Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 20 to 25 August at the Jiangning Sports Center in Nanjing, China.
Qualification
A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 14 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China is given the choice of entering a male or female team while the other places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.
China chose to enter a girls' team therefore the unoccupied boys' team was reallocated to the best placed continent at the 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (Europe). Furthermore Oceania did not organize a qualifying event for either gender thus the spots were reallocated.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all qualified NOCs must either have a senior ranking in the top 40 on 1 January 2014 or finish ahead of a team ranked in the top 20 during the continental qualification tournament.
Boys
Event Location Date Total Places Qualified GroupHost Nation - - 0 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht 14–19 July 2013 2 B A 2013 Asian Youth Games Nanjing 16–24 August 2013 1 B2014 African Youth Nations Championship Nairobi 15–21 March 2014 2 A B 2014 Pan American Youth Championship Buenos Aires 1–5 April 2014 1 A Oceania Qualification Event - Cancelled 0 TOTAL 6
Girls
Event Location Date Total Places Qualified GroupHost Nation - - 1 B2013 European Youth Championship Gdańsk/Gdynia 15–25 August 2013 2 B A 2013 Asian Youth Games Nanjing 16–24 August 2013 1 A 2013 African Youth Nations Championship Oyo 22–31 August 2013 1 A 2014 Pan American Youth Championship Fortaleza 20–28 April 2014 1 B Oceania Qualification Event - Cancelled 0 TOTAL 6
Schedule
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
All times are CST (UTC+8) Event date Event day Starting time Event details August 20 Wednesday 14:0016:00 Girls' Group Stage August 20 Wednesday 18:0020:00 Boys' Group Stage August 21 Thursday 14:0016:00 Girls' Group Stage August 21 Thursday 18:0020:00 Boys' Group Stage August 22 Friday 14:0016:00 Girls' Group Stage August 22 Friday 18:0020:00 Boys' Group Stage August 24 Sunday 09:00 Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg August 24 Sunday 11:00 Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg August 24 Sunday 13:0015:30 Girls' Semifinals August 24 Sunday 18:0020:30 Boys' Semifinals August 25 Monday 09:00 Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg August 25 Monday 11:00 Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg August 25 Monday 13:00 Girls' Bronze Medal Match August 25 Monday 15:30 Boys' Bronze Medal Match August 25 Monday 18:00 Girls' Gold Medal Match August 25 Monday 20:30 Boys' Gold Medal Match
Medal summary Medal table
Events Boys' Girls'
References
External links Official Results Book – Handball