The 2016

European Women's Handball Championship The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifyi ...

was held in

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from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the

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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.

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

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

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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.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.Schedule
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Main round

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I

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Group II

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 18 December 2016.

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

Official website
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