Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.^[1]

1992 Men's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 July – 8 August 1992
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Unified Team
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	France
Fourth place	Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	1,616 (42.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) (47 goals)
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Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	17 October 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1990 World Championship	28 February – 10 March 1990	Czechoslovakia	8	Sweden  Unified Team  Romania  Hungary  Czechoslovakia  Germany  France  Iceland
1991 Pan American Games	5–12 August 1991	Havana	1	Brazil
1991 Asian Championship	22 August –1 September 1991	Hiroshima	1	South Korea
1991 African Men's Handball Championship	September 1991	Cairo	1	Egypt
Total			12

Squads

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	120	86	+34	10	Semifinals
2	Iceland	5	3	1	1	101	99	+2	7
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	114	117	−3	6	Fifth place game
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	102	108	−6	4	Seventh place game
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	1	3	94	92	+2	3	Ninth place game
6	Brazil	5	0	0	5	96	125	−29	0	Eleventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 July 1992 11:30	Sweden	20–14	Czechoslovakia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Thorsson 7	(8–7)	Bergendi 4

27 July 1992 14:30	Iceland	19–18	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Jónasson 6	(10–10)	Nascimento 5

27 July 1992 19:00	Hungary	18–22	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Iváncsik 7	(11–11)	Cho C. 9

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29 July 1992 10:00	South Korea	18–28	Sweden	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Cho C. 5	(6–15)	Thorsson 7

29 July 1992 14:30	Brazil	21–27	Hungary	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
	Nascimento 5	(10–10)	Iváncsik 5

29 July 1992 20:30	Czechoslovakia	16–16	Iceland	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Bergendi 4	(9–9)	Grímsson 4

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31 July 1992 11:30	Czechoslovakia	19–20	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Tonar 6	(11–7)	Cho C. 6

31 July 1992 14:30	Iceland	22–16	Hungary	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Grímsson 6		Marosi 4

31 July 1992 19:00	Sweden	22–15	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Hedin 6	(11–7)	Carnasciali 5

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2 August 1992 10:00	Iceland	26–24	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Grímsson 8	(11–14)	Cho C. 9

2 August 1992 16:00	Hungary	21–25	Sweden	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Éles 5	(10–14)	Hajas 6

2 August 1992 19:00	Brazil	16–27	Czechoslovakia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Vieira 4	(9–9)	Tonar 8

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4 August 1992 11:30	Hungary	20–18	Czechoslovakia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Horváth 7	(9–8)	Šetlík 6

4 August 1992 14:30	South Korea	30–26	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Cho C. 9	(16–13)	Vieira 6

4 August 1992 20:30	Sweden	25–18	Iceland	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Carlén 8	(12–7)	Sveinsson 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unified Team	5	5	0	0	121	98	+23	10	Semifinals
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	98	+13	8
3	Spain (H)	5	3	0	2	97	98	−1	6	Fifth place game
4	Romania	5	1	1	3	107	115	−8	3[a]	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	97	103	−6	3[a]	Ninth place game
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	92	113	−21	0	Eleventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD

27 July 1992 10:00	Romania	22–21	Egypt	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	Berbece 5	(10–12)	Belal 6

27 July 1992 16:00	Unified Team	25–15	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Dujshebaev 7	(12–7)	Hauck 5

27 July 1992 20:30	Spain	16–18	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Masip 5	(7–7)	Volle 4

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29 July 1992 11:30	France	22–23	Unified Team	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Munier, Portes 4	(12–14)	Dujshebaev 9

29 July 1992 16:00	Germany	20–20	Romania	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Winselmann 5	(9–13)	Licu, Zaharia 5

29 July 1992 19:00	Egypt	18–23	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
	five players 3	(11–11)	Urdiales 9

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31 July 1992 10:00	Unified Team	22–18	Egypt	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Dujshebaev 8	(12–9)	Abdallah, El-Attar 4

31 July 1992 16:00	Germany	20–23	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	three players 4	(9–10)	Lathoud, Munier 5

31 July 1992 20:30	Romania	20–21	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Licu, Mocanu 4	(9–14)	Alemany, Urdiales 4

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2 August 1992 11:30	Romania	20–26	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Licu, Zaharia 7	(11–12)	Lathoud 6

2 August 1992 14:30	Egypt	16–24	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
	El-Attar 6	(5–13)	Roos 7

2 August 1992 20:30	Spain	18–24	Unified Team	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	Masip, Muñoz 5	(5–10)	Gopin 7

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4 August 1992 10:00	France	22–19	Egypt	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Munier 8	(10–7)	Debes, Mohamed 4

4 August 1992 16:00	Unified Team	27–25	Romania	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6	(12–12)	Licu 8

4 August 1992 19:00	Spain	19–18	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Urdiales 7	(8–8)	Hauck 6

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	6 August
	Sweden	25
					8 August
	France	22
					Sweden	20
	6 August
					Unified Team	22
	Iceland	19
	Unified Team	23
					Bronze medal
					8 August
					Iceland	20
					France	24

Semifinals

6 August 1992 19:00	Sweden	25–22	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Thorsson 6	(11–10)	Lathoud 6

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6 August 1992 21:00	Iceland	19–23	Unified Team	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Grímsson 6	(9–11)	Dujshebaev 9

Eleventh place game

7 August 1992 14:00	Egypt	27–24 (ET)	Brazil	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Amigo, González (ESP)
	Mahmoud 8	(10–8)	Carnasciali, Nascimento 5
	FT: 19–19 ET: 3–3, 2–2 Pen: 3–0

Ninth place game

7 August 1992 16:00	Czechoslovakia	20–19	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Šetlík 6	(11–8)	Hahn 5

Seventh place game

7 August 1992 19:00	Romania	19–23	Hungary	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Prisăcaru 4	(13–9)	Horváth 7

Fifth place game

7 August 1992 21:00	South Korea	21–36	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Cho C. 7	(10–18)	Urdiales 10

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992 15:00	Iceland	20–24	France	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Grímsson 5	(9–12)	Munier 6

Gold medal game

8 August 1992 17:00	Sweden	20–22	Unified Team	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Hajas 7	(9–9)	Gavrilov 5

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings 1  Unified Team 2  Sweden 3  France 4  Iceland 5  Spain 6  South Korea 7  Hungary 8  Romania 9  Czechoslovakia 10  Germany 11  Egypt 12  Brazil	Top goalscorers Player Games Goals 1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) 7 47 2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) 6 45 3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL) 7 35 4. Robert Licu (ROM) 6 30 4. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30 4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 4 30 7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN) 7 29 8. Valeri Gopin (EUN) 7 27 8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM) 6 27
All-star team Andrei Lavrov (EUN) Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) Denis Lathoud (FRA) Per Carlén (SWE) Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Valeri Gopine (EUN)