The women's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were played at the Future Arena.
Russia won their first title after defeating France 22–19 in the final. Norway captured the bronze, and their third consecutive medal by winning against the Netherlands.
The medals were presented by Aïcha Garad Ali, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen and Auvita Rapilla, IOC members from Djibouti, Denmark and Papua New Guinea 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
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sat 6 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 Women G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification
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 15 pairs of referees 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 Koo Bon-okLee Se-ok Óscar Raluy López Ángel Sabroso Ramírez
Rosters
Draw The draw took place on 29 April 2016. The final match schedule was announced on 20 May 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
All Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Left wing Left back Centre back Right back Right wing Pivot Most valuable player Source: IHF.com
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Nora Mørk 62 96 65 2 Alexandra Lacrabère 46 74 62 3 Cristina Neagu 44 79 56 4 Nathalie Hagman 38 62 615 Ana Paula Belo37 65 57 Veronica Kristiansen 65 577 Isabelle Gulldén36 54 67 Estavana Polman 69 52 Anna Vyakhireva 53 68 10 Isabel Guialo 35 68 51 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Laura Glauser 41 45 109 2 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 40 90 2273 Amandine Leynaud38 61 161 Silvia Navarro 64 168 5 Paula Ungureanu 36 57 1586 Filippa Idéhn34 44 130 Victoriya Kalinina 46 1378 Barbara Arenhart32 48 151 Valentina Kogan 44 136 10 4 players 31 Source: IHF
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAnna SedoykinaPolina KuznetsovaDaria DmitrievaAnna SenOlga AkopyanAnna VyakhirevaMarina SudakovaVladlena BobrovnikovaVictoria ZhilinskayteYekaterina MarennikovaIrina BliznovaEkaterina IlinaMaya PetrovaTatyana YerokhinaVictoriya Kalinina
Head coach: Yevgeni TrefilovLaura GlauserBlandine DancetteCamille AyglonAllison PineauLaurisa LandreGrace ZaadiMarie ProuvensierAmandine LeynaudManon HouetteSiraba DembéléChloé BulleuxTamara HoracekBéatrice EdwigeEstelle Nze MinkoGnonsiane NiomblaAlexandra LacrabèreHead coach: Olivier KrumbholzKari Aalvik GrimsbøMari MolidEmilie Hegh ArntzenVeronica KristiansenIda AlstadHeidi LøkeNora MørkStine Bredal OftedalMarit Malm FrafjordKatrine LundeLinn-Kristin Riegelhuth KorenAmanda KurtovićCamilla HerremSanna Solberg
Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson
References
External links Official website