Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The men's handball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. The preliminary round games were played at the South Paris Arena 6 in Paris and the final games at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.[1]
Host country
France
FranceVenue(s)South Paris Arena 6
Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities)
Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | France |
| Venue(s) | South Paris Arena 6 Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 27 July – 11 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Denmark (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Germany |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Slovenia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 2,221 (58.45 per match) |
| Attendance | 367,592 (9,673 per match) |
| Top scorers | Mathias Gidsel (62 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Mathias Gidsel |
Denmark won their second title with a win over Germany.[2] It was Denmark's third final in a row and the biggest win in an olympic final.[3] Spain captured the bronze medal after a victory against Slovenia.[4]
Schedule
The schedule of the tournament was as follows.[5]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | |
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| G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||
Qualification
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | N/a | N/a | 1 | France |
| 2023 World Championship | 11–29 January 2023 |  Poland Sweden | 1 | Denmark |
| 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament | 18–28 October 2023 |  Doha[6] | 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[7] | 1 | Egypt |
| 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 14–17 March 2024 | Granollers | 2 | Spain Slovenia |
| Hanover | 2 |  Croatia Germany | ||
 Tatabánya | 2 |  Norway Hungary | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
Draw
Referees
The referee pairs were announced on 26 April 2024.[10]
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Rosters
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).[11]
Group A
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:
- Slovenia 2 Pts, +2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, 0 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD.
| 27 July 2024 09:00 |
Spain |
25–22 | Slovenia |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,776 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA) |
| Gómez 7 | (8–11) | Bombač 5 | ||
3× |
Report | 5×
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| 27 July 2024 14:00 |
Croatia |
30–29 | Japan |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,749 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR) |
| Šoštarič 6 | (13–18) | Yasuhira 10 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 4×
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| 27 July 2024 19:00 |
Germany |
30–27 | Sweden |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,739 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| Uščins 8 | (12–11) | Wanne 8 | ||
1× 1× |
Report | 2×
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| 29 July 2024 09:00 |
Japan |
26–37 | Germany |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,788 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
| Fujisaka 6 | (10–21) | Uščins 7 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 1×
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| 29 July 2024 11:00 |
Slovenia |
31–29 | Croatia |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,788 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Janc, Vlah 8 | (13–13) | three players 5 | ||
1× 5× |
Report | 1× 8× 1×
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| 29 July 2024 16:00 |
Sweden |
29–26 | Spain |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| three players 5 | (11–11) | Fernández 7 | ||
| 1× 4× |
Report | 1× 5×
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| 31 July 2024 11:00 |
Croatia |
31–26 | Germany |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| Martinović 9 | (15–13) | Golla 8 | ||
| 1× 5× 1× |
Report |
| 31 July 2024 14:00 |
Spain |
37–33 | Japan |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,813 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
| Odriozola 6 | (20–18) | Fujisaka, Yasuhira 7 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 1× 1×
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| 31 July 2024 16:00 |
Slovenia |
29–24 | Sweden |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,813 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
| Janc 10 | (15–14) | Wanne 6 | ||
| 1× 4× 1× |
Report | 1× 3× 1×
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| 2 August 2024 14:00 |
Croatia |
27–38 | Sweden |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA) |
| Martinović 8 | (15–18) | Pellas 9 | ||
| 1× 4× |
Report | 3×
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| 2 August 2024 16:00 |
Germany |
33–31 | Spain |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Uščins 8 | (20–18) | Gómez 10 | ||
| 5× |
Report | 3×
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| 2 August 2024 19:00 |
Japan |
28–29 | Slovenia |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,652 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| Yasuhira 8 | (15–15) | Vlah 14 | ||
| 7× |
Report | 1× 6×
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| 4 August 2024 09:00 |
Sweden |
40–27 | Japan |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| Karlsson 6 | (16–9) | Sugioka 9 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2×
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| 4 August 2024 14:00 |
Germany |
36–29 | Slovenia |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,685 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR) |
| Häfner 7 | (23–14) | Horžen 7 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 1×
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| 4 August 2024 21:00 |
Spain |
32–31 | Croatia |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| Rodríguez 6 | (20–15) | Klarica 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 1× 6×
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Group B
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
| 27 July 2024 11:00 |
Hungary |
32–35 | Egypt |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,776 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Imre 7 | (15–19) | Adel, Omar 9 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 1× 2×
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| 27 July 2024 16:00 |
Norway |
36–31 | Argentina |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,749 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| Grøndahl 8 | (22–15) | D. Simonet 5 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 3×
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| 27 July 2024 21:00 |
Denmark |
37–29 | France |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,739 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| Gidsel, Pytlick 11 | (18–17) | Descat 7 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 1× 4×
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| 29 July 2024 14:00 |
Egypt |
27–30 | Denmark |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| three players 5 | (9–19) | Arnoldsen, Gidsel 8 | ||
| 1× 3× |
Report | 1× 3×
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| 29 July 2024 19:00 |
France |
22–27 | Norway |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,602 Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
| Mem 10 | (11–16) | Blonz 7 | ||
| 1× 1× |
Report | 2×
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| 29 July 2024 21:00 |
Argentina |
25–35 | Hungary |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,602 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| P. Simonet 5 | (12–17) | Imre 7 | ||
| 4× 2× |
Report | 3×
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| 31 July 2024 09:00 |
Norway |
26–25 | Hungary |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Blonz 9 | (11–13) | three players 6 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 3×
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| 31 July 2024 19:00 |
France |
26–26 | Egypt |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| Fabregas 5 | (11–15) | Omar 8 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2×
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| 31 July 2024 21:00 |
Denmark |
38–27 | Argentina |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
| Gidsel 13 | (19–14) | Parker 6 | ||
| 5× |
Report | 2× 4× 1×
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| 2 August 2024 09:00 |
Hungary |
25–28 | Denmark |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
| Ilić 5 | (14–16) | Gidsel 8 | ||
| 6× |
Report | 1×
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| 2 August 2024 11:00 |
Argentina |
21–28 | France |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
| Parker 7 | (8–15) | Descat 8 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 1× 1×
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| 2 August 2024 21:00 |
Norway |
25–26 | Egypt |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,652 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| Reinkind 7 | (13–14) | Omar 7 | ||
| 2× 1× |
Report | 2×
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| 4 August 2024 11:00 |
Egypt |
34–27 | Argentina |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
| S. El-Deraa, Zein 6 | (14–15) | F. Pizarro 6 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 1×
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| 4 August 2024 16:00 |
Hungary |
20–24 | France |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,685 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| Imre 6 | (8–11) | Prandi 7 | ||
| Report | 1× 2×
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| 4 August 2024 19:00 |
Denmark |
32–25 | Norway |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Pytlick 9 | (17–12) | Reinkind 6 | ||
| 2× 3× |
Report | 4×
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Germany (ET) | 35 | |||||||||
| 9 August | ||||||||||
| France | 34 | |||||||||
| Germany | 25 | |||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||||||
| Spain (ET) | 29 | |||||||||
| 11 August | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 28 | |||||||||
| Germany | 26 | |||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 39 | |||||||||
| Norway | 28 | |||||||||
| 9 August | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 33 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 30 | |||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 31 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Denmark | 32 | |||||||||
| 11 August | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 31 | |||||||||
| Spain | 23 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 22 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 7 August 2024 09:30 |
Spain |
29–28 (ET) | Egypt |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 25,697 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| Gómez 9 | (8–12) | Y. El-Deraa 8 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 5× | ||
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FT: 25–25 ET: 4–3 | ||||
| 7 August 2024 13:30 |
Germany |
35–34 (ET) | France |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,014 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| Uščins 14 | (14–17) | Mem 10 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 1× 6× | ||
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FT: 29–29 ET: 6–5 | ||||
| 7 August 2024 17:30 |
Denmark |
32–31 | Sweden |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,449 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA) |
| Pytlick 9 | (16–16) | Claar 7 | ||
| 2× 3× |
Report | 1× 4×
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| 7 August 2024 21:30 |
Norway |
28–33 | Slovenia |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,406 Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
| Blonz 7 | (12–16) | Vlah 11 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 1× 1× 1×
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Semifinals
| 9 August 2024 16:30 |
Germany |
25–24 | Spain |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,745 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Uščins 6 | (12–12) | Fernández 5 | ||
| 1× 1× |
Report | 1× 1×
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| 9 August 2024 21:30 |
Slovenia |
30–31 | Denmark |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,329 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| Bombač, Vlah 7 | (10–15) | M. Landin 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 1×
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Bronze medal game
| 11 August 2024 09:00 |
Spain |
23–22 | Slovenia |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 17,242 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| Gómez 5 | (12–12) | Dolenec 6 | ||
| 2× 2× |
Report | 3×
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Gold medal game
| 11 August 2024 13:30 |
Germany |
26–39 | Denmark |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,328 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Knorr 6 | (12–21) | Gidsel 11 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 1×
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Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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All Star TeamThe all-star team was announced after the final on 11 August 2024.[14]
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Top goalscorers
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalscorers[15] |
Top goalkeepers
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalkeepers[16] |
