# Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2020 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the world champion, four winners of continental events and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively. (The Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

## Qualification summary

| Qualification | Date | Host(s) | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2019 World Championship | 10–27 January 2019 | Denmark Germany | 1 | Denmark |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 31 July – 5 August 2019 | Lima | 1 | Argentina |
| AHF Men’s Asian qualification event | 17–26 October 2019 | Doha | 1 | Bahrain |
| 2020 European Championship | 10–26 January 2020 | Austria Norway Sweden | 1 | Spain |
| 2020 African Championship | 16–26 January 2020 | Tunisia | 1 | Egypt |
| 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | Podgorica | 2 | Norway Brazil |
| 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | Montpellier | 2 | France Portugal |
| 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 12–14 March 2021 | Berlin | 2 | Sweden Germany |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Legend for qualification type

Qualified :
| From | To |
| World Championship | Olympic Tournament |
| Continental Qualification Event | Olympic Tournament |
| World Championship | Qualification Tournament |
| Continental Qualification Event | Qualification Tournament |

## Host country

* Japan

## World Championship

| Rank | Team |
| | Denmark |
| | Norway |
| | France |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Croatia |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Egypt |
| 9 | Brazil |
| 10 | Hungary |
| 11 | Iceland |
| 12 | Tunisia |
| 13 | Qatar |
| 14 | Russia |
| 15 | North Macedonia |
| 16 | Chile |
| 17 | Argentina |
| 18 | Serbia |
| 19 | Austria |
| 20 | Bahrain |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia |
| 22 | Korea |
| 23 | Angola |
| 24 | Japan |

## Continental qualification
### Europe

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Croatia |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Slovenia |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Portugal |
| 7 | Sweden |
| 8 | Austria |
| 9 | Hungary |
| 10 | Belarus |
| 11 | Iceland |
| 12 | Czech Republic |
| 13 | Denmark |
| 14 | France |
| 15 | North Macedonia |
| 16 | Switzerland |
| 17 | Netherlands |
| 18 | Montenegro |
| 19 | Ukraine |
| 20 | Serbia |
| 21 | Poland |
| 22 | Russia |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 24 | Latvia |

### Asia
#### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 69 | +27 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 104 | −38 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 122 | −63 | 0 | |
| 17 October 2019 16:00 | Saudi Arabia | 35–24 | India | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 17 October 2019 16:00 | | (19–13) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 17 October 2019 18:00 | Qatar | 49–14 | Hong Kong | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 17 October 2019 18:00 | | (19–6) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 19 October 2019 16:00 | Hong Kong | 16–41 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 19 October 2019 16:00 | | (6–17) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 19 October 2019 18:00 | India | 10–40 | Qatar | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 19 October 2019 18:00 | | (4–18) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 21 October 2019 16:00 | India | 32–29 | Hong Kong | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 21 October 2019 16:00 | | (16–15) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 21 October 2019 18:00 | Qatar | 29–20 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 21 October 2019 18:00 | | (13–9) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 90 | +4 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 78 | +7 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 92 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 98 | −9 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Bahrain 30–31 South Korea
| 18 October 2019 16:00 | South Korea | 27–28 | Iran | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 18 October 2019 16:00 | | (12–13) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 18 October 2019 18:00 | Bahrain | 26–21 | Kuwait | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 18 October 2019 18:00 | | (12–10) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 20 October 2019 16:00 | Kuwait | 32–36 | South Korea | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 20 October 2019 16:00 | | (16–20) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 20 October 2019 18:00 | Iran | 26–29 | Bahrain | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 20 October 2019 18:00 | | (13–15) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 22 October 2019 16:00 | Bahrain | 30–31 | South Korea | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 22 October 2019 16:00 | | (16–14) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 22 October 2019 18:00 | Iran | 36–36 | Kuwait | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 22 October 2019 18:00 | | (18–16) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

#### Knockout stage
##### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 24 October | 24 October |
| Qatar | 26 |
| Qatar | 26 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Bahrain | 28 | 26 October | 26 October |
| Bahrain | 28 | Bahrain | 34 |
| 24 October | 24 October | | Bahrain | 34 |
| 24 October | 24 October | South Korea | 29 |
| South Korea | 29 | South Korea | 29 |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 October | 26 October |
| | | Qatar | 31 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 21 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 24 October | 24 October |
| India | 21 |
| India | 21 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Kuwait | 34 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Kuwait | 34 | Kuwait | 25 |
| 24 October | 24 October | | Kuwait | 25 |
| 24 October | 24 October | Iran | 27 |
| Iran | 48 | Iran | 27 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | | |
| Hong Kong | 16 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 October | 25 October |
| | | India | 26 |
| | | Hong Kong | 30 |

##### 5–8th place semifinals

| 24 October 2019 12:00 | India | 21–34 | Kuwait | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 12:00 | | (12–17) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 14:00 | Iran | 48–16 | Hong Kong | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 14:00 | | (25–6) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Semifinals

| 24 October 2019 16:00 | South Korea | 29–26 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 16:00 | | (17–12) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 18:00 | Qatar | 26–28 | Bahrain | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 24 October 2019 18:00 | | (15–16) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Seventh place game

| 25 October 2019 16:00 | India | 26–30 | Hong Kong | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 25 October 2019 16:00 | | (13–11) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Fifth place game

| 25 October 2019 18:00 | Kuwait | 25–27 | Iran | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 25 October 2019 18:00 | | (14–11) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Third place game

| 26 October 2019 16:00 | Qatar | 31–21 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 26 October 2019 16:00 | | (16–12) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

##### Final

| 26 October 2019 18:00 | Bahrain | 34–29 | South Korea | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |
| 26 October 2019 18:00 | | (13–15) | | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha |

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Bahrain |
| | South Korea |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Kuwait |
| 7 | Hong Kong |
| 8 | India |

### America

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
| 8 | Peru |

### Africa

| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| | Algeria |
| 4 | Angola |
| 5 | Cape Verde |
| 6 | Morocco |
| 7 | DR Congo |
| 8 | Gabon |
| 9 | Congo |
| 10 | Guinea |
| 11 | Nigeria |
| 12 | Cameroon |
| 13 | Libya |
| 14 | Ivory Coast |
| 15 | Kenya |
| 16 | Zambia |

## Olympic Qualification Tournaments
### 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 74 | +40 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 80 | −4 | 4 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 109 | −18 | 2 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 100 | −18 | 0 | |

### 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 84 | +14 | 4 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 80 | +7 | 4 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 104 | −21 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 France 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, –3 GD

### 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 75 | +18 | 5 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 78 | +17 | 5 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 96 | −8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 106 | −27 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Germany 25–25 Sweden