2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments will be held in March 2021 in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams will take part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.[1][2]

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

On 13 March 2020, the IHF postponed the tournaments due to the COVID-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]

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:[5]

  • 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 qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[6]
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced with 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]

Tournament 1
Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates19–21 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  Spain (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 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.

All times are local (UTC+1).[13]

Matches
Senegal  v  Argentina Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria
Spain  v  Sweden Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria
Sweden  v  Argentina Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria
Spain  v  Senegal Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria
Argentina  v  Spain Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria
Sweden  v  Senegal Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria

Tournament 2
Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Dates19–21 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  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Hungary (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 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.

All times are local (UTC+1).[13]

Matches
China  v  Hungary Audi Aréna, Győr
Russia  v  Serbia Audi Aréna, Győr
Serbia  v  Hungary Audi Aréna, Győr
Russia  v  China Audi Aréna, Győr
Serbia  v  China Audi Aréna, Győr
Hungary  v  Russia Audi Aréna, Győr

Tournament 3
Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country Montenegro
Dates19–21 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  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Montenegro (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 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.

All times are local (UTC+1).[13]

Matches
Romania  v  Kazakhstan Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Norway  v  Montenegro Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Montenegro  v  Kazakhstan Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Norway  v  Romania Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Montenegro  v  Romania Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Kazakhstan  v  Norway Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

See also

References
  1. "2020 Women's olympic qualification tournaments". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
  2. "Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 20 December 2019.
  3. "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.
  4. "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  5. "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
  6. "Update: Women's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
  7. "DPR of Korea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 10 January 2020.
  8. "Kazakhstan replace DPR of Korea at Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 15 January 2020.
  9. "People's Republic of China withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Event". ihf.info. 3 February 2020.
  10. "Thailand replace PR of China in the Tokyo 2020 Women's Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 10 February 2020.
  11. "Thailand replace China in women's handball Olympic qualifying due to coronavirus". Inside the Games. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  12. "PR of China to participate in IHF Women's Tokyo 2020 Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 2 October 2020.
  13. "Match schedules for the IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 confirmed". ihf.info. 24 February 2020.
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