Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 7 August and ended on 21 August 2016. Games were held at the Future Arena.

Denmark won their first gold medal, defeating defending champion France 28–26 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 31–25.

The medals were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Yumilka Ruiz and Tony Estanguet, IOC members from Sweden, Cuba and France respectively and by Hassan Moustafa, Miguel Roca Mas and Per Bertelsen, President, 1st Vice President and Caretaker Chairman of the Commission of Organizing and Competition of the IHF respectively.

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.

Referees
16 refereeing pairs were selected on 5 July 2016.

Draw
The draw took place on 29 April 2016.

Seeding
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Group stage
All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A


  

  

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Bracket
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Final ranking

 * Source: IHF.info

All-star team

 * Goalkeeper: Niklas Landin Jacobsen
 * Left wing: 🇩🇪 Uwe Gensheimer
 * Left back: Mikkel Hansen
 * Central back: 🇫🇷 Nikola Karabatic
 * Right back: 🇫🇷 Valentin Porte
 * Right wing: Lasse Svan Hansen
 * Line player: 🇫🇷 Cedric Sorhaindo
 * MVP: Mikkel Hansen

Source: IHF.info

Top goalscorers
Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers
Source: IHF