Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The men's Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.
This event was the last to be completed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qualification
Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | - | - | 1 | China |
IHF World Championships | Jan 19 - Feb 4, 2007 | Germany | 1 | Germany |
European Championships | January 17–27, 2008 | Norway | 1 | Denmark |
Asian Qualifying Tournament | January 30, 2008 | Tokyo | 1 | South Korea |
African Championships | January 10–17, 2008 | Angola | 1 | Egypt |
Pan American Games | July 14–29, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | 1 | Brazil |
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 | May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 | Wrocław | 2 | Poland Iceland |
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 | May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 | Paris | 2 | France Spain |
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3 | May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 | Zadar | 2 | Croatia Russia |
TOTAL | 12 |
- Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
- Tournament I:
- Tournament II:
- Tournament III:
Preliminary round
Seeding
The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Germany | Denmark | Croatia | South Korea | Spain | Egypt |
Poland | France | Russia | China | Iceland | Brazil |
Rosters
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 115 | +33 | 9 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Poland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 128 | +19 | 7 | |
Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 115 | +25 | 6 | |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 145 | +7 | 6 | |
Brazil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 153 | −24 | 2 | |
China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 164 | −60 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2008 09:00 |
Croatia | 31 – 29 | Spain | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Lemme, Ulrich (GER |
Lacković, Džomba 5 | (16–11) | García 5 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
10 August 2008 14:00 |
France | 34 – 26 | Brazil | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU |
Girault 7 | (19–11) | Ertel 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× |
10 August 2008 19:00 |
Poland | 33 – 19 | China | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI |
Jurasik 8 | (21–10) | five players 3 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
12 August 2008 09:00 |
Brazil | 14 – 33 | Croatia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN |
Ertel, Souza 3 | (9–18) | Džomba 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
12 August 2008 14:00 |
China | 19 – 33 | France | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE |
Hao 5 | (7–19) | three players 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
12 August 2008 15:45 |
Spain | 30 – 29 | Poland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS |
Rocas 7 | (16–17) | Jurasik, Lijewski 4 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 4× 5× |
14 August 2008 10:45 |
Poland | 28 – 25 | Brazil | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI |
Jurecki, Tłuczyński 6 | (14–15) | Ribeiro 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
14 August 2008 15:45 |
China | 22 – 36 | Spain | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY |
Cui 5 | (12–16) | Tomás 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× |
14 August 2008 20:45 |
France | 23 – 19 | Croatia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS |
Gille 7 | (11–9) | Džomba 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× |
16 August 2008 09:00 |
Brazil | 29 – 22 | China | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY |
Ribeiro, Laureano 5 | (14–10) | Cui Liang, Cui Lei 4 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 4× 4× |
16 August 2008 14:00 |
France | 28 – 21 | Spain | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER |
Gille 6 | (16–10) | García 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
16 August 2008 19:00 |
Croatia | 24 – 27 | Poland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN |
Džomba 7 | (12–13) | Tłuczyński 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 2× |
18 August 2008 10:45 |
Spain | 36 – 35 | Brazil | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL |
Romero 8 | (20–17) | Pacheco Filho 12 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
18 August 2008 15:45 |
Croatia | 33 – 22 | China | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI |
Šprem 8 | (17–13) | Hao 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 1× 1× |
18 August 2008 20:45 |
Poland | 30 – 30 | France | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR |
Jurecki 7 | (16–13) | Karabatić 8 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 129 | −7 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 137 | 131 | +6 | 6 | |
Iceland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 146 | +5 | 6 | |
Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 131 | +5 | 5 | |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 5 | |
Egypt | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 132 | −5 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2008 10:45 |
Russia | 31 – 33 | Iceland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO |
Igropulo 9 | (16–19) | Guðjónsson 12 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 3× |
10 August 2008 15:45 |
Germany | 27 – 23 | South Korea | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE |
Kraus 7 | (10–13) | Cho Chi-hyo 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
10 August 2008 20:45 |
Denmark | 23 – 23 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA |
Christiansen 6 | (11–10) | El-Ahmar 8 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 4× |
12 August 2008 10:45 |
Egypt | 27 – 28 | Russia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR |
El Ahmar 10
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(14–14) | Rastvortsev 8
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3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
12 August 2008 19:00 |
South Korea | 31 – 30 | Denmark | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT |
Jung Su-young 9 | (13–14) | Nøddesbo 11 | ||
2× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
12 August 2008 20:45 |
Iceland | 33 – 29 | Germany | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA |
Guðjónsson 8 | (17–14) | Kraus 13 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 5× 1× |
14 August 2008 09:00 |
Germany | 25 – 23 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO |
Glandorf 7 | (14–14) | Zaky 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 4× 8× |
14 August 2008 14:00 |
South Korea | 22 – 21 | Iceland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL |
Yoon Kyung-shin 6 | (10–9) | Geirsson, Sigurðsson 5
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3× 1× | Report | 4× 3× |
14 August 2008 19:00 |
Denmark | 25 – 24 | Russia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP |
Christiansen 6 | (10–10) | Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
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2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
16 August 2008 10:45 |
Egypt | 22 – 24 | South Korea | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP |
Abd Elsalam 8
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(11–8) | Paek Won-chul 7 | ||
3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
16 August 2008 15:45 |
Russia | 24 – 24 | Germany | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN |
Filippov 6 | (11–10) | Kraus 6 | ||
1× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 3× |
16 August 2008 20:45 |
Denmark | 32 – 32 | Iceland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE |
Nøddesbo 6 | (18–17) | Guðjónsson 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 6× 1× |
18 August 2008 09:00 |
Iceland | 32 – 32 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU |
Sigurðsson 10 | (14–17) | Zaky 9 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 6× |
18 August 2008 14:00 |
Russia | 29 – 22 | South Korea | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA |
Rastvortsev 6
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(17–12) | Yoon Kyung-shin 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 1× 1× |
18 August 2008 19:00 |
Germany | 21 – 27 | Denmark | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO |
Kraus 6 | (12–15) | Boesen 8 | ||
4× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 6× |
Medal round
All times are UTC+8)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
A2 | Poland | 30 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Iceland | 32 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Iceland | 36 | ||||||||||||
A4 | Spain | 30 | ||||||||||||
B1 | South Korea | 24 | ||||||||||||
A4 | Spain | 29 | ||||||||||||
Iceland | 23 | |||||||||||||
France | 28 | |||||||||||||
B2 | Denmark | 24 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Croatia | 26 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Croatia | 23 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
A1 | France | 25 | ||||||||||||
A1 | France | 27 | Spain | 35 | ||||||||||
B4 | Russia | 24 | 4 | Croatia | 29 |
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008 12:00 |
France | 27 – 24 | Russia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER |
Narcisse 9 | (13–10) | Kokcharov 5
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4× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
20 August 2008 14:15 |
Poland | 30 – 32 | Iceland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA |
Jachlewski, Tkaczyk 6 | (19–14) | Petersson 6 | ||
3× 8× 1× | Report | 2× 3× |
20 August 2008 18:00 |
Denmark | 24 – 26 | Croatia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP |
Christiansen 6 | (14–12) | Šprem 7 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 2× 4× |
20 August 2008 20:15 |
South Korea | 24 – 29 | Spain | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium )
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN |
Jeong Yi-kyeong 7 | (13–14) | Rocas 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 2× 5× |
Classification
22 August 2008 12:00 |
Russia | 28 – 27 | Denmark | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY |
Dibirov 8 | (17–14) | Christiansen 8 | ||
4× 2× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
22 August 2008 14:15 |
Poland | 29 – 26 | South Korea | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE |
Jurasik 7 | (15–14) | Yoon Kyung-shin 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
Semifinals
22 August 2008 18:00 |
France | 25 – 23 | Croatia | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS |
Burdet, Narcisse 6 | (12–11) | Horvat, Šprem 5 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
22 August 2008 20:15 |
Iceland | 36 – 30 | Spain | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO |
Geirsson 7
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(17–15) | Rocas 7 | ||
4× 9× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
7th–8th place
24 August 2008 08:00 |
Denmark | 37 – 26 | South Korea | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA |
Hansen 8 | (15–13) | Ko Kyung-soo 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 1× |
5th–6th place
24 August 2008 10:15 |
Russia | 28 – 29 | Poland | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI |
Kokcharov 10
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(15–14) | Jurasik 6 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 4× 4× |
Bronze medal match
24 August 2008 13:30 |
Croatia | 29 – 35 | Spain | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU |
Duvnjak 7 | (14–12) | García, Prieto 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
Gold medal match
24 August 2008 15:45 |
Iceland | 23 – 28 | France | Beijing National Indoor Stadium )
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER |
Stefánsson 5 | (10–15) | Karabatić 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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All star team
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Top goalkeepers
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Top goalscorers
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