The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament will occur between January 2023 and March 2024,[2] assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.[3]

Summary

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team
Host nation——1 France
2023 World Championships11–29 January 2023 Poland
 Sweden		1 Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament18–28 October 2023Qatar Doha[4]1 Japan
2023 Pan American Games30 October – 4 November 2023Chile Viña del Mar1 Argentina
2024 European Championships10–28 January 2024 Germany1
2024 African Championships17–27 January 2024Egypt Cairo[5]1
2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments14–17 March 2024TBA2 
 
TBA2 
 
TBA2 
 
Total12

Legend

Qualified
Key From To
Olympic host2024 Summer Olympics
2023 IHF World Championships
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament
2023 IHF World Championships2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament

Host country

World Championships

World champion directly qualified for Olympics. Since host nation France took the silver medal, the next six best placed teams (teams ranked 3-8) are eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. If any team subsequently qualifies directly for Olympics through their continental event, then the list will be shifted to the ninth place (or thereafter).

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spain
4 Sweden
5 Germany
6 Norway
7 Egypt
8 Hungary
9 Croatia
10 Slovenia
11 Serbia
12 Iceland
13 Portugal
14 Netherlands
15 Poland
16 Bahrain
17 Brazil
18 Montenegro
19 Argentina
20 United States
21 Belgium
22 Qatar
23 Cape Verde
24 Iran
25 Tunisia
26 Chile
27 North Macedonia
28 South Korea
29 Saudi Arabia
30 Morocco
31 Algeria
32 Uruguay

Continental qualification

Europe

European champion will directly qualify for Olympics. If they will be either Denmark or France, then highest ranked not already qualified team will obtain a berth at the games. The next two best placed teams, not already qualified for Olympics or the Olympic Qualification Tournaments (silver and bronze medalists or thereafter) are eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Americas

The winner of the Pan American Games handball tournament directly qualified for the Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the Pan American Games handball tournament runner-up.

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Argentina
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chile
4 United States
5 Uruguay
6 Cuba
7 Mexico
8 Dominican Republic

Asia

Eleven teams competed in the Asian qualification tournament, held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 18 to 28 October 2023.[6][7] Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament (Group B).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 5 5 0 0 185 111 +74 10 Semifinals
2  South Korea 5 4 0 1 157 131 +26 8
3  Saudi Arabia 5 3 0 2 152 123 +29 6
4  United Arab Emirates 5 2 0 3 138 134 +4 4
5  China 5 1 0 4 147 141 +6 2
6  India 5 0 0 5 87 226 −139 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 128 95 +33 8 Semifinals
2  Bahrain 4 3 0 1 134 95 +39 6
3  Iran 4 2 0 2 115 101 +14 4
4  Kuwait 4 1 0 3 123 126 −3 2
5  Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 88 171 −83 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Final round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October
 
 
 Qatar29
 
28 October
 
 Bahrain30
 
 Bahrain29
 
26 October
 
 Japan32
 
 Japan34
 
 
 South Korea23
 
Third place
 
 
28 October
 
 
 Qatar32
 
 
 South Korea38

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bahrain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) South Korea
4 Qatar
5 Iran
6 Saudi Arabia
7 Kuwait
8 United Arab Emirates
9 China
10 Kazakhstan
11 India

Africa

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The Olympic Qualification Tournaments will be held from 14 to 17 March 2024. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[8][9]

  • 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 highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Africa), third (Asia), and fourth (Americas)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. As 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. In such cases, the access list will be rebalanced accordingly.
  • The twelve teams will be allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Teams in italics may still qualify directly for Olympics through their continental qualification event or move to other tournaments.

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
  • 4th from World:  Sweden
  • 7th from World:  Egypt
  • 2nd from Africa:
  • 3rd from Europe:
  • 5th from World:  Germany
  • 6th from World:  Norway
  • 2nd from Europe:
  • 3rd from Africa:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "IHF – Paris 2024 Olympics". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Martin, Marta (3 November 2022). "How to qualify for handball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Qatar to Host Asian Handball Qualifiers for 33rd Summer Olympics (Paris 2024)". Qatar News Agency. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (8 April 2022). "Egypt to host 2022 & 2024 African Men's Handball Championships". KingFut. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Stage set for draw of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Draw results of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". Asian Handball Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Qualification Tournaments dates revealed with less than one year before Paris 2024". ihf.info. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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