Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from December 2014 to March 2016.

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

Qualification summary

Mean of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 1  Brazil
2014 European Championship 7 – 21 December 2014 Hungary /  Croatia 1  Norway
2015 Africa Qualification Tournament 19 – 21 March 2015 Angola Luanda, Angola 1  Angola
2015 Pan American Games15 – 24 July 2015 Canada Toronto, Canada 1
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament 19 – 28 October 2015 Japan Nagoya, Japan 1
2015 World Championship 5 – 20 December 2015 Denmark 1
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament#1 17 – 20 March 2016 2
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament#2 2
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament#3 2
Total 12
Legend for qualification type
Team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Team qualified for the 2016 World Olympics Qualification Tournament

World Championship


Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

Rank Team
1st  Norway
2nd  Spain
3rd  Sweden
4  Montenegro
5  France
6  Hungary
7  Netherlands
8  Denmark
9  Romania
10  Germany
11  Poland
12  Slovakia
13  Croatia
14  Russia
15  Serbia
16  Ukraine

America (2nd ranking continent)

Africa (3rd ranking continent)

Women's Handball CAHB African Qualification Tournament for Summer Olympic Games 2016
The competition was held in Luanda, Angola.
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 3 3 0 0 100 72 +28 6
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 74 66 +8 4
 Senegal 3 1 0 2 65 85 −20 2
 DR Congo 3 0 0 3 71 87 −16 0
19 March 2015
18:00		 Angola  38−21  Senegal Pavilhão da Cidadela
(20–10)
Report
19 March 2015
20:00		 Tunisia  26−21  DR Congo Pavilhão da Cidadela
(14–11)
Report
20 March 2015
18:00		 Senegal  19−25  Tunisia Pavilhão da Cidadela
(13–13)
Report
20 March 2015
20:00		 Angola  36−28  DR Congo Pavilhão da Cidadela
(19–13)
Report
21 March 2015
18:00		 DR Congo  22–25  Senegal Pavilhão da Cidadela
(14–11)
Report
21 March 2015
20:00		 Angola  26–23  Tunisia Pavilhão da Cidadela
(10–12)
Report

World qualification

The teams eligible to participate in these three IHF Qualification Tournaments are seeded as follows :

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
  • 2nd from World :
  • 7th from World :
  • 2nd from 3rd best placed continent :
  • 2nd from 4th best placed continent :
  • 3rd from World :
  • 6th from World :
  • 2nd from 2nd best placed continent :
  • 3rd from best placed continent :
  • 4th from World :
  • 5th from World :
  • 2nd from best placed continent :
  • 3rd from 2nd best placed continent :

Note:

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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