2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held in Montenegro, France and Germany.[1] The top two teams from each of the three tournaments qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics joining six already qualified teams: host nation, world champions and four winners of continental qualifying events.

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The tournaments were initially scheduled to take place from 17 to 19 April 2020, but the IHF postponed them to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July–August 2021, the IHF announced on 24 April 2020 that the tournaments would be again rescheduled, taking place from 12 to 14 March 2021.[3]

Format

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Similar as for previous editions, there were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. The twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above were selected based on their performance in the events. These teams were divided into three tournaments, each containing four teams, with two teams from each tournament qualifying for the olympic tournament.[4]

Team selection

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Based on the 2019 World Championship and four continental qualifying events, the twelve selected teams were chosen as follows, starting with the World Championship:[5]

  1. The top six not yet qualified teams from the 2019 World Championship are selected:
    • WC2 to WC7 - teams ranked 2-7 at the World Championship. If one or more these teams have already qualified (by virtue of winning a continental qualification event or hosting the Olympics), the list is moved up by allocating slots to next best ranked teams (8th and/or thereafter) at the World Championship.
  2. The other six teams are selected based on Continental ranking and performance in the respective continental qualification events:
    • QS1 to QS4 - slots allocated to the continents ranked one to four respectively. The best ranked teams at the respective continental qualification event not yet qualified and not yet selected will earn the qualification slot.
    • QS5 - the second slot allocated to the first ranked continent. The second best ranked team at the respective event not yet qualified and not yet selected earn the qualification slot.
    • QS6 - the last slot. It is allocated to the best team from Oceania qualifying event, if any team from Oceania was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. Otherwise, it will be allocated to the second ranked continent as an additional place. The second best ranked team at the respective event not yet qualified and not yet selected earn the qualification slot.

Pool composition

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The twelve selected teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below.

Tournament 1 Tournament 2 Tournament 3
  • WC2
  • WC7
  • QS3
  • QS4
  • WC3
  • WC6
  • QS2
  • QS5
  • WC4
  • WC5
  • QS1
  • QS6

Teams selected

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The team selection process determined the twelve teams that competed in the IHF Olympic Qualification Tournaments based on final rankings of 2019 World Championship and four continental events.

World Championship

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Apart from gold medalist and teams which later qualified thru continental qualification events, six best placed teams from 2019 World Championship earned a right to participate in the IHF Olympic Qualification Tournaments. The assignment of their slot position, used for pool allocation, will be based on the final ranking at World Championship.

Rank Team Note
    Denmark Qualified directly as World Champions
    Norway WC2
    France WC3
4   Germany WC4
5   Sweden WC5
6   Croatia WC6
7   Spain Qualified directly by winning Euro 2020
8   Egypt Qualified directly by winning African championship
9   Brazil WC7
10   Hungary
11   Iceland
12   Tunisia
13   Qatar
14   Russia
15   North Macedonia
16   Chile
17   Argentina Qualified directly by winning Pan American Games
18   Serbia
19   Austria
20   Bahrain Qualified directly by winning Asian qualification event
21   Saudi Arabia
22   Korea
23   Angola
24   Japan Qualified directly as a host

Key

  1.   Team qualified directly for Olympics
  2.   Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Continental qualification

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Apart from teams that have already qualified for Olympics or have already been selected to participate in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments based on their final ranking at World Championship, each continent was rewarded with certain number of qualification slots in accordance with continental ranking from the 2019 World Championship. In total, six additional slots are allocated to all continents and determined according performance at various continental qualification events.

Continental ranking

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The best ranked teams of each continent in the 2019 World Championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking.

1Since no team from Oceania participated in the 2019 World Championship, additional slot was allocated to Africa

Europe

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Rank Team Note
    Spain Qualified directly as gold medalist
    Croatia
    Norway
4   Slovenia QS1
5   Germany
6   Portugal QS5
7   Sweden
8   Austria
9   Hungary
10   Belarus
11   Iceland
12   Czech Republic
13   Denmark Qualified directly as World Champions
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

Africa

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Rank Team Note
    Egypt Qualified directly as gold medalist
    Tunisia QS2
    Algeria QS6
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

Americas

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Rank Team Note
    Argentina Qualified directly as gold medalist
    Chile QS3
    Brazil
4   Mexico
5   Cuba
6   United States
7   Puerto Rico
8   Peru

Asia

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Rank Team Note
    Bahrain Qualified directly as gold medalist
    South Korea QS4
    Qatar
4   Saudi Arabia
5   Iran
6   Kuwait
7   Hong Kong
8   India

Key

  1.   Team qualified directly for Olympics
  2.   Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru continental event
  3.   Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru World Championship


The following was the composition of the Olympic Qualification Tournaments:

Tournament 1 Tournament 2 Tournament 3

Referees

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The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.[6]

Tournament 1

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Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country  Montenegro
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored363 (60.5 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Park Kwang-soon
(22 goals)

Standings

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The tournament will be played in Montenegro, after Norway had to withdraw the right to host.[7]

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

Matches

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All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021
17:30
Chile   35–36   South Korea Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Ceballos, R. Salinas 8 (11–19) Jeong 8
  3×  Report   2× 
12 March 2021
20:00
Norway   32–20   Brazil Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Sagosen 7 (17–12) Langaro 4
  4×  Report   5× 

13 March 2021
17:30
Brazil   30–24   South Korea Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Chiuffa 7 (13–9) Jo 6
  6×  Report  2× 
13 March 2021
20:00
Norway   38–23   Chile Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Gulliksen 10 (19–10) Ayala 6
  4×  1×  Report   1× 

14 March 2021
17:30
Brazil   26–24   Chile Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Dutra 5 (11–17) Er. Feuchtmann 8
  2×  Report   5× 
14 March 2021
20:00
South Korea   31–44   Norway Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Park K. 11 (16–24) Jøndal, Myrhol 7
  2×  Report   5× 

Tournament 2

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Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country  France
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored349 (58.17 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Ivan Čupić
(19 goals)

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France (H) 3 2 0 1 98 84 +14 4[a] 2020 Summer Olympics
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 87 80 +7 4[a]
3   Croatia 3 2 0 1 81 81 0 4[a]
4   Tunisia 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:
  1. ^ a b c France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD

Matches

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All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021
18:30
Tunisia   27–34   Portugal Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Boughanmi 5 (11–15) Gomes 7
  4×  Report   6× 
12 March 2021
21:00
France   30–26   Croatia Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Mahé, Mem 5 (12–15) Čupić 10
  4×  Report   4× 

13 March 2021
18:30
Croatia   25–24   Portugal Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Čupić 9 (9–12) Iturriza 5
  2×  Report  3× 
13 March 2021
21:00
France   40–29   Tunisia Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Descat 6 (21–13) Rzig 6
 1×  Report   6× 

14 March 2021
18:30
Croatia   30–27   Tunisia Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Mandić 9 (14–13) Boughanmi 6
  4×  Report   2× 
14 March 2021
21:00
Portugal   29–28   France Sud de France Arena, Montpellier
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Areia 6 (12–13) Descat 6
  2×  Report   5× 

Tournament 3

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Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored355 (59.17 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Julius Kühn
(16 goals)

Standings

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Pos Team 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]
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:
  1. ^ a b Germany 25–25 Sweden

Matches

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All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021
15:15
Germany   25–25   Sweden Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Schiller 5 (14–13) Lagergren 7
  4×  Report  7× 
12 March 2021
17:45
Slovenia   36–28   Algeria Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Gajić 6 (17–11) Berkous 9
 4×  Report   2×  1× 

13 March 2021
15:35
Germany   36–27   Slovenia Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Schiller 7 (22–12) Blagotinšek 5
  3×  Report   4× 
13 March 2021
18:00
Sweden   36–25   Algeria Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Ekberg, Mellegård 6 (19–10) Abdi, Naim 5
 3×  Report  6× 

14 March 2021
15:45
Algeria   26–34   Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Naim 9 (14–17) Kühn 8
  5×  1×  Report  1× 
14 March 2021
18:15
Sweden   32–25   Slovenia Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Ekberg 7 (17–13) three players 5
 3×  Report   7× 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 Men's olympic qualification tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Regulations for IHF Competitions" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Referee nominations for Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020". ihf.info. 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Montenegro to host Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Men's Tournament 1". ihf.info. 24 February 2021.
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