Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The handball tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France were held from 25 July to 11 August 2024.^[1] Preliminary pool matches occurred at South Paris Arena 6, with the final phase staged at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille.^[2][3] The format remained the same since 2000 for the men and 2008 for the women, as twelve teams in two groups battle each other in the round robin, followed by the knockout matches for the top eight starting with the quarterfinals and ending with the final and bronze match.

Handball at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	South Paris Arena 6 Pierre Mauroy Stadium
Dates	25 July – 11 August 2024
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (men)  Norway (women)
Runners-up	Germany (men)  France (women)
Third place	Spain (men)  Denmark (women)
Fourth place	Slovenia (men)  Sweden (women)
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Denmark won the men's tournament in a clean sweep with Germany on second place. Host France became 8th. Norway won by the women defeating France in the final. The final set a spectators record for a women's handball match with 26,664 spectators.

Most valuable players were Katrine Lunde (NOR) for the women and Mathias Gidsel (DEN) for the men. The latter broke countryman Mikkel Hansen's record for most goals in a tournament with 62. Hansen on the other hand improved his own record for most goals in olympic handball to 183. He, Danish goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen and French Nikola Karabatić all played their last tournament. Put together they have won IHF World Player of the Year 8 times.

Schedule

GS

Group stage

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

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Date Event	Thu 25	Fri 26	Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thr 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10		Sun 11
Men			GS		GS		GS		GS		GS			1/4		1/2			B	F
Women	GS			GS		GS		GS		GS			1/4		1/2		B	F

Events

Two sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

• Men's handball (12 teams)
• Women's handball (12 teams)

Venues

Paris	Lille Paris
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Capacity: 5,200
Lille
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 27,500

The Stade Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille can be changed from a football stadium to a handball stadium in three hours by moving the center part with hydraulics lifts and slide them above the other part of the field. This creates a lower-level center floor around which up to 30,000 seats can be set up. The handball court is turned 90° compared to the football pitch.

Qualification

The National Olympic Committees might enter only one 14-player men's team and only one 14-player women's team.

Qualification summary

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Angola	—		14
Argentina		—	14
Brazil	—		14
Croatia		—	14
Denmark			28
Egypt		—	14
France			28
Germany			28
Hungary			28
Japan		—	14
Netherlands	—		14
Norway			28
Slovenia			28
South Korea	—		14
Spain			28
Sweden			28
Total: 16 NOCs	168	168	336

Men's qualification

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	—	—	1	France
2023 World Championship	11–29 January 2023	Poland  Sweden	1	Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament	18–28 October 2023	Doha[5]	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[6]	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

Women's qualification

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	—	—	1	France
2022 European Championship	4–20 November 2022	Slovenia  North Macedonia  Montenegro	1	Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament	17–23 August 2023	Hiroshima	1	South Korea
2023 African Qualification Tournament	11–14 October 2023	Luanda	1	Angola
2023 Pan American Games	24–29 October 2023	Viña del Mar	1	Brazil
2023 World Championship	29 November – 17 December 2023	Denmark  Norway  Sweden	1	Norway
2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	11–14 April 2024	Debrecen	2	Hungary  Sweden
		Torrevieja	2	Netherlands  Spain
		Neu-Ulm	2	Germany  Slovenia
Total			12

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	1	0	1	2
2	Norway	1	0	0	1
3	France*	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
5	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Men's tournament Denmark v. Slovenia, semifinals

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Denmark Niklas Landin Jacobsen Niclas Kirkeløkke Magnus Landin Jacobsen Emil Jakobsen Rasmus Lauge Emil Nielsen Magnus Saugstrup Hans Lindberg Mathias Gidsel Henrik Møllgaard Mikkel Hansen Lukas Jørgensen Lasse Andersson Simon Hald Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen Simon Pytlick	Germany David Späth Johannes Golla Luca Witzke Sebastian Heymann Justus Fischer Juri Knorr Julian Köster Renārs Uščins Kai Häfner Tim Hornke Andreas Wolff Rune Dahmke Lukas Mertens Christoph Steinert Marko Grgić Jannik Kohlbacher	Spain Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas Jorge Maqueda Alex Dujshebaev Rodrigo Corrales Adrià Figueras Imanol Garciandia Abel Serdio Agustín Casado Aleix Gómez Ian Tarrafeta Miguel Sánchez-Migallón Daniel Dujshebaev Kauldi Odriozola Daniel Fernández Javier Rodríguez Moreno
Women details	Norway Veronica Kristiansen Maren Nyland Aardahl Stine Skogrand Nora Mørk Stine Bredal Oftedal Silje Solberg-Østhassel Kari Brattset Dale Kristine Breistøl Vilde Ingstad Katrine Lunde Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Camilla Herrem Sanna Solberg-Isaksen Henny Reistad Thale Rushfeldt Deila	France Laura Glauser Méline Nocandy Alicia Toublanc Chloé Valentini Coralie Lassource Grâce Zaadi Cléopatre Darleux Laura Flippes Orlane Kanor Tamara Horacek Pauletta Foppa Estelle Nze Minko Oriane Ondono Lucie Granier Sarah Bouktit Léna Grandveau Hatadou Sako	Denmark Sandra Toft Sarah Iversen Helena Elver Anne Mette Hansen Kathrine Heindahl Line Haugsted Althea Reinhardt Mette Tranborg Kristina Jørgensen Trine Østergaard Louise Burgaard Mie Højlund Emma Friis Rikke Iversen Michala Møller

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	162	144	+18	8	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	140	142	−2	6[a]
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	151	148	+3	6[a]
4	Sweden	5	3	0	2	158	139	+19	6[a]
5	Croatia	5	2	0	3	148	156	−8	4
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	143	173	−30	0

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[7]
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:

1. Slovenia 2 Pts, +2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, 0 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	165	133	+32	10	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	5	3	1	1	148	140	+8	7
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	139	136	+3	6
4	France (H)	5	2	1	2	129	131	−2	5
5	Hungary	5	1	0	4	137	138	−1	2
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	131	171	−40	0

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[7]
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

Knockout stage

	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

Final standings

Rank	Team[8]
	Denmark
	Germany
	Spain
4	Slovenia
5	Egypt
6	Norway
7	Sweden
8	France
9	Croatia
10	Hungary
11	Japan
12	Argentina

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	140	110	+30	8[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	140	125	+15	8[a]
3	Denmark	5	4	0	1	126	116	+10	8[a]
4	Germany	5	1	0	4	136	134	+2	2[b]
5	South Korea	5	1	0	4	107	133	−26	2[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	4	116	147	−31	2[b]

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[9]
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:

1. Norway 2 Pts, +5 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, +2 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, −7 GD.
2. Germany 2 Pts, +18 GD; South Korea 2 Pts, −6 GD; Slovenia 2 Pts, −12 GD.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	5	5	0	0	159	124	+35	10	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	152	137	+15	8
3	Hungary	5	2	1	2	137	140	−3	5
4	Brazil	5	2	0	3	127	119	+8	4
5	Angola	5	1	1	3	131	154	−23	3
6	Spain	5	0	0	5	111	143	−32	0

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[9]
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

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal
	6 August
	Norway	32
					8 August
	Brazil	15
					Norway	25
	6 August
					Denmark	21
	Denmark	29
									10 August
	Netherlands	25
									Norway	29
	6 August
									France	21
	Hungary	32
					8 August
	Sweden (ET)	36
					Sweden	28
	6 August
					France (ET)	31			Bronze medal
	France	26
									10 August
	Germany	23
									Denmark	30
									Sweden	25

Final standings

Rank	Team[10]
	Norway
	France
	Denmark
4	Sweden
5	Netherlands
6	Hungary
7	Brazil
8	Germany
9	Angola
10	South Korea
11	Slovenia
12	Spain

See also

• Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Handball at the 2022 Asian Games