The men's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
The final was a rematch of the previous between Denmark and France. After Denmark won 28–26 in the 2016 final, France got the upper hand with a 25–23 win this time. Spain won the bronze medal match against Egypt.
This meant that France won both gold medals as the first team since 1984.
The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, IOC Member, Olympian, one Gold medal and one Bronze medal, France; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Joël Delplanque, IHF 1st Vice-President, France.
Schedule
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification
Draw The draw was held on 1 April 2021.
Seeding The seeding was revealed on 14 March 2021.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Roster
Referees The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.
Referees Youcef BelkhiriSid Ali Hamidi María PaolantoniMariana García Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Mads HansenJesper Madsen Yasmina El-SaiedHeidy El-Saied Charlotte BonaventuraJulie Bonaventura Robert SchulzeTobias Tönnies
Referees Gjorgji NachevskiSlave Nikolov Duarte SantosRicardo Fonseca Viktoriia AlpaidzeTatiana Berezkina Bojan LahDavid Sok Koo Bon-okLee Se-ok Óscar RaluyÁngel Sabroso Mirza KurtagicMattias Wetterwik Arthur BrunnerMorad Salah
Group stage All times are local (UTC+9).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
All Star Team The all-star team was announced on 7 August 2021.
Position Player Goalkeeper Vincent Gérard Right wing Aleix Gómez Right back Yahia Omar Centre back Nedim Remili Left back Mikkel Hansen Left wing Hugo Descat Pivot Ludovic Fabregas MVP Mathias Gidsel
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Mikkel Hansen 61 100 61 2 Mathias Gidsel 46 57 81 3 Aleix Gómez 44 47 94 4 Sander Sagosen 43 82 52 5 Hampus Wanne 41 57 72 6 Yahia Omar 38 63 60 7 Adrià Figueras 37 47 79 8 Ahmed El-Ahmar 36 49 739 Hugo Descat32 37 86 Nedim Remili 52 62 Source: IHF
With his fourth goal against Portugal Mikkel Hansen became the Olympic Games topscorer of all time with 128 goals.
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Johannes Bitter 33.3 % 32 96 2 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 32.3 % 64 198 3 Karim Handawy 31.7 % 57 180 4 Vincent Gérard 31.4 % 74 236 5 Mikael Aggefors 31.3 % 25 80 6 Torbjørn Bergerud 31.1 % 51 164 7 Leonardo Terçariol 30.5 % 39 128 8 Mohamed El-Tayar 30.4 % 41 135 9 Gustavo Capdeville 29.4 % 25 85 10 Kevin Møller 29.1 % 28 96 Source: IHF
References
External links International Handball Federation European Handball Federation