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2016 European Women's Handball Championship

2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 4–18 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (7th title)
Runner-up  Netherlands
Third place  France
Fourth place  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2309 (49.13 per match)
Attendance 148,800 (3,166 per match)
Top scorer(s) Norway Nora Mørk
(53 goals)
Best player Netherlands Nycke Groot
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The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.

Sweden 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.

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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.

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.

All times are local (UTC+1).

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

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


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