Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 20 to 25 August at the Jiangning Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–25 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
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Qualification

A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 14 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China is given the choice of entering a male or female team while the other places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.^[1]

China chose to enter a girls' team^[2] therefore the unoccupied boys' team was reallocated to the best placed continent at the 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (Europe).^[1] Furthermore Oceania did not organize a qualifying event for either gender thus the spots were reallocated.^[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all qualified NOCs must either have a senior ranking in the top 40 on 1 January 2014 or finish ahead of a team ranked in the top 20 during the continental qualification tournament.^[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified	Group
Host Nation	-	-	0	China
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht	14–19 July 2013	2	Slovenia	B
				Norway	A
2013 Asian Youth Games	Nanjing	16–24 August 2013	1	Qatar	B
2014 African Youth Nations Championship	Nairobi	15–21 March 2014	2	Egypt	A
				Tunisia	B
2014 Pan American Youth Championship	Buenos Aires	1–5 April 2014	1	Brazil	A
Oceania Qualification Event	-	Cancelled	0
TOTAL			6

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified	Group
Host Nation	-	-	1	China	B
2013 European Youth Championship	Gdańsk/Gdynia	15–25 August 2013	2	Sweden	B
				Russia	A
2013 Asian Youth Games	Nanjing	16–24 August 2013	1	South Korea	A
2013 African Youth Nations Championship	Oyo	22–31 August 2013	1	Angola	A
2014 Pan American Youth Championship	Fortaleza	20–28 April 2014	1	Brazil	B
Oceania Qualification Event	-	Cancelled	0
TOTAL			6

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 20	Wednesday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 20	Wednesday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 22	Friday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 22	Friday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 24	Sunday	09:00	Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg
August 24	Sunday	11:00	Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg
August 24	Sunday	13:00 15:30	Girls' Semifinals
August 24	Sunday	18:00 20:30	Boys' Semifinals
August 25	Monday	09:00	Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg
August 25	Monday	11:00	Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg
August 25	Monday	13:00	Girls' Bronze Medal Match
August 25	Monday	15:30	Boys' Bronze Medal Match
August 25	Monday	18:00	Girls' Gold Medal Match
August 25	Monday	20:30	Boys' Gold Medal Match

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
3	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
5	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' details	Slovenia	Egypt	Norway
Girls' details	South Korea	Russia	Sweden