Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
Dates29 July – 12 August
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,983 (52.18 per match)
Attendance209,625 (5,516 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Niclas Ekberg (50 goals)
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The men's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the Olympic Park. The group stage matches were held at the Copper Box and the knockout rounds took place at the larger Basketball Arena.

Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a quarter-final round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarter-finals.

The medals for the competition were presented by Austin Sealy, Barbados, IOC Member, Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden, IOC Executive Board Member, and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Kuwait, IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Hassan Moustafa, IHF President, Egypt, Miguel Roca Mas, 1st IHF Vice President, Spain, and Leon Kalin, Slovenia, IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions.

Qualification

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Great Britain
2011 World Championship 13–30 January 2011  Sweden 1  France
2011 Pan American Games 16–24 October 2011  Mexico 1  Argentina
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 23 October – 2 November 2011  South Korea 1  South Korea
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012  Morocco 1  Tunisia
2012 European Championship 15–29 January 2012  Serbia 1  Denmark
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 6–8 April 2012  Spain 2  Spain
 Serbia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 6–8 April 2012  Sweden 2  Sweden
 Hungary
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 6–8 April 2012  Croatia 2  Croatia
 Iceland
Total 12

Seeding

Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 France  Sweden  Iceland  Serbia  Denmark  South Korea
 Spain  Croatia  Hungary  Great Britain  Argentina  Tunisia

Rosters

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iceland 5 5 0 0 167 132 +35 10 Quarter-finals
 France 5 4 0 1 159 110 +49 8
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 156 115 +41 6
 Tunisia 5 2 0 3 121 125 −4 4
 Argentina 5 1 0 4 113 138 −25 2
 Great Britain 5 0 0 5 96 192 −96 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012
09:30 		Iceland  31 – 25  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,701
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 9 (15–14) D. Simonet 5
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29 July 2012
14:30 		Sweden  28 – 21  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,155
Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso (ESP)
Doder 8 (16–11) Boughanmi 6
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29 July 2012
19:30 		France  44 – 15  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Joli 11 (21–7) Garnham 6
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31 July 2012
09:30 		Tunisia  22 – 32  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,559
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Bannour 10 (8–19) Pálmarsson 8
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31 July 2012
14:30 		Great Britain  19 – 41  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,382
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Larsson 4 (10–24) Ekberg 13
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31 July 2012
21:15 		Argentina  20 – 32  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,906
Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
Fernández, Riccobelli 4 (9–17) Karabatić 7
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2 August 2012
11:15 		France  25 – 19  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,670
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Narcisse 7 (12–11) Bannour 5
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2 August 2012
16:15 		Great Britain  21–32  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,581
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Larsson 6 (11–16) Simonet 6
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2 August 2012
21:15 		Sweden  32 – 33  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,590
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Källman 9 (13–17) Pálmarsson 9
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4 August 2012
09:30 		Tunisia  34 – 17  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,319
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Toumi 10 (14–8) Edgar 5
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4 August 2012
14:30 		Sweden  29 – 13  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,592
Referees: López, Sabroso (ESP)
Ekberg 9 (12–8) Simonet 3
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4 August 2012
19:30 		Iceland  30 – 29  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,521
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Petersson 6 (16–15) Fernandez 9
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6 August 2012
11:15 		Argentina  23 – 25  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,645
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Simonet 6 (12–12) Alouini 7
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6 August 2012
16:15 		Iceland  41 – 24  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,856
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Sigurðsson 8 (18–15) Larsson 9
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6 August 2012
21:15 		France  29 – 26  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,833
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Narcisse 6 (18–12) Ekberg, Andersson 5
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Group B

South Korea v Serbia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 150 109 +41 10 Quarter-finals
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 124 129 −5 8
 Spain 5 3 0 2 140 126 +14 6
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 114 128 −14 4
 Serbia 5 1 0 4 120 131 −11 2
 South Korea 5 0 0 5 115 140 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012
11:15 		Croatia  31 – 21  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,068
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Čupić 8 (14–8) Jeong Yi-kyeong 5
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29 July 2012
16:15 		Spain  26 – 21  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Sarmiento Melián 5 (10–14) Ilić 6
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29 July 2012
21:15 		Hungary  25 – 27  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Császár 8 (10–13) Eggert 9
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31 July 2012
11:15 		South Korea  19 – 22  Hungary Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,262
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Jeong Yi-kyeong, Jeong Han 4 (9–7) Lékai 5
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31 July 2012
16:15 		Serbia  23 – 31  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,827
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Vujin 6 (9–13) Čupić 8
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31 July 2012
19:30 		Denmark  24 – 23  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,368
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hansen 8 (13–12) three players 4
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2 August 2012
09:30 		Spain  33 – 29  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,209
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ugalde 6 (16–14) Lee Jae-woo 8
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2 August 2012
14:30 		Croatia  26 – 19  Hungary Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Čupić 7 (11–9) Császár, Nagy 4
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2 August 2012
19:30 		Serbia  25 – 26  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,504
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Vujin 7 (11–13) Hansen 7
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4 August 2012
11:15 		South Korea  22 – 28  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,525
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Jeong Han 6 (10–12) Nikčević, Toskić 5
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4 August 2012
16:15 		Croatia  32 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
three players 5 (14–9) Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
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4 August 2012
21:15 		Hungary  22 – 33  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,280
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nagy 7 (13–16) Aguinagalde 9
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6 August 2012
09:30 		Hungary  26 – 23  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,159
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Mocsai 9 (9–11) Ilić, Prodanović 5
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6 August 2012
14:30 		Denmark  26 – 24  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,546
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6 (13–14) Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
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6 August 2012
19:30 		Spain  25 – 30  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,856
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Entrerríos, Tomás 5 (10–11) Čupić, Lacković 7
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Knockout stage

The Basketball Arena was the venue for the knockout stage of the men's tournament
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold Medal match
         
A1  Iceland 33
B4  Hungary (OT) 34
B4  Hungary 26
A3  Sweden 27
B2  Denmark 22
A3  Sweden 24
 Sweden 21
 France 22
A2  France 23
B3  Spain 22
A2  France 25 Bronze medal match
B1  Croatia 22
B1  Croatia 25 B4  Hungary 26
A4  Tunisia 23  Croatia 33

Quarter-finals

8 August 2012
11:00 		Iceland  33 – 34 (ET)  Hungary Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,063
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Sigurðsson 8 (12–16) Nagy 9
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FT: 27–27 ET: 3–3, 3–4

8 August 2012
14:30 		Spain  22 – 23  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 8,890
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Tomás 6 (12–9) Accambray 7
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8 August 2012
18:00 		Sweden  24 – 22  Denmark Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,494
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Doder 6 (11–9) Lindberg 6
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8 August 2012
21:30 		Croatia  25 – 23  Tunisia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,578
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Čupić 8 (11–12) Jallouz, Alouini 4
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Semi-finals

10 August 2012
17:00 		Hungary  26 – 27  Sweden Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,597
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Császár 8 (12–15) Ekberg 6
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10 August 2012
20:30 		France  25 – 22  Croatia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,849
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
three players 4 (12–10) Horvat 6
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Bronze medal match

12 August 2012
11:00 		Hungary  26 – 33  Croatia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,263
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Harsányi 7 (14–19) Čupić 8
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Gold medal match

12 August 2012
15:00 		Sweden  21 – 22  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,627
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Ekberg 6 (8–10) Guigou 5
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Ranking and statistics

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 France (FRA)

Jérôme Fernandez
Didier Dinart
Xavier Barachet
Guillaume Gille
Bertrand Gille
Daniel Narcisse
Guillaume Joli
Samuel Honrubia
Daouda Karaboué
Nikola Karabatić
Thierry Omeyer
William Accambray
Luc Abalo
Cédric Sorhaindo
Michaël Guigou

Head Coach: Claude Onesta

 Sweden (SWE)

Mattias Andersson
Mattias Gustafsson
Kim Andersson
Jonas Källman
Magnus Jernemyr
Niclas Ekberg
Dalibor Doder
Jonas Larholm
Tobias Karlsson
Johan Jakobsson
Johan Sjöstrand
Fredrik Petersen
Kim Ekdahl du Rietz
Mattias Zachrisson
Andreas Nilsson

Head Coach: Staffan Olsson

 Croatia (CRO)

Venio Losert
Ivano Balić
Domagoj Duvnjak
Blaženko Lacković
Marko Kopljar
Igor Vori
Jakov Gojun
Zlatko Horvat
Drago Vuković
Damir Bičanić
Denis Buntić
Mirko Alilović
Manuel Štrlek
Ivan Čupić
Ivan Ninčević

Head Coach: Slavko Goluža

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