Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.[1]

1992 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates27 July – 8 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Unified Team
Runner-up Sweden
Third place France
Fourth place Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches38
Goals scored1616 (42.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)
(47 goals)
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Qualification

Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation17 October 1986 Lausanne1 Spain
1990 World Championship28 February – 10 March 1990 Czechoslovakia8 Sweden
 Unified Team
 Romania
 Hungary
 Czechoslovakia
 Germany
 France
 Iceland
1991 Pan American Games5–12 August 1991 Havana1 Brazil
1991 Asian Championship22 August –1 September 1991 Hiroshima1 South Korea
1991 African Men's Handball Championship September 1991 Cairo1 Egypt
Total12

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 5 5 0 0 120 86 +34 10 Semifinals
2  Iceland 5 3 1 1 101 99 +2 7
3  South Korea 5 3 0 2 114 117 3 6 Fifth place game
4  Hungary 5 2 0 3 102 108 6 4 Seventh place game
5  Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 94 92 +2 3 Ninth place game
6  Brazil 5 0 0 5 96 125 29 0 Eleventh place game
Source:
27 July 1992
11:30
Sweden  20–14  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Thorsson 7 (8–7) Bergendi 4
27 July 1992
14:30
Iceland  19–18  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Jónasson 6 (10–10) Nascimento 5
27 July 1992
19:00
Hungary  18–22  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Iváncsik 7 (11–11) Cho C. 9

29 July 1992
10:00
South Korea  18–28  Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Cho C. 5 (6–15) Thorsson 7
29 July 1992
14:30
Brazil  21–27  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
Nascimento 5 (10–10) Iváncsik 5
29 July 1992
20:30
Czechoslovakia  16–16  Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Bergendi 4 (9–9) Grímsson 4

31 July 1992
11:30
Czechoslovakia  19–20  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Tonar 6 (11–7) Cho C. 6
31 July 1992
14:30
Iceland  22–16  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Grímsson 6 Marosi 4
31 July 1992
19:00
Sweden  22–15  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Hedin 6 (11–7) Carnasciali 5

2 August 1992
10:00
Iceland  26–24  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Grímsson 8 (11–14) Cho C. 9
2 August 1992
16:00
Hungary  21–25  Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Éles 5 (10–14) Hajas 6
2 August 1992
19:00
Brazil  16–27  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Vieira 4 (9–9) Tonar 8

4 August 1992
11:30
Hungary  20–18  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Horváth 7 (9–8) Šetlík 6
4 August 1992
14:30
South Korea  30–26  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Cho C. 9 (16–13) Vieira 6
4 August 1992
20:30
Sweden  25–18  Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Carlén 8 (12–7) Sveinsson 5

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Unified Team 5 5 0 0 121 98 +23 10 Semifinals
2  France 5 4 0 1 111 98 +13 8
3  Spain (H) 5 3 0 2 97 98 1 6 Fifth place game
4  Romania 5 1 1 3 107 115 8 3[lower-alpha 1] Seventh place game
5  Germany 5 1 1 3 97 103 6 3[lower-alpha 1] Ninth place game
6  Egypt 5 0 0 5 92 113 21 0 Eleventh place game
Source:
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD
27 July 1992
10:00
Romania  22–21  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Berbece 5 (10–12) Belal 6
27 July 1992
16:00
Unified Team 25–15  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Dujshebaev 7 (12–7) Hauck 5
27 July 1992
20:30
Spain  16–18  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Masip 5 (7–7) Volle 4

29 July 1992
11:30
France  22–23  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Munier, Portes 4 (12–14) Dujshebaev 9
29 July 1992
16:00
Germany  20–20  Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Winselmann 5 (9–13) Licu, Zaharia 5
29 July 1992
19:00
Egypt  18–23  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
five players 3 (11–11) Urdiales 9

31 July 1992
10:00
Unified Team 22–18  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Dujshebaev 8 (12–9) Abdallah, El-Attar 4
31 July 1992
16:00
Germany  20–23  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
three players 4 (9–10) Lathoud, Munier 5
31 July 1992
20:30
Romania  20–21  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Licu, Mocanu 4 (9–14) Alemany, Urdiales 4

2 August 1992
11:30
Romania  20–26  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Licu, Zaharia 7 (11–12) Lathoud 6
2 August 1992
14:30
Egypt  16–24  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
El-Attar 6 (5–13) Roos 7
2 August 1992
20:30
Spain  18–24  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Masip, Muñoz 5 (5–10) Gopin 7

4 August 1992
10:00
France  22–19  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Munier 8 (10–7) Debes, Mohamed 4
4 August 1992
16:00
Unified Team 27–25  Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6 (12–12) Licu 8
4 August 1992
19:00
Spain  19–18  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Urdiales 7 (8–8) Hauck 6

Playoffs

Bracket

 
SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Sweden25
 
8 August
 
 France22
 
 Sweden20
 
6 August
 
 Unified Team22
 
 Iceland19
 
 
 Unified Team23
 
Bronze medal
 
 
8 August
 
 
 Iceland20
 
 
 France24

Semifinals

6 August 1992
19:00
Sweden  25–22  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Thorsson 6 (11–10) Lathoud 6

6 August 1992
21:00
Iceland  19–23  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Grímsson 6 (9–11) Dujshebaev 9

Eleventh place game

7 August 1992
14:00
Egypt  27–24 (ET)  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Amigo, González (ESP)
Mahmoud 9 (10–8) Carnasciali, Nascimento 5

FT: 19–19 ET: 3–3, 2–2 Pen: 3–0

Ninth place game

7 August 1992
16:00
Czechoslovakia  20–19  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Šetlík 6 (11–8) Hahn 5

Seventh place game

7 August 1992
19:00
Romania  19–23  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Prisăcaru 4 (13–9) Horváth 7

Fifth place game

7 August 1992
21:00
South Korea  21–36  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Cho C. 7 (10–18) Urdiales 10

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992
15:00
Iceland  20–24  France Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Grímsson 5 (9–12) Munier 6

Gold medal game

8 August 1992
17:00
Sweden  20–22  Unified Team Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Hajas 7 (9–9) Gavrilov 5

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1 Unified Team
2 Sweden
3 France
4 Iceland
5 Spain
6 South Korea
7 Hungary
8 Romania
9 Czechoslovakia
10 Germany
11 Egypt
12 Brazil
Top goalscorers
PlayerGamesGoals
1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)747
2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR)645
3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL)735
4. Robert Licu (ROM)630
4. Erik Hajas (SWE)630
4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP)430
7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN)729
8. Valeri Gopin (EUN)727
8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM)627
All-star team
Andrei Lavrov (EUN)
Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR)Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)Denis Lathoud (FRA)
Per Carlen (SWE)Pierre Thorsson (SWE)Valeri Gopine (EUN)

References

  1. "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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