| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Dates | 24 July – 7 August 2021 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 2,204 (58 per match) |
| Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (61 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | |
| Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qualification | ||
| men | women | |
| Tournament | ||
| men | women | |
| Rosters | ||
| men | women | |
The men'shandball tournament at the2020 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of thehandball event for men at theSummer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at theYoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo,Japan.[1]
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2] Because of this pandemic, the games were playedbehind closed doors.[3]
The final was a rematch of the previous betweenDenmark andFrance. After Denmark won 28–26 in the2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time.[4][5] Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt.[6]
This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984.
The medals for the competition were presented byJean-Christophe Rolland,IOC Member,Olympian, oneGold medal and oneBronze medal,France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented byJoël Delplanque,IHF 1st Vice-President,France.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | 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 | ||
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| G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||
| Qualification | Date | Host(s) | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | |
| 2019 World Championship | 10–27 January 2019 | 1 | ||
| 2019 Pan American Games | 31 July – 5 August 2019 | 1 | ||
| AHF Men’s Asian qualification event | 17–26 October 2019 | 1 | ||
| 2020 European Championship | 10–26 January 2020 | 1 | ||
| 2020 African Championship | 16–26 January 2020 | 1 | ||
| 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | 2 | ||
| 2 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||
The draw was held on 1 April 2021.[8][9]
The seeding was revealed on 14 March 2021.[10]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.[11]
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All times are local (UTC+9).[12][13]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 148 | +14 | 8[a] | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 142 | +13 | 8[a] | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 131 | +15 | 6[b] | ||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 132 | +4 | 6[b] | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 145 | −17 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 125 | 154 | −29 | 0 |
| 24 July 2021 09:00 | Norway | 27–24 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) | |
| Sagosen 8 | (12–13) | Langaro 5 | ||
| Report | 1× |
| 24 July 2021 11:00 | France | 33–27 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi(ALG) | |
| Richardson 7 | (12–10) | D. Simonet 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 24 July 2021 16:15 | Germany | 27–28 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik(SWE) | |
| Weinhold 5 | (13–12) | Figueras,Gómez 5 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 26 July 2021 09:00 | Brazil | 29–34 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik(SWE) | |
| Dutra 10 | (13–16) | three players 4 | ||
| 4× | Report | 2× |
| 26 July 2021 11:00 | Argentina | 25–33 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) | |
| Martínez,D. Simonet 5 | (13–14) | Kastening,Schiller 7 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 26 July 2021 16:15 | Spain | 28–27 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski(MKD) | |
| Figueras 10 | (13–14) | Jøndal 9 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 28 July 2021 16:15 | Norway | 27–23 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos(POR) | |
| Sagosen 7 | (13–12) | Pizarro,D. Simonet 5 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 28 July 2021 19:30 | Brazil | 25–32 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen(DEN) | |
| Silva 6 | (16–18) | Solé 5 | ||
| 4× | Report | 1× |
| 28 July 2021 21:30 | France | 30–29 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) | |
| Mem 6 | (16–13) | Kastening 7 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 30 July 2021 09:00 | Argentina | 23–25 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok(SLO) | |
| Martínez 6 | (7–14) | Silva 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 30 July 2021 14:15 | France | 36–31 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) | |
| Remili 9 | (18–12) | Dujshebaev,Gómez 5 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 30 July 2021 21:30 | Germany | 28–23 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah(SUI) | |
| Gensheimer 6 | (14–11) | Sagosen 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 1 August 2021 14:15 | Spain | 36–27 | 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 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) | |
| Sagosen 7 | (15–15) | Descat,N. Karabatić 5 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 1 August 2021 19:30 | Germany | 29–25 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) | |
| Knorr,Weinhold 6 | (16–12) | Dutra 7 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 139 | +35 | 8[a] | Quarter-finals | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 134 | +20 | 8[a] | ||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 142 | +2 | 8[a] | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 149 | −20 | 2[b] | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 156 | −13 | 2[b] | ||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 170 | −24 | 2[b] |
| 24 July 2021 14:15 | Sweden | 32–31 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah(SUI) | |
| Wanne 13 | (16–18) | Habib 6 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 24 July 2021 19:30 | Portugal | 31–37 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski(MKD) | |
| Ferraz 6 | (15–15) | Hesham 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 24 July 2021 21:30 | Denmark | 47–30 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| Holm,Saugstrup 9 | (25–14) | Motoki 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 26 July 2021 14:15 | Egypt | 27–32 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) | |
| Hesham 6 | (15–14) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
| 5× | Report | 2× |
| 26 July 2021 19:30 | Bahrain | 25–26 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| Habib 8 | (15–14) | Portela 6 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 26 July 2021 21:30 | Japan | 26–28 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok(SLO) | |
| Motoki 6 | (14–17) | Wanne 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 28 July 2021 09:00 | Denmark | 31–21 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) | |
| J. Hansen 6 | (12–7) | four players 3 | ||
| 1× | Report | 3× |
| 28 July 2021 11:00 | Sweden | 29–28 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) | |
| Ekberg 9 | (14–14) | three players 4 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 28 July 2021 14:15 | Japan | 29–33 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| Tokuda 8 | (11–18) | El-Ahmar 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 30 July 2021 11:00 | Bahrain | 32–30 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) | |
| Al-Sayyad,Habib 7 | (17–16) | Motoki 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 4× |
| 30 July 2021 16:15 | Sweden | 22–27 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura(FRA) | |
| Pellas 7 | (9–13) | Sanad 6 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 30 July 2021 19:30 | Portugal | 28–34 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) | |
| Branquinho 4 | (19–20) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
| 1× | Report | 3× |
| 1 August 2021 09:00 | Portugal | 30–31 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah(SUI) | |
| four players 4 | (14–16) | R. Tokuda 6 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 1 August 2021 11:00 | Egypt | 30–20 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) | |
| El-Ahmar 5 | (15–7) | Habib 4 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 1 August 2021 21:30 | Denmark | 30–33 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| Gidsel,J. Hansen 5 | (13–17) | Carlsbogård,Sandell 6 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
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| 5 August | ||||||||||
| 28 | ||||||||||
| 27 | ||||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||||
| 26 | ||||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| 31 | ||||||||||
| 25 | ||||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||||
| 33 | ||||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| 34 | ||||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| 27 | Bronze medal | |||||||||
| 31 | ||||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| 25 | ||||||||||
| 33 | ||||||||||
| 31 | ||||||||||
| 3 August 2021 09:30 | France | 42–28 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok(SLO) | |
| Mahé 9 | (21–14) | Al-Sayyad 5 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 3 August 2021 13:15 | Sweden | 33–34 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| Wanne 10 | (20–18) | Gómez 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 3 August 2021 17:00 | Denmark | 31–25 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura(FRA) | |
| M. Hansen,Holm 8 | (13–12) | Sagosen 8 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 3 August 2021 20:45 | Germany | 26–31 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski(MKD) | |
| Golla,Kühn 6 | (12–16) | Omar,Zein 5 | ||
| 1× | Report | 1× |
| 5 August 2021 17:00 | France | 27–23 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) | |
| Descat,Mem 5 | (13–13) | El-Ahmar,Omar 5 | ||
| 3× | Report | 1× |
| 5 August 2021 21:00 | Spain | 23–27 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah(SUI) | |
| Dujshebaev,Figueras 5 | (10–14) | M. Hansen 12 | ||
| 1× | Report | 2× |
| 7 August 2021 17:00 | Egypt | 31–33 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies(GER) | |
| El-Ahmar,Shebib 7 | (16–19) | Gómez 8 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 7 August 2021 21:00 | France | 25–23 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski(MKD) | |
| Remili 5 | (14–10) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
| 4× | Report | 1× |
Final ranking[edit]
| All Star Team[edit]The all-star team was announced on 7 August 2021.[15]
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Top goalscorers[edit]
Source:IHF With his fourth goal against Portugal Mikkel Hansen became the Olympic Games topscorer of all time with 128 goals.[16] | Top goalkeepers[edit]
Source:IHF |