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Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

Qualification

Seeding

Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.[2]

Rosters

Group stage

Group A

Source: [citation needed]

Group B

South Korea v Serbia
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

The Basketball Arena was the venue for the knockout stage of the men's tournament

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Ranking and statistics

Medalists

References

  1. ^ London 2012 Handball Statistics, retrieved 12 August 2012 Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Seeding List completed". IHF. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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  12. ^ "Tunisia – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  13. ^ "Sweden – Argentina" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
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  15. ^ "Argentina – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
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  19. ^ "Spain – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Hungary – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 29 July 2012.
  21. ^ "South Korea – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  22. ^ "Serbia – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  23. ^ "Denmark – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 31 July 2012.
  24. ^ "Spain – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  25. ^ "Croatia – Hungary" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  26. ^ "Serbia – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 2 August 2012.
  27. ^ "South Korea – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  28. ^ "Croatia – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  29. ^ "Hungary – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 4 August 2012.
  30. ^ "Hungary – Serbia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
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  32. ^ "Spain – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 6 August 2012.
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  34. ^ "Spain – France" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  35. ^ "Sweden – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  36. ^ "Croatia – Tunisia" (PDF). IHF. 8 August 2012.
  37. ^ "Hungary – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 10 August 2012.
  38. ^ "France – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 10 August 2012.
  39. ^ "Hungary – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  40. ^ "Sweden – France" (PDF). IHF. 12 August 2012.

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