# 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

The 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 19 to 21 March 2021, in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.
On 13 March 2020, the IHF postponed the tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the tournaments were scheduled to take place from 20 to 22 March 2020. The tournaments were rescheduled for 19 to 21 March 2021.

## Format

There were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:
* The top six teams from the 2019 World Championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships are eligible to participate in the tournament.
* The best ranked teams of each continent in the 2019 World Championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent receives an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World Championship ranking will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
* 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 2020 Olympic Games.
| 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
| 2nd from World: Spain 7th from World: Sweden 2nd from Africa: Senegal 2nd from the Americas: Argentina | 3rd from World: Russia 6th from World: Serbia 2nd from Asia: China 4th from Asia: Kazakhstan 7th from Europe: Hungary | 4th from World: Norway 5th from World: Montenegro 4th from Europe: Romania 3rd from Asia: North Korea |
On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced by Kazakhstan.
On 3 February 2020, China and Hong Kong withdrew and were replaced by Thailand. In October 2020, China requested to be reinstated because the tournaments were moved and the IHF granted that request. On 1 March 2021, China withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Because of that, Kazakhstan was moved to Tournament 2 and no other Asian team was available (Hong Kong declined a participation and Thailand did not respond prior to the deadline), meaning that Tournament 3 was played with three teams. Senegal withdrew on 9 March 2021 and was not replaced by another African team.

## Referees

The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.
Tournament 1 :
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin |
| Russia | Viktoriia Alpaidze Tatyana Berezkina |
| South Korea | Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok |
| Uruguay | Matías Sosa Christian Lemes |
Tournament 2 :
| Algeria | Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi |
| Argentina | María Paolantoni Mariana García |
| France | Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura |
| Romania | Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu |
Tournament 3 :
| Denmark | Karina Christiansen Line Hesseldal Hansen |
| Slovenia | Bojan Lah David Sok |
| Spain | Ignacio García Andreu Marín |

## Tournament 1
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 3 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 3 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Spain 28–28 Sweden
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Matches

| 19 March 2021 21:00 | Spain | 28–28 | Sweden | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 19 March 2021 21:00 | Martín 7 | (13–13) | Westberg 7 | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 19 March 2021 21:00 | 4× | Report | 1× 8× | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
| 20 March 2021 18:15 | Sweden | 34–21 | Argentina | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 20 March 2021 18:15 | Lagerquist 7 | (17–8) | Pizzo 5 | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 20 March 2021 18:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 21 March 2021 19:30 | Argentina | 16–31 | Spain | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 21 March 2021 19:30 | Karsten 4 | (10–19) | López 7 | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
| 21 March 2021 19:30 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 5× | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |

## Tournament 2
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 73 | +18 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 71 | +29 | 4 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 90 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 121 | −46 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Matches

| 19 March 2021 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 19–46 | Hungary | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU) |
| 19 March 2021 17:00 | Alexandrova 5 | (8–20) | Lukács 7 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU) |
| 19 March 2021 17:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU) |
| 19 March 2021 20:00 | Russia | 29–24 | Serbia | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 19 March 2021 20:00 | Vyakhireva 7 | (17–13) | Pop–Lazić 5 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 19 March 2021 20:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 5× 1× | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 20 March 2021 17:30 | Serbia | 23–31 | Hungary | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 March 2021 17:30 | Dmitrović 6 | (12–16) | Szöllősi-Zácsik 7 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 March 2021 17:30 | 3× | Report | 1× 2× | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 20 March 2021 20:30 | Russia | 33–26 | Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 20 March 2021 20:30 | Fomina 10 | (17–16) | Alexandrova 7 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 20 March 2021 20:30 | 1× 5× | Report | 1× 2× | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 21 March 2021 17:30 | Serbia | 42–30 | Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 21 March 2021 17:30 | Kovačević 8 | (23–16) | Alexandrova 9 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 21 March 2021 17:30 | 1× | Report | | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| 21 March 2021 20:30 | Hungary | 23–29 | Russia | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 21 March 2021 20:30 | three players 5 | (12–14) | Vyakhireva 7 | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 21 March 2021 20:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 1× 1× 1× | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |

## Tournament 3
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Montenegro (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 2 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 2 | |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Matches

| 19 March 2021 19:30 | Norway | 23–28 | Montenegro | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 19 March 2021 19:30 | Aune 4 | (12–13) | Jauković 7 | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 19 March 2021 19:30 | 2× | Report | 2× 4× | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 20 March 2021 19:30 | Norway | 29–24 | Romania | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN) |
| 20 March 2021 19:30 | Skogrand 12 | (13–11) | Neagu 11 | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN) |
| 20 March 2021 19:30 | 2× | Report | 1× 4× | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN) |
| 21 March 2021 16:00 | Montenegro | 25–28 | Romania | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
| 21 March 2021 16:00 | Jauković 9 | (15–15) | Neagu 12 | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
| 21 March 2021 16:00 | 2× 8× 2× | Report | 5× 1× | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |