# Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from January 2011 to April 2012.

## Qualification summary

| | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2011 World Championship | 13–30 January 2011 | Sweden | 1 | France |
| 2011 Pan American Games | 16–24 October 2011 | Mexico | 1 | Argentina |
| 2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 23 October – 2 November 2011 | South Korea | 1 | South Korea |
| 2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | Morocco | 1 | Tunisia |
| 2012 European Championship | 15–29 January 2012 | Serbia | 1 | Denmark |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 6–8 April 2012 | Spain | 2 | Spain Serbia |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 6–8 April 2012 | Sweden | 2 | Sweden Hungary |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 6–8 April 2012 | Croatia | 2 | Croatia Iceland |
| Total | | | 12 | |
* Legend for qualification type
* Team qualified to the 2012 Olympic Tournament
* Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournament
* Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

## World Championship

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Denmark |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Iceland |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Poland |
| 9 | Norway |
| 10 | Serbia |
| 11 | Germany |
| 12 | Argentina |
| 13 | South Korea |
| 14 | Egypt |
| 15 | Algeria |
| 16 | Japan |
| 17 | Slovakia |
| 18 | Austria |
| 19 | Romania |
| 20 | Tunisia |
| 21 | Brazil |
| 22 | Chile |
| 23 | Bahrain |
| 24 | Australia |

## Continental qualification
### Europe (1st ranking continent)

| Rank | Team |
| | Denmark |
| | Serbia |
| | Croatia |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | North Macedonia |
| 6 | Slovenia |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Hungary |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Iceland |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Sweden |
| 13 | Norway |
| 14 | Czech Republic |
| 15 | Russia |
| 16 | Slovakia |

### America (2nd ranking continent)

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Dominican Republic |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Mexico |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Venezuela |

### Asia (3rd ranking continent)
#### Preliminary round

http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Men_OQ_2011.html

##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 96 | +24 | 6 |
| Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 99 | +29 | 6 |
| Qatar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 125 | +4 | 5 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 119 | 114 | +5 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 168 | −62 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23.10 16:20 Saudi Arabia 41-26 Uzbekistan 17-13
23.10 20:20 Iran 27-23 Kuwait 11-9
24.10 13:00 Saudi Arabia 22-21 Iran 11-8
24.10 17:00 Qatar 38-32 Uzbekistan 20-15
25.10 15:00 Qatar 31-31 Kuwait 16-15
27.10 13:00 Iran 45-22 Uzbekistan 22-8
27.10 17:00 Saudi Arabia 30-21 Kuwait 16-10
28.10 15:00 Iran 35-32 Qatar 14-15
29.10 13:00 Kuwait 44-26 Uzbekistan 18-12
29.10 17:00 Qatar 28-27 Saudi Arabia 14-11

##### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 82 | +52 | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 99 | +25 | 6 |
| China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 96 | +15 | 4 |
| Oman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 116 | +1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 166 | −93 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23.10 14:20 South Korea 31-18 Japan 14-6
23.10 18:20 Oman 41-27 Kazakhstan 21-15
24.10 15:00 Japan 26-24 China 12-10
24.10 19:00 South Korea 41-15 Kazakhstan 24-5
25.10 17:00 South Korea 31-24 Oman 13-14
27.10 15:00 Japan 34-29 Oman 20-8
27.10 19:00 China 38-16 Kazakhstan 19-8
28.10 17:00 South Korea 31-25 China 13-10
29.10 15:00 Japan 46-15 Kazakhstan 22-5
29.10 19:00 China 24-23 Oman 12-13

#### Knockout round

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| October 31 | October 31 |
| Saudi Arabia | 21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 21 | November 2 | November 2 |
| Japan | 22 | November 2 | November 2 |
| Japan | 22 | Japan | 21 |
| October 31 | October 31 | | Japan | 21 |
| October 31 | October 31 | South Korea | 26 |
| South Korea | 33 | South Korea | 26 |
| Iran | 25 | | |
| Iran | 25 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | November 2 | November 2 |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 20 |
| | | Iran | 21 |

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Japan |
| | Iran |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia |
| 5 | Qatar |
| 6 | China |
| 7 | Kuwait |
| 8 | Oman |
| 9 | Uzbekistan |
| 10 | Kazakhstan |
| 11 | Australia |

### Africa (4th ranking continent)

| Rank | Team |
| | Tunisia |
| | Algeria |
| | Egypt |
| 4 | Morocco |
| 5 | Senegal |
| 6 | Angola |
| 7 | Cameroon |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| 9 | Congo |
| 10 | Ivory Coast |
| 11 | Gabon |
| 12 | Burkina Faso |

## 2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

The teams eligible to participate in these three IHF Qualification Tournaments are seeded as follows :
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 |
| 2nd from World (3rd place World 2011): Spain 7th from World (8th place World 2011): Poland 2nd from Continent 1 (2nd place Europe 2012): Serbia 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Africa 2012): Algeria | 3rd from World (4th place World 2011): Sweden 6th from World (7th place World 2011): Hungary 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011): Brazil 3rd from Continent 1 (5th place Europe 2012): Macedonia | 4th from World (5th place World 2011): Croatia 5th from World (6th place World 2011): Iceland 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Asia 2011): Japan 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011): Chile |
Notes:
* Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.
* If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3. Oceania's representative (Australia) placed 24th.

### 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 69 | +22 | 6 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 73 | +5 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 85 | −10 | 3 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 82 | −17 | 0 |
| 6 April 2012 17:30 | Poland | 28 − 27 | Algeria | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjedin, Hansen (DEN) |
| 6 April 2012 17:30 | B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki 6 | (11–13) | Berkous 8 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjedin, Hansen (DEN) |
| 6 April 2012 17:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 8× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjedin, Hansen (DEN) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | Spain | 30 – 27 | Serbia | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | Tomás 5 | (11–10) | Ilić 9 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 6× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 7 April 2012 17:30 | Serbia | 25 – 25 | Poland | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 7 April 2012 17:30 | Nikčević 6 | (14–15) | three players 4 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 7 April 2012 17:30 | 2× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 5× 1× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | Algeria | 20 – 28 | Spain | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | Mokrani 8 | (9–14) | Cañellas 6 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 8 April 2012 17:30 | Serbia | 26 – 18 | Algeria | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 8 April 2012 17:30 | Vujin 6 | (15–10) | Benali 5 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 8 April 2012 17:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 8 April 2012 20:15 | Spain | 33 – 22 | Poland | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 8 April 2012 20:15 | Entrerríos 6 | (18–9) | three players 4 | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
| 8 April 2012 20:15 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Centro de Tecnificación, Alicante Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |

### 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 67 | +11 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 79 | +2 | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 81 | −6 | 2 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 83 | −7 | 0 |
| 6 April 2012 14:45 | Hungary | 28 − 26 | Macedonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,004 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 6 April 2012 14:45 | Pérez, Császár 6 | (15–13) | Lazarov 7 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,004 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 6 April 2012 14:45 | 3× 8× | Report | 3× 4× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,004 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 6 April 2012 17:05 | Sweden | 25 − 20 | Brazil | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 6 April 2012 17:05 | Larholm 5 | (12–10) | Ribeiro 5 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 6 April 2012 17:05 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 7 April 2012 13:45 | Brazil | 27 − 29 | Hungary | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,976 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 7 April 2012 13:45 | Pacheco 7 | (15–16) | Császár, Iváncsik 6 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,976 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 7 April 2012 13:45 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,976 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| 7 April 2012 16:05 | Macedonia | 23 – 27 | Sweden | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,333 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 7 April 2012 16:05 | Lazarov, Mirkulovski 5 | (12–14) | Andersson 8 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,333 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 7 April 2012 16:05 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,333 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 April 2012 14:45 | Brazil | 28 – 27 | Macedonia | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,235 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 8 April 2012 14:45 | Pires 7 | (15–13) | Lazarov 6 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,235 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 8 April 2012 14:45 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,235 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
| 8 April 2012 17:05 | Sweden | 26 – 23 | Hungary | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,289 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 April 2012 17:05 | Petersen 6 | (11–12) | Harsányi 8 | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,289 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 8 April 2012 17:05 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,289 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |

### 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 65 | +37 | 6 |
| Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 78 | +16 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 103 | −18 | 2 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 93 | −35 | 0 |
| 6 April 2012 18:00 | Croatia | 36 − 22 | Japan | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 6 April 2012 18:00 | Čupić 7 | (16–14) | Miyazaki 4 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 6 April 2012 18:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | Iceland | 25 − 17 | Chile | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 750 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | Sigurdsson 10 | (12–7) | seven players 2 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 750 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 6 April 2012 20:15 | 1× 7× | Report | 2× 2× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 750 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 7 April 2012 16:00 | Chile | 15 – 35 | Croatia | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 7 April 2012 16:00 | four players 2 | (9–17) | Horvat, Batinović 6 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 7 April 2012 16:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | Japan | 30 – 41 | Iceland | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 700 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | Kochi, Miyazaki 6 | (11–20) | Gunnarsson 9 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 700 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 7 April 2012 20:15 | 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 700 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 April 2012 15:30 | Japan | 33 – 26 | Chile | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 8 April 2012 15:30 | Suematsu, Miyazaki 5 | (14–9) | Feuchtmann Perez 9 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 8 April 2012 15:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU) |
| 8 April 2012 18:00 | Croatia | 31 – 28 | Iceland | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 April 2012 18:00 | Čupić 9 | (18–15) | Sigurdsson 8 | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 8 April 2012 18:00 | 2× 2× 1× | Report | 1× 5× | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |