|  Final Four at Tauron Arena Krakow.  |  | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  | Final  |  | Sun 31.01.16 | 17:30 | Germany | 24-17 | Spain | 10-6 | 12,500 |   |  |  3rd place  |  | Sun 31.01.16 | 15:00 | Croatia | 31-24 | Norway | 15-11 | 12,500 |    |  |  Semi-Finals |  | Fri 29.01.16 | 18:30 | Germany | 34-33 | Norway | 14-13 | 9,100 |    |  |  After Over Timd: FT: 27-27. 1OT : 31-30. |  | Fri 29.01.16 | 21:00 | Spain | 33-29 | Croatia | 18-14 | 11,100 |   |  |  Play-Offs Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw  |  |  5th place |  | Fri 29.01.16 | 18:30 | France | 29-26 | Denmark | 15-13 | 4,500 |    |  |  7th place  |  | Fri 29.01.16 | 16:00 | Poland | 26-24 | Sweden | 12-12 | 6,500 |   |   
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| Final Ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | 2014 |  | 1. Germany |  GER | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 223: | 200 |   |  | 2. Spain |  ESP | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 201: | 207 | 3. |  | 3. Croatia |  CRO | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 250: | 219 | 4. |  | 4. Norway |  NOR | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 235: | 232 | 14. |  | 5. France |  FRA | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 210: | 182 | 1. |  | 6. Denmark |  DEN | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 195: | 180 | 2. |  | 7. Poland |  POL | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 193: | 194 | 6. |  | 8. Sweden |  SWE | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 173: | 168 | 7. |  |  eliminated in Second Groups Round. |  | 9. Russia |  RUS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 160: | 161 | 9. |  | 10.Belarus |  BLR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 167: | 188 | 12. |  | 11.Macedonia |  MKD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 156: | 176 | 10. |  | 12.Hungary |  HUN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 142: | 166 | 8. |  |  eliminated in First Groups Round. |  | 13.Iceland |  ISL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92: | 101 | 5. |  | 14.Slovenia |  SLO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66: | 72 |   |  | 15.Serbia |  SRB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81: | 92 | 13. |  | 16.Montenegro |  MNE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76: | 90 | 16. |   
| Germany and Slovenia replaced Austria and Czechia from Euro Men 2014. |  | Germany, Spain and Croatia or Norway qualified to World Men 2017. |  | Rest 12 teams will play in Play-Offs for 9 places in Europe_Qual Men 2016. Draw on Sun 31.01.2016 in Krakow. |  | Sweden-Bosna Herzeg., Czechia, Macedonia, Poland-Netherlands, Russia-Montenegro, Serbia-Hungary, Iceland-Portugal, Slovenia - NOR/CRO, Belarus-Latvia, Denmark-Austria. |   
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| Winner will qualify to Rio 2016 Olympic Men 2016.  |  | Best 2 teams (Norway and Sweden) not yet qualified to Olympic Qualification will qualify to Olympic Men OQ 2016. |  | Macedonia stil can progress throw World Championship if Norway does not win the Championship.  |   
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| Group I | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. Norway |  NOR | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 153: | 141 | +12 |  | 2. Croatia |  CRO | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153: | 134 | +19 |  | 3. France |  FRA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145: | 130 | +15 |  | 4. Poland |  POL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 138: | 142 | -4  |  | 5. Belarus |  BLR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128: | 151 | -23 |  | 6. Macedonia |  MKD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 130: | 149 | -19 |   
    | Team | Norw | Croa | Fran | Pola | Bela | Mace |  | Norway | ---- | 34:31 | 29:24 | 30:28 | 29:27 | 31:31 |  | Croatia |   | ---- |   | 37:23 | 27:21 | 34:24 |  | France |   | 32:24 | ---- |   | 34:23 | 30:23 |  | Poland |   |   | 31:25 | ---- | 32:27 | 24:23 |  | Belarus |   |   |   |   | ---- | 30:29 |  | Macedonia |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| Norway and Croatia advanced to Semi-Finals. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Tauron Arena, Krakow. |  |  transferred from Group A Poland 31-25 France, Poland 24-23 Macedonia and France 30-23 Macedonia. |  |  transferred from Group B Norway 34-31 Croatia, Norway 29-27 Belarus and Croatia 27-21 Belarus. |  | Thu 21.01.16 | 18:15 | France | 34-23 | Belarus | 20-5 | 6,900 | _FRABLR |  | Thu 21.01.16 | 20:30 | Croatia | 34-24 | Macedonia | 17-13 | 9,100 | _CROMKD |  | Sat 23.01.16 | 18:15 | France | 32-24 | Croatia | 16-10 | 10,600 | _FRACRO |  | Sat 23.01.16 | 20:30 | Norway | 30-28 | Poland | 16-15 | 15,328 | _NORPOL |  | Mon 25.01.16 | 18:15 | Norway | 31-31 | Macedonia | 13-17 | 7,600 | _NORMKD |  | Mon 25.01.16 | 20:30 | Poland | 32-27 | Belarus | 19-13 | 14,000 | _POLBLR |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 16:00 | Belarus | 30-29 | Macedonia | 14-13 | 14-13 | _MKDBLR |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 18:15 | Norway | 29-24 | France | 12-11 | 12-11 | _NORFRA |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 20:30 | Croatia | 37-23 | Poland | 10-15 | 15-10 | _CROPOL |   
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| Group II | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. Spain |  ESP | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135: | 130 | +5 |  | 2. Germany |  GER | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140: | 129 | +11 |  | 3. Denmark |  DEN | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139: | 123 | +16 |  | 4. Sweden |  SWE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 126: | 121 | +5 |  | 5. Russia |  RUS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 132: | 140 | -8 |  | 6. Hungary |  HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110: | 139 | -19 |   
    | Team | Spai | Germ | Denm | Swed | Russ | Hung |  | Spain | ---- | 32:29 |   | 24:22 | 25:23 | 31:29 |  | Germany |   | ---- | 25:23 | 27:26 | 30:29 | 29:19 |  | Denmark | 27:23 |   | ---- | 28:28 | 31:25 | 30:22 |  | Sweden |   |   |   | ---- | 28:28 | 22:14 |  | Russia |   |   |   |   | ---- | 27:26 |  | Hungary |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| Germany and Spain advanced to Semi-Finals. Spain with a 32:29 win wins the group. |  | Sweden is 4th and will be in Olympic Men OQ 2016. |  | Russia waits Norway to win the championship. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw. |  |  transferred from Group C Spain 32-29 Germany, Spain 24-22 Sweden and Germany 27-26 Sweden. |  |  transferred from Group D Denmark 31-25 Russia, Denmark 30-22 Hungary and Russia 27-26 Hungary. |  | Fri 22.01.16 | 18:15 | Germany | 29-19 | Hungary | 17-9 | 6,500 | _GERHUN  |  | Fri 22.01.16 | 20:30 | Russia | 28-28 | Sweden | 15-15 | 6,350 | _RUSSWE  |  | Sun 24.01.16 | 18:15 | Germany | 30-29 | Russia | 17-16 | 6,593 | _GERRUS  |  | Sun 24.01.16 | 20:30 | Denmark | 27-23 | Spain | 11-14 | 6,593 | _DENESP |  | Tue 26.01.16 | 18:15 | Spain | 31-29 | Hungary | 15-15 | 6,500 | _ESPHUN |  | Tue 26.01.16 | 20:30 | Denmark | 28-28 | Sweden | 15-13 | 6,593 | _DENSWE |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 16:00 | Sweden | 22-14 | Hungary | 10-7 | 5,900 | _SWEHUN |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 18:15 | Germany | 25-23 | Denmark | 12-13 | 6,593 | _GERDEN |  | Wed 27.01.16 | 20:30 | Spain | 25-23 | Russia | 11-12 | 5,000 | _ESPRUS |   
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | sd |  | 1. Poland |  POL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84: | 76 | +8 | 2. |  | 2. France |  FRA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91: | 80 | +11 | 1. |  | 3. Macedonia |  MKD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 73: | 81 | -8 | 3. |  | 4. Serbia |  SRB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81: | 92 | -11 | 4. |   
    | Team | Pola | Fran | Mace | Serb |  | Poland | ---- | 31:25 | 24:23 | 29:28 |  | France |   | ---- | 30:23 | 36:26 |  | Macedonia |   |   | ---- | 27:27 |  | Serbia |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| Macedonia advanced due to better goal difference than Serbia -8:-11. |  | No team from this group advanced to Final Four. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Tauron Arena, Krakow. |  | Fri 15.01.16 | 18:00 | France | 30-23 | Macedonia | 12-12 | 9,000 | _FRAMKD |  | Fri 15.01.16 | 20:30 | Poland | 29-28 | Serbia | 14-15 | 14,100 | _POLSRB |  | Sun 17.01.16 | 18:15 | France | 36-26 | Serbia | 19-16 | 10,900 | _FRASRB |  | Sun 17.01.16 | 20:30 | Poland | 24-23 | Macedonia | 11-13 | 14,200 | _POLMKD |  | Tue 19.01.16 | 18:15 | Macedonia | 27-27 | Serbia | 13-13 | 11,000 | _MKDSRB |  | Tue 19.01.16 | 20:30 | Poland | 31-25 | France | 15-12 | 14,854 | _POLFRA |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | sd |  | 1. Norway |  NOR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88: | 84 | +4 | 4. |  | 2. Croatia |  CRO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95: | 83 | +12 | 1. |  | 3. Belarus |  BLR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87: | 94 | -7 | 3. |  | 4. Iceland |  ISL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92: | 101 | -9 | 2. |   
    | Team | Norw | Croa | Bela | Icel |  | Norway | ---- | 34:31 | 29:27 |   |  | Croatia |   | ---- | 27:21 | 37:28 |  | Belarus |   |   | ---- | 39:38 |  | Iceland | 26:25 |   |   | ---- |   
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| Norway was 1st due to win against Croatia 34-31. |  | Belarus was 3rd due to win against Iceland 39-38. |  | Norway's defeat against Iceland was not transferred to Group I.  |  | Norway and Croatia advanced to Final Four. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Spodek, Katowice. |  | Fri 15.01.16 | 16:00 | Croatia | 27-21 | Belarus | 15-15 | 5,000 | _CROBLR |  | Fri 15.01.16 | 18:00 | Iceland | 26-25 | Norway | 10-11 | 6,200 | _ISLNOR |  | Sun 17.01.16 | 16:00 | Belarus | 39-38 | Iceland | 17-18 | 6,200 | _BLRISL |  | Sun 17.01.16 | 18:15 | Norway | 34-31 | Croatia | 16-17 | 8,400 | _NORCRO |  | Tue 19.01.16 | 18:15 | Norway | 29-27 | Belarus | 12-13 | 6,800 | _NORBLR |  | Tue 19.01.16 | 20:30 | Croatia | 37-28 | Iceland | 19-10 | 7,000 | _CROISL |   
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | sd |  | 1. Spain |  ESP | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80: | 75 | +5 | 1. |  | 2. Germany |  GER | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81: | 79 | +2 | 3. |  | 3. Sweden |  SWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71: | 72 | -1 | 2. |  | 4. Slovenia |  SLO | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66: | 72 | -6 | 4. |   
    | Team | Spai | Germ | Swed | Slov |  | Spain | ---- | 32:29 | 24:22 | 24:24 |  | Germany |   | ---- | 27:26 | 25:21 |  | Sweden |   |   | ---- | 23:21 |  | Slovenia |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| Spain and Croatia advanced to Final Four. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw. |  | Sat 16.01.16 | 18:30 | Spain | 32-29 | Germany | 18-15 | 6,500 | _ESPGER |  | Sat 16.01.16 | 20:45 | Sweden | 23-21 | Slovenia | 16-9 | 6,500 | _SWESLO |  | Mon 18.01.16 | 18:15 | Spain | 24-24 | Slovenia | 10-13 | 6,000 | _ESPSLO |  | Mon 18.01.16 | 20:30 | Germany | 27-26 | Sweden | 13-17 | 6,500 | _GERSWE |  | Wed 20.01.16 | 17:15 | Germany | 25-21 | Slovenia | 12-10 | 6,500 | _GERSLO |  | Wed 20.01.16 | 20:00 | Spain | 24-22 | Sweden | 12-10 | 6,200 | _ESPSWE |   
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | sd |  | 1. Denmark |  DEN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91: | 75 | +16 | 1. |  | 2. Russia |  RUS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80: | 78 | +2 | 3. |  | 3. Hungary |  HUN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80: | 84 | -4 | 2. |  | 4. Montenegro |  MNE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76: | 90 | -14 | 4. |   
    | Team | Denm | Russ | Hung | Mont |  | Denmark | ---- | 31:25 | 30:22 | 30:28 |  | Russia |   | ---- | 27:26 | 28:21 |  | Hungary |   |   | ---- | 32:27 |  | Montenegro |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| No team from this group advanced to Final Four. |     |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | Stats_Window |  |  played at Ergo Arena, Gdansk / Sopot. |  | Sat 16.01.16 | 18:00 | Hungary | 32-27 | Montenegro | 16-12 | 6,864 | _HUNMNE |  | Sat 16.01.16 | 20:15 | Denmark | 31-25 | Russia | 13-13 | 7,952 | _DENRUS |  | Mon 18.01.16 | 18:00 | Russia | 27-26 | Hungary | 14-10 | 6,452 | _RUSHUN |  | Mon 18.01.16 | 20:15 | Denmark | 30-28 | Montenegro | 14-16 | 6,452 | _DENMNE |  | Wed 20.01.16 | 17:15 | Russia | 28-21 | Montenegro | 14-9 | 5,930 | _RUSMNE |  | Wed 20.01.16 | 20:00 | Denmark | 30-22 | Hungary | 18-10 | 8,361 | _DENHUN |   
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|  Draw - 19.06 in Krakow. |  |  First Groups Round 15-18.01 |  | Group A: Tauron Arena, Krakow (15,000). France, Poland, Macedonia, Serbia. |  | Group B: Spodek Arena, Katowice (10,000). Croatia, Iceland, Belarus, Norway. |  | Group C: Centennial Hall, Wroclaw (6,500). Spain, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia. |  | Group D: Ergo Arena, Gdansk (11,000). Denmark, Hungary, Russia, Montenegro. |   
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| Teams |  | Poland - Host |  |  Qualification 15 Teams from Europe Qual Men 2015 |  | Qualified teams:  |  | Croatia, Norway |  | Denmark, Belarus |  | Sweden, Slovenia |  | Iceland, Serbia, Montenegro - Best 3rd place. |  | Hungary, Russia |  | France, Macedonia |  | Spain, Germany |   
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