Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

For other uses, see Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics (disambiguation).

The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from January 2011 to April 2012.

Qualification summary

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Great Britain
2011 World Championship 13–30 January 2011  Sweden 1  France
2011 Pan American Games 16–24 October 2011  Mexico 1  Argentina
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 23 October – 2 November 2011  South Korea 1  South Korea
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012  Morocco 1  Tunisia
2012 European Championship 15–29 January 2012  Serbia 1  Denmark
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 6–8 April 2012  Spain 2  Spain
 Serbia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 6–8 April 2012  Sweden 2  Sweden
 Hungary
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 6–8 April 2012  Croatia 2  Croatia
 Iceland
Total 12
Legend for qualification type
Team qualified to the 2012 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

World Championship

Main article: 2011 World Men's Handball Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Sweden
5  Croatia
6  Iceland
7  Hungary
8  Poland
9  Norway
10  Serbia
11  Germany
12  Argentina
13  South Korea
14  Egypt
15  Algeria
16  Japan
17  Slovakia
18  Austria
19  Romania
20  Tunisia
21  Brazil
22  Chile
23  Bahrain
24  Australia

Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

Main article: 2012 European Men's Handball Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Croatia
4  Spain
5  North Macedonia
6  Slovenia
7  Germany
8  Hungary
9  Poland
10  Iceland
11  France
12  Sweden
13  Norway
14  Czech Republic
15  Russia
16  Slovakia

America (2nd ranking continent)

Main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chile
4  Dominican Republic
5  Canada
6  Mexico
7  United States
8  Venezuela

Asia (3rd ranking continent)

Preliminary round

http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Men_OQ_2011.html

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 4 3 0 1 120 96 +24 6
 Iran 4 3 0 1 128 99 +29 6
 Qatar 4 2 1 1 129 125 +4 5
 Kuwait 4 1 1 2 119 114 +5 3
 Uzbekistan 4 0 0 4 106 168 −62 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

23.10 16:20 Saudi Arabia 41-26 Uzbekistan 17-13

23.10 20:20 Iran 27-23 Kuwait 11-9

24.10 13:00 Saudi Arabia 22-21 Iran 11-8

24.10 17:00 Qatar 38-32 Uzbekistan 20-15

25.10 15:00 Qatar 31-31 Kuwait 16-15

27.10 13:00 Iran 45-22 Uzbekistan 22-8

27.10 17:00 Saudi Arabia 30-21 Kuwait 16-10

28.10 15:00 Iran 35-32 Qatar 14-15

29.10 13:00 Kuwait 44-26 Uzbekistan 18-12

29.10 17:00 Qatar 28-27 Saudi Arabia 14-11

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 134 82 +52 8
 Japan 4 3 0 1 124 99 +25 6
 China 4 2 0 2 111 96 +15 4
 Oman 4 1 0 3 117 116 +1 2
 Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 73 166 −93 0
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

23.10 14:20 South Korea 31-18 Japan 14-6

23.10 18:20 Oman 41-27 Kazakhstan 21-15

24.10 15:00 Japan 26-24 China 12-10

24.10 19:00 South Korea 41-15 Kazakhstan 24-5

25.10 17:00 South Korea 31-24 Oman 13-14

27.10 15:00 Japan 34-29 Oman 20-8

27.10 19:00 China 38-16 Kazakhstan 19-8

28.10 17:00 South Korea 31-25 China 13-10

29.10 15:00 Japan 46-15 Kazakhstan 22-5

29.10 19:00 China 24-23 Oman 12-13

Knockout round

 
SemifinalFinal
 
      
 
October 31
 
 
 Saudi Arabia21
 
November 2
 
 Japan22
 
 Japan21
 
October 31
 
 South Korea26
 
 South Korea33
 
 
 Iran25
 
3rd place match
 
 
November 2
 
 
 Saudi Arabia20
 
 
 Iran21

Final standing

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

Africa (4th ranking continent)

Main article: 2012 African Men's Handball Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tunisia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Algeria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Morocco
5  Senegal
6  Angola
7  Cameroon
8  DR Congo
9  Congo
10  Ivory Coast
11  Gabon
12  Burkina Faso

2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

The teams eligible to participate in these three IHF Qualification Tournaments are seeded as follows :

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3
  • 2nd from World (3rd place World 2011):  Spain
  • 7th from World (8th place World 2011):  Poland
  • 2nd from Continent 1 (2nd place Europe 2012):  Serbia
  • 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Africa 2012):  Algeria
  • 3rd from World (4th place World 2011):  Sweden
  • 6th from World (7th place World 2011):  Hungary
  • 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011):  Brazil
  • 3rd from Continent 1 (5th place Europe 2012):  Macedonia
  • 4th from World (5th place World 2011):  Croatia
  • 5th from World (6th place World 2011):  Iceland
  • 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Asia 2011):  Japan
  • 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011):  Chile

Notes:

  • Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.
  • If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3. Oceania's representative (Australia) placed 24th.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 91 69 +22 6
 Serbia 3 1 1 1 78 73 +5 3
 Poland 3 1 1 1 75 85 −10 3
 Algeria 3 0 0 3 65 82 −17 0
Source:
6 April 2012
17:30 		Poland  28 − 27  Algeria Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gjedin, Hansen (DEN)
B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki 6 (11–13) Berkous 8
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6 April 2012
20:15 		Spain  30 – 27  Serbia Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Tomás 5 (11–10) Ilić 9
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7 April 2012
17:30 		Serbia  25 – 25  Poland Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Nikčević 6 (14–15) three players 4
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7 April 2012
20:15 		Algeria  20 – 28  Spain Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Mokrani 8 (9–14) Cañellas 6
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8 April 2012
17:30 		Serbia  26 – 18  Algeria Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Vujin 6 (15–10) Benali 5
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8 April 2012
20:15 		Spain  33 – 22  Poland Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Entrerríos 6 (18–9) three players 4
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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 78 67 +11 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 81 79 +2 4
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 75 81 −6 2
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 76 83 −7 0
Source:
6 April 2012
14:45 		Hungary  28 − 26  Macedonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,004
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Pérez, Császár 6 (15–13) Lazarov 7
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6 April 2012
17:05 		Sweden  25 − 20  Brazil Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,124
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Larholm 5 (12–10) Ribeiro 5
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7 April 2012
13:45 		Brazil  27 − 29  Hungary Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,976
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Pacheco 7 (15–16) Császár, Iváncsik 6
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7 April 2012
16:05 		Macedonia  23 – 27  Sweden Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,333
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Lazarov, Mirkulovski 5 (12–14) Andersson 8
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8 April 2012
14:45 		Brazil  28 – 27  Macedonia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 4,235
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Pires 7 (15–13) Lazarov 6
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8 April 2012
17:05 		Sweden  26 – 23  Hungary Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,289
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Petersen 6 (11–12) Harsányi 8
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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 102 65 +37 6
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 94 78 +16 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 85 103 −18 2
 Chile 3 0 0 3 58 93 −35 0
Source:
6 April 2012
18:00 		Croatia  36 − 22  Japan Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Čupić 7 (16–14) Miyazaki 4
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6 April 2012
20:15 		Iceland  25 − 17  Chile Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 750
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Sigurdsson 10 (12–7) seven players 2
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7 April 2012
16:00 		Chile  15 – 35  Croatia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
four players 2 (9–17) Horvat, Batinović 6
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7 April 2012
20:15 		Japan  30 – 41  Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Kochi, Miyazaki 6 (11–20) Gunnarsson 9
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8 April 2012
15:30 		Japan  33 – 26  Chile Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 500
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Suematsu, Miyazaki 5 (14–9) Feuchtmann Perez 9
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8 April 2012
18:00 		Croatia  31 – 28  Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Čupić 9 (18–15) Sigurdsson 8
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References

  1. ^ "2012 Olympic Qual (Men) – Team Handball News".
  2. ^ "2012 Olympic Qual (Men) – Team Handball News".
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