Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
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The qualification for the 2020 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the world champion, four winners of continental events and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1] (The Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2]
Qualification summary
Qualification | Date | Host(s) | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | 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
Qualified | ||
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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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Asia
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+3).[3]
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 |
Source: AHF
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) Hosts
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) Hosts
17 October 2019 16:00 | Saudi Arabia ![]() | 35–24 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(19–13) | ||||
17 October 2019 18:00 | Qatar ![]() | 49–14 | ![]() | 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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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 90 | +4 | 4[a] | Semifinals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 78 | +7 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 92 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 98 | −9 | 1 |
Source: AHF
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:
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:
- ^ a b 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) | ||||
Knockout stage
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) | ||||
Fifth place game
25 October 2019 18:00 | Kuwait ![]() | 25–27 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(14–11) | ||||
Third place game
26 October 2019 16:00 | Qatar ![]() | 31–21 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(16–12) | ||||
Final
26 October 2019 18:00 | Bahrain ![]() | 34–29 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
(13–15) | ||||
Final standing
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America
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Africa
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Olympic Qualification Tournaments
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 74 | +40 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 80 | −4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 109 | −18 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 100 | −18 | 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.
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.
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 84 | +14 | 4[a] | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 80 | +7 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 4[a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 104 | −21 | 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) Hosts
Notes:
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) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ a b c France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 75 | +18 | 5[a] | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 78 | +17 | 5[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 96 | −8 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 106 | −27 | 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) Hosts
Notes:
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) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ a b Germany 25–25 Sweden
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.