# Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were played at the Future Arena.
Russia won their first title after defeating France 22–19 in the final. Norway captured the bronze, and their third consecutive medal by winning against the Netherlands.
The medals were presented by Aïcha Garad Ali, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen and Auvita Rapilla, IOC members from Djibouti, Denmark and Papua New Guinea 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 schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sat 20 |
| Women | G | | G | | G | | G | | G | | ¼ | | ½ | | B | F |

## 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

15 pairs of referees were selected on 5 July 2016.
Referees :
| Brazil | Nilson Menezes Rogéro Pinto |
| Czech Republic | Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný |
| Denmark | Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen |
| Egypt | Mohamed Rashed Tamer El-Sayed |
| France | Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura |
| Germany | Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig |
| Iceland | Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson |
| Iran | Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviyan |
Referees :
| Ivory Coast | Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté |
| Macedonia | Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov |
| Norway | Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen |
| Russia | Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berekzina |
| Slovenia | David Sok Bojan Lah |
| South Korea | Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok |
| Spain | Óscar Raluy López Ángel Sabroso Ramírez |

## Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016. The final match schedule was announced on 20 May 2016.

### Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| Norway Netherlands | Romania Russia | Sweden Montenegro | France Brazil | Spain Argentina | South Korea Angola |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 117 | +21 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 121 | +20 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 116 | +9 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Angola | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 128 | −12 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 119 | −11 | 4 | |
| 6 | Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 134 | −27 | 0 | |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30 | Norway | 28–31 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,780 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30 | Mørk 12 | (16–17) | Belo 12 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,780 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 8× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,780 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 16:40 | Montenegro | 19–25 | Spain | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,115 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 16:40 | K. Bulatović 5 | (10–14) | four players 4 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,115 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 16:40 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,115 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | Romania | 19–23 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | Neagu 8 | (9–11) | Guialo 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 5× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:40 | Spain | 24–27 | Norway | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:40 | Cabral 5 | (10–11) | Kristiansen 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:40 | 2× 3× | Report | 4× 7× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 16:40 | Brazil | 26–13 | Romania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 16:40 | Belo 8 | (14–9) | Neagu 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 16:40 | 2× 2× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | Angola | 27–25 | Montenegro | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | Guialo 7 | (12–12) | K. Bulatović 9 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | 2× 8× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 09:30 | Brazil | 24–29 | Spain | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 09:30 | da Silva 7 | (12–15) | Pena 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 09:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 4× 8× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 11:30 | Romania | 25–21 | Montenegro | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 11:30 | Neagu 10 | (11–9) | K. Bulatović 9 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 11:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | Norway | 30–20 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | Mørk 8 | (16–8) | Guialo 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 4× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | Angola | 24–28 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | Bernardo 8 | (13–13) | Belo 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 4× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 14:40 | Romania | 24–21 | Spain | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 14:40 | Neagu 9 | (13–11) | three players 4 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 14:40 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 16:40 | Montenegro | 19–28 | Norway | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 16:40 | Jauković 5 | (11–16) | Mørk 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 16:40 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 09:30 | Montenegro | 23–29 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 09:30 | Pavićević 6 | (10–12) | Belo 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 09:30 | 4× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 16:40 | Norway | 28–27 | Romania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 16:40 | Kristiansen 7 | (14–13) | Neagu 11 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 16:40 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 6× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | Spain | 26–22 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | Cabral, Martín 7 | (13–12) | Guialo 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | 4× 5× | Report | 3× 8× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 147 | +18 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 93 | +25 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 141 | +9 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 136 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 147 | −46 | 0 | |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | Netherlands | 14–18 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | three players 3 | (6–10) | Lacrabère, Pineau 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 14:40 | Russia | 30–25 | South Korea | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 14:40 | Sudakova 6 | (12–13) | Jung, Kim O. 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 14:40 | 3× 3× | Report | 4× 7× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 21:50 | Sweden | 31–21 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 21:50 | Hagman 6 | (13–9) | Mendoza 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 21:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 1× 6× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 09:30 | South Korea | 28–31 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 09:30 | Woo 7 | (15–16) | Hagman 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 09:30 | 4× 3× | Report | 4× 5× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:30 | France | 25–26 | Russia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:30 | Lacrabère 11 | (10–15) | Kuznetsova 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:30 | 3× 6× | Report | 4× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | Argentina | 18–26 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | Mendoza 3 | (9–13) | Polman 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 19:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 10× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 14:40 | Russia | 36–34 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 14:40 | Bobrovnikova, Dmitriyeva 6 | (15–18) | Gulldén 11 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 14:40 | 4× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 6× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | Netherlands | 32–32 | South Korea | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | Broch, Groot 7 | (18–17) | Gwon 11 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 4× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 21:50 | France | 27–11 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 21:50 | Houette 8 | (15–4) | Campigli 4 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 21:50 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | Sweden | 29–29 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | Hagman 14 | (16–13) | Malestein 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 11:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:50 | Russia | 35–29 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:50 | Vyakhireva 7 | (20–18) | Pizzo 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:50 | 3× 11× 1× | Report | 4× 7× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 21:50 | South Korea | 17–21 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 21:50 | Song 5 | (11–11) | Lacrabère 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 21:50 | 1× 3× | Report | 4× 6× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 11:30 | Sweden | 25–27 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 11:30 | Roberts 8 | (13–15) | Lacrabère 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 11:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 4× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | Netherlands | 34–38 | Russia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | Polman 12 | (16–17) | Ilina 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 14:40 | 3× 6× | Report | 2× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 21:50 | Argentina | 22–28 | South Korea | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 21:50 | Mendoza 6 | (10–12) | Gwon 11 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 21:50 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Brazil | 23 | | | |
| Brazil | 23 | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Netherlands | 32 | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Netherlands | 32 | Netherlands | 23 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Netherlands | 23 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | France | 24 | |
| Spain | 26 | France | 24 | |
| Spain | 26 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| France (OT) | 27 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| France (OT) | 27 | | | | France | 19 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | France | 19 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | Russia | 22 |
| Sweden | 20 | | | | Russia | 22 |
| Sweden | 20 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Norway | 33 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Norway | 33 | Norway | 37 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Norway | 37 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Russia (OT) | 38 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Russia | 31 | Russia (OT) | 38 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Russia | 31 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Angola | 27 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Angola | 27 | | | | Netherlands | 26 |
| | | | | | Norway | 36 |

### Quarterfinals

| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | Brazil | 23–32 | Netherlands | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | Da Silva 7 | (11–12) | Polman 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 10:00 | 4× 6× | Report | 3× 2× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 13:30 | Spain | 26–27 (ET) | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 13:30 | Pena 13 | (12–5) | Lacrabère 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 13:30 | 4× 8× 1× | Report | 2× 2× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |||
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00 | Sweden | 20–33 | Norway | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00 | Gulldén 9 | (7–19) | Oftedal 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | Russia | 31–27 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | Kuznetsova 5 | (18–14) | Bernardo 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

### Semifinals

| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | Netherlands | 23–24 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | van der Heijden 8 | (13–17) | Pineau 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 15:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 20:30 | Norway | 37–38 (ET) | Russia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 20:30 | Mørk 14 | (16–18) | Bobrovnikova 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 20:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 4× 5× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |||

### Bronze medal game

| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | Netherlands | 26–36 | Norway | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | Groot 6 | (13–19) | Mørk 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 11:30 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |

### Gold medal game

| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 15:30 | France | 19–22 | Russia | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 15:30 | Dembélé, Pineau 5 | (7–10) | Vyakhireva 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 15:30 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Russia (RUS) Anna Sedoykina Polina Kuznetsova Daria Dmitrieva Anna Sen Olga Akopyan Anna Vyakhireva Marina Sudakova Vladlena Bobrovnikova Victoria Zhilinskayte Yekaterina Marennikova Irina Bliznova Ekaterina Ilina Maya Petrova Tatyana Yerokhina Victoriya Kalinina Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov | France (FRA) Laura Glauser Blandine Dancette Camille Ayglon Allison Pineau Laurisa Landre Grace Zaadi Marie Prouvensier Amandine Leynaud Manon Houette Siraba Dembélé Chloé Bulleux Tamara Horacek Béatrice Edwige Estelle Nze Minko Gnonsiane Niombla Alexandra Lacrabère Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz | Norway (NOR) Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Mari Molid Emilie Hegh Arntzen Veronica Kristiansen Ida Alstad Heidi Løke Nora Mørk Stine Bredal Oftedal Marit Malm Frafjord Katrine Lunde Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren Amanda Kurtović Camilla Herrem Sanna Solberg Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson |