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

The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between January 2023 and March 2024, assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners (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 |
| 2023 World Championship | 11–29 January 2023 | Poland Sweden | 1 | Denmark |
| 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament | 18–28 October 2023 | Doha | 1 | Japan |
| 2023 Pan American Games | 30 October – 4 November 2023 | Viña del Mar | 1 | Argentina |
| 2024 European Championship | 10–28 January 2024 | Germany | 1 | Sweden |
| 2024 African Championship | 17–27 January 2024 | Cairo | 1 | Egypt |
| 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 14–17 March 2024 | Granollers | 2 | Spain Slovenia |
| 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 14–17 March 2024 | Hanover | 2 | Croatia Germany |
| 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 14–17 March 2024 | Tatabánya | 2 | Norway Hungary |
| 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

The world champion directly qualified for Olympics. Since host nation France took the silver medal, the next six best placed teams (teams ranked 3–8) were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. If any team subsequently qualified directly for Olympics through their continental event, the list would be shifted to the ninth place (or thereafter).
| Rank | Team |
| | Denmark |
| | France |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | Egypt |
| 8 | Hungary |
| 9 | Croatia |
| 10 | Slovenia |
| 11 | Serbia |
| 12 | Iceland |
| 13 | Portugal |
| 14 | Netherlands |
| 15 | Poland |
| 16 | Bahrain |
| 17 | Brazil |
| 18 | Montenegro |
| 19 | Argentina |
| 20 | United States |
| 21 | Belgium |
| 22 | Qatar |
| 23 | Cape Verde |
| 24 | Iran |
| 25 | Tunisia |
| 26 | Chile |
| 27 | North Macedonia |
| 28 | South Korea |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia |
| 30 | Morocco |
| 31 | Algeria |
| 32 | Uruguay |

## Continental qualification
### Europe

Due to the fact that the European Championship final was contested between France and Denmark, two teams who had already qualified for the Olympic tournament (France as hosts, and Denmark as World Champions), the winner of the third-place match between Sweden and Germany secured the European Olympic berth. In addition, Portugal and Austria, the two best-placed teams not already qualified for Olympics or the Olympic Qualification Tournaments (via the 2023 World Championship), were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.
| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Denmark |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Hungary |
| 6 | Slovenia |
| 7 | Portugal |
| 8 | Austria |
| 9 | Norway |
| 10 | Iceland |
| 11 | Croatia |
| 12 | Netherlands |
| 13 | Spain |
| 14 | Montenegro |
| 15 | Czech Republic |
| 16 | Poland |
| 17 | North Macedonia |
| 18 | Georgia |
| 19 | Serbia |
| 20 | Faroe Islands |
| 21 | Switzerland |
| 22 | Romania |
| 23 | Greece |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
* Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Faroe Islands do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

### 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 |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Dominican Republic |

### Asia

Eleven teams competed in the Asian qualification tournament, held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 18 to 28 October 2023.

#### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Bahrain |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | Qatar |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia |
| 7 | Kuwait |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Kazakhstan |
| 11 | India |

### Africa

African champions directly qualified for Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the runners-up and third place.
| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Algeria |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Cape Verde |
| 5 | Guinea |
| 6 | DR Congo |
| 7 | Morocco |
| 8 | Angola |
| 9 | Nigeria |
| 10 | Cameroon |
| 11 | Gabon |
| 12 | Libya |
| 13 | Congo |
| 14 | Rwanda |
| 15 | Kenya |
| 16 | Zambia |

## 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 (Africa), third (Asia), and fourth (Americas)-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 |
| 3rd from World: Spain 10th from World: Slovenia 2nd from Asia: Bahrain 2nd from Americas: Brazil | 5th from World: Germany 9th from World: Croatia 2nd from Africa: Algeria 8th from Europe: Austria | 6th from World: Norway 8th from World: Hungary 7th from Europe: Portugal 3rd from Africa: Tunisia |
The host countries were announced on 2 February 2024.

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1

It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Granollers, Spain.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 75 | +24 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 84 | −3 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 79 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 96 | −19 | 0 | |

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2

It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Hanover, Germany.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 81 | +21 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 93 | +12 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 95 | +6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 116 | −39 | 0 | |

### 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Tatabánya, Hungary.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 78 | +24 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 80 | +8 | 4 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 91 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 111 | −34 | 0 | |