Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.
Host country
United Kingdom
United KingdomVenue(s)Basketball Arena
Copper Box Arena
Copper Box Arena
Dates28 July – 9 August 2012
Teams24 (from 9 confederations)
| |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Venue(s) | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
| Dates | 28 July – 9 August 2012 |
| Teams | 24 (from 9 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (men) Norway (women) |
| Runners-up |  Sweden (men) Montenegro (women) |
| Third place |  Croatia (men) Spain (women) |
| Fourth place |  Hungary (men) South Korea (women) |
Preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals were held in the Copper Box while the semi-finals and final took place in the larger Basketball Arena.
Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by France (men) and Norway (women).
Events
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Men's handball (12 teams)
- Women's handball (12 teams)
Referees
The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]
Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duță
Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore
Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný
Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
Oscar Raluy and Ángel Sabroso- Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
- Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič
Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković
Omar Mohammed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi and Mohammed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi
Qualifying criteria
Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.
Men
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 6 July 2005 |  Singapore | 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 | |||
Women
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 6 July 2005 | Singapore | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2010 European Championship | 7–19 December 2010 | Denmark Norway | 1 | Sweden† |
| 2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 12–21 October 2011 |  China | 1 | South Korea |
| 2011 Pan American Games | 15–23 October 2011 | Mexico | 1 |  Brazil |
| 2011 World Championship | 2–18 December 2011 | Brazil | 1 | Norway |
| 2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | Morocco | 1 |  Angola |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | France | 2 | Montenegro France |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | Spain | 2 | Spain Croatia |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | Denmark | 2 |  Russia Denmark |
| Total | 12 | |||
- † Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
