# Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 23 October 1974 | Vienna | 1 | Soviet Union |
| 1978 World Championship | 26 January – 5 February 1978 | Denmark | 6 5 | West Germany East Germany Denmark Yugoslavia Poland Romania |
| 1978 World Championship Group B | 22 February – 3 March 1978 | Spain | 2 3 | Spain Switzerland Hungary |
| 1979 African Championship | 20–31 July 1979 | Brazzaville | 1 | Tunisia Algeria |
| 1980 Pan American Championship | 7–14 January 1980 | Mexico City | 1 | Cuba |
| 1979 Asian Championship | 4–9 November 1979 | Nanjing | 1 | Japan Kuwait |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Results
### Preliminary round

12 teams played each other in two groups to decide for which place each of them will compete in the final round.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | East Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 92 | +16 | 9 | Gold medal game |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 88 | +8 | 8 | Bronze medal game |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 102 | 106 | −4 | 5 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 97 | +26 | 5 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 104 | −8 | 2 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 141 | −38 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
| 20 July 1980 17:00 | Denmark | 30–18 | Cuba | Sokolniki Arena |
| 20 July 1980 17:00 | Poulsen 8 | (18–8) | Querol 5 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 20 July 1980 18:30 | Poland | 20–20 | Hungary | Sokolniki Arena |
| 20 July 1980 18:30 | Garpiel, Kałuziński 5 | (7–11) | Kontra 8 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 20 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 21–17 | Spain | Sokolniki Arena |
| 20 July 1980 20:00 | Doering, Wahl 6 | (6–9) | Uría 6 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 17:00 | Poland | 34–19 | Cuba | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 17:00 | Klempel 11 | (14–10) | Prendes 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 18:30 | Denmark | 19–20 | Spain | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 18:30 | Pazyj 5 | (9–9) | Albisu 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 14–14 | Hungary | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 20:00 | Wahl 6 | (9–7) | Kontra 4 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 17:00 | Spain | 17–20 | Hungary | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 17:00 | Serrano 4 | (8–10) | Kovács 6 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 18:30 | Denmark | 12–26 | Poland | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 18:30 | Jeppesen 5 | (5–9) | Klempel 10 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 27–20 | Cuba | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 20:00 | Wahl 6 | (13–10) | Agramonte 9 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 17:00 | Spain | 24–24 | Cuba | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 17:00 | Albisu 9 | (9–13) | Agramonte, Prendes 7 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 18:30 | Denmark | 15–16 | Hungary | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 18:30 | Poulsen 4 | (6–8) | Kovács 4 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 22–21 | Poland | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 20:00 | Dreibrodt, Wahl 5 | (11–9) | Panas 7 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 17:00 | Hungary | 26–22 | Cuba | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 17:00 | Kontra 10 | (14–11) | Casuso 8 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 18:30 | Poland | 22–24 | Spain | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 18:30 | Klempel 8 | (13–11) | Albisu 7 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 24–20 | Denmark | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 20:00 | Krüger 7 | (13–9) | Dahl-Nielsen 7 | Sokolniki Arena |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 75 | +59 | 8 | Gold medal game |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 88 | +31 | 8 | Bronze medal game |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 92 | +40 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 98 | +12 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Algeria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 124 | −30 | 2 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 176 | −112 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 20 July 1980 17:00 | Yugoslavia | 22–18 | Algeria | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 20 July 1980 17:00 | Jovović 6 | (12–10) | Mekhnache 6 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 20 July 1980 18:30 | Romania | 32–12 | Kuwait | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 20 July 1980 18:30 | Stîngă, Vasilache 5 | (18–3) | J. Al-Qassar 9 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 20 July 1980 20:00 | Soviet Union | 22–15 | Switzerland | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 20 July 1980 20:00 | Anpilogov, Belov 4 | (13–8) | Züllig 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 22 July 1980 17:00 | Romania | 26–18 | Algeria | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 17:00 | Stîngă 7 | (14–7) | Djeffal 10 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 18:30 | Soviet Union | 38–11 | Kuwait | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 18:30 | Anpilogov 11 | (22–5) | J. Al-Qassar 4 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 20:00 | Yugoslavia | 26–21 | Switzerland | Sokolniki Arena |
| 22 July 1980 20:00 | Obran 6 | (12–8) | Jehle, Züllig 6 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 24 July 1980 17:00 | Switzerland | 32–14 | Kuwait | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 17:00 | Züllig 10 | (14–6) | J. Al-Qassar 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 18:30 | Soviet Union | 33–10 | Algeria | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 18:30 | Fedyukin, Zhuk 6 | (16–3) | Hamiche 3 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 20:00 | Yugoslavia | 23–21 | Romania | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 24 July 1980 20:00 | Jurina 8 | (12–9) | Stîngă 7 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 26 July 1980 17:00 | Spain | 26–18 | Algeria | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 17:00 | Züllig 11 | (11–7) | Bouzerar 5 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 18:30 | Yugoslavia | 44–10 | Kuwait | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 18:30 | Jurina 9 | (24–5) | Al-Qena'i 4 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 20:00 | Soviet Union | 19–22 | Romania | Sokolniki Arena |
| 26 July 1980 20:00 | Belov 5 | (15–9) | Stîngă 7 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 28 July 1980 17:00 | Kuwait | 17–30 | Algeria | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 17:00 | Al-Randi 4 | (14–11) | Djeffal 7 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 18:30 | Romania | 18–16 | Switzerland | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 18:30 | Birtalan 6 | (9–6) | Jehle, Züllig 4 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 20:00 | Soviet Union | 22–17 | Yugoslavia | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 28 July 1980 20:00 | Fedyukin 5 | (12–9) | Jurina 9 | Dynamo Sports Palace |

### Final round
#### Eleventh place game

| 30 July 1980 11:00 | Cuba | 32–24 | Kuwait | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 30 July 1980 11:00 | Agramonte 9 | (16–13) | Al-Randi 11 | Dynamo Sports Palace |

#### Ninth place game

| 30 July 1980 12:30 | Denmark | 28–20 | Algeria | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 30 July 1980 12:30 | Jeppesen 8 | (15–9) | Djeffal 6 | Dynamo Sports Palace |

#### Seventh place game

| 30 July 1980 14:00 | Poland | 23–22 | Switzerland | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 30 July 1980 14:00 | Klempel 9 | (11–10) | Huber, Maag 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |

#### Fifth place game

| 30 July 1980 13:00 | Spain | 24–23 | Yugoslavia | Sokolniki Arena |
| 30 July 1980 13:00 | Uría 6 | (12–7) | Mrkonja 8 | Sokolniki Arena |

#### Bronze medal game

| 30 July 1980 14:45 | Hungary | 18–20 | Romania | Sokolniki Arena |
| 30 July 1980 14:45 | Kovács 5 | (7–11) | Stîngă 7 | Sokolniki Arena |

#### Gold medal game

| 30 July 1980 18:30 | East Germany | 23–22 (ET) | Soviet Union | Sokolniki Arena |
| 30 July 1980 18:30 | Krüger 6 | (10–10) | Anpilogov, Belov 5 | Sokolniki Arena |
| Sokolniki Arena |||

## Team rosters

| Algeria | Cuba | Denmark | East Germany | Hungary | Kuwait |
| Ali Akacha Omar Azzeb Abdel Atif Bakir Abdelkrim Bendjemil Abdel Atif Bergheul Azzedine Bouzerar Ahcen Djeffal Ahmed Farfar Abdel Krim Hamiche Kamel Hebri Mohamed Machou Mouloud Mekhnache Rashid Mokhrani Abdel Madjid Slimani | Jesús Agramonte Moisés Casales Roberto Casuso Ibrain Crombet Miguel Izquierdo Lázaro Jiménez Juan Llanes Sabino Medina José Nenínger Pablo Pedroso Juan Prendes Juan Querol Roberto ZuluetaLázaro Pedroso | Michael Jørn Berg Morten Stig Christensen Anders Dahl-Nielsen Iver Grunnet Hans Hattesen Carsten Haurum Palle Jensen Bjarne Jeppesen Mogens Jeppesen Thomas Pazyj Erik Bue Pedersen Poul Kjær Poulsen Per Skaarup Ole Nørskov Sørensen | Hans-Georg Beyer Lothar Doering Günter Dreibrodt Ernst Gerlach Klaus Gruner Rainer Höft Hans-Georg Jaunich Hartmut Krüger Peter Rost Dietmar Schmidt Wieland Schmidt Siegfried Voigt Frank-Michael Wahl Ingolf Wiegert Coach: Paul Tiedemann | Béla Bartalos (TBSC) János Fodor (FTC) Ernő Gubányi (TBSC) László Jánovszki (Budapest Spartacus SC) Alpár Jegenyés (Budapest Honvéd SE) József Kenyeres (Budapest Honvéd SE) Zsolt Kontra (TBSC) Péter Kovács (Budapest Honvéd SE) Miklós Kovacsics (PMSC) Ambrus Lele (Szegedi Volán) Árpád Pál (TBSC) László Szabó (Szegedi Volán) István Szilágyi (FTC) Sándor Vass (Elektromos SE) | Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri Khamis Bashir Jasem al-Deyab Ahmed al-Emran Majid Al-Khamis Faraj Al-Mutairi Saleh Najem Jasem Al-Qassar Mond al-Qassar Abdullah Al-Qena'i Musa'ed Al-Randi Ismael Shah Al-Zadah Khaled Shah Fawzi Al-Shuwairbat |
| Poland | Romania | Soviet Union | Spain | Switzerland | Yugoslavia |
| Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Czaczka Jerzy Garpiel Zbigniew Gawlik Ryszard Jedliński Andrzej Kącki Alfred Kałuziński Jerzy Klempel Grzegorz Kosma Marek Panas Henryk Rozmiarek Zbigniew Tłuczyński Daniel Waszkiewicz Mieczysław Wojczak | Ştefan Birtalan Iosif Boroş Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniṭă Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Alexandru Fölker Claudiu Ionescu Nicolae Munteanu Vasile Stîngă Lucian Vasilache Neculai Vasilcă Radu Voina Maricel Voinea Coach: Stavru Pană | Aleksandr Anpilogov Vladimir Belov Yevgeni Chernyshov Anatoli Fedyukin Mykhaylo Ishchenko Aleksandr Karshakevich Yury Kidyayev Vladimir Kravtsov Serhiy Kushniryuk Viktor Makhorin Voldemaras Novickis Vladimir Repev Mykola Tomyn Aleksey Zhuk | Jesús María Albisu Vicente Calabuig Juan de la Puente Juan Pedro de Miguel Francisco López Gregorio López Rafael López Agustín Milián Juan Francisco Muñoz José Ignacio Novoa José María Pagoaga Eugenio Serrano Juan José UríaJuan Javier Cabanas | Konrad Affolter Roland Brand Hans Huber Ugo Jametti Peter Jehle Robert Jehle Hanspeter Lutz Peter Maag Walter Müller Martin Ott Max Schär Rudolf Weber Eduard Wickli Ernst Züllig | Zlatan Arnautović Jovica Cvetković Adnan Dizdar Jovica Elezović Mile Isaković Drago Jovović Pavle Jurina Enver Koso Peter Mahne Jasmin Mrkonja Velibor Nenadić Goran Nerić Stjepan Obran Momir Rnić |