The2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 19 to 21 March 2021, in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.[1][2]
On 13 March 2020, the IHF postponed the tournaments due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3] Previously, the tournaments were scheduled to take place from 20 to 22 March 2020. The tournaments were rescheduled for 19 to 21 March 2021.[4]
There were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[5]
| 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
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On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced by Kazakhstan.[7][8]
On 3 February 2020, China and Hong Kong withdrew and were replaced by Thailand.[9][10][11] In October 2020, China requested to be reinstated because the tournaments were moved and the IHF granted that request.[12] On 1 March 2021, China withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Because of that, Kazakhstan was moved to Tournament 2 and no other Asian team was available (Hong Kong declined a participation and Thailand did not respond prior to the deadline), meaning that Tournament 3 was played with three teams.[13] Senegal withdrew on 9 March 2021 and was not replaced by another African team.[14]
The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.[15]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Spain |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Teams | 3 (from 2 confederations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 158 (52.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain(H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 3[a] | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 |  Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 3[a] | |
| 3 |  Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
| 19 March 2021 21:00 | Spain | 28–28 | Sweden | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc,Llíria Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina(RUS) |
| Martín 7 | (13–13) | Westberg 7 | ||
4× | Report | 1× 8× |
| 20 March 2021 18:15 | Sweden | 34–21 | Argentina | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc,Llíria Referees: Koo, Lee(KOR) |
| Lagerquist 7 | (17–8) | Pizzo 5 | ||
| 1× 3× | Report | 1× 1× |
| 21 March 2021 19:30 | Argentina | 16–31 | Spain | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc,Llíria Referees: Lemes, Sosa(URU) |
| Karsten 4 | (10–19) | López 7 | ||
| 1× 4× | Report | 1× 5× |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Hungary |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Teams | 4 (from 2 confederations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 355 (59.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 73 | +18 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Hungary(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 71 | +29 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 90 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 121 | −46 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
| 19 March 2021 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 19–46 | Hungary | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: Năstase, Stancu(ROU) |
| Alexandrova 5 | (8–20) | Lukács 7 | ||
| 2× 1× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 19 March 2021 20:00 | Russia | 29–24 | Serbia | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni(ARG) |
| Vyakhireva 7 | (17–13) | Pop–Lazić 5 | ||
| 1× 5× | Report | 5× 1× |
| 20 March 2021 17:30 | Serbia | 23–31 | Hungary | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura(FRA) |
| Dmitrović 6 | (12–16) | Szöllősi-Zácsik 7 | ||
| 3× | Report | 1× 2× |
| 20 March 2021 20:30 | Russia | 33–26 | Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi(ALG) |
| Fomina 10 | (17–16) | Alexandrova 7 | ||
| 1× 5× | Report | 1× 2× |
| 21 March 2021 17:30 | Serbia | 42–30 | Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi(ALG) |
| Kovačević 8 | (23–16) | Alexandrova 9 | ||
| 1× | Report |
| 21 March 2021 20:30 | Hungary | 23–29 | Russia | Audi Aréna,Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni(ARG) |
| three players 5 | (12–14) | Vyakhireva 7 | ||
| 2× 5× | Report | 1× 1× 1× |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Montenegro |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Teams | 3 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 157 (52.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro(H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 2 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 |  Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
| 19 March 2021 19:30 | Norway | 23–28 | Montenegro | Verde Complex,Podgorica Referees: Lah, Sok(SLO) |
| Aune 4 | (12–13) | Jauković 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 20 March 2021 19:30 | Norway | 29–24 | Romania | Verde Complex,Podgorica Referees: Christiansen, Hansen(DEN) |
| Skogrand 12 | (13–11) | Neagu 11 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× 4× |
| 21 March 2021 16:00 | Montenegro | 25–28 | Romania | Verde Complex,Podgorica Referees: García, Marín(ESP) |
| Jauković 9 | (15–15) | Neagu 12 | ||
| 2× 8× 2× | Report | 5× 1× |
