# Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The women's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between November 2022 and April 2024, assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental champions (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.

## Summary

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
| 2022 European Championship | 4–20 November 2022 | Slovenia North Macedonia Montenegro | 1 | Denmark |
| 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament | 17–23 August 2023 | Hiroshima | 1 | South Korea |
| 2023 African Qualification Tournament | 11–14 October 2023 | Luanda | 1 | Angola |
| 2023 Pan American Games | 24–29 October 2023 | Viña del Mar | 1 | Brazil |
| 2023 World Championship | 29 November – 17 December 2023 | Denmark Norway Sweden | 1 | Norway |
| 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 11–14 April 2024 | Debrecen | 2 | Hungary Sweden |
| 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 11–14 April 2024 | Torrevieja | 2 | Netherlands Spain |
| 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 11–14 April 2024 | Neu-Ulm | 2 | Germany Slovenia |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Legend

Qualified :
| From | To |
| Olympic host | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2023 IHF World Championship | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2023 IHF World Championship | 2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament | 2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament |

## Host country

* France

## World Championship

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Norway |
| | Denmark |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Montenegro |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
| 9 | Brazil |
| 10 | Hungary |
| 11 | Slovenia |
| 12 | Romania |
| 13 | Spain |
| 14 | Croatia |
| 15 | Angola |
| 16 | Poland |
| 17 | Japan |
| 18 | Senegal |
| 19 | Austria |
| 20 | Argentina |
| 21 | Serbia |
| 22 | South Korea |
| 23 | Ukraine |
| 24 | Cameroon |
| 25 | Iceland |
| 26 | Congo |
| 27 | Chile |
| 28 | China |
| 29 | Paraguay |
| 30 | Kazakhstan |
| 31 | Iran |
| 32 | Greenland |
* Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Greenland do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

## Continental qualification
### Europe

| Rank | Team |
| | Norway |
| | Denmark |
| | Montenegro |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Slovenia |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Croatia |
| 11 | Hungary |
| 12 | Romania |
| 13 | Poland |
| 14 | Switzerland |
| 15 | Serbia |
| 16 | North Macedonia |

### Americas

The winner of the Pan American Games handball tournament directly qualified for the Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the Pan American Games handball tournament runner-up.
| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Paraguay |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Uruguay |
| 8 | Canada |

### Asia

Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 82 | +74 | 8 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 88 | +75 | 6 | Qualification tournaments |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 118 | −17 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 154 | −42 | 2 | |
| 5 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 171 | −90 | 0 | |

### Africa

The tournament was held in Luanda, Angola.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Angola (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 3 | Qualification tournaments |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 78 | −20 | 1 | |

## Olympic Qualification Tournaments
### Qualified teams

There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments:
* The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
* The highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Americas), third (Africa), and fourth (Asia)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8 and 12th at the World Championship. As no team from Oceania met this condition, the second-ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion. In such cases, the access list was rebalanced accordingly.
* The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
| 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
| 4th from World: Sweden 10th from World: Hungary 2nd from Africa: Cameroon 2nd from Asia: Japan Wild card: Great Britain | 5th from World: Netherlands 8th from World: Czech Republic 2nd from Americas: Argentina 9th from Europe: Spain | 6th from World: Germany 7th from World: Montenegro 8th from Europe: Slovenia 3rd from Americas: Paraguay |
The host countries were announced on 22 December 2023.
On 9 April 2024, Cameroon withdrew and was replaced by Great Britain.

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 64 | +50 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 64 | +48 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 88 | +11 | 2 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 144 | −109 | 0 | |

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 66 | +27 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Spain (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 71 | +12 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 96 | −16 | 2 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 101 | −23 | 0 | |

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 69 | +27 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 71 | +16 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 83 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 99 | −40 | 0 | |