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.
Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands. France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.
Bidding process There were two bids: Sweden Turkey (withdrew) Turkey withdrew their bid, leaving Sweden as the sole bid. they were given the hosting rights on the 23 June 2012.
Venues StockholmGothenburgMalmöKristianstadHelsingborg HovetCapacity: 8,094 ScandinaviumCapacity: 12,312 Malmö IsstadionCapacity: 5,339 Kristianstad ArenaCapacity: 4,700 Helsingborg ArenaCapacity: 4,700 Group A Group IKnockout stage Group C Group B Group DGroup II
Qualification
Qualified teams Country Qualified asQualified on Previous appearances in tournament (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.
Draw The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Squads
Referees 14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament. Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.
Referees Dalibor JurinovićMarko Mrvica Karina ChristiansenLine Hansen Péter HorváthBalázs Márton Viktorija KijauskaiteAušra Žaliene Kjersti ArntsenGuro Røen Joanna BrehmerAgnieszka Skowronek
Referees Diana-Carmen FlorescuAnamaria Stoia Victoria AlpaidzeTatyana Berezkina Vanja AntićJelena Jakovljević Peter BrunovskýVladimír Čanda Andreu MarínIgnacio García Mirza KurtagicMattias Wetterwik
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.
Group I
Group II
Knockout stage Bracket
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking and statistics Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
Rank Team45678910111213141516
All Star Team The All Star Team and awards were announced on 18 December 2016.
Position Player Goalkeeper Left wing Left back Centre back Right back Right wing Pivot Best defense player Most valuable player
Top goalscorers +RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1Nora Mørk 53 95 56 2Stine Jørgensen 47 81 58 3Cristina Neagu 46 89 52 4Estavana Polman 39 68 575Svenja Huber35 58 60Nycke Groot 53 66Estelle Nze Minko 59 598Isabelle Gulldén31 58 53Alexandra Lacrabère 59 53 10Michaela Hrbková 30 56 54
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots1Victoriya Kalinina41 39 96Silje Solberg 68 164 3Amandine Leynaud 40 41 1024Laura Glauser39 66 169Silvia Navarro 64 164 6Denisa Dedu 38 56 1467Sandra Toft Galsgaard35 85 244Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 39 113Clara Woltering 76 21710Johanna Bundsen34 47 138Tess Wester 95 281
References
External links Official website