Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from January 2011 to April 2012.

Qualification summary

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Great Britain
2011 World Championship	13–30 January 2011	Sweden	1	France
2011 Pan American Games	16–24 October 2011	Mexico	1	Argentina
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament	23 October – 2 November 2011	South Korea	1	South Korea
2012 African Championship	11–20 January 2012	Morocco	1	Tunisia
2012 European Championship	15–29 January 2012	Serbia	1	Denmark
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1	6–8 April 2012	Spain	2	Spain  Serbia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2	6–8 April 2012	Sweden	2	Sweden  Hungary
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3	6–8 April 2012	Croatia	2	Croatia  Iceland
Total			12

World Championship

Rank	Team
01 !	France
02 !	Denmark
03 !	Spain
4	Sweden
5	Croatia
6	Iceland
7	Hungary
8	Poland
9	Norway
10	Serbia
11	Germany
12	Argentina
13	South Korea
14	Egypt
15	Algeria
16	Japan
17	Slovakia
18	Austria
19	Romania
20	Tunisia
21	Brazil
22	Chile
23	Bahrain
24	Australia

Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

Rank	Team
01 !	Denmark
02 !	Serbia
03 !	Croatia
4	Spain
5	Macedonia
6	Slovenia
7	Germany
8	Hungary
9	Poland
10	Iceland
11	France
12	Sweden
13	Norway
14	Czech Republic
15	Russia
16	Slovakia

America (2nd ranking continent)

Rank	Team
01 !	Argentina
02 !	Brazil
03 !	Chile
4	Dominican Republic
5	Canada
6	Mexico
7	United States
8	Venezuela

Asia (3rd ranking continent)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	3	0	1	120	96	+24	6
Iran	4	3	0	1	128	99	+29	6
Qatar	4	2	1	1	129	125	+4	5
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	119	114	+5	3
Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	106	168	−62	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	−0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	134	82	+52	8
Japan	4	3	0	1	124	99	+25	6
China	4	2	0	2	111	96	+15	4
Oman	4	1	0	3	117	116	+1	2
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	73	166	−93	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	−0	0

Knockout round

	Semifinal				Final
	October 31
	Saudi Arabia	21
	Japan	22
					November 2
					Japan	21
					South Korea	26
					3rd place match
	October 31			November 2
	South Korea	33		Saudi Arabia	20
	Iran	25			Iran	21

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	South Korea
02 !	Japan
03 !	Iran
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Qatar
6	China
7	Kuwait
8	Oman
9	Uzbekistan
10	Kazakhstan
11	Australia

Africa (4th ranking continent)

Rank	Team
01 !	Tunisia
02 !	Algeria
03 !	Egypt
4	Morocco
5	Senegal
6	Angola
7	Cameroon
8	DR Congo
9	Congo
10	Ivory Coast
11	Gabon
12	Burkina Faso

2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

The teams eligible to participate in these three IHF Qualification Tournaments are seeded as follows :

Notes:

• Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.
• If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3. Oceania’s representative (Australia) placed 24th.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	91	69	+22	6
Serbia	3	1	1	1	78	73	+5	3
Poland	3	1	1	1	75	85	−10	3
Algeria	3	0	0	3	65	82	−17	0

6 April 2012 17:30	Poland	28 − 27	Algeria	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjedin, Hansen (DEN)
	B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki 6	(11–13)	Berkous 8
	5× 2×	Report	8× 3×

6 April 2012 20:15	Spain	30 – 27	Serbia	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Tomás 5	(11–10)	Ilić 9
	2× 3×	Report	6× 3×

7 April 2012 17:30	Serbia	25 – 25	Poland	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Nikčević 6	(14–15)	three players 4
	6× 2× 1×	Report	5× 3× 1×

7 April 2012 20:15	Algeria	20 – 28	Spain	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Mokrani 8	(9–14)	Cañellas 6
	6× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

8 April 2012 17:30	Serbia	26 – 18	Algeria	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Vujin 6	(15–10)	Benali 5
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

8 April 2012 20:15	Spain	33 – 22	Poland	Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Entrerríos 6	(18–9)	three players 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	78	67	+11	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	81	79	+2	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	75	81	−6	2
Macedonia	3	0	0	3	76	83	−7	0

6 April 2012 14:45	Hungary	28 − 26	Macedonia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,004 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Pérez, Császár 6	(15–13)	Lazarov 7
	8× 3×	Report	4× 3×

6 April 2012 17:05	Sweden	25 − 20	Brazil	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Larholm 5	(12–10)	Ribeiro 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

7 April 2012 13:45	Brazil	27 − 29	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,976 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Pacheco 7	(15–16)	Császár, Iváncsik 6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

7 April 2012 16:05	Macedonia	23 – 27	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,333 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Lazarov, Mirkulovski 5	(12–14)	Andersson 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

8 April 2012 14:45	Brazil	28 – 27	Macedonia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,235 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Pires 7	(15–13)	Lazarov 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 April 2012 17:05	Sweden	26 – 23	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,289 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Petersen 6	(11–12)	Harsányi 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	102	65	+37	6
Iceland	3	2	0	1	94	78	+16	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	85	103	−18	2
Chile	3	0	0	3	58	93	−35	0

6 April 2012 18:00	Croatia	36 − 22	Japan	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Čupić 7	(16–14)	Miyazaki 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

6 April 2012 20:15	Iceland	25 − 17	Chile	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 750 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Sigurdsson 10	(12–7)	seven players 2
	7× 1×	Report	2× 2×

7 April 2012 16:00	Chile	15 – 35	Croatia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	four players 2	(9–17)	Horvat, Batinović 6
	5× 3×	Report	4× 2×

7 April 2012 20:15	Japan	30 – 41	Iceland	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 700 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Kochi, Miyazaki 6	(11–20)	Gunnarsson 9
	3×	Report	2× 3×

8 April 2012 15:30	Japan	33 – 26	Chile	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Suematsu, Miyazaki 5	(14–9)	Feuchtmann Perez 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

8 April 2012 18:00	Croatia	31 – 28	Iceland	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Čupić 9	(18–15)	Sigurdsson 8
	2× 2× 1×	Report	5× 1×

References

External links

• ihf.info
• 2012 Olympic Handball Qualification- Men (Format and Results)
• Qualification System

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