2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–14 March 2021
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	355 (59.17 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julius Kühn; (16 goals)

Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–14 March 2021
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	349 (58.17 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivan Čupić; (19 goals)

Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country	Montenegro
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–14 March 2021
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	363 (60.5 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Park Kwang-soon; (22 goals)

The 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held in Montenegro, France and Germany.^[1] The top two teams from each of the three tournaments qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics joining six already qualified teams: host nation, world champions and four winners of continental qualifying events.

The tournaments were initially scheduled to take place from 17 to 19 April 2020, but the IHF postponed them to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July–August 2021, the IHF announced on 24 April 2020 that the tournaments would be again rescheduled, taking place from 12 to 14 March 2021.^[3]

Format

Similar as for previous editions, there were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. The twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above were selected based on their performance in the events. These teams were divided into three tournaments, each containing four teams, with two teams from each tournament qualifying for the olympic tournament.^[4]

Team selection

Based on the 2019 World Championship and four continental qualifying events, the twelve selected teams were chosen as follows, starting with the World Championship:^[5]

The top six not yet qualified teams from the 2019 World Championship are selected:
- WC2 to WC7 - teams ranked 2-7 at the World Championship. If one or more these teams have already qualified (by virtue of winning a continental qualification event or hosting the Olympics), the list is moved up by allocating slots to next best ranked teams (8th and/or thereafter) at the World Championship.
The other six teams are selected based on Continental ranking and performance in the respective continental qualification events:
- QS1 to QS4 - slots allocated to the continents ranked one to four respectively. The best ranked teams at the respective continental qualification event not yet qualified and not yet selected will earn the qualification slot.
- QS5 - the second slot allocated to the first ranked continent. The second best ranked team at the respective event not yet qualified and not yet selected earn the qualification slot.
- QS6 - the last slot. It is allocated to the best team from Oceania qualifying event, if any team from Oceania was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. Otherwise, it will be allocated to the second ranked continent as an additional place. The second best ranked team at the respective event not yet qualified and not yet selected earn the qualification slot.

Pool composition

The twelve selected teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below.

Tournament 1	Tournament 2	Tournament 3
WC2 WC7 QS3 QS4	WC3 WC6 QS2 QS5	WC4 WC5 QS1 QS6

Teams selected

The team selection process determined the twelve teams that competed in the IHF Olympic Qualification Tournaments based on final rankings of 2019 World Championship and four continental events.

World Championship

Apart from gold medalist and teams which later qualified thru continental qualification events, six best placed teams from 2019 World Championship earned a right to participate in the IHF Olympic Qualification Tournaments. The assignment of their slot position, used for pool allocation, will be based on the final ranking at World Championship.

Rank	Team	Note
	Denmark	Qualified directly as World Champions
	Norway	WC2
	France	WC3
4	Germany	WC4
5	Sweden	WC5
6	Croatia	WC6
7	Spain	Qualified directly by winning Euro 2020
8	Egypt	Qualified directly by winning African championship
9	Brazil	WC7
10	Hungary
11	Iceland
12	Tunisia
13	Qatar
14	Russia
15	North Macedonia
16	Chile
17	Argentina	Qualified directly by winning Pan American Games
18	Serbia
19	Austria
20	Bahrain	Qualified directly by winning Asian qualification event
21	Saudi Arabia
22	Korea
23	Angola
24	Japan	Qualified directly as a host

Key

Team qualified directly for Olympics
Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Continental qualification

Apart from teams that have already qualified for Olympics or have already been selected to participate in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments based on their final ranking at World Championship, each continent was rewarded with certain number of qualification slots in accordance with continental ranking from the 2019 World Championship. In total, six additional slots are allocated to all continents and determined according performance at various continental qualification events.

Continental ranking

The best ranked teams of each continent in the 2019 World Championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking.

Rank	Continent	Best ranked team in World Championship	Team final ranking	Qualification slots
1	Europe	Denmark	1	2
2	Africa	Egypt	8	2¹
3	Americas	Brazil	9	1
4	Asia	Qatar	13	1

¹Since no team from Oceania participated in the 2019 World Championship, additional slot was allocated to Africa

Europe

Rank	Team	Note
	Spain	Qualified directly as gold medalist
	Croatia
	Norway
4	Slovenia	QS1
5	Germany
6	Portugal	QS5
7	Sweden
8	Austria
9	Hungary
10	Belarus
11	Iceland
12	Czech Republic
13	Denmark	Qualified directly as World Champions
14	France
15	North Macedonia
16	Switzerland
17	Netherlands
18	Montenegro
19	Ukraine
20	Serbia
21	Poland
22	Russia
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina
24	Latvia

Africa

Rank	Team	Note
	Egypt	Qualified directly as gold medalist
	Tunisia	QS2
	Algeria	QS6
4	Angola
5	Cape Verde
6	Morocco
7	DR Congo
8	Gabon
9	Congo
10	Guinea
11	Nigeria
12	Cameroon
13	Libya
14	Ivory Coast
15	Kenya
16	Zambia

Americas

Rank	Team	Note
	Argentina	Qualified directly as gold medalist
	Chile	QS3
	Brazil
4	Mexico
5	Cuba
6	United States
7	Puerto Rico
8	Peru

Asia

Rank	Team	Note
	Bahrain	Qualified directly as gold medalist
	South Korea	QS4
	Qatar
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iran
6	Kuwait
7	Hong Kong
8	India

Key

Team qualified directly for Olympics
Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru continental event
Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru World Championship

The following was the composition of the Olympic Qualification Tournaments:

Tournament 1	Tournament 2	Tournament 3
Norway Brazil Chile South Korea	France Croatia Tunisia Portugal	Germany Sweden Slovenia Algeria

Referees

The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.^[6]

Tournament 1
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
France	Raouf Gasmi Karim Gasmi
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović

Tournament 2
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Hungary	Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Tournament 3
Argentina	Julián Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Spain	Oscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso

Tournament 1

Standings

The tournament will be played in Montenegro, after Norway had to withdraw the right to host.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	114	74	+40	6	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Brazil	3	2	1	76	80	−4	4	2020 Summer Olympics
3	South Korea	3	1	2	91	109	−18	2
4	Chile	3	0	3	82	100	−18	0

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.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021 17:30	Chile	35–36	South Korea	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ceballos, R. Salinas 8	(11–19)	Jeong 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

12 March 2021 20:00	Norway	32–20	Brazil	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Sagosen 7	(17–12)	Langaro 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

13 March 2021 17:30	Brazil	30–24	South Korea	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Chiuffa 7	(13–9)	Jo 6
	2× 6×	Report	2×

13 March 2021 20:00	Norway	38–23	Chile	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Gulliksen 10	(19–10)	Ayala 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 1×

14 March 2021 17:30	Brazil	26–24	Chile	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Dutra 5	(11–17)	Er. Feuchtmann 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

14 March 2021 20:00	South Korea	31–44	Norway	Verde Complex, Podgorica, Montenegro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Park K. 11	(16–24)	Jøndal, Myrhol 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Tournament 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	98	84	+14	4^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Portugal	3	2	1	87	80	+7	4^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
3	Croatia	3	2	1	81	81	0	4^[a]
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	83	104	−21	0

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021 18:30	Tunisia	27–34	Portugal	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Boughanmi 5	(11–15)	Gomes 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

12 March 2021 21:00	France	30–26	Croatia	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Mahé, Mem 5	(12–15)	Čupić 10
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

13 March 2021 18:30	Croatia	25–24	Portugal	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Čupić 9	(9–12)	Iturriza 5
	2× 2×	Report	3×

13 March 2021 21:00	France	40–29	Tunisia	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Descat 6	(21–13)	Rzig 6
	1×	Report	1× 6×

14 March 2021 18:30	Croatia	30–27	Tunisia	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Mandić 9	(14–13)	Boughanmi 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

14 March 2021 21:00	Portugal	29–28	France	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Areia 6	(12–13)	Descat 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Tournament 3

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	93	75	+18	5^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
2	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	95	78	+17	5^[a]	2020 Summer Olympics
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	88	96	−8	2
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	79	106	−27	0

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Germany 25–25 Sweden

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1).

12 March 2021 15:15	Germany	25–25	Sweden	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Schiller 5	(14–13)	Lagergren 7
	1× 4×	Report	7×

12 March 2021 17:45	Slovenia	36–28	Algeria	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Gajić 6	(17–11)	Berkous 9
	4×	Report	1× 2× 1×

13 March 2021 15:35	Germany	36–27	Slovenia	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Schiller 7	(22–12)	Blagotinšek 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

13 March 2021 18:00	Sweden	36–25	Algeria	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Ekberg, Mellegård 6	(19–10)	Abdi, Naim 5
	3×	Report	6×

14 March 2021 15:45	Algeria	26–34	Germany	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Naim 9	(14–17)	Kühn 8
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1×

14 March 2021 18:15	Sweden	32–25	Slovenia	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Ekberg 7	(17–13)	three players 5
	3×	Report	1× 7×

References

^ "2020 Men's olympic qualification tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 30 October 2019.
^ "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.
^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
^ "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
^ "Regulations for IHF Competitions" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2018.
^ "Referee nominations for Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020". ihf.info. 25 February 2021.
^ "Montenegro to host Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Men's Tournament 1". ihf.info. 24 February 2021.

External links

IHF website

[cnote_Gr] Team qualified directly for Olympics

[cnote_Bl] Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[cnote_Gr] Team qualified directly for Olympics

[cnote_Bl] Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru continental event

[cnote_Ye] Team advanced to Olympic Qualifying Tournament thru World Championship

[table_hth_FRA0.23582777997285-8] France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD

[table_hth_GER0.52360650735144-9] Germany 25–25 Sweden

[1] "2020 Men's olympic qualification tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 30 October 2019.

[2] "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.

[3] "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.

[4] "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.

[5] "Regulations for IHF Competitions" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2018.

[6] "Referee nominations for Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020". ihf.info. 25 February 2021.

[7] "Montenegro to host Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Men's Tournament 1". ihf.info. 24 February 2021.

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Format

Team selection

Pool composition

Teams selected

World Championship

Continental qualification

Continental ranking

Europe

Africa

Americas

Asia

Referees

Tournament 1

Standings

Matches

Tournament 2

Standings

Matches

Tournament 3

Standings

Matches

See also

References

External links