Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Handball

Handball at the 2012 Olympics
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Copper Box , basketball arena
Teams	24 (12 , 12 )
Nations	17th
Athletes	347 (171 , 176 )
date	July 28 - August 12, 2012
decisions	2
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital London , two handball competitions were held from July 28 to August 12 .

Twelve teams each took part in the tournament for women and men. Up to the quarter-finals, the venue was the Copper Box in the Olympic Park , which has a capacity of 7,000 spectators. The finals took place in the basketball arena , which has a capacity of 12,000 spectators.

Men

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
France Luc Abalo William Accambray Xavier Barachet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Michaël Guigou Samuel Honrubia Guillaume Joli Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Cédric Sorhaindo Trainer: Claude Onesta	Sweden Kim Andersson Mattias Andersson Dalibor Doder Niclas Ekberg Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz Mattias Gustafsson Johan Jakobsson Magnus Jernemyr Jonas Källman Tobias Karlsson Jonas Larholm Andreas Nilsson Fredrik Petersen Johan Sjöstrand Mattias Zachrisson Coach: Staffan Olsson and Ola Lindgren	Croatia Mirko Alilović Ivano Balić Damir Bičanić Denis Buntić Ivan Čupić Domagoj Duvnjak Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Marko Kopljar Blaženko Lacković Venio Losert Manuel Štrlek Ivan Ninčević Igor Vori Drago Vuković Coach: Slavko Goluža

Preliminary round

Group A

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Iceland	5	5	0	0	167: 132	10
2	France	5	4th	0	1	159: 110	08th
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	156: 115	06th
4th	Tunisia	5	2	0	3	121: 125	04th
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4th	113: 138	02
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	5	096: 192	00

date	Local time	encounter			Result
29th of July	9:30 am	Iceland	-	Argentina	31:25 (15:14)
29th of July	2:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Tunisia	28:21 (16:11)
29th of July	8:30 p.m.	France	-	Great Britain	44:15 (21: 07)
July 31	9:30 am	Tunisia	-	Iceland	22:32 ( 08:19)
July 31	2:30 p.m.	Great Britain	-	Sweden	19:41 (10:24)
July 31	9:15 pm	Argentina	-	France	20:32 ( 09:17)
August 2nd	11:15 a.m.	France	-	Tunisia	25:19 (12:11)
August 2nd	4:15 p.m.	Great Britain	-	Argentina	21:32 (11:16)
August 2nd	9:15 pm	Sweden	-	Iceland	32:33 (13:17)
4th of August	9:30 am	Tunisia	-	Great Britain	34:17 (14: 08)
4th of August	2:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Argentina	29:13 (12: 08)
4th of August	19:30 o'clock	Iceland	-	France	30:29 (16:15)
6th of August	11:15 a.m.	Argentina	-	Tunisia	23:25 (12:12)
6th of August	4:15 p.m.	Iceland	-	Great Britain	41:24 (18:15)
6th of August	9:15 pm	France	-	Sweden	29:26 (18:12)

Group B

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	150: 109	10
2	Denmark	5	4th	0	1	124: 129	08th
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	140: 126	06th
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	3	114: 128	04th
5	Serbia	5	1	0	4th	120: 131	02
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	115: 140	00

date	Local time	encounter			Result
29th of July	11:15 a.m.	Croatia	-	South Korea	31:21 (14: 08)
29th of July	4:15 p.m.	Spain	-	Serbia	26:21 (10:14)
29th of July	9:15 pm	Hungary	-	Denmark	25:27 (10:13)
July 31	11:15 a.m.	South Korea	-	Hungary	19:22 ( 09: 07)
July 31	4:15 p.m.	Serbia	-	Croatia	23:31 ( 09:13)
July 31	19:30 o'clock	Denmark	-	Spain	24:23 (13:12)
August 2nd	9:30 am	Spain	-	South Korea	33:29 (16:14)
August 2nd	2:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Hungary	26:19 (11: 09)
August 2nd	19:30 o'clock	Serbia	-	Denmark	25:26 (11:13)
4th of August	11:15 a.m.	South Korea	-	Serbia	22:28 (10:12)
4th of August	4:15 p.m.	Croatia	-	Denmark	32:21 (14: 09)
4th of August	9:15 pm	Hungary	-	Spain	22:33 (13:16)
6th of August	9:30 am	Hungary	-	Serbia	26:23 ( 09:11)
6th of August	2:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	South Korea	26:24 (13:14)
6th of August	19:30 o'clock	Spain	-	Croatia	25:30 (10:11)

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	August 8, 2012
	Denmark	22nd
					August 10, 2012
	Sweden	24
					Sweden	27
	August 8, 2012
					Hungary	26th
	Iceland	33
									August 12, 2012
	Hungary	34
									Sweden	21st
	August 8, 2012
									France	22nd
	France	23
					August 10, 2012
	Spain	22nd
					France	25th			3rd place match
	August 8, 2012
					Croatia	22nd
	Croatia	25th							Hungary	26th
	Tunisia	23							Croatia	33
									August 12, 2012

Quarter finals

Day	time	encounter	Result
8th August	12:00 o'clock	Iceland - Hungary	33:34 (12:16, 27:27, 30:30)
	2:30 p.m.	Spain - France	22:23 (12: 9)
	6:00 p.m.	Sweden - Denmark	24:22 (11: 9)
	9:30 p.m.	Croatia - Tunisia	25:23 (13: 9)

Semifinals

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 10	17:00 o'clock	Sweden - Hungary	27:26 (15:12)
	9:00 p.m.	France - Croatia	25:22 (12:10)

3rd place match

Day	time	encounter	Result
12. August	11:00 o'clock	Hungary - Croatia	26:33 (14:19)

final

Day	time	encounter	Result
12. August	3:00 p.m.	Sweden - France	21:22 (8:10)

The half-time results are in brackets. In the event of extra time, the scores after the end of the regular playing time, after the end of the first half and the second half of the 1st extra time and the first half of the 2nd extra time are shown there.

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Thierry Omeyer	France
Left winger:	Jonas Källman	Sweden
Back left:	Aron Pálmarsson	Iceland
Back center:	Nikola Karabatić	France
Back right:	Kim Andersson	Sweden
Right winger:	Ivan Čupić	Croatia
Circle:	Julen Aguinagalde	Spain

Women

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	NOR	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø , Ida Alstad , Karoline Dyhre Breivang , Camilla Herrem , Amanda Kurtović , Linn Jørum Sulland , Heidi Løke , Kristine Lunde-Borgersen , Katrine Lunde Haraldsen , Marit Malm Frafjord , Kari Mette Johansen , Tonje Nøstvold , Linnhuth Koren , Gøril Snorroeggen Coach: Þórir Hergeirsson
2	MNE	Sonja Barjaktarović , Anđela Bulatović , Katarina Bulatović , Ana Đokić , Marija Jovanović , Milena Knežević , Suzana Lazović , Majda Mehmedović , Radmila Miljanić , Bojana Popović , Jovanka Radičević , Ana Radović , Maja Savić , Marina Vukčević Coach: Dragan Adžić
3	ESP	Macarena Aguilar , Nely Carla Alberto , Jessica Alonso , Vanessa Amorós , Andrea Barnó , Elisabeth Chávez , Mihaela Ciobanu , Verónica Cuadrado , Patricia Elorza , Beatriz Fernández , Begoña Fernández , Marta Mangué , Carmen Martín , Silvia Navarro , Elisabeth Pinedo Coach: Jorge Dueñas

Preliminary round

Group A

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	5	4th	0	1	137: 122	8th
2	Croatia	5	4th	0	1	145: 115	8th
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	151: 125	7th
4th	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	127: 123	5
5	Angola	5	1	0	4th	132: 142	2
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	5	091: 166	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
July 28th	9:30 am	Russia	-	Angola	30:27 (18:12)
July 28th	2:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Brazil	23:24 (10: 09)
July 28th	19:30 o'clock	Montenegro	-	Great Britain	31:19 (18:12)
30th July	9:30 am	Angola	-	Croatia	23:28 (11:13)
30th July	2:30 p.m.	Great Britain	-	Russia	16:37 ( 08:17)
30th July	19:30 o'clock	Brazil	-	Montenegro	27:25 (15:16)
August 1st	11:15 a.m.	Montenegro	-	Angola	30:25 (13:14)
August 1st	4:15 p.m.	Great Britain	-	Brazil	17:30 ( 08:17)
August 1st	9:15 pm	Russia	-	Croatia	28:30 (15:15)
3rd August	9:30 am	Angola	-	Great Britain	31:25 (14:10)
3rd August	2:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Montenegro	27:26 (12:12)
3rd August	4:15 p.m.	Russia	-	Brazil	31:27 (15:14)
5th of August	11:15 a.m.	Brazil	-	Angola	29:26 (14: 09)
5th of August	2:30 p.m.	Montenegro	-	Russia	25:25 (15:16)
5th of August	4:15 p.m.	Croatia	-	Great Britain	37:14 (17: 06)

Group B

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	France	5	4th	1	0	125: 103	9
2	South Korea	5	3	1	1	136: 130	7th
3	Spain	5	3	1	1	119: 114	7th
4th	Norway	5	2	1	2	118: 120	5
5	Denmark	5	1	0	4th	113: 121	2
6th	Sweden	5	0	0	5	108: 131	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
July 28th	11:15 a.m.	Spain	-	South Korea	27:31 (12:16)
July 28th	4:15 p.m.	Denmark	-	Sweden	21:18 ( 08:10)
July 28th	9:15 pm	Norway	-	France	23:24 (12:17)
30th July	11:15 a.m.	South Korea	-	Denmark	25:24 (11:10)
30th July	4:15 p.m.	France	-	Spain	18:18 ( 07:10)
30th July	9:15 pm	Sweden	-	Norway	21:24 ( 09:14)
August 1st	9:30 am	Norway	-	South Korea	27:27 (13:15)
August 1st	2:30 p.m.	France	-	Sweden	29:17 (16:11)
August 1st	19:30 o'clock	Spain	-	Denmark	24:21 (14: 09)
3rd August	11:15 a.m.	South Korea	-	France	21:24 (12:10)
3rd August	19:30 o'clock	Spain	-	Sweden	25:24 (11:10)
3rd August	9:15 pm	Denmark	-	Norway	23:24 (11:12)
5th of August	9:30 am	Sweden	-	South Korea	28:32 (13:16)
5th of August	19:30 o'clock	Norway	-	Spain	20:25 (11:11)
5th of August	9:15 pm	Denmark	-	France	24:30 (10:17)

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	August 7, 2012
	Brazil	19 (13)
					August 9, 2012
	Norway	21 ( 09)
					Norway	31 (18)
	August 7, 2012
					South Korea	25 (15)
	Russia	23 (11)
									August 11, 2012
	South Korea	24 (14)
									Norway	26 (13)
	August 7, 2012
									Montenegro	23 (10)
	Croatia	22 (12)
					August 9, 2012
	Spain	25 (13)
					Spain	26 (13)			3rd place match
	August 7, 2012
					Montenegro	27 (13)
	Montenegro	23 (13)							South Korea	29
	France	22 (13)							Spain	31 a.d.
									August 11, 2012

Quarter finals

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 7th	10:00 a.m	Brazil - Norway	19:21 (13: 9)
	1:30 p.m.	Croatia - Spain	22:25 (12:13)
	17:00 o'clock	Russia - South Korea	23:24 (11:14)
	8:30 p.m.	Montenegro - France	23:22 (13:13)

Semifinals

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 9	17:00 o'clock	Norway - South Korea	31:25 (18:15)
	8:30 p.m.	Spain - Montenegro	26:27 (13:13)

3rd place match

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 11th	17:00 o'clock	South Korea - Spain	29:31 a.d. (13:13, 24:24, 28:28)

final

Day	time	encounter	Result
August 11th	8:30 p.m.	Norway - Montenegro	26:23 (13:10)

The half-time results are in brackets. In the event of extra time, the scores after the end of the regular playing time, after the end of the first half and the second half of the 1st extra time and the first half of the 2nd extra time are shown there.

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway
Left winger:	Jo Hyo-bi	South Korea
Back left:	Bojana Popović	Montenegro
Back center:	Marta Mangué	Spain
Back right:	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro
Right winger:	Alexandra do Nascimento	Brazil
Circle:	Heidi Løke	Norway

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	France	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
3	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
5	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6th

qualification

Qualification criteria

There will be 336 athletes taking part in the competitions, twelve teams of each gender with 14 players each. The following qualification criteria count for both women and men. The 2011 world champion and the four winners of the continental championships that were held between 2010 and 2012 are qualified for the Olympic tournament. ( Asia and Oceania together form a continental association). The UK is automatically qualified to host.

The last opportunity to qualify in 2012 is three tournaments per gender, with two teams each qualifying. Four teams will take part in each of these tournaments, the places will be awarded after the performance at the World and Continental Championships. The six best teams in the World Cup that have not yet qualified for the Olympic tournament take part. There were also two teams each from Europe and America as well as one team from Asia and Africa.

Overview of all qualification competitions:

Men

• World Championship in Sweden , January 13-30, 2011 
• Pan American Games in Guadalajara , October 13-30, 2011 
• Asian Qualifier in Seoul , October 23rd to November 3rd, 2011 
• African Championship in Morocco , January 10-21, 2012 
• European Championship in Serbia , January 15-29, 2012 
• 3 international Olympic qualification tournaments, April 6-8, 2012.

Women

• European Championship in Denmark and Norway , December 7th to 19th, 2010  
• Asian qualifying tournament in China , October 12-20, 2011 
• Pan American Games in Guadalajara , October 13-30, 2011 
• World Cup in Brazil , December 3-16, 2011 
• African Championship in Morocco , January 10-21, 2012 
• 3 international Olympic qualification tournaments, May 25-27, 2012

The French team qualified as world champions for men and the Norwegian team for women. At the European Championships Denmark qualified for the men and Sweden for the women, Argentina and Brazil were added to the Pan American Games and Tunisia and Angola to the African Championships. The South Korean team secured participation in the Asian qualifying tournament.

Qualifying tournaments

Men

1st qualifying tournament April 6-8 in Alicante
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Spain	+23	6th
2.	Serbia	+ 05	3
3.	Poland	−10	3
4th	Algeria	−17	0

April 6th	Poland	Algeria	28:27
	Spain	Serbia	30:27
7th of April	Serbia	Poland	25:25
	Algeria	Spain	20:28
April 8th	Serbia	Algeria	26:18
	Spain	Poland	33:22

2nd qualification tournament 6-8 April in Gothenburg
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Sweden	+11	6th
2.	Hungary	+ 02	4th
3.	Brazil	- 06	2
4th	Macedonia	- 07th	0

April 6th	Hungary	Macedonia	28:26
	Sweden	Brazil	25:20
7th of April	Brazil	Hungary	27:29
	Macedonia	Sweden	23:27
April 8th	Brazil	Macedonia	28:27
	Sweden	Hungary	26:23

3rd qualifying tournament 6-8 April in Varaždin
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Croatia	+37	6th
2.	Iceland	+16	4th
3.	Japan	−18	2
4th	Chile	−35	0

April 6th	Croatia	Japan	36:22
	Iceland	Chile	25:17
7th of April	Chile	Croatia	15:35
	Japan	Iceland	30:41
April 8th	Japan	Chile	33:26
	Croatia	Iceland	31:28

Women

1st qualification tournament 25. – 27. May in Lyon
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Montenegro	+19	6th
2.	France	+16	4th
3.	Romania	−14	2
4th	Japan	−21	0

25. May	Montenegro	Japan	30:24
	France	Romania	24:19
May 26	Japan	France	17:30
	Romania	Montenegro	23:34
May 27th	Romania	Japan	28:26
	France	Montenegro	20:22

2nd qualification tournament 25. – 27. May in Guadalajara
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Spain	+ 03	4th
2.	Croatia	± 00	4th
3.	Netherlands	- 03	4th
4th	Argentina	−35	0

25. May	Croatia	Netherlands	28:29
	Spain	Argentina	31:15
May 26	Argentina	Croatia	21:31
	Netherlands	Spain	24:28
May 27th	Argentina	Netherlands	21:30
	Spain	Croatia	22:23

3rd qualification tournament 25. – 27. May in Aalborg
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Russia	+44	6th
2.	Denmark	+14	4th
3.	Tunisia	−26	2
4th	Dominican Rep.	−50	0

25. May	Russia	Dom. Rep.	41:17
	Denmark	Tunisia	28:24
May 26	Tunisia	Russia	20:33
	Dom. Rep.	Denmark	21:38
May 27th	Tunisia	Dom. Rep.	29:20
	Denmark	Russia	20:27

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Men		Women
host	Great Britain	host	Great Britain
World Champion 2011	France	World Champion 2011	Norway
Africa	Tunisia	Africa	Angola
America	Argentina	America	Brazil
Asia	South Korea	Asia	South Korea
Europe	Denmark	Europe	Sweden
1st qualifying tournament	Spain	1st qualifying tournament	France
1st qualifying tournament	Serbia	1st qualifying tournament	Montenegro
2nd qualifying tournament	Sweden	2nd qualifying tournament	Spain
2nd qualifying tournament	Hungary	2nd qualifying tournament	Croatia
3rd qualifying tournament	Iceland	3rd qualifying tournament	Denmark
3rd qualifying tournament	Croatia	3rd qualifying tournament	Russia

Web links

Commons : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Handball  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Internet presence Olympia London 2012, handball (English).
• Website IHF, Olympia London 2012 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Qualification Olympia 2012 Handball Women" website of Team Handball News. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
2. ↑ "Qualification Olympia 2012 Handball Men" website of Team Handball News. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
3. ^ The Olympic qualification in handball ( Memento from February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
4. ^ "Men Olympic Qualification Tournament 2012" website of the IHF. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
5. ↑ "Olympic handball tournaments and seeding pots for draw completed" website of the IHF. Retrieved June 3, 2012.