Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 6–20 August 2016
Teams 12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  France
Third place  Norway
Fourth place  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1978 (52.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Norway Nora Mørk
(62 goals)
Best player Russia Anna Vyakhireva
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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.[1] Norway captured the bronze, and their third consecutive medal by winning against the Netherlands.[2]

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 stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
 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

Mean of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
2014 European Championship 7–21 December 2014Various 1  Spain[1]
2015 African Qualification Tournament 19–21 March 2015 Angola Luanda 1  Angola
2015 Pan American Games15–24 July 2015 Canada Toronto 1  Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 20–25 October 2015 Japan Nagoya 1  South Korea
2015 World Championship 5–20 December 2015 Denmark 1  Norway
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments 18–20 March 2016 France Metz 2  Netherlands
 France
Denmark Aarhus 2  Romania
 Montenegro
Russia Astrakhan 2  Russia
 Sweden
Total 12

^ 1. Norway won the European Championship, ensuring its qualification. Norway later also won the 2015 World Championship title, which took precedence in the qualification path. Therefore, the European Championship's runner-up, Spain, received the European continental tournament berth.

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.[3][4]

Referees
 Brazil Nilson Menezes
Rogéro Pinto
 Czech Republic Václav Horáček
Jiří Novotný
 Denmark Martin Gjeding
Mads Hansen
 Egypt Mohamed Rashed
Tamer El-Sayed
 France Charlotte Bonaventura
Julie Bonaventura
 Germany Lars Geipel
Marcus Helbig
 Iceland Jónas Elíasson
Anton Pálsson
 Iran Majid Kolahdouzan
Alireza Mousaviyan
Referees
 Ivory Coast Yalatima Coulibaly
Mamadou Diabaté
 Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski
Slave Nikolov
 Norway Kjersti Arntsen
Guro Røen
 Russia Viktoria Alpaidze
Tatiana Berekzina
 Slovenia David Sok
Bojan Lah
 South Korea Koo Bon-ok
Lee Se-ok
 Spain Óscar Raluy López
Ángel Sabroso Ramírez

Rosters

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.[5][6] The final match schedule was announced on 20 May 2016.[7]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 Norway
 Netherlands		  Romania
 Russia		  Sweden
 Montenegro		  France
 Brazil		  Spain
 Argentina		  South Korea
 Angola

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 8 Quarter-finals
2  Norway 5 4 0 1 141 121 +20 8
3  Spain 5 3 0 2 125 116 +9 6
4  Angola 5 2 0 3 116 128 −12 4
5  Romania 5 2 0 3 108 119 −11 4
6  Montenegro 5 0 0 5 107 134 −27 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host.
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
09:30
 Norway  28–31  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,780
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Mørk 12 (16–17) Belo 12
2× 2× Report 8× 2× 1×Red card
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
16:40
 Montenegro  19–25  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 8,115
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
K. Bulatović 5 (10–14) four players 4
4× 2× Report 1× 3×
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
19:50
 Romania  19–23  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 4,465
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Neagu 8 (9–11) Guialo 5
2× 2× Report 5× 3×
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
14:40
 Spain  24–27  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Cabral 5 (10–11) Kristiansen 7
3× 2× Report 7× 4× 1×Red card
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
16:40
 Brazil  26–13  Romania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Belo 8 (14–9) Neagu 6
2× 2× 1×Red card Report 4× 2×
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
21:50
 Angola  27–25  Montenegro Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Guialo 7 (12–12) K. Bulatović 9
5× 3× Report 4× 2×
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
09:30
 Brazil  24–29  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
da Silva 7 (12–15) Pena 8
5× 3× Report 8× 4×
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
11:30
 Romania  25–21  Montenegro Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
Neagu 10 (11–9) K. Bulatović 9
4× 3× Report 4× 4×
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
16:40
 Norway  30–20  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mørk 8 (16–8) Guialo 8
3× 2× Report 4× 2× 1×Red card
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
09:30
 Angola  24–28  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Bernardo 8 (13–13) Belo 7
5× 2× Report 4× 4×
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
14:40
 Romania  24–21  Spain Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Neagu 9 (13–11) three players 4
2× 2× Report 1× 3×
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
16:40
 Montenegro  19–28  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Jauković 5 (11–16) Mørk 6
5× 2× Report 4× 3×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
09:30
 Montenegro  23–29  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Pavićević 6 (10–12) Belo 6
5× 4× Report 3× 3×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
16:40
 Norway  28–27  Romania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Kristiansen 7 (14–13) Neagu 11
6× 3× Report 6× 3×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
19:50
 Spain  26–22  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Cabral, Martín 7 (13–12) Guialo 6
5× 4× Report 8× 3× 1×Red card

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 0 165 147 +18 10 Quarter-finals
2  France 5 4 0 1 118 93 +25 8
3  Sweden 5 2 1 2 150 141 +9 5
4  Netherlands 5 1 2 2 135 135 0 4
5  South Korea 5 1 1 3 130 136 −6 3
6  Argentina 5 0 0 5 101 147 −46 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
11:30
 Netherlands  14–18  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
three players 3 (6–10) Lacrabère, Pineau 5
5× 3× Report 3× 3×
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
14:40
 Russia  30–25  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Sudakova 6 (12–13) Jung, Kim O. 6
3× 3× Report 7× 4× 1×Red card
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
21:50
 Sweden  31–21  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Hagman 6 (13–9) Mendoza 5
5× 3× Report 6× 1×
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
09:30
 South Korea  28–31  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Woo 7 (15–16) Hagman 7
3× 4× Report 5× 4×
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
11:30
 France  25–26  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Lacrabère 11 (10–15) Kuznetsova 6
6× 3× Report 4× 4×
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
19:50
 Argentina  18–26  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Mendoza 3 (9–13) Polman 6
6× 1× Report 5× 3×
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
14:40
 Russia  36–34  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Bobrovnikova, Dmitriyeva 6 (15–18) Gulldén 11
3× 4× 1×Red card Report 6× 3× 1×Red card
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
19:50
 Netherlands  32–32  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
Broch, Groot 7 (18–17) Gwon 11
5× 3× Report 3× 4×
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
21:50
 France  27–11  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Houette 8 (15–4) Campigli 4
4× 3× Report 7× 2×
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
11:30
 Sweden  29–29  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
Hagman 14 (16–13) Malestein 5
3× 3× Report 1× 2×
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
19:50
 Russia  35–29  Argentina Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Vyakhireva 7 (20–18) Pizzo 6
11× 3× 1×Red card Report 7× 4×
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
21:50
 South Korea  17–21  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
Song 5 (11–11) Lacrabère 7
3× 1× Report 6× 4×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
11:30
 Sweden  25–27  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Roberts 8 (13–15) Lacrabère 8
2× 2× Report 1× 4×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
14:40
 Netherlands  34–38  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Polman 12 (16–17) Ilina 8
6× 3× Report 4× 2×
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
21:50
 Argentina  22–28  South Korea Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mendoza 6 (10–12) Gwon 11
5× 3× Report 2× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Brazil23
 
18 August
 
 Netherlands32
 
 Netherlands23
 
16 August
 
 France24
 
 Spain26
 
20 August
 
 France (OT)27
 
 France19
 
16 August
 
 Russia22
 
 Sweden20
 
18 August
 
 Norway33
 
 Norway37
 
16 August
 
 Russia (OT)38 Bronze medal
 
 Russia31
 
20 August
 
 Angola27
 
 Netherlands26
 
 
 Norway36
 

Quarterfinals

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
10:00
 Brazil  23–32  Netherlands Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Da Silva 7 (11–12) Polman 7
6× 4× Report 2× 3×
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
13:30
 Spain  26–27 (ET)  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Pena 13 (12–5) Lacrabère 7
8× 4× 1×Red card Report 2× 2×

FT: 23–23 ET: 3–4

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
17:00
 Sweden  20–33  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Gulldén 9 (7–19) Oftedal 6
1× 3× Report 1× 2×
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
20:30
 Russia  31–27  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
Kuznetsova 5 (18–14) Bernardo 8
5× 2× 1×Red card Report 4× 3×

Semifinals

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)
15:30
 Netherlands  23–24  France Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
van der Heijden 8 (13–17) Pineau 7
2× 3× Report 3× 2×
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)
20:30
 Norway  37–38 (ET)  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Mørk 14 (16–18) Bobrovnikova 8
7× 3× Report 5× 4×

FT: 31–31 ET: 6–7

Bronze medal game

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
11:30
 Netherlands  26–36  Norway Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Groot 6 (13–19) Mørk 7
 3× Report 1× 1×

Gold medal game

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
15:30
 France  19–22  Russia Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR)
Dembélé, Pineau 5 (7–10) Vyakhireva 5
1× 2× Report 2× 3×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Russia
 France
 Norway
4 Netherlands
5 Brazil
6 Spain
7 Sweden
8 Angola
9 Romania
10 South Korea
11 Montenegro
12 Argentina

Source: IHF

All Star Team

Position Player
Goalkeeper  Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (NOR)
Left wing  Polina Kuznetsova (RUS)
Left back  Allison Pineau (FRA)
Centre back  Daria Dmitrieva (RUS)
Right back  Alexandra Lacrabère (FRA)
Right wing  Nathalie Hagman (SWE)
Pivot  Heidi Løke (NOR)
Most valuable player  Anna Vyakhireva (RUS)

Source: IHF.com

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 Norway Nora Mørk 62 96 65
2 France Alexandra Lacrabère 46 74 62
3 Romania Cristina Neagu 44 79 56
4 Sweden Nathalie Hagman 38 62 61
5 Brazil Ana Paula Belo 37 65 57
Norway Veronica Kristiansen 65 57
7 Sweden Isabelle Gulldén 36 54 67
Netherlands Estavana Polman 69 52
Russia Anna Vyakhireva 53 68
10 Angola Isabel Guialo 35 68 51

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name % Saves Shots
1 France Laura Glauser 41 45 109
2 Norway Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 40 90 227
3 France Amandine Leynaud 38 61 161
Spain Silvia Navarro 64 168
5 Romania Paula Ungureanu 36 57 158
6 Sweden Filippa Idéhn 34 44 130
Russia Victoriya Kalinina 46 137
8 Brazil Barbara Arenhart 32 48 151
Argentina Valentina Kogan 44 136
10 4 players 31

Source: IHF

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Russia (RUS)

Anna Sedoykina
Polina Kuznetsova
Daria Dmitrieva
Anna Sen
Olga Akopyan
Anna Vyakhireva
Marina Sudakova
Vladlena Bobrovnikova
Victoria Zhilinskayte
Yekaterina Marennikova
Irina Bliznova
Ekaterina Ilina
Maya Petrova
Tatyana Yerokhina
Victoriya Kalinina

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

  France (FRA)

Laura Glauser
Blandine Dancette
Camille Ayglon
Allison Pineau
Laurisa Landre
Grace Zaadi
Marie Prouvensier
Amandine Leynaud
Manon Houette
Siraba Dembélé
Chloé Bulleux
Tamara Horacek
Béatrice Edwige
Estelle Nze Minko
Gnonsiane Niombla
Alexandra Lacrabère

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

  Norway (NOR)

Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
Mari Molid
Emilie Hegh Arntzen
Veronica Kristiansen
Ida Alstad
Heidi Løke
Nora Mørk
Stine Bredal Oftedal
Marit Malm Frafjord
Katrine Lunde
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren
Amanda Kurtović
Camilla Herrem
Sanna Solberg


Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

References

  1. ↑ "Russia win first Olympic women's title". ihf.info. 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Norway secure third consecutive medal". ihf.info. 20 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "IHF referees for Rio 2016". ihf.info. 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Referees
  5. ↑ "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rio 2016 releases handball match schedule for Olympic Games". Rio 2016.
  8. ↑ "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.
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