Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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See also: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Handball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 6–21 August 2016
Teams 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
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Handball at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The handball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be held from 6 to 21 August at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park.[1]

Events

Two sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.[2]

Men's qualification

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Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Mean of qualification
[ ]
 Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2015 World Championship 15 January – 1 February 2015  Qatar 1  France
2015 Pan American Games 16–25 July 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 14–27 November 2015 Qatar Doha 1  Qatar
2016 European Championship 15–31 January 2016  Poland 1  Germany
2016 African Championship 21–30 January 2016 Egypt Cairo 1  Egypt
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments 8–10 April 2016 Poland Gdańsk 2  Poland
 Tunisia
Sweden Malmö 2  Slovenia
 Sweden
Denmark Herning 2  Denmark
 Croatia
Total 12

Women's qualification

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Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Mean of qualification
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 Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2014 European Championship 7–21 December 2014 Various 1  Spain[1]
2015 African Qualification Tournament 19–21 March 2015 Angola Luanda 1  Angola
2015 Pan American Games 15–24 July 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 20–25 October 2015 Japan Nagoya 1  South Korea
2015 World Championship 5–20 December 2015  Denmark 1  Norway
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments 18–20 March 2016 France Metz 2  Netherlands
 France
Denmark Aarhus 2  Romania
 Montenegro
Russia Astrakhan 2  Russia
 Sweden
Total 12

^ 1. Because Norway have already qualified for the Olympic Games by winning the 2015 World Championship title, the unused berth from the European Championship has been awarded to Spain.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[3]

Men's competition

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Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The competition consists of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

Teams are divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Two points for a victory, one - for a draw. Top four teams per group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 August 2016. Source:
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.

Group B

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 August 2016. Source:
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) Host.

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal
 
                    
 
 17 August
 
 
 Winners Group A
 
 19 August
 
 Fourth-placed team Group B
 
  
 
 17 August
 
  
 
 Runners-up Group B
 
 21 August
 
 Third-placed team Group A
 
  
 
 17 August
 
  
 
 Runners-up Group A
 
 19 August
 
 Third-placed team Group B
 
  
 
 17 August
 
   Bronze medal
 
 Winners Group B
 
 21 August
 
 Fourth-placed team Group A
 
  
 
 
  
 

Women's competition

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

The competition consists of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

Teams are divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Two points for a victory, one - for a draw. Top four teams per group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
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) Host.

Group B

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
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.

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal
 
                    
 
 16 August
 
 
 Winners Group A
 
 18 August
 
 Fourth-placed team Group B
 
  
 
 16 August
 
  
 
 Runners-up Group B
 
 20 August
 
 Third-placed team Group A
 
  
 
 16 August
 
  
 
 Runners-up Group A
 
 18 August
 
 Third-placed team Group B
 
  
 
 16 August
 
   Bronze medal
 
 Winners Group B
 
 20 August
 
 Fourth-placed team Group A
 
  
 
 
  
 

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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Women
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See also

References

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