Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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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
Matches38
Goals scored1973 (51.92 per match)
Attendance209,625 (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[]

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.[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[]

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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) D. Simonet 5
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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  
    Silver medal icon.svg  Sweden 21
  Gold medal icon.svg  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   Bronze medal icon.svg  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
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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[34]
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[35]
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[36]
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[37]
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[38]
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[39]
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[40]
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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