The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 7 August and ended on 21 August 2016. Games were held at the Future Arena.
Denmark won their first gold medal, defeating defending champion France 28–26 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 31–25.
The medals were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Yumilka Ruiz and Tony Estanguet, IOC members from Sweden, Cuba and France 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
Event↓/Date → Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Men G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
Qualification
Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 1 2015 World Championship 1 2015 Pan American Games 16–25 July 2015 Toronto 1 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 14–27 November 2015 Doha 1 2016 European Championship 15–31 January 2016 1 2016 African Championship 21–30 January 2016 Cairo 1 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments 8–10 April 2016 Gdańsk 2 Malmö 2 Herning 2 Total 12
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 16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016.Referees
Referees Nilson MenezesRogéro Pinto Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Martin GjedingMads Hansen Mohamed RashedTamer El-Sayed Charlotte BonaventuraJulie Bonaventura Lars GeipelMarcus Helbig Jónas ElíassonAnton Pálsson Majid KolahdouzanAlireza Mousaviyan
Referees Yalatima CoulibalyMamadou Diabaté Gjorgji NachevskiSlave Nikolov Kjersti ArntsenGuro Røen Viktoria AlpaidzeTatiana Berekzina David SokBojan Lah Santos DuarteFonseca Ricardo Koo Bon-okLee Se-ok Óscar Raluy LópezÁngel Sabroso Ramírez
Rosters
Draw The draw took place on 29 April 2016.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Group stage All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team456789101112 Source: IHF.info
All-star team Goalkeeper: Niklas Landin Jacobsen Left wing: Uwe Gensheimer Left back: Mikkel Hansen Central back: Nikola Karabatic Right back: Valentin Porte Right wing: Lasse Svan Hansen Line player: Cedric Sorhaindo MVP: Mikkel Hansen
Source: IHF.info
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Karol Bielecki 55 87 63 2 Mikkel Hansen 54 87 623 Lasse Svan Hansen49 70 70 Uwe Gensheimer 62 79 5 Tobias Reichmann 41 50 82 6 Rafael Capote 40 66 61 7 Michaël Guigou 39 52 758 Žarko Marković33 70 47 Michał Daszek 43 7710 Daniel Narcisse32 44 73 Valentin Porte 49 65 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Silvio Heinevetter 40 26 65 2 Danijel Šarić 35 55 1573 Thierry Omeyer34 75 223 Piotr Wyszomirski 67 196 Mikael Appelgren 24 70 6 Marouen Maggaiz 33 50 1537 Matías Schulz31 45 145 Ivan Stevanović 35 114 9 Andreas Wolff 31 35 114 10 Maik Santos 30 69 228 Source: IHF
Medalists GoldSilverBronze
References
External links Official website