Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the XXXI Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	6–21 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The men's tournament of Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will begin on 6 August and last until 21 August 2016. Games will be held at the Future Arena.

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championship	15 January – 1 February 2015	Qatar	1	France
2015 Pan American Games	16–25 July 2015	Toronto	1	Argentina
2015 Asian Qualification Tournament	14–27 November 2015	Doha	1	Qatar
2016 European Championship	15–31 January 2016	Poland	1	Germany
2016 African Championship	21–30 January 2016	Cairo	1	Egypt
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournaments	8–10 April 2016	Gdańsk	2	Poland
				Tunisia
		Malmö	2	Slovenia
				Sweden
		Herning	2	Denmark
				Croatia
Total			12

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2016.^[1][2]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France  Poland	Slovenia  Denmark	Croatia  Sweden	Tunisia  Brazil	Germany  Qatar	Argentina  Egypt

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
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.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	Date TBD
	Winners Group A
					Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group B
									Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group A
	Date TBD
	Runners-up Group A
					Date TBD
	Third-placed team Group B
	Date TBD
									Bronze medal
	Winners Group B
									Date TBD
	Fourth-placed team Group A

References

1. "Draw for Rio 2016 Handball Tournament". ihf.info. 16 February 2016.
2. "Draw for the 2016 Olympic Handball Tournaments staged in Rio". ihf.info. 29 April 2016.
3. "At a glance: Participants at Olympic Games complete - tickets allocated". handball-world.com. 10 April 2016.