Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:Men's handball
at the XXXIII Olympiad
Size:150px
Country:France
Dates:27 July – 11 August
Num Teams:12
Confederations:5
Venues:South Paris Arena 6
Pierre Mauroy Stadium
Cities:2
Count:2
Matches:38
Top Scorer: Mathias Gidsel
(62 goals)
Player: Mathias Gidsel
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The men's handball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. The preliminary round games were played at the South Paris Arena 6 in Paris and the final games at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.[1]

Denmark won their second title with a win over Germany.[2] Spain captured the bronze medal after a victory against Slovenia.[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament was as follows.[4]

Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

Draw

The draw was held on 16 April 2024.[5] [6]

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 17 March 2024.

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 26 April 2024.[7]

Referees
Youcef Belkhiri
Sid Ali Hamidi
Mariana García
María Paolantoni
Amar Konjičanin
Dino Konjičanin
Václav Horáček
Jiří Novotný
Mads Hansen
Jesper Madsen
Charlotte Bonaventura
Julie Bonaventura
Robert Schulze
Tobias Tönnies
Tanja Kuttler
Maike Merz
Referees
Ádám Bíró
Olivér Kiss
Gjorgji Nachevski
Slave Nikolov
Ivan Pavićević
Miloš Ražnatović
Lars Jørum
Håvard Kleven
Bojan Lah
David Sok
Ignacio García
Andreu Marín
Mirza Kurtagic
Mattias Wetterwik
Arthur Brunner
Morad Salah

Rosters

See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team[9]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

All Star Team

The all-star team was announced after the final on 11 August 2024.[10]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Right wing Blaž Janc
Right back Renārs Uščins
Centre back Juri Knorr
Left back Simon Pytlick
Left wing Daniel Fernández
Pivot Lukas Jørgensen
Mathias Gidsel

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsShots
1 Mathias Gidsel62 83 75
2 Aleks Vlah56 87 64
3 Simon Pytlick54 79 68
4 Renārs Uščins52 76 68
5 Aleix Gómez48 61 79
6 Blaž Janc43 58 74
7 Johannes Golla37 47 79
Dika Mem60 62
9 Hugo Descat34 45 76
10 Juri Knorr33 52 63
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalscorers[11]

Top goalkeepers

RankName%SavesShots
1 Roland Mikler40 23 58
2 Vincent Gérard35 68 192
3 Tobias Thulin34 35 102
4 Dominik Kuzmanović33 56 171
Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas82 251
6 Mohamed Aly32 46 142
Rodrigo Corrales24 74
Klemen Ferlin56 177
9 Emil Nielsen31 48 157
Kristóf Palasics33 107
Andreas Palicka46 147
David Späth40 131
Andreas Wolff66 210
Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalkeepers[12]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
[13]
Niklas Landin Jacobsen (c) (GK)
Niclas Kirkeløkke
Magnus Landin Jacobsen
Emil Jakobsen
Rasmus Lauge
Emil Nielsen (GK)
Magnus Saugstrup
Hans Lindberg
Mathias Gidsel
Henrik Møllgaard
Mikkel Hansen
Lukas Jørgensen
Lasse Andersson
Simon Hald
Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen
Simon Pytlick
Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen
[14]
David Späth (GK)
Johannes Golla (c)
Luca Witzke
Sebastian Heymann
Justus Fischer
Juri Knorr
Julian Köster
Renārs Uščins
Kai Häfner
Tim Hornke
Andreas Wolff (GK)
Rune Dahmke
Lukas Mertens
Christoph Steinert
Marko Grgić
Jannik Kohlbacher
Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason
[15]
Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (c) (GK)
Jorge Maqueda
Alex Dujshebaev
Rodrigo Corrales (GK)
Adrià Figueras
Imanol Garciandia
Abel Serdio
Agustín Casado
Aleix Gómez
Ian Tarrafeta
Miguel Sánchez-Migallón
Daniel Dujshebaev
Kauldi Odriozola
Daniel Fernández
Javier Rodríguez
Head coach: Jordi Ribera

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paris 2024 – Handball. . 26 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Denmark snatch spellbinding win to win second Olympics gold medal. ihf.info . 11 August 2024.
  3. Web site: How Spain mastered the art of a one-goal win for a bronze medal at Paris 2024. ihf.info . 11 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Handball Competition Schedule . olympics.com. 18 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Line-up completed for the Men's competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. ihf.info. 17 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Games draw sets up fantastic clashes. ihf.info. 16 April 2024.
  7. Web site: IHF announce referees for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 26 April 2024. ihf.info.
  8. Web site: Schedule released for men's and women's handball competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 29 April 2024. ihf.info.
  9. Web site: Tournament Summary. 11 August 2024. 11 August 2024. IOC. olympics.com.
  10. News: Paris 2024 Men's All-Star team revealed. 11 August 2024. 11 August 2024. IHF. ihf.info.
  11. Web site: Individual Statistics. 11 August 2024. 11 August 2024. IOC. olympics.com.
  12. Web site: Goalkeeper Statistics. 11 August 2024. 11 August 2024. IOC. olympics.com.
  13. Web site: Team roster Denmark. 1 August 2024. 1 August 2024. IOC. olympics.com.
  14. Web site: Team roster Germany. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024. IOC. olympics.com.
  15. Web site: Team roster Spain. 30 July 2024. 30 July 2024. IOC. olympics.com.