Tourney Name: | Men's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad |
Size: | 150px |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Dates: | 29 July – 12 August |
Num Teams: | 12 |
Confederations: | 4 |
Champion: | FRA |
Count: | 2 |
Second: | SWE |
Third: | CRO |
Fourth: | HUN |
Matches: | 38 |
Goals: | 1983 |
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The men's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the Olympic Park. The group stage matches were held at the Copper Box and the knockout rounds took place at the larger Basketball Arena.
Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a quarter-final round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarter-finals.
The medals for the competition were presented by Austin Sealy, Barbados, IOC Member, Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden, IOC Executive Board Member, and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Kuwait, IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Hassan Moustafa, IHF President, Egypt, Miguel Roca Mas, 1st IHF Vice President, Spain, and Leon Kalin, Slovenia, IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions.
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | ||
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Host nation | 1 | ||||
13–30 January 2011 | 1 | ||||
16–24 October 2011 | 1 | ||||
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 | 23 October – 2 November 2011 | 1 | |||
11–20 January 2012 | 1 | ||||
15–29 January 2012 | 1 | ||||
6–8 April 2012 | 2 | ||||
6–8 April 2012 | 2 | ||||
6–8 April 2012 | 2 | ||||
Total | 12 |
Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.[1]
See main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.
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Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Niclas Ekberg | 50 | 74 | 68% | |
2 | Ivan Čupić | 49 | 68 | 72% | |
3 | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | 44 | 66 | 67% | |
4 | Gábor Császár | 38 | 67 | 57% | |
5 | Aron Pálmarsson | 37 | 63 | 59% | |
6 | László Nagy | 33 | 71 | 46% | |
7 | Domagoj Duvnjak | 32 | 58 | 55% | |
Anders Eggert Jensen | 32 | 44 | 74% | ||
Blaženko Lacković | 32 | 53 | 60% | ||
Daniel Narcisse | 32 | 51 | 63% |
Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots | |
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1 | Hreiðar Guðmundsson | 44% | 48 | 110 | ||
2 | Johan Sjostrand | 41% | 73 | 176 | ||
3 | Marcus Cleverly | 39% | 19 | 49 | ||
4 | Venio Losert | 37% | 23 | 63 | ||
Thierry Omeyer | 37% | 94 | 252 | |||
Darko Stanić | 37% | 66 | 179 | |||
Arpad Šterbik | 37% | 61 | 164 | |||
8 | Mirko Alilović | 36% | 82 | 226 | ||
9 | Niklas Landin Jacobsen | 34% | 62 | 185 | ||
10 | Matías Schulz | 33% | 46 | 140 |