Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	6–21 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The women's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will begin on 6 August and last until 21 August 2016. Games will be held at the Future Arena.

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2014 European Championship	7–21 December 2014	Various	1	Spain^[1]
2015 African Qualification Tournament	19–21 March 2015	Luanda	1	Angola
2015 Pan American Games	15–24 July 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament	20–25 October 2015	Nagoya	1	South Korea
2015 World Championship	5–20 December 2015	Denmark	1	Norway
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments	18–20 March 2016	Metz	2	Netherlands
				France
		Aarhus	2	Romania
				Montenegro
		Astrakhan	2	Russia
				Sweden
Total			12

^ 1. Because Norway have already qualified for the Olympic Games by winning the 2015 World Championship title, the unused berth from the European Championship has been awarded to Spain.

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.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.^[1][2]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.^[3]

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
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.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	Date TBD
	Winners Group A
					Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group B
									Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group A
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group A
					Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
									Bronze medal
	Winners Group B
									Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group A

References

1. "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
2. "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
3. "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.