The qualification for the 2020 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the world champion, four winners of continental events and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively. (The Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Qualification summary QualificationDateHost(s)VacanciesQualified Host nation 1 2019 World Championship 10–27 January 2019 1 2019 Pan American Games 31 July – 5 August 2019 Lima 1 AHF Men’s Asian qualification event 17–26 October 2019 Doha 1 2020 European Championship 10–26 January 2020 1 2020 African Championship 16–26 January 2020 1 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments 12–14 March 2021 Podgorica 2 Montpellier 2 Berlin 2 Total 12
Legend for qualification type Qualified KeyFromToWorld Championship Olympic TournamentContinental Qualification EventWorld Championship Qualification TournamentContinental Qualification Event
Host country
World Championship
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Continental qualification Europe
RankTeam 456789101112131415161718192021222324
Asia Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8
America
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8
Africa
Rank Team45678910111213141516
Olympic Qualification Tournaments
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
References