The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between January 2023 and March 2024,[1] assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.[2]
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team | |
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| Host nation | 1 | ||||
| 11–29 January 2023 | 1 | ||||
| 18–28 October 2023 |  Doha[3] | 1 | |||
| 30 October – 4 November 2023 | 1 | ||||
| 10–28 January 2024 | 1 | ||||
| 17–27 January 2024 |  Cairo[4] | 1 | |||
| 14–17 March 2024 |  Granollers | 2 | |||
| Hanover | 2 | ||||
 Tatabánya | 2 | ||||
| Total | 12 | ||||
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| Key | From | To |
| Olympic host | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| 2023 IHF World Championship | ||
| 2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament | ||
| 2023 IHF World Championship | 2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
| 2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament | ||
See main article: article and 2023 World Men's Handball Championship. The world champion directly qualified for Olympics. Since host nation France took the silver medal, the next six best placed teams (teams ranked 3–8) were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. If any team subsequently qualified directly for Olympics through their continental event, the list would be shifted to the ninth place (or thereafter).
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See main article: article and 2024 European Men's Handball Championship. Due to the fact that the European Championship final was contested between France and Denmark, two teams who had already qualified for the Olympic tournament (France as hosts, and Denmark as World Champions), the winner of the third-place match between Sweden and Germany secured the European Olympic berth. In addition, Portugal and Austria, the two best-placed teams not already qualified for Olympics or the Olympic Qualification Tournaments (via the 2023 World Championship), were eligible to play at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.
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See main article: article and Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament. The winner of the Pan American Games handball tournament directly qualified for the Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the Pan American Games handball tournament runner-up.
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See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Asian men's qualification tournament.
Eleven teams competed in the Asian qualification tournament, held at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 18 to 28 October 2023.[5] [6]
See main article: 2024 African Men's Handball Championship. African champions directly qualified for Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the runners-up and third place.
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See main article: 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments.
It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Granollers, Spain.
It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Hanover, Germany.
It was held from 14 to 17 March 2024 in Tatabánya, Hungary.