Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  United Kingdom
Dates 29 July – 12 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  France (2nd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Croatia
Fourth place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1973 (51.92 per match)
Attendance 209,625 (5,516 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Niclas Ekberg (50 goals)[1]
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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.

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.[2]

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

Group stage

Group A

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Iceland 5 5 0 0 167 132 +35 10
 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 96 182 −86 0
Qualified for the quarterfinals
29 July 2012
09:30
Iceland  31 – 25  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,701[3]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 9 (15–14) Simonet 5
6× 3× Report 1× 3×
29 July 2012
14:30
Sweden  28 – 21  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,155[4]
Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso (ESP)
Doder 8 (16–11) Boughanmi 6
4× 3× Report 5× 3×
29 July 2012
19:30
France  44 – 15  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Joli 11 (21–7) Garnham 6
2× 2× Report 4× 3× 1×Red card
31 July 2012
09:30
Tunisia  22 – 32  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,559[6]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Bannour 10 (8–19) Pálmarsson 8
3× 4× Report 5× 4×
31 July 2012
14:30
Great Britain  19 – 41  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,382[7]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Larsson 4 (10–24) Ekberg 13
6× 3× 1×Red card Report 4× 3×
31 July 2012
21:15
 Argentina  20 – 32  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,906[8]
Referees: Olesen, Peders (DEN)
Fernández, Riccobelli 4 (9–17) Karabatić 7
2× 3× Report 2× 3×
2 August 2012
11:15
France  25 – 19  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,670[9]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Narcisse 7 (12–11) Bannour 5
5× 4× Report 7× 4×
2 August 2012
16:15
Great Britain  21 – 32  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,581[10]
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Larsson 6 (11–16) Simonet 6
4× 4× Report 3× 3×
2 August 2012
21:15
 Sweden  32 – 33  Iceland Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,590[11]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Källman 9 (13–17) Pálmarsson 9
3× 3× Report 8× 3×
4 August 2012
09:30
Tunisia  34 – 17  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,319[12]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Toumi 10 (14–8) Edgar 5
5× 3× Report 6× 3×
4 August 2012
14:30
Sweden  29 – 13  Argentina Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,592[13]
Referees: López, Sabroso (ESP)
Ekberg 9 (12–8) Simonet 3
1× 4× Report 2× 3×
4 August 2012
19:30
Iceland  30 – 29  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,521[14]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Petersson 6 (16–15) Fernandez 9
7× 3× Report 4× 2×
6 August 2012
11:15
Argentina  23 – 25  Tunisia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,645[15]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Simonet 6 (12–12) Alouini 7
7× 2× 1×Red card Report 6× 3× 1×Red card
6 August 2012
16:15
Iceland  41 – 24  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,856[16]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Sigurðsson 8 (18–15) Larsson 9
4× 3× Report 5× 3×
6 August 2012
21:15
France  29 – 26  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,833[17]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Narcisse 6 (18–12) Ekberg, Andersson 5
1× 3× Report 2× 3×

Group B

South Korea v Serbia
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 150 109 +41 10
 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
Qualified for the quarterfinals
29 July 2012
11:15
Croatia  31 – 21  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,068[18]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Čupić 8 (14–8) Jeong Yi-kyeong 5
4× 1× Report 6× 2×
29 July 2012
16:15
Spain  26 – 21  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,600[19]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Sarmiento Melián 5 (10–14) Ilić 6
5× 3× Report 5× 3×
29 July 2012
21:15
Hungary  25 – 27  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000[20]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Császár 8 (10–13) Eggert 9
7× 1× Report 5× 3×
31 July 2012
11:15
South Korea  19 – 22  Hungary Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,262[21]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Jeong Yi-kyeong, Jeong Han 4 (9–7) Lékai 5
3× 4× Report 4× 4×
31 July 2012
16:15
Serbia  23 – 31  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,827[22]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Vujin 6 (9–13) Čupić 8
3× 4× Report 4× 3×
31 July 2012
19:30
Denmark  24 – 23  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,368[23]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hansen 8 (13–12) three players 4
6× 4× Report 1× 4×
2 August 2012
09:30
 Spain  33 – 29  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,209[24]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ugalde 6 (16–14) Lee Jae-woo 8
4× 3× Report 8× 2×
2 August 2012
14:30
Croatia  26 – 19  Hungary Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,950[25]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Čupić 7 (11–9) Császár, Nagy 4
6× 3× Report 2× 3×
2 August 2012
19:30
 Serbia  25 – 26  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,504[26]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Vujin 7 (11–13) Hansen 7
7× 3× Report 3× 2×
4 August 2012
11:15
South Korea  22 – 28  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,525[27]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Jeong Han 6 (10–12) Nikčević, Toskić 5
2× 3× Report 1× 6×
4 August 2012
16:15
Croatia  32 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,800[28]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
three players 5 (14–9) Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
4 August 2012
21:15
Hungary  22 – 33  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,280[29]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nagy 7 (13–16) Aguinagalde 9
4× 4× Report 4× 3×
6 August 2012
09:30
Hungary  26 – 23  Serbia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,159[30]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Mocsai 9 (9–11) Ilić, Prodanović 5
3× 4× Report 4× 3×
6 August 2012
14:30
Denmark  26 – 24  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,546[31]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6 (13–14) Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
2× 4× Report 1× 2×
6 August 2012
19:30
Spain  25 – 30  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,856[32]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Entrerríos, Tomás 5 (10–11) Čupić, Lacković 7
3× 3× Report 2× 4×

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  
    A3   Sweden 21
  A2   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   B1   Croatia 33

Quarter-finals

8 August 2012
11:00
Iceland  33 – 34 (ET)  Hungary Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,063[33]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Sigurðsson 8 (12–16) Nagy 9
2× 3× Report 4× 3×

FT: 27–27 ET: 3–3, 3–4

8 August 2012
14:30
Spain  22 – 23  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 8,890[34]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Tomás 6 (12–9) Accambray 7
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
8 August 2012
18:00
Sweden  24 – 22  Denmark Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,494[35]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Doder 6 (11–9) Lindberg 6
5× 4× Report 2× 4×
8 August 2012
21:30
Croatia  25 – 23  Tunisia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,578[36]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Čupić 8 (11–12) Jallouz, Alouini 4
3× 2× Report 5× 4× 1×Red card

Semi-finals

10 August 2012
17:00
 Hungary  26 – 27  Sweden Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,597[37]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Császár 8 (12–15) Ekberg 6
3× 4× Report 5× 3×
10 August 2012
20:30
 France  25 – 22  Croatia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,849[38]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
three players 4 (12–10) Horvat 6
2× 4× Report 2× 4×

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012
11:00
Hungary  26 – 33  Croatia Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,263[39]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Harsányi 7 (14–19) Čupić 8
4× 4× Report 3× 3×

Gold medal match

12 August 2012
15:00
 Sweden  21 – 22  France Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,627[40]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Ekberg 6 (8–10) Guigou 5
4× 3× Report 2× 4×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team Points GD
1st, gold medalist(s) France 14 +54
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sweden 12 +43
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Croatia 14 +47
4  Hungary 6 −21
5  Iceland 10 +34
6  Denmark 8 –7
7  Spain 6 +13
8  Tunisia 4 –6
9  Serbia 2 –11
10  Argentina 2 –25
11  South Korea 0 –25
12  Great Britain 0 –86

All-star team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Niclas Ekberg  Sweden 50 74 68%
2 Ivan Čupić  Croatia 49 68 72%
3 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson  Iceland 44 66 67%
4 Gábor Császár  Hungary 38 67 57%
5 Aron Pálmarsson  Iceland 37 63 59%
6 László Nagy  Hungary 33 71 46%
7 Domagoj Duvnjak  Croatia 32 58 55%
Anders Eggert Jensen  Denmark 32 44 74%
Blaženko Lacković  Croatia 32 53 60%
Daniel Narcisse  France 32 51 63%

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Hreiðar Guðmundsson  Iceland 44% 48 110
2 Johan Sjostrand  Sweden 41% 73 176
3 Marcus Cleverly  Denmark 39% 19 49
4 Venio Losert  Croatia 37% 23 63
Thierry Omeyer  France 37% 94 252
Darko Stanić  Serbia 37% 66 179
Arpad Šterbik  Spain 37% 61 164
8 Mirko Alilović  Croatia 36% 82 226
9 Niklas Landin Jacobsen  Denmark 34% 62 185
10 Matías Schulz  Argentina 33% 46 140

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

References

  1. ↑ London 2012 Handball Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2012
  2. ↑ "Seeding List completed". IHF. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Iceland – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sweden – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "France – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tunisia – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Great Britain – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Argentina – France" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "France – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Great Britain – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Sweden – Iceland" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Tunisia – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Sweden – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Iceland – France" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Argentina – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Iceland – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "France – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "Croatia – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Spain – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "Hungary – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "South Korea – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "Serbia – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "Denmark – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  24. ↑ "Spain – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Croatia – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "Serbia – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "South Korea – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  28. ↑ "Croatia – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  29. ↑ "Hungary – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  30. ↑ "Hungary – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  31. ↑ "Denmark – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Spain – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
  33. ↑ "Iceland – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  34. ↑ "Spain – France" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  35. ↑ "Sweden – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  36. ↑ "Croatia – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  37. ↑ "Hungary – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 10 August 2012.
  38. ↑ "France – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 10 August 2012.
  39. ↑ "Hungary – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 12 August 2012.
  40. ↑ "Sweden – France" (PDF). IHF. 12 August 2012.
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