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 continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1]

Qualification summary

QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation election7 September 2013Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina1 Japan
2019 World Championship10–27 January 2019 Denmark /
 Germany		1
2019 Pan American Games26 July – 11 August 2019 Peru1
2019 AHF Men’s Asian qualification event17–27 October 20191
2020 African ChampionshipJanuary 2020 Tunisia1
2020 European Championship10–26 January 2020 Austria /
 Norway /
 Sweden		1
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #116–19 April 20202
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #22
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #32
Total12

Legend for qualification type

Legend for qualification type
Team qualified from the World Championship directly to the 2020 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from Continental Events directly to the 2020 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournaments
Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Host country

World Championship

Qualified teams

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 28 October 2013 2  Denmark
 Germany
2017 World Championship 11–29 January 2017 1  France
2018 European Men's Handball Championship 12–28 January 2018 1  Spain
2018 African Men's Handball Championship 17–27 January 2018 3  Angola
 Egypt
 Tunisia
2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship 18–28 January 2018 4  Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
European qualification[2] 25 October 2017–14 June 2018 9  Austria
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Macedonia
 Norway
 Russia
 Serbia
 Sweden
2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 16–24 June 2018 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
Wildcard 1  Japan[3]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 January 2019. Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 11 January 2019. Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round
2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 January 2019. Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round
2  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 11 January 2019. Source:

Main round

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place game
4 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place game
5 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 January 2019. Source:

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place game
4 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place game
5 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 January 2019. Source:

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
25 January
 
 
I1
 
27 January
 
II2
 
 
 
25 January
 
 
 
II1
 
 
I2
 

Continental qualification

Europe

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament
 AustriaCo-host20 September 20143 (2010, 2014, 2018)
 NorwayCo-host20 September 20148 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 SwedenCo-host20 September 201412 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 SpainCurrent champions26 January 201813 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
16 teamsQualification Phase 2


Africa

Qualified teams

CountryPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Tunisia23 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

There are three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:

  • The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
  • The best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
  • The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "2019 Men's World Championship wild card awarded to Japan". IHF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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