Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained

The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from January 2011 to April 2012.

Qualification summary

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1
	13–30 January 2011		1
	16–24 October 2011		1
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament	23 October – 2 November 2011		1
	11–20 January 2012		1
	15–29 January 2012		1
	6–8 April 2012		2
	6–8 April 2012		2
	6–8 April 2012		2
Total			12

Legend for qualification type
Team qualified to the 2012 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

World Championship

See main article: 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.

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Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

See main article: 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.

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America (2nd ranking continent)

See main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games.

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Asia (3rd ranking continent)

Preliminary round

http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Men_OQ_2011.html

Group A

23.10 16:20 Saudi Arabia 41-26 Uzbekistan 17-13

23.10 20:20 Iran 27-23 Kuwait 11-9

24.10 13:00 Saudi Arabia 22-21 Iran 11-8

24.10 17:00 Qatar 38-32 Uzbekistan 20-15

25.10 15:00 Qatar 31-31 Kuwait 16-15

27.10 13:00 Iran 45-22 Uzbekistan 22-8

27.10 17:00 Saudi Arabia 30-21 Kuwait 16-10

28.10 15:00 Iran 35-32 Qatar 14-15

29.10 13:00 Kuwait 44-26 Uzbekistan 18-12

29.10 17:00 Qatar 28-27 Saudi Arabia 14-11

Group B

23.10 14:20 South Korea 31-18 Japan 14-6

23.10 18:20 Oman 41-27 Kazakhstan 21-15

24.10 15:00 Japan 26-24 China 12-10

24.10 19:00 South Korea 41-15 Kazakhstan 24-5

25.10 17:00 South Korea 31-24 Oman 13-14

27.10 15:00 Japan 34-29 Oman 20-8

27.10 19:00 China 38-16 Kazakhstan 19-8

28.10 17:00 South Korea 31-25 China 13-10

29.10 15:00 Japan 46-15 Kazakhstan 22-5

29.10 19:00 China 24-23 Oman 12-13

Final standing

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Africa (4th ranking continent)

See main article: 2012 African Men's Handball Championship.

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

The teams eligible to participate in these three IHF Qualification Tournaments are seeded as follows :

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2nd from World (3rd place World 2011): 7th from World (8th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 1 (2nd place Europe 2012): 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Africa 2012):	3rd from World (4th place World 2011): 6th from World (7th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011): 3rd from Continent 1 (5th place Europe 2012):	4th from World (5th place World 2011): 5th from World (6th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Asia 2011): 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011):

Notes:

• Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.
• If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3. Oceania's representative (Australia) placed 24th.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

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External links

• ihf.info
• 2012 Olympic Handball Qualification- Men (Format and Results)
• Qualification System