Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
The qualification for the 2020 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the world champion, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1] (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2]
Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
men | women | |
Tournament | ||
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Rosters | ||
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Qualification summary
Qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | 7 September 2013 | N/A | 1 | ![]() |
2019 World Championship | 10–27 January 2019 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 Pan American Games | 31 July – 5 August 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
AHF Men’s Asian qualification event | 17–26 October 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 European Championship | 10–26 January 2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 African Championship | 16–26 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | ![]() | 2 | |
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Total | 12 |
Legend for qualification type
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Key | From | To |
World Championship | Olympic Tournament | |
Continental Qualification Event | ||
World Championship | Qualification Tournament | |
Continental Qualification Event |
Host country
World Championship
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Continental qualification
Europe
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Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 69 | +27 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 104 | −38 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 122 | −63 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
17 October 2019 16:00 |
Saudi Arabia ![]() |
35–24 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(19–13) | ||||
17 October 2019 18:00 |
Qatar ![]() |
49–19 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(19–6) | ||||
19 October 2019 16:00 |
Hong Kong ![]() |
16–41 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(6–17) | ||||
19 October 2019 18:00 |
India ![]() |
10–40 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(4–18) | ||||
21 October 2019 16:00 |
India ![]() |
32–29 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(16–15) | ||||
21 October 2019 18:00 |
Qatar ![]() |
29–20 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(13–9) | ||||
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 90 | +4 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | Semifinals |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 78 | +7 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 92 | −2 | 3 | |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 98 | −9 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
- Bahrain 30–31 South Korea
18 October 2019 16:00 |
South Korea ![]() |
27–28 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(12–13) | ||||
18 October 2019 18:00 |
Bahrain ![]() |
26–21 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(12–10) | ||||
20 October 2019 16:00 |
Kuwait ![]() |
32–36 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(16–20) | ||||
20 October 2019 18:00 |
Iran ![]() |
26–29 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(13–15) | ||||
22 October 2019 16:00 |
Bahrain ![]() |
30–31 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(16–14) | ||||
22 October 2019 18:00 |
Iran ![]() |
36–36 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(18–16) | ||||
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | |||||
24 October | ||||||
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26 October | ||||||
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24 October | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
26 October | ||||||
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5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
24 October | ||||||
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25 October | ||||||
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24 October | ||||||
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Seventh place | ||||||
25 October | ||||||
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5–8th place semifinals
24 October 2019 12:00 |
India ![]() |
21–34 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(12–17) | ||||
24 October 2019 14:00 |
Iran ![]() |
48–16 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(25–6) | ||||
Semifinals
24 October 2019 16:00 |
South Korea ![]() |
29–26 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(17–12) | ||||
24 October 2019 18:00 |
Qatar ![]() |
26–28 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(15–16) | ||||
Seventh place game
25 October 2019 16:00 |
India ![]() |
26–30 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(13–11) | ||||
Third place game
26 October 2019 16:00 |
Qatar ![]() |
31–21 | ![]() |
Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(16–12) | ||||
Final standing
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America
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Olympic Qualification Tournaments
There are three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[4]
- The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships are eligible to participate in the tournament.
- The best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represent 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. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent receives 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 will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.[5]
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
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1Since Spain (7th from World) won the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, thus qualifying directly for the Olympics, their place in the Qualification Tournaments went to a non-European team – Brazil (9th from World), in this case, since Egypt (8th from World) also qualified directly for the Olympics as the 2020 African Men's Handball Championship winners.
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
References
- "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.
- "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Who will book the Asian men's Tokyo 2020 ticket?". ihf.info. 17 October 2019.
- "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
- "Update Men's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.