2016 European Men's Handball Championship
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.
Germany won their second title by beating Spain 24–17 in the final. Croatia captured the bronze medal after defeating Norway 31–24.
Bidding process
The Bids were as follows:Poland would win the hosting rights, gaining the most votes of the three.
| Country | - |
| Country | Votes |
| 27 | |
| 15 | |
| 4 | |
| Total | 46 |
Qualification
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.Seeding
The seeding was announced on 18 June 2015.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Match officials
On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.| Country | Referees |
| Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin | |
| Matija Gubica Boris Milošević | |
| Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný | |
| Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen | |
| Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret | |
| Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig |
| Country | Referees |
| Zigmārs Stoļarovs Renārs Līcis | |
| Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov | |
| Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca | |
| Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan | |
| Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso | |
| Michael Johansson Jasmin Kliko |
Group stage
The draw was held on 19 June 2015.''All times are local.''
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main round
The points gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced were carried over.Group I
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Group II
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Knockout stage
Semifinals
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Final ranking and qualifications
| Based on this tournament | Q = qualified q = goes to qualification |
| Based on 2015 WC | Q = qualified q = goes to qualification |
WC = World Championship, OG = Olympic Games
All Star Team
| Position | Player | ||||
| Goalkeeper |  Andreas Wolff.png" />Andreas Wolff|GERPlayer's awards
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