2016 European Men's Handball Championship


The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition and was 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.
Germany won their second title by beating Spain 24–17 in the final. Croatia captured the bronze medal after defeating Norway 31–24.

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

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

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 18 June 2015.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Squads

    Match officials

    On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.
    CountryReferees
    Andrei Gousko
    Siarhei Repkin
    Matija Gubica
    Boris Milošević
    Václav Horáček
    Jiří Novotný
    Martin Gjeding
    Mads Hansen
    Stevann Pichon
    Laurent Reveret
    Lars Geipel
    Marcus Helbig

    CountryReferees
    Zigmārs Stoļarovs
    Renārs Līcis
    Gjorgi Nachevski
    Slave Nikolov
    Duarte Santos
    Ricardo Fonseca
    Bogdan Stark
    Romeo Ştefan
    Óscar Raluy
    Ángel Sabroso
    Michael Johansson
    Jasmin Kliko

    Group stage

    The draw was held on 19 June 2015.
    All times are local.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Group C

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    Group D

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    Main round

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

    Group I

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    Group II

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    Knockout stage

    Bracket

    Semifinals

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    Seventh place game

    Fifth place game

    Third place game

    Final

    Statistics

    Final ranking and qualifications

    Based on this tournamentQ = qualified
    q = goes to qualification
    Based on 2015 WCQ = qualified
    q = goes to qualification

    WC = World Championship, OG = Olympic Games

    All Star Team

    PositionPlayer
    Goalkeeper
    Right wing
    Right back
    Centre back
    Left back
    Left wing
    Pivot

    Source

    Player's awards

    AwardPlayer
    Most Valuable Player
    Best Defence Player
    Topscorer

    Source

    Top goalscorers

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    Top goalkeepers

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