Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the XXXIII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country France
Venue(s)South Paris Arena 6
Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
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The men's handball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be the 15th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It will be held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. The preliminary round games will be played at the South Paris Arena 6 in Paris and the final games at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.[1]

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament is as follows.[2]

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


Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification


Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation — — 1  France
2023 World Championship 11–29 January 2023  Poland
 Sweden		 1  Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament 18–28 October 2023 Qatar Doha[3] 1  Japan
2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023 Chile Viña del Mar 1  Argentina
2024 European Championship 10–28 January 2024  Germany 1  Sweden
2024 African Championship 17–27 January 2024 Egypt Cairo[4] 1  Egypt
2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments 14–17 March 2024 Spain Granollers 2  Spain
 Slovenia
Germany Hanover 2  Croatia
 Germany
Hungary Tatabánya 2  Norway
 Hungary
Total 12

Draw

The draw was held on 16 April 2024.[5][6]

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 17 March 2024.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 Denmark
 Spain 		 Croatia
 Norway 		 Hungary
 Germany 		 Slovenia
 France 		 Sweden
 Egypt 		 Argentina
 Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. 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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. 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

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
7 August
 
 
 
 
9 August
 
 
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
 
 
11 August
 
 
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
 
 
9 August
 
 
 
 
 
7 August
 
 Bronze medal
 
 
 
11 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final ranking

Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

References

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Handball". Paris 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Handball Competition Schedule". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Qatar to Host Asian Handball Qualifiers for 33rd Summer Olympics (Paris 2024)". Qatar News Agency. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (8 April 2022). "Egypt to host 2022 & 2024 African Men's Handball Championships". KingFut. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Line-up completed for the Men's competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". ihf.info. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Games draw sets up fantastic clashes". ihf.info. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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