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

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from December 2010 to May 2012.

Qualification summary

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1
	7–19 December 2010	&	1
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament	12–21 October		1
	15–23 October 2011		1
	2–18 December 2011		1
	11–20 January 2012		1
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1	25–27 May 2012		2
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2	25–27 May 2012		2
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3	25–27 May 2012		2
Total			12

^* Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

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: article and 2011 World Women's Handball Championship.

Notes:

The six best teams not yet qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games are qualified for one of the three World Olympic qualification tournaments (each one hosted by one of the three best teams).
Qualification to the Olympic qualification tournament through the World Championship supersedes qualification through the Continental Championship.

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Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

See main article: article and 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.

Notes:

Norway is both European and World Champion, so Sweden goes directly to the Olympic Tournament in London on the European Champions spot.

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America (2nd ranking continent)

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

Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up and third (since Australia placed 24th) go to one of the qualification tournament

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Africa (3rd ranking continent)

See main article: article and 2012 African Women's Handball Championship.

Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament

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Asia (4th ranking continent)

Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament

2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

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2nd from World (2nd place World 2011): 7th from World (10th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 1 (3rd place Europe 2010): 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Asia 2011):	3rd from World (3rd place World 2011): 6th from World (7th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011): 3rd from Continent 1 (8th place Europe 2010):	4th from World (4th place World 2011): 5th from World (6th place World 2011): 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Africa 2012): 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011):

Note :

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 so, Dominican Republic, 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011), are qualified.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

Venue: Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France
All times are Central European Time .

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

Venue: Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
All times are Central European Time .

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2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg, Denmark
All times are Central European Time .

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References

Qualification System

External links