Handball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament

Men's handball
at the XXXII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates	24 July – 7 August 2021
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	2,204 (58 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mikkel Hansen; (61 goals)
Best player	Mathias Gidsel
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It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.

The final was a rematch of the previous between Denmark and France. After Denmark won 28–26 in the 2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time. Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt.

This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984.

The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, IOC Member, Olympian, one Gold medal and one Bronze medal, France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Joël Delplanque, IHF 1st Vice-President, France.

Schedule

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6		Sat 7
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host(s)	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2019 World Championship	10–27 January 2019	Denmark Germany	1	Denmark
2019 Pan American Games	31 July – 5 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
AHF Men’s Asian qualification event	17–26 October 2019	Doha	1	Bahrain
2020 European Championship	10–26 January 2020	Austria Norway Sweden	1	Spain
2020 African Championship	16–26 January 2020	Tunisia	1	Egypt
2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	12–14 March 2021	Podgorica	2	Norway Brazil
		Montpellier	2	France Portugal
		Berlin	2	Sweden Germany
Total			12

Draw

The draw was held on 1 April 2021.

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 14 March 2021.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Denmark Norway	France Sweden	Germany Portugal	Brazil Japan	Spain Egypt	Argentina Bahrain

Roster

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	María Paolantoni Mariana García
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
Egypt	Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies

Referees
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Russia	Viktoriia Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	162	148	+14	8	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	1	155	142	+13	8
3	Germany	5	3	2	146	131	+15	6
4	Norway	5	3	2	136	132	+4	6
5	Brazil	5	1	4	128	145	−17	2
6	Argentina	5	0	5	125	154	−29	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and 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.
Notes:

24 July 2021 09:00	Norway	27–24	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sagosen 8	(12–13)	Langaro 5
		Report	1× 6× 1×

24 July 2021 11:00	France	33–27	Argentina	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Richardson 7	(12–10)	D. Simonet 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

24 July 2021 16:15	Germany	27–28	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Weinhold 5	(13–12)	Figueras, Gómez 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

26 July 2021 09:00	Brazil	29–34	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Dutra 10	(13–16)	three players 4
	4× 1×	Report	2×

26 July 2021 11:00	Argentina	25–33	Germany	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Martínez, D. Simonet 5	(13–14)	Kastening, Schiller 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

Handball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament

Schedule

Qualification

Draw

Seeding

Roster

Referees

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All Star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

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26 July 2021 16:15	Spain	28–27	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Figueras 10	(13–14)	Jøndal 9
	1× 5×	Report	2× 2×

28 July 2021 16:15	Norway	27–23	Argentina	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Sagosen 7	(13–12)	Pizarro, D. Simonet 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 7×

28 July 2021 19:30	Brazil	25–32	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Silva 6	(16–18)	Solé 5
	4×	Report	1× 1×

28 July 2021 21:30	France	30–29	Germany	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Mem 6	(16–13)	Kastening 7
	1×	Report	1× 1×

30 July 2021 09:00	Argentina	23–25	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Martínez 6	(7–14)	Silva 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5× 1×

30 July 2021 14:15	France	36–31	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Remili 9	(18–12)	Dujshebaev, Gómez 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

30 July 2021 21:30	Germany	28–23	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gensheimer 6	(14–11)	Sagosen 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

1 August 2021 14:15	Spain	36–27	Argentina	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Gómez 6	(17–12)	Pizarro 5
	3×	Report	3×

1 August 2021 16:15	Norway	32–29	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sagosen 7	(15–15)	Descat, N. Karabatić 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

1 August 2021 19:30	Germany	29–25	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Knorr, Weinhold 6	(16–12)	Dutra 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	174	139	+35	8	Quarter-finals
2	Egypt	5	4	1	154	134	+20	8
3	Sweden	5	4	1	144	142	+2	8
4	Bahrain	5	1	4	129	149	−20	2
5	Portugal	5	1	4	143	156	−13	2
6	Japan (H)	5	1	4	146	170	−24	2

24 July 2021 14:15	Sweden	32–31	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Wanne 13	(16–18)	Habib 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

24 July 2021 19:30	Portugal	31–37	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Ferraz 6	(15–15)	Hesham 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 2×

24 July 2021 21:30	Denmark	47–30	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Holm, Saugstrup 9	(25–14)	Motoki 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

26 July 2021 14:15	Egypt	27–32	Denmark	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Hesham 6	(15–14)	M. Hansen 9
	5×	Report	2× 5×

26 July 2021 19:30	Bahrain	25–26	Portugal	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Habib 8	(15–14)	Portela 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

26 July 2021 21:30	Japan	26–28	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Motoki 6	(14–17)	Wanne 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

28 July 2021 09:00	Denmark	31–21	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	J. Hansen 6	(12–7)	four players 3
	1×	Report	3× 3×

28 July 2021 11:00	Sweden	29–28	Portugal	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Ekberg 9	(14–14)	three players 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6×

28 July 2021 14:15	Japan	29–33	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Tokuda 8	(11–18)	El-Ahmar 8
	1× 7×	Report	2×

30 July 2021 11:00	Bahrain	32–30	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Al-Sayyad, Habib 7	(17–16)	Motoki 7
	2× 4×	Report	4×

30 July 2021 16:15	Sweden	22–27	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pellas 7	(9–13)	Sanad 6
	2× 2×	Report	2×

30 July 2021 19:30	Portugal	28–34	Denmark	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Branquinho 4	(19–20)	M. Hansen 9
	1× 4×	Report	3×

1 August 2021 09:00	Portugal	30–31	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	four players 4	(14–16)	R. Tokuda 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

1 August 2021 11:00	Egypt	30–20	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	El-Ahmar 5	(15–7)	Habib 4
	2× 2×	Report	1× 1×

1 August 2021 21:30	Denmark	30–33	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gidsel, J. Hansen 5	(13–17)	Carlsbogård, Sandell 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

3 August

France	42
		5 August
Bahrain	28
		France	27
3 August
		Egypt	23
Germany	26
				7 August
Egypt	31
				France	25
3 August
				Denmark	23
Sweden	33
		5 August
Spain	34
		Spain	23
3 August
		Denmark	27	Bronze medal
Denmark	31
				7 August
Norway	25
				Spain	33

				Egypt	31

3 August 2021 09:30	France	42–28	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(21–14)	Al-Sayyad 5
	3×	Report	2× 5×

3 August 2021 13:15	Sweden	33–34	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Wanne 10	(20–18)	Gómez 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

3 August 2021 17:00	Denmark	31–25	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	M. Hansen, Holm 8	(13–12)	Sagosen 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3× 1×

3 August 2021 20:45	Germany	26–31	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Golla, Kühn 6	(12–16)	Omar, Zein 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×