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.
Bidding process The Bids were as follows: Croatia Norway Poland Poland would win the hosting rights, gaining the most votes of the three. +Voting results Country Votes 27 15 4Total 46
Venues Kraków Gdańsk / Sopot Tauron ArenaCapacity: 15,328 Ergo ArenaCapacity: 11,409 Katowice Wrocław SpodekCapacity: 11,036 Centennial HallCapacity: 8,500
Qualification
Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) ( 2010, 2012, 2014) (2008, 2014) (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) (1998, 2012, 2014) (1994, 2008, 2014)
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 (assigned to D1)
(assigned to B1) (assigned to A2)
(assigned to C3)
Squads
Match officials On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.
Country Referees Andrei GouskoSiarhei Repkin Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Martin GjedingMads Hansen Stevann PichonLaurent Reveret Lars GeipelMarcus Helbig
Country Referees Zigmārs StoļarovsRenārs Līcis Gjorgi NachevskiSlave Nikolov Duarte SantosRicardo Fonseca Bogdan StarkRomeo Ştefan Óscar RaluyÁngel Sabroso Michael JohanssonJasmin Kliko
Group stage The draw was held on 19 June 2015.
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round The points gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced were carried over.
Group I
Group II
Knockout stage Bracket
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Statistics
Final ranking and qualifications RankTeam2017 WC2016 OG Q Q Q q Q q4 q5Host Q6 q7 q8 q9 10 11 q12 13 14 q15 16
Based on this tournamentQ = qualifiedq = goes to qualificationBased on 2015 WC WC = World Championship, OG = Olympic Games
All Star Team
Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Source
Player's awards
Award Player Most Valuable Player Best Defence Player Topscorer (48 goals) Source
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Valero Rivera Folch 48 62 77 2 Tobias Reichmann 46 58 79 3 Kristian Bjørnsen 45 59 76 4 Manuel Štrlek 43 54 80 5 Kiril Lazarov 42 79 53 6 Barys Pukhouski 37 58 647 Karol Bielecki34 66 52 Michal Jurecki 61 569 Espen Lie Hansen33 59 56 Mikkel Hansen 57 58 Source: handball.sportsresult.com
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Vincent Gérard 37 34 922 Andreas Wolff36 81 224 Victor Kireev 74 2034 Thierry Omeyer35 67 191 Mattias Andersson 59 1706 Viachaslau Saldatsenka34 79 232 Ivan Stevanović 49 143 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 65 193 Arpad Sterbik 63 184 10 Matevž Skok 33 13 39 Source: handball.sportsresult.com
References
External links Official website