Date | 24 July – 7 August 2021 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Yoyogi Park, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | |
Participants | 182 from 12 countries | |
Format | Round-robin pools advance teams to classification matches. |
The two preliminary groups of the men’s Olympic handball tournament were won by France and Denmark, who would meet in the final. In the quarter-finals Germany surprisingly lost against Egypt, and Spain won 34-33 against Sweden. France and Denmark won their matches quite easily. In the semi-finals France dominated Egypt, and Denmark dominated Spain, both winning 27-23. The two remaining matches were very close as Spain won bronze, depriving Egypt of their first Olympic handball podium, and France won gold against Denmark. The top goalscorer was Denmark’s Mikkel Hansen with 61 goals, who also became the Olympic top goalscorer with 157 goals. The top goalkeeper was Germany’s Johannes Bitter with 33.3 % saves.
Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Top four teams in each group advance to quarter-finals. |
Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Top four teams in group advance to quarter-finals. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | France | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 162-148 | ||
2 | Spain | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 155-142 | ||
3 | Germany | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 146-131 | ||
4 | Norway | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 136-132 | ||
5 | Brazil | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 128-145 | ||
6 | Argentina | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 125-154 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 24 Jul 9:00 | Norway | ![]() | 27 – 24 | Brazil | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 24 Jul 11:00 | France | ![]() | 33 – 27 | Argentina | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 24 Jul 16:15 | Spain | ![]() | 28 – 27 | Germany | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 26 Jul 9:00 | France | ![]() | 34 – 29 | Brazil | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 26 Jul 11:00 | Germany | ![]() | 33 – 25 | Argentina | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 26 Jul 16:15 | Spain | ![]() | 28 – 27 | Norway | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 28 Jul 16:15 | Norway | ![]() | 27 – 23 | Argentina | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 28 Jul 19:30 | Spain | ![]() | 32 – 25 | Brazil | ![]() | |
Match #9 | 28 Jul 21:30 | France | ![]() | 30 – 29 | Germany | ![]() | |
Match #10 | 30 Jul 9:00 | Brazil | ![]() | 25 – 23 | Argentina | ![]() | |
Match #11 | 30 Jul 14:15 | France | ![]() | 36 – 31 | Spain | ![]() | |
Match #12 | 30 Jul 21:30 | Germany | ![]() | 28 – 23 | Norway | ![]() | |
Match #13 | 01 Aug 14:15 | Spain | ![]() | 36 – 27 | Argentina | ![]() | |
Match #14 | 01 Aug 16:15 | Norway | ![]() | 32 – 29 | France | ![]() | |
Match #15 | 01 Aug 19:30 | Germany | ![]() | 29 – 25 | Brazil | ![]() |
Date | 24 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Top four teams in group advance to quarter-finals. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Denmark | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 174-139 | ||
2 | Egypt | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 154-134 | ||
3 | Sweden | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 144-142 | ||
4 | Bahrain | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 129-149 | ||
5 | Portugal | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 143-156 | ||
6 | Japan | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 146-170 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 24 Jul 14:15 | Sweden | ![]() | 32 – 31 | Bahrain | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 24 Jul 19:30 | Egypt | ![]() | 37 – 31 | Portugal | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 24 Jul 21:30 | Denmark | ![]() | 47 – 30 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 26 Jul 14:15 | Egypt | ![]() | 27 – 32 | Denmark | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 26 Jul 19:30 | Portugal | ![]() | 26 – 25 | Bahrain | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 26 Jul 21:30 | Sweden | ![]() | 28 – 26 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 28 Jul 9:00 | Denmark | ![]() | 31 – 21 | Bahrain | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 28 Jul 11:00 | Sweden | ![]() | 29 – 28 | Portugal | ![]() | |
Match #9 | 28 Jul 14:15 | Egypt | ![]() | 33 – 29 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #10 | 30 Jul 11:00 | Bahrain | ![]() | 32 – 30 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #11 | 30 Jul 16:15 | Egypt | ![]() | 27 – 22 | Sweden | ![]() | |
Match #12 | 30 Jul 19:30 | Denmark | ![]() | 34 – 28 | Portugal | ![]() | |
Match #13 | 01 Aug 9:00 | Japan | ![]() | 31 – 30 | Portugal | ![]() | |
Match #14 | 01 Aug 11:00 | Egypt | ![]() | 30 – 20 | Bahrain | ![]() | |
Match #15 | 01 Aug 21:30 | Sweden | ![]() | 33 – 30 | Denmark | ![]() |
Date | 3 August 2021 |
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Format | Winner of each match advances to semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 03 Aug 9:30 | France | ![]() | 42 – 28 | Bahrain | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 03 Aug 13:15 | Spain | ![]() | 34 – 33 | Sweden | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 03 Aug 17:00 | Denmark | ![]() | 31 – 25 | Norway | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 03 Aug 20:45 | Egypt | ![]() | 31 – 26 | Germany | ![]() |
Date | 5 August 2021 |
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Format | Winner of each match advances to gold medal match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 05 Aug 17:00 | France | ![]() | 27 – 23 | Egypt | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 05 Aug 21:00 | Denmark | ![]() | 27 – 23 | Spain | ![]() |
Date | 7 August 2021 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 07 Aug 21:00 | France | ![]() | 25 – 23 | Denmark | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 07 Aug 17:00 | Spain | ![]() | 33 – 31 | Egypt | ![]() |