Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from December 2010 to May 2012.

Qualification summary

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Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Great Britain
2010 European Championship 7–19 December 2010   Denmark &   Norway 1   Sweden *
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 12–21 October   China 1   South Korea
2011 Pan American Games 15–23 October 2011   Mexico 1   Brazil
2011 World Championship 2–18 December 2011   Brazil 1   Norway
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012   Morocco 1   Angola
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 25–27 May 2012   France 2   Montenegro
  France
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 25–27 May 2012   Spain 2   Spain
  Croatia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 25–27 May 2012   Denmark 2   Russia
  Denmark
Total 12
* Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
Legend for qualification type
Team qualified to the 2012 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

World Championship

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Notes:

  • The six best teams not yet qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games are qualified for one of the three World Olympic qualification tournaments (each one hosted by one of the three best teams).
  • Qualification to the Olympic qualification tournament through the World Championship supersedes qualification through the Continental Championship.
Rank Team
    Norway
    France
    Spain
4   Denmark
5   Brazil
6   Russia
7   Croatia
8   Angola
9   Sweden
10   Montenegro
11   South Korea
12   Iceland
13   Romania
14   Japan
15   Netherlands
16   Ivory Coast
17   Germany
18   Tunisia
19   Kazakhstan
20   Uruguay
21   China
22   Cuba
23   Argentina
24   Australia

Continental qualification

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Europe (1st ranking continent)

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Notes:

  • Norway is both European and World Champion, so Sweden goes directly to the Olympic Tournament in London on the European Champions spot.
Rank Team
    Norway
    Sweden
    Romania
4   Denmark
5   France
6   Montenegro
7   Russia
8   Netherlands
9   Croatia
10   Hungary
11   Spain
12   Ukraine
13   Germany
14   Serbia
15   Iceland
16   Slovenia

America (2nd ranking continent)

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  • Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up and third (since Australia placed 24th) go to one of the qualification tournament
Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Dominican Republic
4   Mexico
5   Chile
6   Puerto Rico
7   Uruguay
8   United States

Africa (3rd ranking continent)

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  • Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament
Rank Team
    Angola
    Tunisia
    DR Congo
4   Algeria
5   Cameroon
6   Congo
7   Ivory Coast
8   Senegal
9   Egypt
10   Morocco

Asia (4th ranking continent)

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  • Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    South Korea 5 5 0 0 183 104 +79 10
    Japan 5 4 0 1 160 109 +51 8
    China 5 3 0 2 131 110 +21 6
4   North Korea 5 1 1 3 133 134 −1 3
5   Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 119 127 −8 3
6   Turkmenistan 5 0 0 5 48 190 −142 0
Source: [citation needed]

2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3
  • 2nd from World (2nd place World 2011):   France
  • 7th from World (10th place World 2011):   Montenegro
  • 2nd from Continent 1 (3rd place Europe 2010):   Romania
  • 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Asia 2011):   Japan
  • 3rd from World (3rd place World 2011):   Spain
  • 6th from World (7th place World 2011):   Croatia
  • 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011):   Argentina
  • 3rd from Continent 1 (8th place Europe 2010):   Netherlands
  • 4th from World (4th place World 2011):   Denmark
  • 5th from World (6th place World 2011):   Russia
  • 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Africa 2012):   Tunisia
  • 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011):   Dominican Republic

Note :

  • Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.
  • If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3 : Oceania’s representative (Australia) placed 24th so, Dominican Republic, 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011), are qualified.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Montenegro 3 3 0 0 86 67 +19 6
  France 3 2 0 1 74 58 +16 4
  Romania 3 1 0 2 70 84 −14 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 67 88 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
25 May 2012
16:45
Montenegro   30 − 24   Japan Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Eliasson J, Gudjonsson I (ISL)
Bulatović 8 (14–13) Fujii 8
  4×  Report   2× 

25 May 2012
19:00
France   24 − 19   Romania Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Gatelis M, Mazeika V (LTU)
Lacrabère 4 (12–9) Meiroşu 6
  2×  Report   2× 

26 May 2012
14:45
Romania   23 – 34   Montenegro Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Caçador I, Nicolau E (POR)
Nechita, Ardean-Elisei 6 (13–17) Bulatović 7
  3×  Report   5× 

26 May 2012
17:00
Japan   17 – 30   France Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Gatelis M, Mazeika V (LTU)
Kamimachi 5 (7–13) Baudouin 7
  2×  Report   3× 

27 May 2012
14:15
Romania   28 – 26   Japan Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Caçador I, Nicolau E (POR)
Ani-Senocico 6 (18–10) Fujii 7
  Report   1× 

27 May 2012
16:30
France   20 – 22   Montenegro Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Eliasson J, Gudjonsson I (ISL)
Baudouin 4 (9–9) Knežević 7
  3×  Report   5× 

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain (+3) 3 2 0 1 81 62 +19 4
  Croatia (0) 3 2 0 1 82 72 +10 4
  Netherlands (-3) 3 2 0 1 83 77 +6 4
  Argentina 3 0 0 3 57 91 −34 0
Source: [citation needed]
25 May 2012
10:45
Croatia   28 − 29   Netherlands Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 800
Referees: Bonaventura C, Bonaventura J (FRA)
Zebić 11 (12–14) Abbingh 10
  3×  Report   5× 

25 May 2012
13:00
Spain   31 − 15   Argentina Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Mangué 6 (15–9) Decilio, Salvado 4
  5×  Report   4× 

26 May 2012
10:45
Argentina   21 – 31   Croatia Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 500
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
Mendoza 7 (10–18) Jovetić, Pušić-Koroljević 5
  1×  Report   6× 

26 May 2012
13:00
Netherlands   24 – 28   Spain Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
van der Heijden, Abbingh 5 (13–14) Alberto 11
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27 May 2012
10:15
Argentina   21 – 30   Netherlands Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 475
Referees: Bonaventura C, Bonaventura J (FRA)
Decilio 5 (9–15) Broch 6
  4×  Report   4× 

27 May 2012
12:30
Spain   22 – 23   Croatia Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Martín 9 (10–12) Zebić 8
  3×  Report   8× 

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Russia 3 3 0 0 101 57 +44 6
  Denmark 3 2 0 1 86 72 +14 4
  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 73 81 −8 2
  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 58 108 −50 0
Source: [citation needed]
25 May 2012
18:15
Russia   41 − 17   Dominican Republic Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 400
Referees: Florescu D, Duta A (ROU)
three players 5 (20–10) Andino 8
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25 May 2012
20:15
Denmark   28 − 24   Tunisia Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Nachevski G, Nikolov S (MKD)
Nørgaard 11 (12−13) Toumi, Chebbah 7
  6×  Report   1×  1× 

26 May 2012
18:45
Tunisia   20 – 33   Russia Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 300
Referees: Horvath P, Marton B (HUN)
Toumi 12 (8–17) Chernoivanenko, Postnova 5
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26 May 2012
20:45
Dominican Republic   21 – 38   Denmark Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 880
Referees: Florescu D, Duta A (ROU)
Andino, Pop 6 (13–20) Augustesen, Dalby 6
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27 May 2012
18:15
Tunisia   29 – 20   Dominican Republic Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Horvath P, Marton B (HUN)
Toumi 10 (17–8) Andino 6
  4×  Report   6× 

27 May 2012
20:15
Denmark   20 – 27   Russia Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nachevski G, Nikolov S (MKD)
Nørgaard 9 (9–9) three players 4
  5×  Report   2× 

References

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