2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments explained
See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. The 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 11 to 14 April 2024. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden qualified for the Olympics.[1]
Format
There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments:[2]
- The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
- The highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Americas), third (Africa), and fourth (Asia)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8 and 12th at the World Championship. As no team from Oceania met this condition, the second-ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion. In such cases, the access list was rebalanced accordingly.
- 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 2024 Olympic Games.
The host countries were announced on 22 December 2023.[4]
On 9 April 2024, Cameroon withdrew and was replaced by Great Britain.[3]
Referees
The referees were announced on 27 February 2024.[5]
| Tournament 1 |
|---|
| Mariana García
Maria Paolantoni |
| Tanja Kuttler
Maike Merz |
| Arthur Brunner
Morad Salah |
| Cristian Lemes
Mathías Sosa | |
| Tournament 2 |
|---|
| Amar Konjičanin/
Dino Konjičanin |
| Heidy El-Saied
Yasmina El-Saied |
| Marko Sekulić
Vladimir Jovandić |
| Mirza Kurtagic
Mattias Wetterwik | |
| Tournament 3 |
|---|
| Karim Gasmi
Raouf Gasmi |
| Cristina Lovin
Simona Stancu |
| Koo Bo-nok
Lee Se-ok |
| Javier Álvarez
Yon Bustamante | |
Tournament 1
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 1 |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Dates: | 11–14 April |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 3 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 360 |
| Top Scorer: | Katrin Klujber
(23 goals) |
The tournament was held in Debrecen, Hungary.
Standings
Matches
All times are local (UTC+2).[6]
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Tournament 2
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 2 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 11–14 April |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 334 |
| Top Scorer: | Markéta Jeřábková
(24 goals) |
The tournament was held in Torrevieja, Spain.
Standings
Matches
All times are local (UTC+2).
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Tournament 3
| Tourney Name: | Tournament 3 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Dates: | 11–14 April |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 322 |
| Top Scorer: | Ana Gros
(21 goals) |
The tournament was held in Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Standings
Matches
All times are local (UTC+2).
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's line-up completed. 14 April 2024. ihf.info.
- Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball. 28 January 2023.
- Web site: Great Britain women's national team replace Cameroon in the Olympic Qualification Tournament #1. 9 April 2024 . ihf.info.
- Web site: Hungary, Spain and Germany to host the Paris 2024 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments. 22 December 2023 . ihf.info.
- Web site: Referees nominations for the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. 27 February 2024. ihf.info.
- Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments schedule released. 21 February 2024. ihf.info.
