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 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
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championship	10–27 January 2019	Denmark Germany	1	Denmark
2019 Pan American Games	31 July – 5 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
AHF Men’s Asian qualification event	17–26 October 2019	Doha	1	Bahrain
2020 European Championship	10–26 January 2020	Austria Norway Sweden	1	Spain
2020 African Championship	16–26 January 2020	Tunisia	1	Egypt
2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	12–14 March 2021	Podgorica	2	Norway Brazil
		Montpellier	2	France Portugal
		Berlin	2	Sweden Germany
Total			12

Legend for qualification type

Qualified
Key	From	To
	World Championship	Olympic Tournament
	Continental Qualification Event	Olympic Tournament
	World Championship	Qualification Tournament
	Continental Qualification Event	Qualification Tournament

Host country

Japan

World Championship

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Norway
	France
4	Germany
5	Sweden
6	Croatia
7	Spain
8	Egypt
9	Brazil
10	Hungary
11	Iceland
12	Tunisia
13	Qatar
14	Russia
15	North Macedonia
16	Chile
17	Argentina
18	Serbia
19	Austria
20	Bahrain
21	Saudi Arabia
22	Korea
23	Angola
24	Japan

Continental qualification

Europe

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Croatia
	Norway
4	Slovenia
5	Germany
6	Portugal
7	Sweden
8	Austria
9	Hungary
10	Belarus
11	Iceland
12	Czech Republic
13	Denmark
14	France
15	North Macedonia
16	Switzerland
17	Netherlands
18	Montenegro
19	Ukraine
20	Serbia
21	Poland
22	Russia
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina
24	Latvia

Asia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	3	0	118	44	+74	6	Semifinals
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	96	69	+27	4	Semifinals
3	India	3	1	2	66	104	−38	2
4	Hong Kong	3	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

17 October 2019 16:00	Saudi Arabia	35–24	India	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(19–13)

17 October 2019 18:00	Qatar	49–14	Hong Kong	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(19–6)

19 October 2019 16:00	Hong Kong	16–41	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(6–17)

19 October 2019 18:00	India	10–40	Qatar	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(4–18)

21 October 2019 16:00	India	32–29	Hong Kong	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(16–15)

21 October 2019 18:00	Qatar	29–20	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(13–9)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	94	90	+4	4^[a]	Semifinals
2	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	85	78	+7	4^[a]	Semifinals
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	90	92	−2	3
4	Kuwait	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:

^ ^a ^b Bahrain 30–31 South Korea

18 October 2019 16:00	South Korea	27–28	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(12–13)

18 October 2019 18:00	Bahrain	26–21	Kuwait	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(12–10)

20 October 2019 16:00	Kuwait	32–36	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(16–20)

20 October 2019 18:00	Iran	26–29	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(13–15)

22 October 2019 16:00	Bahrain	30–31	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(16–14)

22 October 2019 18:00	Iran	36–36	Kuwait	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(18–16)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

24 October

Qatar	26
		26 October
Bahrain	28
		Bahrain	34
24 October
		South Korea	29
South Korea	29

Saudi Arabia	26
		Third place

		26 October

		Qatar	31

		Saudi Arabia	21

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

24 October

India	21
		25 October
Kuwait	34
		Kuwait	25
24 October
		Iran	27
Iran	48

Hong Kong	16
		Seventh place

		25 October

		India	26

		Hong Kong	30

5–8th place semifinals

24 October 2019 12:00	India	21–34	Kuwait	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(12–17)

24 October 2019 14:00	Iran	48–16	Hong Kong	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(25–6)

Semifinals

24 October 2019 16:00	South Korea	29–26	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(17–12)

24 October 2019 18:00	Qatar	26–28	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(15–16)

Seventh place game

25 October 2019 16:00	India	26–30	Hong Kong	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(13–11)

Fifth place game

25 October 2019 18:00	Kuwait	25–27	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(14–11)

Third place game

26 October 2019 16:00	Qatar	31–21	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(16–12)

Final

26 October 2019 18:00	Bahrain	34–29	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
		(13–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Bahrain
	South Korea
	Qatar
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iran
6	Kuwait
7	Hong Kong
8	India

America

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Chile
	Brazil
4	Mexico
5	Cuba
6	United States
7	Puerto Rico
8	Peru

Africa

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Algeria
4	Angola
5	Cape Verde
6	Morocco
7	DR Congo
8	Gabon
9	Congo
10	Guinea
11	Nigeria
12	Cameroon
13	Libya
14	Ivory Coast
15	Kenya
16	Zambia

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	114	74	+40	6	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Brazil	3	2	1	76	80	−4	4	2020 Summer Olympics
3	South Korea	3	1	2	91	109	−18	2
4	Chile	3	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.

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	98	84	+14	4^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Portugal	3	2	1	87	80	+7	4^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
3	Croatia	3	2	1	81	81	0	4^[a]
4	Tunisia	3	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:

^ ^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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	93	75	+18	5^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	95	78	+17	5^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	88	96	−8	2
4	Algeria	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:

^ ^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.

[table_hth_KOR0.052075503883919-4] Bahrain 30–31 South Korea

[table_hth_FRA0.78131007951745-5] France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD

[table_hth_GER0.29866187381496-6] Germany 25–25 Sweden

[1] "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.

[2] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[3] "Who will book the Asian men's Tokyo 2020 ticket?". ihf.info. 17 October 2019.

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