Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

•  Brazil

The Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held on 8–10 April 2016. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:

• 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 best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–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 will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
• 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 2016 Olympic Games.[3][4]

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	88	71	+17	6	Qualification to 2016 Summer Olympics
2	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	91	83	+8	4
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	76	84	−8	2
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	83	100	−17	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) Host.

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2016 18:00	Chile	29–35	Tunisia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN)
	Salinas 11	(12–17)	Boughanmi 11
	4× 6× 1×	Report	2× 8×

8 April 2016 20:30	Poland	25–20	North Macedonia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Pálsson, Eliasson (ISL)
	Bielecki 7	(13–9)	Lazarov 8
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

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9 April 2016 18:30	North Macedonia	26–32	Tunisia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Lazarov 8	(10–17)	Boughanmi 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 8×

9 April 2016 20:30	Poland	35–27	Chile	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Pálsson, Eliasson (ISL)
	Daszek, Szyba 5	(19–13)	Erw. Feuchtmann, Maurin 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 9×

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10 April 2016 18:00	North Macedonia	30–27	Chile	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (DEN)
	Kosteski 6	(17–14)	Erw. Feuchtmann 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

10 April 2016 20:30	Tunisia	24–28	Poland	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN)
	Bannour 5	(13–15)	Bielecki 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	80	62	+18	4[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to 2016 Summer Olympics
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	81	67	+14	4[lower-alpha 1]
3	Spain	3	2	0	1	83	70	+13	4[lower-alpha 1]
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	59	104	−45	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) Host.
Notes:

1. Slovenia 2 Pts, 47–45 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, 47–48 GD; Spain 2 Pts, 46–47 GD

Head-to-head table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	2	1	0	1	47	45	+2	2	Qualified
2	Sweden	2	1	0	1	47	48	−1	2
3	Spain	2	1	0	1	46	47	−1	2	Missed

Source:

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2016 17:00	Spain	21–24	Slovenia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 2,264 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Rivera 6	(16–12)	Dolenec 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

8 April 2016 19:15	Iran	19–34	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,328 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Nosrati 4	(9–16)	three players 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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9 April 2016 16:15	Spain	37–23	Iran	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,288 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Ugalde 9	(18–12)	Norouzinejad 6
	4×	Report	3× 3×

9 April 2016 18:30	Slovenia	23–24	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,653 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kavtičnik 8	(9–12)	Andersson, Gottfridsson 5
	4× 5×	Report	4× 5×

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10 April 2016 16:30	Sweden	23–25	Spain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,253 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Nilsson 6	(11–12)	Rivera 9
	3× 6×	Report	4× 4×

10 April 2016 18:45	Slovenia	33–17	Iran	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 655 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Marguč 8	(17–8)	Norouzinejad 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	2	1	0	79	73	+6	5	Qualification to 2016 Summer Olympics
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	84	71	+13	4
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	81	81	0	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	75	94	−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) Host.

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 April 2016 18:00	Norway	35–29	Bahrain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,700 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Bjørnsen 10	(16–15)	M. Al-Maqabi 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1× 1×

8 April 2016 20:30	Denmark	28–24	Croatia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Hansen 8	(11–9)	Štrlek 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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9 April 2016 18:00	Croatia	33–22	Bahrain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Štrlek 8	(14–14)	Al-Fardan 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2×

9 April 2016 20:30	Denmark	25–25	Norway	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Ștefan, Stark (ROU)
	Hansen 5	(12–13)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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10 April 2016 18:00	Croatia	27–21	Norway	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Duvnjak 6	(14–7)	Jøndal 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

10 April 2016 20:30	Bahrain	24–26	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Ștefan, Stark (ROU)
	Al-Salatna, Habib 4	(12–12)	Mortensen, Svan 5
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

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