2016 Carpathian Trophy

The 2016 Carpathian Trophy was the 48th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania between 26–27 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation.

2016 Carpathian Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26–27 November
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runners-up	Romania
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Romania B
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	223 (55.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anita Görbicz (13 goals)
Awards
Best player	Kinga Klivinyi
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The most recent silver and bronze medalists of the World Championship (Netherlands and Romania) appeared in the competition. Veteran Aurelia Brădeanu announced her retirement from national team after the tournament.^[1]

Participants

• Romania (hosts)
• Romania B
• Hungary
• Netherlands

Knockout stage (place 1-4)

Bracket

Semifinals

26 November 2016 17:00	Hungary	30–26	Netherlands	Sala Polivalentă, Cluj-Napoca Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Kovács, Szucsánszki 6	(12–13)	Hage, Schoenaker 5

26 November 2016 20:00	Romania	31–23	Romania B	Sala Polivalentă, Cluj-Napoca Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Buceschi, Chiper, Chiricuță 4	(14–13)	Bazaliu, Tiron 5

Third place game

27 November 2016 17:00	Netherlands	31–29 (ET)	Romania B	Sala Polivalentă, Cluj-Napoca Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Hage 6	(12–14)	Bazaliu, Tiron 6
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–3

Final

27 November 2016 20:00	Hungary	29–24	Romania	Sala Polivalentă, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 5,000[2] Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Klivinyi 10	(14–12)	Buceschi, Geiger, Zamfir 5
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Statistics

2016 Carpathian Trophy Champions Hungary First title Team roster: Éva Kiss, Ildikó Erdősi, Zita Szucsánszki, Anett Kisfaludy, Anikó Kovacsics, Klára Szekeres, Anita Görbicz, Kinga Klivinyi, Krisztina Triscsuk, Bernadett Bódi, Dóra Hornyák, Luca Dombi, Nadine Schatzl, Viktória Lukács, Anna Kovács, Kinga Janurik, Melinda Szikora, Rea Mészáros. Head coach: Kim Rasmussen.

Final ranking

	Hungary
	Romania
	Netherlands
4	Romania B

Awards

• Top Scorer:  Anita Görbicz (HUN)
• Most Valuable Player:  Kinga Klivinyi (HUN)
• Best Goalkeeper:  Denisa Dedu (ROU)