Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The handball tournaments at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place from 24 July to 8 August 2021.[1][2]

Handball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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Handball at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Rosters
menwomen

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Schedule
Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match

[4][5]

Date
Event
Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8
MenGGGGG¼½BF
WomenGGGGG¼½BF

Events

Two sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.

Men
Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation7 September 2013N/A1 Japan
2019 World Championship10–27 January 2019 Denmark /  Germany1 Denmark
2019 Pan American Games31 July – 5 August 2019 Lima1 Argentina
AHF Men’s Asian qualification event17–26 October 2019 Doha1 Bahrain
2020 European Championship10–26 January 2020 Austria /  Norway /  Sweden1 Spain
2020 African Championship16–26 January 2020 Tunisia1 Egypt
2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments12–14 March 2021 Norway2
Montpellier2
 Germany2
Total12

Women
Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation election7 September 2013N/A1 Japan
2018 European Championship29 November – 16 December 2018 France1 France
2019 Pan American Games24–30 July 2019 Lima1 Brazil
2019 Asian Qualification Tournament23–29 September 2019 Chuzhou1 South Korea
2019 African Qualification Tournament26–29 September 2019 Dakar1 Angola
2019 World Championship29 November – 15 December 2019 Japan1 Netherlands
2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments19–21 March 2021 Spain2
 Hungary2
 Montenegro2
Total12

See also

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.
  2. "Tokyo 2020: One Year to Go, handball schedule confirmed". ihf.info. 23 July 2020.
  3. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. "Schedule – Handball Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "Handball Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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