Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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The qualification for the 1972 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to sixteens teams: the host, seven teams from the world championships, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1]

Qualification summary

Qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 26 April 1966 Italy Rome 1  West Germany
1970 World Championship 26 February – 8 March 1970  France 7  Romania
 East Germany
 Yugoslavia
 Denmark
 Sweden
 Czechoslovakia
 Hungary
Asian qualification tournament 13–29 November 1971  Japan 1  Japan
American qualification tournament 2–6 February 1972 United States Elkhart 1  United States
European qualification tournament 15–25 March 1972  Spain 5  Soviet Union
 Norway
 Iceland
 Poland
 Spain
African qualification tournament 25–31 March 1972 Tunisia Tunis 1  Tunisia
Total 16


Legend for qualification type

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

Host country

World Championship

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
4  Denmark
5  West Germany
6  Sweden
7  Czechoslovakia
8  Hungary
9  Soviet Union
10  Japan
11  Iceland
12  France
13  Norway
14  Poland
15   Switzerland
16  United States

Asian qualification tournament

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 4 0 0 74 24 +50 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Israel 4 1 0 3 46 63 −17 2[a]
3  South Korea 4 1 0 3 43 76 −33 2[a]
4  Taiwan (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Todor66
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; (W) Withdraw
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Israel against South Korea +5 goals total 35–30

American qualification tournament

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 70 35 +35 6 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 57 31 +26 4
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 53 64 −11 2
4  Mexico 3 0 0 3 36 86 −50 0
Source: Todor66
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

European qualification tournament

1972 IHF Olympic European qualification tournament

African qualification tournament

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia (H) 5 4 0 1 97 86 +11 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Egypt 5 3 1 1 105 81 +24 7
3  Senegal 5 3 0 2 97 100 −3 6
4  Algeria 5 2 1 2 90 94 −4 5
5  Cameroon 5 2 0 3 91 99 −8 4
6  Morocco 5 0 0 5 83 103 −20 0
Source: Der Bund
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

References

  1. ^ Seiler, Karl (26 August 1971). "Handball: gezielte Olympiavorbereitung" [Handball: targeted preparation for the Olympic Games]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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