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Handball, Men

Date24 July – 7 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationYoyogi National Gymnasium, Yoyogi Park, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Participants182 from 12 countries
FormatRound-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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1FranceFRAGold1
2DenmarkDENSilver2
3SpainESPBronze3
4EgyptEGY4
5SwedenSWE5
6GermanyGER7
7NorwayNOR9
8BahrainBRN10
9PortugalPOR11
10BrazilBRA12
11JapanJPN13
12ArgentinaARG14

Preliminary Round

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in each group advance to quarter-finals.

Group A

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in group advance to quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1FranceFRA4018162-148
2SpainESP4018155-142
3GermanyGER3026146-131
4NorwayNOR3026136-132
5BrazilBRA1042128-145
6ArgentinaARG0050125-154
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 9:00NorwayNOR27 – 24BrazilBRA
Match #224 Jul 11:00FranceFRA33 – 27ArgentinaARG
Match #324 Jul 16:15SpainESP28 – 27GermanyGER
Match #426 Jul 9:00FranceFRA34 – 29BrazilBRA
Match #526 Jul 11:00GermanyGER33 – 25ArgentinaARG
Match #626 Jul 16:15SpainESP28 – 27NorwayNOR
Match #728 Jul 16:15NorwayNOR27 – 23ArgentinaARG
Match #828 Jul 19:30SpainESP32 – 25BrazilBRA
Match #928 Jul 21:30FranceFRA30 – 29GermanyGER
Match #1030 Jul 9:00BrazilBRA25 – 23ArgentinaARG
Match #1130 Jul 14:15FranceFRA36 – 31SpainESP
Match #1230 Jul 21:30GermanyGER28 – 23NorwayNOR
Match #1301 Aug 14:15SpainESP36 – 27ArgentinaARG
Match #1401 Aug 16:15NorwayNOR32 – 29FranceFRA
Match #1501 Aug 19:30GermanyGER29 – 25BrazilBRA

Group B

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in group advance to quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1DenmarkDEN4018174-139
2EgyptEGY4018154-134
3SwedenSWE4018144-142
4BahrainBRN1042129-149
5PortugalPOR1042143-156
6JapanJPN1042146-170
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 14:15SwedenSWE32 – 31BahrainBRN
Match #224 Jul 19:30EgyptEGY37 – 31PortugalPOR
Match #324 Jul 21:30DenmarkDEN47 – 30JapanJPN
Match #426 Jul 14:15EgyptEGY27 – 32DenmarkDEN
Match #526 Jul 19:30PortugalPOR26 – 25BahrainBRN
Match #626 Jul 21:30SwedenSWE28 – 26JapanJPN
Match #728 Jul 9:00DenmarkDEN31 – 21BahrainBRN
Match #828 Jul 11:00SwedenSWE29 – 28PortugalPOR
Match #928 Jul 14:15EgyptEGY33 – 29JapanJPN
Match #1030 Jul 11:00BahrainBRN32 – 30JapanJPN
Match #1130 Jul 16:15EgyptEGY27 – 22SwedenSWE
Match #1230 Jul 19:30DenmarkDEN34 – 28PortugalPOR
Match #1301 Aug 9:00JapanJPN31 – 30PortugalPOR
Match #1401 Aug 11:00EgyptEGY30 – 20BahrainBRN
Match #1501 Aug 21:30SwedenSWE33 – 30DenmarkDEN

Quarter-Finals

Date3 August 2021
FormatWinner of each match advances to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #103 Aug 9:30FranceFRA42 – 28BahrainBRN
Match #203 Aug 13:15SpainESP34 – 33SwedenSWE
Match #303 Aug 17:00DenmarkDEN31 – 25NorwayNOR
Match #403 Aug 20:45EgyptEGY31 – 26GermanyGER

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 2021
FormatWinner of each match advances to gold medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 17:00FranceFRA27 – 23EgyptEGY
Match #205 Aug 21:00DenmarkDEN27 – 23SpainESP

Final Round

Date7 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 21:00FranceFRA25 – 23DenmarkDEN
Match 3/407 Aug 17:00SpainESP33 – 31EgyptEGY