Men's EHF EURO 2016
We take you back to the Men's EHF EURO 2016 in Poland, where Germany came out on top. How well do you remember this tournament? Take the quiz and find out!
Poland booked their main round ticket with a 24:23 win over FYR Macedonia. Which pair of brothers combined for nine goals in this game?
Bartosz and Michal Jurecki is the correct answer: Michal scored five goals, Bartosz four.
Poland’s semi-final hopes were dashed by a 37:23 defeat against Croatia. Which then Kielce player was Croatia’s top scorer in that match?
Manuel Strlek is the correct answer: Strlek scored 11 goals from 11 attempts, Cupic scored four times, Karacic did not score.
Which two 'firsts' made the semi-final between Germany and Norway special?
First semi with extra time & most goals ever in a semi is the correct answer: the 67 goals (Germany won 34:33) was a new record – which was broken in 2018 when Sweden defeated Denmark 35:34, also after extra time.
Spain beat Croatia 33:29 in the semi-final, two years after they had clashed in the EHF EURO 2014…
Bronze medal match is the correct answer: Spain won 29:28 in Herning and finished third.
Which record was set in the first half of the final between Germany and Spain?
Spain scored fewer goals is the correct answer: Spain netted only six times in the first half (10:6), one goal less than Serbia’s seven against Denmark in the first half (9:7) of the 2012 final.
The No. 1 and No. 2 on the EHF EURO 2016 top scorers list met in the final. Who were they?
Valero Rivera (Spain) and Tobias Reichmann (Germany) is the correct answer: Rivera scored 48 goals and became the second straight Spanish top scorer of this competition, after Joan Canellas in 2014 (50 goals). Reichmann scored 46 goals.
What did the Men’s and the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 have in common?
Both champions had a head coach from the same country is the correct answer: Icelandic coaches Dagur Sigurdssson (German men) and Thorir Hergeirsson (Norwegian women) steered their respective teams to the European title in 2016.