The 2016 Carpathian Trophy was the 48th edition of the
Carpathian Trophy held in
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
,
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
between 26–27 November as a women's friendly
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
tournament organised by the
Romanian Handball Federation
The Romanian Handball Federation () (FRH) is the governing body of handball in Romania. It is based in Bucharest. FRH is led by 6 departments.
History
* The official rules of the game are written and published by Karl Schelenz in Berlin (1919).
* ...
.
The most recent silver and bronze medalists of the
World Championship
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(
Netherlands
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and
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
) appeared in the competition. Veteran
Aurelia Brădeanu
Aurelia Brădeanu (née Stoica; born 5 May 1979) is a Romanian handballer who last played for CSM Bucharest. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio ...
announced her retirement from national team after the tournament.
Participants
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Romania
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(hosts)
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Romania B
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
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Netherlands
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Knockout stage (place 1-4)
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Statistics
Final ranking
Awards
*Top Scorer:
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Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...
:
*Best Goalkeeper:
References
External links
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
2016 in handball
Sport in Cluj-Napoca
November 2016 sports events in Romania