Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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The qualification for the 2020 Women'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.

Qualification summary

Qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation election	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Japan
2018 European Championship	29 November – 16 December 2018	France	1
2018 African Championship	2–18 December 2018	Republic of the Congo	1
2019 World Championship	29 November – 15 December 2019	Japan	1
2019 Pan American Games	26 July – 11 August 2019	Peru	1
2019 Asian Qualification Tournament	21–29 September 2019	China	1
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #1	19–22 March 2020		2
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #2			2
2020 IHF Qualification Tournament #3			2
Total			12

Legend for qualification type

Host country

•  Japan

World Championship

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	28 October 2013	1	Japan
2017 World Championship	1–17 December 2017	1	France
2018 European Championship	29 November–16 December 2018	3
2018 African Women's Handball Championship	2–18 December 2018	3
2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship	15–23 December 2018	3
European qualification		9
2019 Pan American Women's Handball Championship		3
Wild card		1

Continental qualification

Europe

Main article: 2018 European Women's Handball Championship

Qualified teams

Main article: 2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances in tournament
France	Host	20 September 2014	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Group 5 winner	24 March 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Group 2 winner	24 March 2018	4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Norway	Group 1 winner	25 March 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spain	Group 6 winner	30 May 2018	9 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Sweden	Group 3 runner-up	30 May 2018	10 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Group 3 winner	30 May 2018	6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Group 6 runner-up	31 May 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Hungary	Group 7 winner	31 May 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Netherlands	Group 7 runner-up	31 May 2018	6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Romania	Group 4 winner	31 May 2018	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Croatia	Group 1 runner-up	2 June 2018	9 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Russia	Group 4 runner-up	3 June 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Poland	Group 2 runner-up	3 June 2018	5 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016)
Czech Republic	Group 5 runner-up	3 June 2018	5 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Slovenia	Best third-ranked team	3 June 2018	5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 30 November 2018. Source: EHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 29 November 2018. Source: EHF
(H) Host.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 1 December 2018. Source: EHF

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 1 December 2018. Source: EHF

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	Fifth place game
4	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated
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 6 December 2018. Source: EHF

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	Fifth place game
4	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated
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 7 December 2018. Source: EHF

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	14 December
	I1
					16 December
	II2
	14 December
	II1
	I2

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 are 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 it was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. But, ifno team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams which already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not 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.

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