Tourney Name: | Handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad |
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Country: | United Kingdom |
Dates: | 28 July – 9 August 2012 |
Num Teams: | 24 |
Confederations: | 9 |
Venues: | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Champion Other: | (men) (women) |
Second Other: | (men) (women) |
Third Other: | (men) (women) |
Fourth Other: | (men) (women) |
Previous: | Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
Next: | Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.
Preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals were held in the Copper Box while the semi-finals and final took place in the larger Basketball Arena.
Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by France (men) and Norway (women).
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]
Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | ||
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Host nation | 6 July 2005 | 1 | |||
13–30 January 2011 | 1 | ||||
16–24 October 2011 | 1 | ||||
23 October – 2 November 2011 | 1 | ||||
11–20 January 2012 | 1 | ||||
15–29 January 2012 | 1 | ||||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 6–8 April 2012 | 2 | |||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 6–8 April 2012 | 2 | |||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 6–8 April 2012 | 2 | |||
Total | 12 |
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | ||
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Host Nation | 6 July 2005 | 1 | |||
7–19 December 2010 | 1 | † | |||
12–21 October 2011 | 1 | ||||
15–23 October 2011 | 1 | ||||
2–18 December 2011 | 1 | ||||
11–20 January 2012 | 1 | ||||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | 2 | |||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | 2 | |||
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | 2 | |||
Total | 12 |
† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.