2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 11 to 14 April 2024. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, 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]

• 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 (Americas), third (Africa), and fourth (Asia)-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.

2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1	2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2	2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
4th from World:   Sweden 10th from World:   Hungary 2nd from Africa:   Cameroon 2nd from Asia:   Japan Wild card:   Great Britain [3]	5th from World:   Netherlands 8th from World:   Czech Republic 2nd from Americas:   Argentina 9th from Europe:   Spain	6th from World:   Germany 7th from World:   Montenegro 8th from Europe:   Slovenia 3rd from Americas:   Paraguay

The host countries were announced on 22 December 2023. ^[4]

On 9 April 2024, Cameroon withdrew and was replaced by Great Britain. ^[3]

Referees

The referees were announced on 27 February 2024. ^[5]

Tournament 1   Argentina Mariana García Maria Paolantoni   Germany Tanja Kuttler Maike Merz   Switzerland Arthur Brunner Morad Salah   Uruguay Cristian Lemes Mathías Sosa

Tournament 2   Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Konjičanin/ Dino Konjičanin   Egypt Heidy El-Saied Yasmina El-Saied   Serbia Marko Sekulić Vladimir Jovandić   Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik

Tournament 3   France Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi   Romania Cristina Lovin Simona Stancu   South Korea Koo Bo-nok Lee Se-ok   Spain Javier Álvarez Yon Bustamante

Tournament 1

Tournament 1

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–14 April
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	360 (60 per match)
Attendance	13,669 (2,278 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Katrin Klujber (23 goals)

The tournament was held in Debrecen, Hungary.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	114	64	+50	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	112	64	+48	4
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	99	88	+11	2
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	35	144	−109	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+2). ^[6]

11 April 2024 15:30	Hungary	49–11	Great Britain	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,189 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Faluvégi 7	(24–6)	L. Davies 4
	1×	Report	3×

11 April 2024 18:00	Sweden	35–28	Japan	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,643 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Carlson 7	(17–13)	four players 4
	2×	Report	2×

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12 April 2024 18:00	Sweden	25–28	Hungary	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 3,679 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Carlson 7	(11–15)	Kuczora 8
	2×	Report	2× 4×

12 April 2024 20:30	Japan	43–16	Great Britain	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 694 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Sahara, Kinjo 7	(25–9)	Gowland 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

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14 April 2024 16:45	Great Britain	8–52	Sweden	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,222 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Kesselring 4	(6–26)	Hagman 12
	2×	Report	1× 3×

14 April 2024 19:15	Hungary	37–28	Japan	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 4,242 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Klujber 11	(18–11)	Aizawa 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Tournament 2

Tournament 2

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–14 April
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	334 (55.67 per match)
Attendance	13,680 (2,280 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Markéta Jeřábková (24 goals)

The tournament was held in Torrevieja, Spain.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	93	66	+27	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Spain (H)	3	2	0	1	83	71	+12	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	80	96	−16	2
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	78	101	−23	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+2). ^[6]

11 April 2024 18:30	Czech Republic	21–31	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 2,780 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Cholevová 7	(10–19)	González 7
	5×	Report	4×

11 April 2024 21:00	Netherlands	34–22	Argentina	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 530 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Malestein 6	(19–16)	Karsten 6
	5×	Report	4×

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12 April 2024 18:30	Netherlands	32–18	Czech Republic	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,240 Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Malestein, Van Wetering 7	(18–6)	Jeřábková 8
	1× 4×	Report	4×

12 April 2024 21:00	Argentina	23–26	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 3,625 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Karsten 8	(14–14)	Arcos, Gutiérrez 7
	3×	Report	4×

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14 April 2024 15:30	Czech Republic	41–33	Argentina	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,630 Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Jeřábková 14	(23–16)	Karsten 9
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

14 April 2024 18:00	Spain	26–27	Netherlands	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 3,875 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Prieto O'Mullony 9	(15–15)	Malestein 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

Tournament 3

Tournament 3

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–14 April
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	322 (53.67 per match)
Attendance	22,789 (3,798 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ana Gros (21 goals)

The tournament was held in Neu-Ulm, Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	96	69	+27	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	87	71	+16	4
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	80	83	−3	2
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	59	99	−40	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+2). ^[6]

11 April 2024 17:45	Germany	31–25	Slovenia	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 4,026 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Maidhof 9	(17–14)	Gros 11
	3×	Report	3×

11 April 2024 20:15	Montenegro	30–25	Paraguay	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Mugoša 9	(17–12)	Insfrán 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

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13 April 2024 14:15	Germany	28–24	Montenegro	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 4,269 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Maidhof 9	(11–7)	Pletikosić 9
	3×	Report	2× 2×

13 April 2024 16:45	Slovenia	32–14	Paraguay	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 1,800 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Mavsar 6	(17–8)	Acuña 4
	4×	Report	4×

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14 April 2024 13:30	Paraguay	20–37	Germany	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 4,294 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Insfrán 8	(13–19)	Behrend 6
	1× 3×	Report	4×

14 April 2024 16:00	Montenegro	26–30	Slovenia	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm Attendance: 2,900 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Mugoša 7	(11–14)	Gros, Stanko 7
	1× 5×	Report	6×

See also

• 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

References

1. "Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's line-up completed". ihf.info. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. "Great Britain women's national team replace Cameroon in the Olympic Qualification Tournament #1". ihf.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
4. "Hungary, Spain and Germany to host the Paris 2024 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
5. "Referees nominations for the Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 February 2024.
6. "Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments schedule released". ihf.info. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

External links

• Official website