Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between January 2023 and March 2024,[2] assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.[3]

Summary

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 1   France
2023 World Championship 11–29 January 2023   Poland
  Sweden
1   Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament 18–28 October 2023   Doha[4] 1   Japan
2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023   Viña del Mar 1   Argentina
2024 European Championship 10–28 January 2024   Germany 1   Sweden
2024 African Championship 17–27 January 2024   Cairo[5] 1   Egypt
2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments 14–17 March 2024   Granollers 2   Spain
  Slovenia
  Hanover 2   Croatia
  Germany
  Tatabánya 2   Norway
  Hungary
Total 12

Legend

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Qualified
Key From To
Olympic host 2024 Summer Olympics
2023 IHF World Championship
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament
2023 IHF World Championship 2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament

Host country

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World Championship

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The world champion directly qualified for Olympics. Since host nation France took the silver medal, the next six best placed teams (teams ranked 3–8) were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. If any team subsequently qualified directly for Olympics through their continental event, the list would be shifted to the ninth place (or thereafter).

Rank Team
    Denmark
    France
    Spain
4   Sweden
5   Germany
6   Norway
7   Egypt
8   Hungary
9   Croatia
10   Slovenia
11   Serbia
12   Iceland
13   Portugal
14   Netherlands
15   Poland
16   Bahrain
17   Brazil
18   Montenegro
19   Argentina
20   United States
21   Belgium
22   Qatar
23   Cape Verde
24   Iran
25   Tunisia
26   Chile
27   North Macedonia
28   South Korea
29   Saudi Arabia
30   Morocco
31   Algeria
32   Uruguay

Continental qualification

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Europe

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Due to the fact that the European Championship final was contested between France and Denmark, two teams who had already qualified for the Olympic tournament (France as hosts, and Denmark as World Champions), the winner of the third-place match between Sweden and Germany secured the European Olympic berth. In addition, Portugal and Austria, the two best-placed teams not already qualified for Olympics or the Olympic Qualification Tournaments (via the 2023 World Championship), were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Rank Team
    France
    Denmark
    Sweden
4   Germany
5   Hungary
6   Slovenia
7   Portugal
8   Austria
9   Norway
10   Iceland
11   Croatia
12   Netherlands
13   Spain
14   Montenegro
15   Czech Republic
16   Poland
17   North Macedonia
18   Georgia
19   Serbia
20   Faroe Islands
21    Switzerland
22   Romania
23   Greece
24   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Faroe Islands do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

Americas

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The winner of the Pan American Games handball tournament directly qualified for the Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the Pan American Games handball tournament runner-up.

Rank Team
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
4   United States
5   Uruguay
6   Cuba
7   Mexico
8   Dominican Republic

Asia

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Eleven teams competed in the Asian qualification tournament, held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 18 to 28 October 2023.[6][7]

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Japan
    Bahrain
    South Korea
4   Qatar
5   Iran
6   Saudi Arabia
7   Kuwait
8   United Arab Emirates
9   China
10   Kazakhstan
11   India

Africa

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African champions directly qualified for Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the runners-up and third place.

Rank Team
    Egypt
    Algeria
    Tunisia
4   Cape Verde
5   Guinea
6   DR Congo
7   Morocco
8   Angola
9   Nigeria
10   Cameroon
11   Gabon
12   Libya
13   Congo
14   Rwanda
15   Kenya
16   Zambia

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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Qualified teams

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There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments:[8][9]

  • The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
  • The highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Africa), third (Asia), and fourth (Americas)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8 and 12th at the World Championship. As no team from Oceania met this condition, the second-ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion. In such cases, the access list was rebalanced accordingly.
  • The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.[10]
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

The host countries were announced on 2 February 2024.[11]

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

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It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Granollers, Spain.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain (H) 3 3 0 0 99 75 +24 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2   Slovenia 3 2 0 1 81 84 −3 4
3   Brazil 3 1 0 2 77 79 −2 2
4   Bahrain 3 0 0 3 77 96 −19 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

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It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Hanover, Germany.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 0 102 81 +21 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2   Germany (H) 3 2 0 1 105 93 +12 4
3   Austria 3 1 0 2 101 95 +6 2
4   Algeria 3 0 0 3 77 116 −39 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

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It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Tatabánya, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 102 78 +24 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2   Hungary (H) 3 2 0 1 88 80 +8 4
3   Portugal 3 1 0 2 93 91 +2 2
4   Tunisia 3 0 0 3 77 111 −34 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ "IHF – Paris 2024 Olympics". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ Martin, Marta (3 November 2022). "How to qualify for handball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Qatar to Host Asian Handball Qualifiers for 33rd Summer Olympics (Paris 2024)". Qatar News Agency. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (8 April 2022). "Egypt to host 2022 & 2024 African Men's Handball Championships". KingFut. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Stage set for draw of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Draw results of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". Asian Handball Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Olympic Qualification Tournaments dates revealed with less than one year before Paris 2024". ihf.info. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games set". ihf.info. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Hosts revealed for the Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". ihf.info. Retrieved 2 February 2024.