# Handball at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

The handball tournaments at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya occurred between 7 August and 14 August 2021. The handball competition took place at Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall in Konya. 4 teams in 2 groups played in a single round-robin system with a one-day interval between each other, and the group competitions were completed in the first 6 days. On Day 7, semi-finals are played an on day 8, the third place and final competitions were played. Group winners and runners-up were cross-matched in the quarter-finals A1-B2 and A2-B1, Winners compete for Gold, and losers for Bronze Medals.
The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021 in Konya, Turkey. In May 2020, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), who are responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games, postponed the games as the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to July and August 2021, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Qatar Abdelrahman Abdalla Mohammed Abdelmageed Nour Ahmed Hamdi Ayed Zineeooine Boumendjel Faruk Colo Amir Denguir Ahmed Elmeniawy Amine Guehis Moustafa Heiba Salem Jedaied Hani Kakhi Rayan Laribi Ahmed Saleh Mohamed Soussi Rasheed Yusuff Ameen Zakkar Anis Zouaoui | Turkey Alper Aydın Hüseyin Bereket Enis Yatkın Enis Harun Hacıoğlu Baran Nalbantoğlu Fatih Çalkamış Sedat Yıldırım Gökay Bilim Atakan Şirin Eray Karakoç Durmuş Ali Tınkır Cemal Kütahya Doğukan Keser Şevket Yağmuroğlu Alper Aydın İlkan Keleşoğlu | Iran Ehsan Aboueimehrizi Younes Asari Afshin Sadeghi Askari Salaman Barbat Mohammadmahdi Behnamnia Sajad Esteki Milad Ghalandari Mojtaba Heidarpour Mohammadreza Kazemi Ali Kouhzad Seyedalireza Mousavighalehmirzamani Shahoo Nosrati Mohammadreza Oraei Ali Rahimikazerooni Shahab Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Siavoshishahenayati |
| Women | Turkey Merve Durdu Halime İslamoğlu Kübra Sarıkaya Elif Sıla Aydın Emine Gökdemir Bilgenur Öztürk Neslihan Çalışkan Betül Yılmaz Ayşenur Sormaz Yasemin Şahin Gülcan Tügel Beyza Karaçam Merve Özbolluk Cansu Akalın |Ceren Demirçelen Meryem Erdoğan | Azerbaijan Gunel Aliyeva Alyona Barbakadze Kamila Bayramova Milica Grbavcevic Azaliya Hasanova Rana Hasanova Elnara Ibrahimova Vlada Kosmina Minaya Mammadova Irina Mikhalkovich Madina Musayeva Milana Rzayeva Yelizaveta Salimova Ulviyya Sharifova Irana Shukurova Sabina Smagina | Cameroon Manga Benedicte Ngouoko Celeste Ebanga Cyrielle Efouba Farella Megaptche Flore Mbouchou Florette Eyenga Jossy Maffo Laure Awu Bessong-Epah Linda Feudji Lupin Tenang Dzoyem Marie Magba Michaella Nock Arlette Nadia Mben Noelle Nyamsi Orchelle Ateba Petronie Kongnyuy Sifan Nkomidio Prisca Therese Yuoh Yvette Ewodo Louise Yvonne |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Men's tournament
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 0 | Fifth place game |
| 8 August 2022 13:00 | Qatar | 22–20 | Morocco | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 8 August 2022 13:00 | | (11–10) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 10 August 2022 11:00 | Saudi Arabia | 29–25 | Morocco | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 10 August 2022 11:00 | | (11–13) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 12 August 2022 11:00 | Qatar | 27–27 | Saudi Arabia | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 12 August 2022 11:00 | | (13–14) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 2 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 0 | Fifth place game |
| 8 August 2022 15:00 | Turkey | 20–26 | Iran | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 8 August 2022 15:00 | | (9–11) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 10 August 2022 15:00 | Azerbaijan | 19–29 | Turkey | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 10 August 2022 15:00 | | (9–11) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 12 August 2022 15:00 | Iran | 42–20 | Azerbaijan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 12 August 2022 15:00 | | (24–8) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 13 August – 15:00 | 13 August – 15:00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 25 |
| Saudi Arabia | 25 | 14 August – | 14 August – |
| Turkey | 26 | 14 August – | 14 August – |
| Turkey | 26 | Turkey | 23 |
| 13 August – 17:00 | 13 August – 17:00 | | Turkey | 23 |
| 13 August – 17:00 | 13 August – 17:00 | Qatar | 26 |
| Iran | 23 | Qatar | 26 |
| Qatar | 24 | | |
| Qatar | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 August – | 14 August – |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 21 |
| | | Iran | 30 |

#### Semifinals

| 13 August 2022 15:00 | Saudi Arabia | 25–26 | Turkey | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 15:00 | | (15–16) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 17:00 | Iran | 23–24 | Qatar | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 17:00 | | (11–14) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Fifth place game

| Cancelled | Azerbaijan | 10–0 | Morocco | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Bronze medal game

| 14 August 2022 13:00 | Saudi Arabia | 21–30 | Iran | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 14 August 2022 13:00 | | (9–10) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Gold medal game

| 14 August 2022 18:00 | Turkey | 23–26 | Qatar | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 14 August 2022 18:00 | | (10–14) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 62 | +65 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 89 | +10 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 87 | +8 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 138 | −83 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 7 August 2022 11:00 | Senegal | 27–28 | Uzbekistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 7 August 2022 13:00 | Bangladesh | 10–51 | Turkey | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 7 August 2022 13:00 | | (4–26) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 9 August 2022 11:00 | Senegal | 23–34 | Turkey | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 9 August 2022 11:00 | | (14–16) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 9 August 2022 13:00 | Uzbekistan | 42–20 | Bangladesh | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 11 August 2022 11:00 | Senegal | 45–25 | Bangladesh | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 11 August 2022 13:00 | Turkey | 42–29 | Uzbekistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 11 August 2022 13:00 | | (23–14) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 74 | +15 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 96 | −81 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| Cancelled | Cameroon | 0–10 | Azerbaijan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 7 August 2022 17:00 | Afghanistan | 6–43 | Iran | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 9 August 2022 15:00 | Cameroon | 42–29 | Iran | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 9 August 2022 17:00 | Azerbaijan | 43–9 | Afghanistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 11 August 2022 15:00 | Cameroon | 10–0 | Afghanistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 11 August 2022 17:00 | Iran | 17–26 | Azerbaijan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 13 August | 13 August |
| Turkey | 34 |
| Turkey | 34 | 14 August – 15:00 | 14 August – 15:00 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 14 August – 15:00 | 14 August – 15:00 |
| Cameroon | 23 | Turkey | 30 |
| 13 August | 13 August | | Turkey | 30 |
| 13 August | 13 August | Azerbaijan | 24 |
| Azerbaijan | 40 | Azerbaijan | 24 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | | |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 August – 13:00 | 14 August – 13:00 |
| | | Cameroon | 40 |
| | | Uzbekistan | 27 |

#### Semifinals

| 13 August 2022 11:00 | Turkey | 34–23 | Cameroon | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 11:00 | | (14–10) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 13:00 | Azerbaijan | 40–27 | Uzbekistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 13 August 2022 13:00 | | (19–13) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Seventh place game

| 12 August 2022 | Afghanistan | 20–33 | Bangladesh | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Fifth place game

| 12 August 2022 | Senegal | 25–24 | Iran | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Bronze medal game

| 14 August 2022 13:00 | Cameroon | 40–27 | Uzbekistan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |

#### Gold medal game

| 14 August 2022 15:00 | Turkey | 30–24 | Azerbaijan | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |
| 14 August 2022 15:00 | | (14–10) | | Selçuklu Municipality International Sports Hall, Selçuklu |