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Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Men's handball
at the XXXII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates24 July – 7 August 2021
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (3rd title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place Spain
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored2,204 (58 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denmark Mikkel Hansen
(61 goals)
Best playerDenmark Mathias Gidsel
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It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[3]

The final was a rematch of the previous between Denmark and France. After Denmark won 28–26 in the 2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time.[4][5] Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt.[6]

This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984.

The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, IOC Member, Olympian, one Gold medal and one Bronze medal, France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Joël Delplanque, IHF 1st Vice-President, France.

Schedule edit

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match

[7]

Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification edit

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification


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


Draw edit

The draw was held on 1 April 2021.[8][9]

Seeding edit

The seeding was revealed on 14 March 2021.[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  Denmark
  Norway 		  France
  Sweden 		  Germany
  Portugal 		  Brazil
  Japan 		  Spain
  Egypt 		  Argentina
  Bahrain

Roster edit

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Referees edit

The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.[11]

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC+9).[12][13]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 4 0 1 162 148 +14 8[a] Quarter-finals
2   Spain 5 4 0 1 155 142 +13 8[a]
3   Germany 5 3 0 2 146 131 +15 6[b]
4   Norway 5 3 0 2 136 132 +4 6[b]
5   Brazil 5 1 0 4 128 145 −17 2
6   Argentina 5 0 0 5 125 154 −29 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and 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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France 36–31 Spain
  2. ^ a b Germany 28–23 Norway


24 July 2021
09:00 		Norway   27–24   Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Sagosen 8 (12–13) Langaro 5
Report 1×  6×  1× 
24 July 2021
11:00 		France   33–27   Argentina Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Richardson 7 (12–10) D. Simonet 8
1×  5×  Report 1×  4× 
24 July 2021
16:15 		Germany   27–28   Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Weinhold 5 (13–12) Figueras, Gómez 5
2×  5×  Report 2×  2× 
26 July 2021
09:00 		Brazil   29–34   France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Dutra 10 (13–16) three players 4
 4×  1×  Report  2× 
26 July 2021
11:00 		Argentina   25–33   Germany Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Martínez, D. Simonet 5 (13–14) Kastening, Schiller 7
3×  4×  Report 2×  3×  1× 
26 July 2021
16:15 		Spain   28–27   Norway Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Figueras 10 (13–14) Jøndal 9
1×  5×  Report 2×  2× 
28 July 2021
16:15 		Norway   27–23   Argentina Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Sagosen 7 (13–12) Pizarro, D. Simonet 5
2×  4×  Report 2×  7× 
28 July 2021
19:30 		Brazil   25–32   Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Silva 6 (16–18) Solé 5
 4×  Report 1×  1× 
28 July 2021
21:30 		France   30–29   Germany Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Mem 6 (16–13) Kastening 7
1×  Report 1×  1× 
30 July 2021
09:00 		Argentina   23–25   Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Martínez 6 (7–14) Silva 7
2×  4×  1×  Report 1×  5×  1× 
30 July 2021
14:15 		France   36–31   Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Remili 9 (18–12) Dujshebaev, Gómez 5
2×  3×  Report 1×  2× 
30 July 2021
21:30 		Germany   28–23   Norway Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Gensheimer 6 (14–11) Sagosen 7
2×  3×  Report 1×  6×  1× 
1 August 2021
14:15 		Spain   36–27   Argentina Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Gómez 6 (17–12) Pizarro 5
 3×  Report  3× 
1 August 2021
16:15 		Norway   32–29   France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sagosen 7 (15–15) Descat, N. Karabatić 5
1×  1×  Report 1×  3× 
1 August 2021
19:30 		Germany   29–25   Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Knorr, Weinhold 6 (16–12) Dutra 7
1×  3×  Report 2×  2× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 5 4 0 1 174 139 +35 8[a] Quarter-finals
2   Egypt 5 4 0 1 154 134 +20 8[a]
3   Sweden 5 4 0 1 144 142 +2 8[a]
4   Bahrain 5 1 0 4 129 149 −20 2[b]
5   Portugal 5 1 0 4 143 156 −13 2[b]
6   Japan (H) 5 1 0 4 146 170 −24 2[b]
Source: Tokyo 2020 and 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 Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, 0 GD, Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD
  2. ^ a b c Bahrain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD, Japan 2 Pts, −1 GD


24 July 2021
14:15 		Sweden   32–31   Bahrain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Wanne 13 (16–18) Habib 6
1×  3×  Report 1×  5× 
24 July 2021
19:30 		Portugal   31–37   Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Ferraz 6 (15–15) Hesham 7
2×  5×  Report 1×  2× 
24 July 2021
21:30 		Denmark   47–30   Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Holm, Saugstrup 9 (25–14) Motoki 8
1×  1×  Report 1×  4× 
26 July 2021
14:15 		Egypt   27–32   Denmark Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Hesham 6 (15–14) M. Hansen 9
 5×  Report 2×  5× 
26 July 2021
19:30 		Bahrain   25–26   Portugal Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Habib 8 (15–14) Portela 6
1×  4×  Report 1×  5× 
26 July 2021
21:30 		Japan   26–28   Sweden Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Motoki 6 (14–17) Wanne 8
1×  4×  Report 1×  1× 
28 July 2021
09:00 		Denmark   31–21   Bahrain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
J. Hansen 6 (12–7) four players 3
 1×  Report 3×  3× 
28 July 2021
11:00 		Sweden   29–28   Portugal Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Ekberg 9 (14–14) three players 4
1×  2×  Report 1×  6× 
28 July 2021
14:15 		Japan   29–33   Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Tokuda 8 (11–18) El-Ahmar 8
1×  7×  Report  2× 
30 July 2021
11:00 		Bahrain   32–30   Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Al-Sayyad, Habib 7 (17–16) Motoki 7
2×  4×  Report  4× 
30 July 2021
16:15 		Sweden   22–27   Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Pellas 7 (9–13) Sanad 6
2×  2×  Report  2× 
30 July 2021
19:30 		Portugal   28–34   Denmark Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Branquinho 4 (19–20) M. Hansen 9
1×  4×  Report  3× 
1 August 2021
09:00 		Portugal   30–31   Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
four players 4 (14–16) R. Tokuda 6
2×  4×  Report 2×  2× 
1 August 2021
11:00 		Egypt   30–20   Bahrain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
El-Ahmar 5 (15–7) Habib 4
2×  2×  Report 1×  1× 
1 August 2021
21:30 		Denmark   30–33   Sweden Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Gidsel, J. Hansen 5 (13–17) Carlsbogård, Sandell 6
3×  2×  Report 2×  6× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
  France42
 
5 August
 
  Bahrain28
 
  France27
 
3 August
 
  Egypt23
 
  Germany26
 
7 August
 
  Egypt31
 
  France25
 
3 August
 
  Denmark23
 
  Sweden33
 
5 August
 
  Spain34
 
  Spain23
 
3 August
 
  Denmark27 Bronze medal
 
  Denmark31
 
7 August
 
  Norway25
 
  Spain33
 
 
  Egypt31
 

Quarterfinals edit

3 August 2021
09:30 		France   42–28   Bahrain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Mahé 9 (21–14) Al-Sayyad 5
 3×  Report 2×  5× 
3 August 2021
13:15 		Sweden   33–34   Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Wanne 10 (20–18) Gómez 8
1×  4×  Report 2×  3× 
3 August 2021
17:00 		Denmark   31–25   Norway Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
M. Hansen, Holm 8 (13–12) Sagosen 8
1×  4×  Report 1×  3×  1× 
3 August 2021
20:45 		Germany   26–31   Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Golla, Kühn 6 (12–16) Omar, Zein 5
1×  3×  Report 1×  1× 

Semifinals edit

5 August 2021
17:00 		France   27–23   Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Descat, Mem 5 (13–13) El-Ahmar, Omar 5
3×  3×  Report 1×  1× 
5 August 2021
21:00 		Spain   23–27   Denmark Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Dujshebaev, Figueras 5 (10–14) M. Hansen 12
1×  4×  Report  2× 

Bronze medal game edit

7 August 2021
17:00 		Egypt   31–33   Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
El-Ahmar, Shebib 7 (16–19) Gómez 8
 2×  Report 2×  4×  1× 

Gold medal game edit

7 August 2021
21:00 		France   25–23   Denmark Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Remili 5 (14–10) M. Hansen 9
 4×  Report 1×  1× 

Ranking and statistics edit

References edit

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  5. ^ "France beat Denmark to win Olympic gold in men's handball". france24.com. 7 August 2021.
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External links edit

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