Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The handball tournaments at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place from 24 July to 8 August 2021.[1][2]

Handball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	24 July – 8 August 2021
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
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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.[3]

Schedule

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

[4][5]

Date Event	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		Sun 8
Men	G		G		G		G		G		¼		½		B	F
Women		G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Events

Two sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

• Men's handball (12 teams)
• Women's handball (12 teams)

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.

Men

Qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	7 September 2013	N/A	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	Norway	2
		Montpellier	2
		Germany	2
Total			12

Women

Qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation election	7 September 2013	N/A	1	Japan
2018 European Championship	29 November – 16 December 2018	France	1	France
2019 Pan American Games	24–30 July 2019	Lima	1	Brazil
2019 Asian Qualification Tournament	23–29 September 2019	Chuzhou	1	South Korea
2019 African Qualification Tournament	26–29 September 2019	Dakar	1	Angola
2019 World Championship	29 November – 15 December 2019	Japan	1	Netherlands
2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	19–21 March 2021	Spain	2
		Hungary	2
		Montenegro	2
Total			12

See also

• Handball at the 2018 Asian Games
• Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games

References

1. "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.
2. "Tokyo 2020: One Year to Go, handball schedule confirmed". ihf.info. 23 July 2020.
3. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
4. "Schedule – Handball Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
5. "Handball Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.