Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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The qualification for the 1972 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to sixteens teams: the host, seven teams from the world championships, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1]

Qualification summary[]

Qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 26 April 1966 Italy Rome 1  West Germany
1970 World Championship 26 February – 8 March 1970  France 7  Romania
 East Germany
 Yugoslavia
 Denmark
 Sweden
 Czechoslovakia
 Hungary
Asian qualification tournament 13–29 November 1971  Japan 1  Japan
American qualification tournament 2–6 February 1972 United States Elkhart 1  United States
15–25 March 1972  Spain 5  Soviet Union
 Norway
 Iceland
 Poland
 Spain
African qualification tournament 25–31 March 1972 Tunisia Tunis 1  Tunisia
Total 16


Legend for qualification type[]

Qualified
Key From To
World Championship Olympic Tournament
World Championship Qualification Tournament

Host country[]

World Championship[]

Main article: 1970 World Men's Handball Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
4  Denmark
5  West Germany
6  Sweden
7  Czechoslovakia
8  Hungary
9  Soviet Union
10  Japan
11  Iceland
12  France
13  Norway
14  Poland
15   Switzerland
16  United States

Asian qualification tournament[]

Main article: 1971 IHF Olympic Asian qualification tournament
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 4 0 0 74 24 +50 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Israel 4 1 0 3 46 63 −17 2[a]
3  South Korea 4 1 0 3 43 76 −33 2[a]
4   (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host; (W) Withdraw
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Israel against South Korea +5 goals total 35–30

American qualification tournament[]

Main article: 1972 IHF Olympic American qualification tournament
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 70 35 +35 6 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 57 31 +26 4
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 53 64 −11 2
4  Mexico 3 0 0 3 36 86 −50 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

European qualification tournament[]

Main article:

African qualification tournament[]

Main article: 1972 IHF Olympic African qualification tournament
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2  Egypt 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 7
3  Senegal 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 6
4  Algeria 5 2 1 2 89 94 −5 5
5  Cameroon 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 4
6  Morocco 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Source: Der Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

References[]

  1. ^ Seiler, Karl (26 August 1971). "Handball: gezielte Olympiavorbereitung" [Handball: targeted preparation for the Olympic Games]. (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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