2008 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Medal ceremony
Tournament details
Host country China
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–24 August
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runner-up Iceland
Third place Spain
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Top scorer(s) Juan García (ESP) (49 goals)

The men's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 10 to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.

This event was the last to be completed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

CompetitionDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Nation--1 China
IHF World ChampionshipsJan 19 - Feb 4, 2007Germany Germany1 Germany
European ChampionshipsJanuary 17–27, 2008Norway Norway1 Denmark
Asian Qualifying TournamentJanuary 30, 2008Japan Tokyo1 South Korea
African ChampionshipsJanuary 10–17, 2008Angola Angola1 Egypt
Pan American GamesJuly 14–29, 2007Brazil Rio de Janeiro1 Brazil
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1May 30 - Jun 1, 2008Poland Wrocław2 Poland
 Iceland
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2May 30 - Jun 1, 2008France Paris2 France
 Spain
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3May 30 - Jun 1, 2008Croatia Zadar2 Croatia
 Russia
TOTAL12
Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Preliminary round

Seeding

The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
 Germany Denmark Croatia South Korea Spain Egypt
 Poland France Russia China Iceland Brazil

Rosters

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 France 5 4 1 0 148 115 +33 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Poland 5 3 1 1 147 128 +19 7
 Croatia 5 3 0 2 140 115 +25 6
 Spain 5 3 0 2 152 145 +7 6
 Brazil 5 1 0 4 129 153 −24 2
 China 5 0 0 5 104 164 −60 0
Source:

10 August 2008
09:00		 Croatia  31 – 29  Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ulrich (GER)
Lacković, Džomba 5 (16–11) García 5
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10 August 2008
14:00		 France  34 – 26  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Girault 7 (19–11) Ertel 5
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10 August 2008
19:00		 Poland  33 – 19  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Jurasik 8 (21–10) five players 3
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12 August 2008
09:00		 Brazil  14 – 33  Croatia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Ertel, Souza 3 (9–18) Džomba 7
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12 August 2008
14:00		 China  19 – 33  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Hao 5 (7–19) three players 5
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12 August 2008
15:45		 Spain  30 – 29  Poland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Rocas 7 (16–17) Jurasik, Lijewski 4
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14 August 2008
10:45		 Poland  28 – 25  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Jurecki, Tłuczyński 6 (14–15) Ribeiro 7
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14 August 2008
15:45		 China  22 – 36  Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Cui 5 (12–16) Tomás 7
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14 August 2008
20:45		 France  23 – 19  Croatia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS)
Gille 7 (11–9) Džomba 5
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16 August 2008
09:00		 Brazil  29 – 22  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Ribeiro, Laureano 5 (14–10) Cui Liang, Cui Lei 4
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16 August 2008
14:00		 France  28 – 21  Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Gille 6 (16–10) García 7
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16 August 2008
19:00		 Croatia  24 – 27  Poland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Džomba 7 (12–13) Tłuczyński 7
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18 August 2008
10:45		 Spain  36 – 35  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Romero 8 (20–17) Pacheco Filho 12
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18 August 2008
15:45		 Croatia  33 – 22  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Šprem 8 (17–13) Hao 6
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18 August 2008
20:45		 Poland  30 – 30  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Jurecki 7 (16–13) Karabatić 8
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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 South Korea 5 3 0 2 122 129 −7 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Denmark 5 2 2 1 137 131 +6 6
 Iceland 5 2 2 1 151 146 +5 6
 Russia 5 2 1 2 136 131 +5 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 126 130 −4 5
 Egypt 5 0 2 3 127 132 −5 2
Source:

10 August 2008
10:45		 Russia  31 – 33  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Igropulo 9 (16–19) Guðjónsson 12
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10 August 2008
15:45		 Germany  27 – 23  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Kraus 7 (10–13) Cho Chi-hyo 7
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10 August 2008
20:45		 Denmark  23 – 23  Egypt Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Christiansen 6 (11–10) El-Ahmar 8
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12 August 2008
10:45		 Egypt  27 – 28  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
El Ahmar 10 (14–14) Rastvortsev 8
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12 August 2008
19:00		 South Korea  31 – 30  Denmark Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Jung Su-young 9 (13–14) Nøddesbo 11
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12 August 2008
20:45		 Iceland  33 – 29  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Guðjónsson 8 (17–14) Kraus 13
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14 August 2008
09:00		 Germany  25 – 23  Egypt Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Glandorf 7 (14–14) Zaky 7
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14 August 2008
14:00		 South Korea  22 – 21  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Yoon Kyung-shin 6 (10–9) Geirsson, Sigurðsson 5
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14 August 2008
19:00		 Denmark  25 – 24  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Christiansen 6 (10–10) Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
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16 August 2008
10:45		 Egypt  22 – 24  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Abd Elsalam 8 (11–8) Paek Won-chul 7
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16 August 2008
15:45		 Russia  24 – 24  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Filippov 6 (11–10) Kraus 6
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16 August 2008
20:45		 Denmark  32 – 32  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Nøddesbo 6 (18–17) Guðjónsson 8
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18 August 2008
09:00		 Iceland  32 – 32  Egypt Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Sigurðsson 10 (14–17) Zaky 9
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18 August 2008
14:00		 Russia  29 – 22  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Rastvortsev 6 (17–12) Yoon Kyung-shin 7
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18 August 2008
19:00		 Germany  21 – 27  Denmark Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Kraus 6 (12–15) Boesen 8
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Medal round

Quarterfinal, Poland-Iceland

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A2  Poland 30
B3  Iceland 32
B3  Iceland 36
A4  Spain 30
B1  South Korea 24
A4  Spain 29
 Iceland 23
 France 28
B2  Denmark 24
A3  Croatia 26
A3  Croatia 23 Bronze medal game
A1  France 25
A1  France 27  Spain 35
B4  Russia 24 4  Croatia 29

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008
12:00		 France  27 – 24  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Narcisse 9 (13–10) Kokcharov 5
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20 August 2008
14:15		 Poland  30 – 32  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Jachlewski, Tkaczyk 6 (19–14) Petersson 6
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20 August 2008
18:00		 Denmark  24 – 26  Croatia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Christiansen 6 (14–12) Šprem 7
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20 August 2008
20:15		 South Korea  24 – 29  Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Jeong Yi-kyeong 7 (13–14) Rocas 8
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Classification

22 August 2008
12:00		 Russia  28 – 27  Denmark Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Dibirov 8 (17–14) Christiansen 8
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22 August 2008
14:15		 Poland  29 – 26  South Korea Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Jurasik 7 (15–14) Yoon Kyung-shin 6
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Semifinals

22 August 2008
18:00		 France  25 – 23  Croatia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Burdet, Narcisse 6 (12–11) Horvat, Šprem 5
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22 August 2008
20:15		 Iceland  36 – 30  Spain Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Sigurðsson, Geirsson 7 (17–15) Rocas 7
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7th–8th place

24 August 2008
08:00		 Denmark  37 – 26  South Korea Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Hansen 8 (15–13) Ko Kyung-soo 10
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5th–6th place

24 August 2008
10:15		 Russia  28 – 29  Poland Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Kokcharov 10 (15–14) Jurasik 6
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Bronze medal match

24 August 2008
13:30		 Croatia  29 – 35  Spain Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Duvnjak 7 (14–12) García, Prieto 7
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Gold medal match

24 August 2008
15:45		 Iceland  23 – 28  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Stefánsson 5 (10–15) Karabatić 8
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Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

Classification
1st place, gold medalist(s) France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iceland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain
4 Croatia
5 Poland
6 Russia
7 Denmark
8 South Korea
9 Germany
10 Egypt
11 Brazil
12 China

All star team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Johannes Bitter  Germany 41% 70170
Thierry Omeyer  France 84204
3 Mohamed Nakib  Egypt 40% 59149
4 Sławomir Szmal  Poland 37% 85227
5 David Barrufet  Spain 36% 59165
Oleg Grams  Russia 91250
Kasper Hvidt  Denmark 94250
Alexey Kostygov  Russia 3186
Maik Santos  Brazil 52145
10 Björgvin Páll Gústavsson  Iceland 33% 75226
Han Kyung-Tai  South Korea 67204
Venio Losert  Croatia 44135

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Juan García  Spain 49 6575%
2 Snorri Guðjónsson  Iceland 48 7762%
3 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson  Iceland 43 6665%
4 Lars Christiansen  Denmark 42 5971%
5 Michael Kraus  Germany 38 6558%
6 Mariusz Jurasik  Poland 37 5963%
Nikola Karabatić  France 6954%
8 Konstantin Igropulo  Russia 36 6357%
Jesper Nøddesbo  Denmark 4777%
10 Bertrand Gille  France 35 4873%
Daniel Narcisse  France 6951%
Albert Rocas  Spain 5465%

References

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