2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments explained
See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. The 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 19 to 21 March 2021, in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.[1] [2]
On 13 March 2020, the IHF postponed the tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Previously, the tournaments were scheduled to take place from 20 to 22 March 2020. The tournaments were rescheduled for 19 to 21 March 2021.[4]
Format
There were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[5]
- The top six teams from the 2019 World Championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships are eligible to participate in the tournament.
- The best ranked teams of each continent in the 2019 World Championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent receives an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World Championship ranking will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
- The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[6]
| width=320 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | width=320 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | width=320 | 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
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- 2nd from World:
- 7th from World:
2nd from Africa: - 2nd from the Americas:
| - 3rd from World:
- 6th from World:
2nd from Asia: - 4th from Asia:
- 7th from Europe:
| - 4th from World:
- 5th from World:
- 4th from Europe:
3rd from Asia:
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On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced by Kazakhstan.[7] [8]
On 3 February 2020, China and Hong Kong withdrew and were replaced by Thailand.[9] [10] [11] In October 2020, China requested to be reinstated because the tournaments were moved and the IHF granted that request.[12] On 1 March 2021, China withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Because of that, Kazakhstan was moved to Tournament 2 and no other Asian team was available (Hong Kong declined a participation and Thailand did not respond prior to the deadline), meaning that Tournament 3 was played with three teams.[13] Senegal withdrew on 9 March 2021 and was not replaced by another African team.[14]
Referees
The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.[15]
| Tournament 1 |
|---|
| Amar Konjičanin
Dino Konjičanin |
| Viktoriia Alpaidze
Tatyana Berezkina |
| Koo Bon-ok
Lee Se-ok |
| Matías Sosa
Christian Lemes | |
| Tournament 2 |
|---|
| Youcef Belkhiri
Sid Ali Hamidi |
| María Paolantoni
Mariana García |
| Charlotte Bonaventura
Julie Bonaventura |
| Cristina Năstase
Simona Stancu | |
| Tournament 3 |
|---|
| Karina Christiansen
Line Hesseldal Hansen |
| Bojan Lah
David Sok |
| Ignacio García
Andreu Marín | |
Tournament 1
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 1 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Goals: | 158 |
| Attendance: | 0 |
Standings
All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
Matches
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Tournament 2
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 2 |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Dates: | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 355 |
| Attendance: | 0 |
Standings
All times are local (UTC+1).
Matches
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Tournament 3
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 3 |
| Country: | Montenegro |
| Dates: | 19–21 March 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Goals: | 157 |
| Attendance: | 0 |
Standings
All times are local (UTC+1).
Matches
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 2020 Women's olympic qualification tournaments. 13 December 2019. ihf.info.
- Web site: Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments awarded. 20 December 2019. ihf.info.
- Web site: IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation. 13 March 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: IHF events to be re-scheduled. 24 April 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places. 13 December 2019. ihf.info.
- Web site: Update: Women's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournaments. 27 January 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: DPR of Korea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament. 10 January 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: Kazakhstan replace DPR of Korea at Olympic Qualification Tournament. 15 January 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: People's Republic of China withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Event. 3 February 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: Thailand replace PR of China in the Tokyo 2020 Women's Qualification Tournament. 10 February 2020. ihf.info.
- News: Thailand replace China in women's handball Olympic qualifying due to coronavirus. Inside the Games. 12 February 2020. 12 February 2020.
- Web site: PR of China to participate in IHF Women's Tokyo 2020 Qualification Tournaments. 2 October 2020. ihf.info.
- Web site: Changes to Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Women's Tournaments. 1 March 2021. ihf.info.
- Web site: Senegal cancel participation in Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Women's Tournament 1. 11 March 2021. ihf.info.
- Web site: Referee nominations for Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020. 25 February 2021. ihf.info.
- Web site: Match schedules for the IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 confirmed. 24 February 2020. ihf.info.
