three players 4
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
16:40		 Montenegro  19–28  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Jauković 5 (11–16) Mørk 6
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
09:30		 Montenegro  23–29  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Pavićević 6 (10–12) Belo 6
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
16:40		 Norway  28–27  Romania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Kristiansen 7 (14–13) Neagu 11
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
19:50		 Spain  26–22  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Cabral, Martín 7 (13–12) Guialo 6
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Group B

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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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
11:30		 Netherlands  14–18  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
three players 3 (6–10) Lacrabère, Pineau 5
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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
14:40		 Russia  30–25  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Sudakova 6 (12–13) Jung, Kim O. 6
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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
21:50		 Sweden  31–21  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Hagman 6 (13–9) Mendoza 5
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
09:30		 South Korea  28–31  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Woo 7 (15–16) Hagman 7
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
11:30		 France  25–26  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Lacrabère 11 (10–15) Kuznetsova 6
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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
19:50		 Argentina  18–26  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Mendoza 3 (9–13) Polman 6
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
14:40		 Russia  36–34  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Bobrovnikova, Dmitriyeva 6 (15–18) Gulldén 11
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
19:50		 Netherlands  32–32  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
Broch, Groot 7 (18–17) Gwon 11
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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
21:50		 France  27–11  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Houette 8 (15–4) Campigli 4
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
11:30		 Sweden  29–29  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Hagman 14 (16–13) Malestein 5
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
19:50		 Russia  35–29  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Vyakhireva 7 (20–18) Pizzo 6
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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
21:50		 South Korea  17–21  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
Song 5 (11–11) Lacrabère 7
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
11:30		 Sweden  25–27  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Roberts 8 (13–15) Lacrabère 8
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
14:40		 Netherlands  34–38  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Polman 12 (16–17) Ilina 8
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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
21:50		 Argentina  22–28  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mendoza 6 (10–12) Gwon 11
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Brazil23
 
18 August
 
 Netherlands32
 
 Netherlands23
 
16 August
 
 France24
 
 Spain26
 
20 August
 
 France (OT)27
 
 France19
 
16 August
 
 Russia22
 
 Sweden20
 
18 August
 
 Norway33
 
 Norway37
 
16 August
 
 Russia (OT)38 Bronze medal
 
 Russia31
 
20 August
 
 Angola27
 
 Netherlands26
 
 
 Norway36
 

Quarterfinals

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
10:00		 Brazil  23–32  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Da Silva 7 (11–12) Polman 7
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16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
13:30		 Spain  26–27 (ET)  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Pena 13 (12–5) Lacrabère 7
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FT: 23–23 ET: 3–4

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
17:00		 Sweden  20–33  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Gulldén 9 (7–19) Oftedal 6
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16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
20:30		 Russia  31–27  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Kuznetsova 5 (18–14) Bernardo 8
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Semifinals

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)
15:30		 Netherlands  23–24  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
van der Heijden 8 (13–17) Pineau 7
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18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)
20:30		 Norway  37–38 (ET)  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Mørk 14 (16–18) Bobrovnikova 8
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FT: 31–31 ET: 6–7

Bronze medal game

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
11:30		 Netherlands  26–36  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Groot 6 (13–19) Mørk 7
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Gold medal game

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
15:30		 France  19–22  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Dembélé, Pineau 5 (7–10) Vyakhireva 5
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Ranking and statistics

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Medalists

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