Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification explained

The qualification for the 2020 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the world champion, four winners of continental events and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.^[1] (The Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).^[2]

Qualification summary

width=30%	Qualification!	width=23%	Date!	width=22%	Host(s)!	width=10%	Vacancies!	width=15%	Qualified
Host nation			1
	10–27 January 2019		1
	31 July – 5 August 2019		1
	17–26 October 2019		1
	10–26 January 2020		1
	16–26 January 2020		1
	12–14 March 2021		2
			2
			2
Total			12

Legend for qualification type

Qualified
Key	From	To
	World Championship	Olympic Tournament
	Continental Qualification Event
	World Championship	Qualification Tournament
	Continental Qualification Event

World Championship

See main article: 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Continental qualification

Europe

See main article: 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.

width=40	Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Asia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[3]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6
7
8

America

See main article: Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Africa

See main article: 2020 African Men's Handball Championship.

Rank	width=170	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Olympic Qualification Tournaments

See main article: 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Qualification System confirmed. 3 April 2018. ihf.info.
2. Web site: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
3. Web site: Who will book the Asian men's Tokyo 2020 ticket?. 17 October 2019. ihf.info.