Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained
The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament was held from January 2015 to April 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the world champion, four continental event winners and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.
Qualification summary
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| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | | 1 | |
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| 16–25 July 2015 | | 1 | |
| 14–27 November 2015 | | 1 | |
| 15–31 January 2016 | | 1 | |
| 21–30 January 2016 | | 1 | |
| 8–10 April 2016 | | 2 | |
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Legend for qualification type
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| Team qualified from the World Championship directly to the 2016 Olympic Tournament |
| Team qualified from Continental Events directly to the 2016 Olympic Tournament |
| Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournaments |
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World Championship
See main article: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.
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Continental qualification
Europe (1st ranking continent)
See main article: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
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Asia (2nd ranking continent)
The tournament was held from 14 to 27 November 2015 in Doha, Qatar.[1] [2] It included Oceania champion's Australia.
All times are local (UTC+3).
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
- 5th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Final ranking
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America (3rd ranking continent)
See main article: Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.
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See main article: 2016 African Men's Handball Championship.
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Olympic Qualification Tournaments
The Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held on 8–10 April 2016. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:
- 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 best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented 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. 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 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 2016 Olympic Games.[3] [4]
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- 3rd from World:
- 9th from World:
- 3rd from Americas:
- 2nd from Africa:
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- 8th from World:
- 2nd from Asia:
- 8th from Europe:
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- 6th from World:
- 4th from Europe:
- 3rd from Asia:
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
All times are local (UTC+2).
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
All times are local (UTC+2).
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
All times are local (UTC+2).
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Draw – Asian Men's Qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. 15 June 2015. ihf.info.
- Web site: Match Schedule. 3 November 2015. asianhandball.org. 3 November 2015. 26 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151026114007/http://www.asianhandball.org/images/announcements/AMQ-2015.QAT/Match%20Schedule%20-.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Venues for Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments announced. 4 February 2016. ihf.info.
- Web site: Polacy o awans do IO zagrają w Gdańsku!. 3 February 2016. zprp.pl. 3 February 2016. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419052301/http://zprp.pl/archiwa/37565. dead.
