Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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1992 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Dates27 July – 8 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Runner-upFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third placeFlag of France.svg  France
Fourth placeFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches38
Goals scored1,616 (43 per match)
Top scorer(s) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)
(47 goals)
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The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches. [1]

Contents

Qualification

Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation17 October 1986 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lausanne 1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1990 World Championship 28 February – 10 March 1990Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
1991 Pan American Games 5–12 August 1991 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1991 Asian Championship 22 August –1 September 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshima 1Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
1991 African Men's Handball Championship September 1991 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Total12

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 550012086+3410 Semifinals
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 531110199+27
3Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 530211411736 Fifth place game
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 520310210864 Seventh place game
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 51139492+23 Ninth place game
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 500596125290 Eleventh place game
Source: [ citation needed ]
27 July 1992
11:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg20–14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Thorsson 7(8–7) Bergendi 4
27 July 1992
14:30
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg19–18Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Jónasson 6(10–10) Nascimento 5
27 July 1992
19:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg18–22Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Iváncsik 7(11–11) Cho C. 9

29 July 1992
10:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg18–28Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Cho C. 5(6–15) Thorsson 7
29 July 1992
14:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg21–27Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
Nascimento 5(10–10) Iváncsik 5
29 July 1992
20:30
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg16–16Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Bergendi 4(9–9) Grímsson 4

31 July 1992
11:30
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg19–20Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Tonar 6(11–7) Cho C. 6
31 July 1992
14:30
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg22–16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Grímsson 6 Marosi 4
31 July 1992
19:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg22–15Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Hedin 6(11–7) Carnasciali 5

2 August 1992
10:00
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg26–24Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Grímsson 8(11–14) Cho C. 9
2 August 1992
16:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg21–25Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Éles 5(10–14) Hajas 6
2 August 1992
19:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg16–27Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Vieira 4(9–9) Tonar 8

4 August 1992
11:30
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg20–18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Horváth 7(9–8) Šetlík 6
4 August 1992
14:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg30–26Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Cho C. 9(16–13) Vieira 6
4 August 1992
20:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg25–18Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Carlén 8(12–7) Sveinsson 5

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 550012198+2310 Semifinals
2Flag of France.svg  France 540111198+138
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (H)5302979816 Fifth place game
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 511310711583 [lower-alpha 1] Seventh place game
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51139710363 [lower-alpha 1] Ninth place game
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 500592113210 Eleventh place game
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. 1 2 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD
27 July 1992
10:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg22–21Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Berbece 5(10–12) Belal 6
27 July 1992
16:00
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg25–15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Dujshebaev 7(12–7) Hauck 5
27 July 1992
20:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg16–18Flag of France.svg  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Masip 5(7–7) Volle 4

29 July 1992
11:30
France  Flag of France.svg22–23Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Munier, Portes 4(12–14) Dujshebaev 9
29 July 1992
16:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg20–20Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Winselmann 5(9–13) Licu, Zaharia 5
29 July 1992
19:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg18–23Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
five players 3(11–11) Urdiales 9

31 July 1992
10:00
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg22–18Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Dujshebaev 8(12–9) Abdallah, El-Attar 4
31 July 1992
16:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg20–23Flag of France.svg  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
three players 4(9–10) Lathoud, Munier 5
31 July 1992
20:30
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg20–21Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Licu, Mocanu 4(9–14) Alemany, Urdiales 4

2 August 1992
11:30
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg20–26Flag of France.svg  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Licu, Zaharia 7(11–12) Lathoud 6
2 August 1992
14:30
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg16–24Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
El-Attar 6(5–13) Roos 7
2 August 1992
20:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg18–24Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Masip, Muñoz 5(5–10) Gopin 7

4 August 1992
10:00
France  Flag of France.svg22–19Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Munier 8(10–7) Debes, Mohamed 4
4 August 1992
16:00
Unified Team Olympic flag.svg27–25Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6(12–12) Licu 8
4 August 1992
19:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg19–18Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Urdiales 7(8–8) Hauck 6

Playoffs

Bracket

 
SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25
 
8 August
 
Flag of France.svg  France 22
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20
 
6 August
 
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 22
 
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 19
 
 
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 23
 
Bronze medal
 
 
8 August
 
 
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 20
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 24

Semifinals

6 August 1992
19:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg25–22Flag of France.svg  France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Thorsson 6(11–10) Lathoud 6

6 August 1992
21:00
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg19–23Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Grímsson 6(9–11) Dujshebaev 9

Eleventh place game

7 August 1992
14:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg27–24 (ET)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Amigo, González (ESP)
Mahmoud 8(10–8) Carnasciali, Nascimento 5

FT: 19–19  ET: 3–3, 2–2  Pen: 3–0

Ninth place game

7 August 1992
16:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg20–19Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Šetlík 6(11–8) Hahn 5

Seventh place game

7 August 1992
19:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg19–23Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Prisăcaru 4(13–9) Horváth 7

Fifth place game

7 August 1992
21:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg21–36Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Cho C. 7(10–18) Urdiales 10

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992
15:00
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg20–24Flag of France.svg  France Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Grímsson 5(9–12) Munier 6

Gold medal game

8 August 1992
17:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg20–22Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Hajas 7(9–9) Gavrilov 5

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3Flag of France.svg  France
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
6Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
8Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
11Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
12Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Top goalscorers
PlayerGamesGoals
1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)747
2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR)645
3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL)735
4. Robert Licu (ROM)630
4. Erik Hajas (SWE)630
4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP)430
7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN)729
8. Valeri Gopin (EUN)727
8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM)627
All-star team
Andrei Lavrov (EUN)
Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) Denis Lathoud (FRA)
Per Carlén (SWE) Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Valeri Gopine (EUN)

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