2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

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The 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 14 to 17 March 2024. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Slovenia and Spain, all six from Europe, qualified for the Olympics. ^[1]

Format

There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments: ^{[2] [3]}

• The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
• The highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Africa), third (Asia), and fourth (Americas)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8 and 12th at the World Championship. As no team from Oceania met this condition, the second-ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion. In such cases, the access list was rebalanced accordingly.
• 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 2024 Olympic Games. ^[4]

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1	2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2	2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
3rd from World:   Spain 10th from World:   Slovenia 2nd from Asia:   Bahrain 2nd from Americas:   Brazil	5th from World:   Germany 9th from World:   Croatia 2nd from Africa:   Algeria 8th from Europe:   Austria	6th from World:   Norway 8th from World:   Hungary 7th from Europe:   Portugal 3rd from Africa:   Tunisia

The host countries were announced on 2 February 2024. ^[5]

Referees

The referees were announced on 27 February 2024. ^[6]

Tournament 1   Algeria Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi   Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný   France Julie Bonaventura Charlotte Bonaventura   Hungary Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss

Tournament 2   Argentina Sebastián Lenci Julián López   Denmark Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen   Norway Havard Kleven Lars Jørum   Spain Ignacio García Andreu Marín

Tournament 3   Germany Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies   Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Milos Ražnatović   North Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov   Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok

Tournament 1

Tournament 1

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–17 March
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	334 (55.67 per match)
Attendance	19,244 (3,207 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Blaž Janc (16 goals)

The tournament was held in Granollers, Spain.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	0	99	75	+24	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	81	84	−3	4
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	77	79	−2	2
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	77	96	−19	0

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) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[7]

14 March 2024 18:30	Spain	39–27	Bahrain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,132 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Fernández Jiménez 8	(18–11)	Eid 7
	2×	Report	2×

14 March 2024 21:00	Slovenia	27–26	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,968 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Janc 7	(13–12)	Monte da Silva 5
	2× 4×	Report	2×

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15 March 2024 18:30	Bahrain	24–25	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,980 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Habib 6	(14–11)	Hackbarth 6
	4×	Report	1×

15 March 2024 21:00	Spain	32–22	Slovenia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Garciandia 6	(20–13)	Bombač 5
	5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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17 March 2024 15:15	Slovenia	32–26	Bahrain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,744 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Vlah 8	(17–12)	Eid 5
	1× 4×	Report	3×

17 March 2024 17:45	Brazil	26–28	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 5,920 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Silva 5	(14–14)	Solé 7
	3×	Report	4×

Tournament 2

Tournament 2

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–17 March
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	385 (64.17 per match)
Attendance	60,594 (10,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Renārs Uščins (26 goals)

The tournament was held in Hanover, Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	102	81	+21	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Germany (H)	3	2	0	1	105	93	+12	4
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	101	95	+6	2
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	77	116	−39	0

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) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[7]

14 March 2024 17:45	Germany	41–29	Algeria	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	Uščins 10	(16–13)	Abdi 8
	2×	Report	1× 3×

14 March 2024 20:15	Croatia	35–29	Austria	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Martinović 9	(16–16)	Bilyk 8
	1× 1×	Report	3×

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16 March 2024 14:30	Germany	30–33	Croatia	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Uščins 8	(10–16)	Martinović 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

16 March 2024 17:30	Algeria	26–41	Austria	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Berkous 9	(13–20)	Frimmel 8
	1× 1×	Report	1×

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17 March 2024 14:10	Austria	31–34	Germany	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Božović 7	(15–18)	Köster, Uščins 8
	3×	Report	1× 3×

17 March 2024 16:45	Croatia	34–22	Algeria	ZAG-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 10,099 Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	Glavaš 9	(15–11)	Abdi 8
	1× 1×	Report	3×

Tournament 3

Tournament 3

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–17 March
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	360 (60 per match)
Attendance	26,115 (4,353 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luís Frade (19 goals)

The tournament was held in Tatabánya, Hungary.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	102	78	+24	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	88	80	+8	4
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	93	91	+2	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	77	111	−34	0

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) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[7]

14 March 2024 18:30	Norway	32–29	Portugal	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 2,640 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lyse, Sagosen 6	(18–13)	Frade 8
	6×	Report	5×

14 March 2024 21:00	Hungary	33–24	Tunisia	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 4,975 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Lékai 6	(17–10)	three players 4
	5×	Report	1× 6×

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16 March 2024 17:00	Portugal	37–29	Tunisia	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Frade 6	(18–12)	three players 4
	2×	Report	1× 1×

16 March 2024 19:30	Norway	29–25	Hungary	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Grøndahl 8	(16–13)	four players 3
	1× 5× 1×	Report	4×

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17 March 2024 18:30	Tunisia	24–41	Norway	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Rzig 7	(12–20)	Barthold 11
	2×	Report	3×

17 March 2024 21:00	Hungary	30–27	Portugal	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Imre 9	(16–16)	Portela 6
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

See also

• 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

References

1. "Line-up completed for the Men's competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". ihf.info. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. "Olympic Qualification Tournaments dates revealed with less than one year before Paris 2024". ihf.info. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
4. "Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games set". ihf.info. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
5. "Hosts revealed for the Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". ihf.info. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
6. "Referees nominations for the Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 February 2024.
7. "Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments schedule released". ihf.info. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

External links

• Official website