Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

•  Japan

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:[5]

• 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 qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[6]

On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced with Kazakhstan.[7][8]

On 3 February 2020, China and Hong Kong withdrew and were replaced by Thailand.[9][10][11] In October 2020, China requested to be reinstated because the tournaments were moved and the IHF granted that request.[12]

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 19 March 2021. 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.

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hungary (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 19 March 2021. 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.

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Montenegro (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 19 March 2021. 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.