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]
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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
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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 | ||
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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 |
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Host nation | 7 September 2013 | N/A | 1 | ![]() |
2019 World Championship | 10–27 January 2019 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 Pan American Games | 31 July – 5 August 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
AHF Men’s Asian qualification event | 17–26 October 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 European Championship | 10–26 January 2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 African Championship | 16–26 January 2020 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | ![]() | 2 | |
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Total | 12 |
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Women
Qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation election | 7 September 2013 | N/A | 1 | ![]() |
2018 European Championship | 29 November – 16 December 2018 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 Pan American Games | 24–30 July 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 Asian Qualification Tournament | 23–29 September 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 African Qualification Tournament | 26–29 September 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2019 World Championship | 29 November – 15 December 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 19–21 March 2021 | ![]() | 2 | |
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Total | 12 |
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References
- "Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed". ihf.info. 3 April 2018.
- "Tokyo 2020: One Year to Go, handball schedule confirmed". ihf.info. 23 July 2020.
- "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Schedule – Handball Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Handball Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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