2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments will be held in March 2021 in France, Germany and Norway.[1] The top two teams from each of the three tournaments qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The tournaments were initially scheduled to take place from 17 to 19 April 2020, but the IHF postponed them to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July–August 2021, the IHF announced on 24 April 2020 that the tournaments would be again rescheduled, taking place from 12 to 14 March 2021.[3]

Format

There are three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[4]

  • 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 best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent receives 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.
  • The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.[5]
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

1Since Spain (7th from World) won the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, thus qualifying directly for the Olympics, their place in the Qualification Tournaments went to a non-European team – Brazil (9th from World), in this case, since Egypt (8th from World) also qualified directly for the Olympics as the 2020 African Men's Handball Championship winners.

Tournament 1
Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country Norway
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: 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.
(H) Host.

Matches
Chile  v  South Korea Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Norway  v  Brazil Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Brazil  v  South Korea Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Norway  v  Chile Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Brazil  v  Chile Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
South Korea  v  Norway Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim

Tournament 2
Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: 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.
(H) Host.

Matches
Tunisia  v  Portugal AccorHotels Arena, Paris
France  v  Croatia AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Croatia  v  Portugal AccorHotels Arena, Paris
France  v  Tunisia AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Croatia  v  Tunisia AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Portugal  v  France AccorHotels Arena, Paris

Tournament 3
Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates12–14 March 2021
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: 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.
(H) Host.

Matches
Germany  v  Sweden Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Slovenia  v  Algeria Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Germany  v  Slovenia Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Sweden  v  Algeria Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Algeria  v  Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Sweden  v  Slovenia Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin

See also

References
  1. "2020 Men's olympic qualification tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 30 October 2019.
  2. "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.
  3. "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
  5. "Update Men's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
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