2016 European Men's Handball Championship

2016 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Mistrzostwa Europy w Piłce Ręcznej Mężczyzn 2016
Tournament details
Host country Poland
Venue(s)4 (in 5 host cities)
Dates15–31 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored2,629 (54.77 per match)
Attendance400,815 (8,350 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Valero Rivera Folch
(48 goals)
Best playerSpain Raúl Entrerríos[1]
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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.[2]

Germany won their second title by beating Spain 24–17 in the final.[3] Croatia captured the bronze medal after defeating Norway 31–24.[4]

Bidding process

The Bids were as follows:

Poland would win the hosting rights, gaining the most votes of the three.[5]

Voting results
Country
Votes
 Poland 27
 Croatia 15
 Norway 4
Total 46

Venues

Kraków Gdańsk / Sopot
Tauron Arena
Capacity: 15,328		 Ergo Arena
Capacity: 11,409
Katowice Wrocław
Spodek
Capacity: 11,036		 Centennial Hall
Capacity: 8,500

Qualification

Main article: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 Poland Host 23 June 2012 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Hungary Group 5 winner 2 May 2015 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Denmark Group 2 winner 2 May 2015 10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 France Group 6 winner 3 May 2015 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Sweden Group 3 winner 10 June 2015 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Slovenia Group 3 runner-up 10 June 2015 9 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Croatia Group 1 winner 10 June 2015 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Norway Group 1 runner-up 10 June 2015 6 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Spain Group 7 winner 10 June 2015 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Germany Group 7 runner-up 10 June 2015 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Iceland Group 4 winner 14 June 2015 8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Serbia Group 4 runner-up 14 June 2015 3 ( 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Montenegro Best third placed team 14 June 2015 2 (2008, 2014)
 Russia Group 5 runner-up 14 June 2015 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Macedonia Group 6 runner-up 14 June 2015 3 (1998, 2012, 2014)
 Belarus Group 2 runner-up 14 June 2015 3 (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.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Main article: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Match officials

On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.[7]

Group stage

The draw was held on 19 June 2015.[8]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland (H) 3 3 0 0 84 76 +8 6 Advance to main round
2  France 3 2 0 1 91 80 +11 4
3  Macedonia 3 0 1 2 73 81 −8 1[a]
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 81 92 −11 1[a] Eliminated
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Macedonia 27–27 Serbia
15 January 2016
18:00 		France  30–23  Macedonia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Sorhaindo 6 (12–12) K. Lazarov 9
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15 January 2016
20:30 		Poland  29–28  Serbia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 14,100
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Jurecki 7 (14–15) Nenadić, Nikčević 7
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17 January 2016
18:15 		Serbia  26–36  France Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 10,900
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Šešum 7 (16–19) Nyokas 8
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17 January 2016
20:30 		Macedonia  23–24  Poland Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 14,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
K. Lazarov 8 (13–11) Syprzak 6
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19 January 2016
18:15 		Macedonia  27–27  Serbia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Manaskov 10 (13–13) Nenadić, Šešum 7
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19 January 2016
20:30 		France  25–31  Poland Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 14,854
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Abalo, Mahé 5 (12–15) Bielecki 9
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 88 84 +4 4[a] Advance to main round
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 95 83 +12 4[a]
3  Belarus 3 1 0 2 87 94 −7 2[b]
4  Iceland 3 1 0 2 92 101 −9 2[b] Eliminated
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Norway 34–31 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Belarus 39–38 Iceland
15 January 2016
16:00 		Croatia  27–21  Belarus Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Štrlek 9 (15–15) Rutenka 8
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15 January 2016
18:15 		Iceland  26–25  Norway Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Pálmarsson 8 (10–11) Bjørnsen 7
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17 January 2016
16:00 		Belarus  39–38  Iceland Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pukhouski 11 (17–18) Petersson 6
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17 January 2016
18:15 		Norway  34–31  Croatia Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 8,400
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Bjørnsen 7 (16–17) Duvnjak 8
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19 January 2016
18:15 		Belarus  27–29  Norway Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Rutenka 9 (13–12) Bjørnsen, O'Sullivan 5
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19 January 2016
20:30 		Croatia  37–28  Iceland Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Marić 8 (19–10) Gunnarsson, Sigurðsson 6
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 80 75 +5 5 Advance to main round
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 81 79 +2 4
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 71 72 −1 2
4  Slovenia 3 0 1 2 66 72 −6 1 Eliminated
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
16 January 2016
18:30 		Spain  32–29  Germany Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Rivera 7 (18–15) Dissinger 6
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16 January 2016
20:45 		Sweden  23–21  Slovenia Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Ekberg 4 (16–9) Gaber 5
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18 January 2016
18:15 		Slovenia  24–24  Spain Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Žvižej 6 (13–10) Aguinagalde 6
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18 January 2016
20:30 		Germany  27–26  Sweden Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Reichmann 9 (13–17) Jakobsson 8
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20 January 2016
17:15 		Germany  25–21  Slovenia Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Reichmann 5 (12–10) Kavtičnik 6
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20 January 2016
20:00 		Spain  24–22  Sweden Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Rivera 9 (12–10) Jakobsson, Östlund 4
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 91 75 +16 6 Advance to main round
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 80 78 +2 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 80 84 −4 2
4  Montenegro 3 0 0 3 76 90 −14 0 Eliminated
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
16 January 2016
18:00 		Hungary  32–27  Montenegro Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 6,864
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Bánhidi 7 (16–12) Borozan 7
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16 January 2016
20:15 		Denmark  31–25  Russia Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 7,952
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 4 (13–13) Shelmenko 5
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18 January 2016
18:00 		Russia  27–26  Hungary Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 6,452
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Dibirov 6 (14–10) Jamali 6
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18 January 2016
20:15 		Montenegro  28–30  Denmark Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 6,980
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Grbović 7 (16–14) Eggert 6
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20 January 2016
17:15 		Russia  28–21  Montenegro Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 5,930
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Gorbok, Shelmenko 5 (14–9) Ševaljević, Vujović 4
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20 January 2016
20:00 		Denmark  30–22  Hungary Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot
Attendance: 8,361
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Hansen 9 (18–10) Hornyák 5
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Main round

The points gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced were carried over.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 5 4 1 0 153 141 +12 9 Advanced to semifinals
2  Croatia 5 3 0 2 153 134 +19 6[a]
3  France 5 3 0 2 145 130 +15 6[a] Advanced to fifth place game
4  Poland 5 3 0 2 138 142 −4 6[a] Advanced to seventh place game
5  Belarus 5 1 0 4 128 151 −23 2 Eliminated
6  Macedonia 5 0 1 4 130 149 −19 1
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Croatia 2 pts, +6 GD, France 2 pts, +2 GD, Poland 2 pts, −8 GD
21 January 2016
18:15 		France  34–23  Belarus Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 6,900
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Karabatić 9 (20–5) Khadkevich 9
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21 January 2016
20:30 		Macedonia  24–34  Croatia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 9,100
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Manaskov 7 (13–17) Slišković 6
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23 January 2016
18:15 		France  32–24  Croatia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 10,600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Abalo 6 (16–10) Duvnjak 5
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23 January 2016
20:30 		Poland  28–30  Norway Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 14,600
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Bielecki 10 (15–16) Hansen 8
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25 January 2016
18:15 		Macedonia  31–31  Norway Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 7,600
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
K. Lazarov 11 (17–13) Bjørnsen 6
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25 January 2016
20:30 		Poland  32–27  Belarus Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Jurecki 9 (19–13) Shylovich 6
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27 January 2016
16:00 		Macedonia  29–30  Belarus Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
K. Lazarov 10 (13–14) Pukhouski 11
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27 January 2016
18:15 		France  24–29  Norway Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 10,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Narcisse 7 (11–12) Tønnesen 6
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27 January 2016
20:30 		Poland  23–37  Croatia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Bielecki, Daszek 4 (10–15) Štrlek 11
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Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 4 0 1 135 130 +5 8[a] Advanced to semifinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 140 129 +11 8[a]
3  Denmark 5 3 1 1 139 123 +16 7 Advanced to fifth place game
4  Sweden 5 1 2 2 126 121 +5 4 Advanced to seventh place game
5  Russia 5 1 1 3 132 140 −8 3 Eliminated
6  Hungary 5 0 0 5 110 139 −29 0
Source: EHF-Euro
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.[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 32–29 Germany
22 January 2016
18:15 		Germany  29–19  Hungary Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Wiede 6 (17–9) three players 3
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22 January 2016
20:30 		Sweden  28–28  Russia Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,350
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Jakobsson 9 (15–15) Dibirov 7
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24 January 2016
18:15 		Germany  30–29  Russia Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,593
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Dissinger 7 (17–16) Dibirov 7
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24 January 2016
20:30 		Spain  23–27  Denmark Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,593
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Entrerríos, Rivera 4 (14–11) Damgaard 6
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26 January 2016
18:15 		Spain  31–29  Hungary Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Rivera 5 (15–15) Nagy 9
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26 January 2016
20:30 		Sweden  28–28  Denmark Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,593
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
three players 5 (13–15) Damgaard 7
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27 January 2016
16:00 		Sweden  22–14  Hungary Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 5,900
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Nilsson, Östlund 5 (10–7) Bodó 5
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27 January 2016
18:15 		Germany  25–23  Denmark Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,593
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Fäth 6 (12–13) Hansen 7
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27 January 2016
20:30 		Spain  25–23  Russia Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Rivera 11 (11–12) Dibirov 5
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 January 2016
 
 
 Norway33
 
31 January 2016
 
 Germany (OT)34
 
 Germany24
 
29 January 2016
 
 Spain17
 
 Spain33
 
 
 Croatia29
 
Third place game
 
 
31 January 2016
 
 
 Norway24
 
 
 Croatia31

Semifinals

29 January 2016
18:30 		Norway  33–34 (ET)  Germany Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 9,100
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Bjørnsen 8 (13–14) Reichmann 10
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FT: 27–27 ET: 6–7

29 January 2016
21:00 		Spain  33–29  Croatia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 11,100
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
García, Rivera 6 (18–14) Slišković 6
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Seventh place game

29 January 2016
16:00 		Poland  26–24  Sweden Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Konitz, Krajewski 5 (12–12) Nilsson 5
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Fifth place game

29 January 2016
18:30 		France  29–26  Denmark Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Kounkoud 8 (15–13) Balling 7
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Third place game

31 January 2016
15:00 		Norway  24–31  Croatia Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sagosen 5 (11–15) Horvat 8
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Final

31 January 2016
17:30 		Germany  24–17  Spain Tauron Arena, Kraków
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Häfner 7 (10–6) Entrerríos 5
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Statistics

Results map

Final ranking and qualifications

Rank Team 2017 WC 2016 OG
 Germany Q Q
 Spain Q q
 Croatia Q q
4  Norway q
5  France Host Q
6  Denmark q
7  Poland q
8  Sweden q
9  Russia
10  Belarus
11  Macedonia q
12  Hungary
13  Iceland
14  Slovenia q
15  Serbia
16  Montenegro
Based on this tournament Q = qualified
q = goes to qualification
Based on 2015 WC

WC = World Championship, OG = Olympic Games

All Star Team

Position Player
Goalkeeper  Andreas Wolff (GER)
Right wing  Tobias Reichmann (GER)
Right back  Johan Jakobsson (SWE)
Centre back  Sander Sagosen (NOR)
Left back  Michał Jurecki (POL)
Left wing  Manuel Štrlek (CRO)
Pivot  Julen Aguinagalde (ESP)

Source[1]

Player's awards

Award Player
Most Valuable Player  Raúl Entrerríos (ESP)
Best Defence Player  Henrik Møllgaard (DEN)
Topscorer  Valero Rivera Folch (ESP) (48 goals)

Source[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "EHF EURO 2016 All-Stars named". pol2016.ehf-euro.com. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ "EHF EURO 2016 awarded to Poland and Sweden". eurohandball.com. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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