Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament facts for kids

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Men's handball
at the XXXIII Olympiad
Tournament details

Host country	France
Dates	27 July – 11 August
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	South Paris Arena 6 Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	DEN (2nd title)
Runner-up	GER
Third place	ESP
Fourth place	SLO
Tournament statistics
Matches	38
Goals scored	2221 (58.45 per match)
Attendance	367,592 (9,673 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mathias Gidsel (62 goals)
Best player	Mathias Gidsel
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The men's handball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the handball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. The preliminary round games were played at the South Paris Arena 6 in Paris and the final games at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.

Denmark won their second title with a win over Germany. Spain captured the bronze medal after a victory against Slovenia.

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament was as follows.

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11
G		G		G		G		G			¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	FRA
2023 World Championship	11–29 January 2023	Poland Sweden	1	DEN
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament	18–28 October 2023	Doha	1	JPN
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Viña del Mar	1	ARG
2024 European Championship	10–28 January 2024	Germany	1	SWE
2024 African Championship	17–27 January 2024	Cairo	1	EGY
2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	14–17 March 2024	Granollers	2	ESP SLO
		Hanover	2	CRO GER
		Tatabánya	2	NOR HUN
Total			12

Draw

The draw was held on 16 April 2024.

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 17 March 2024.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
DEN ESP	CRO NOR	HUN GER	SLO FRA	SWE EGY	ARG JPN

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 26 April 2024.

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	Mariana García María Paolantoni
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Germany	Tanja Kuttler Maike Merz

Referees
Hungary	Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss
Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings
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.

27 July 2024 09:00	Spain	25–22	SLO	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,776 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Gómez 7	(8–11)	Bombač 5
	3×		5×

27 July 2024 14:00	Croatia	30–29	JPN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,749 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Šoštarič 6	(13–18)	Yasuhira 10
	3×		4×

27 July 2024 19:00	Germany	30–27	SWE	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,739 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Uščins 8	(12–11)	Wanne 8
	1× 1×		2×

29 July 2024 09:00	Japan	26–37	GER	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,788 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Fujisaka 6	(10–21)	Uščins 7
	3×		1×

29 July 2024 11:00	Slovenia	31–29	CRO	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,788 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Janc, Vlah 8	(13–13)	three players 5
	5× 1×		8× 1× 1×

29 July 2024 16:00	Sweden	29–26	ESP	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(11–11)	Fernández 7
	4× 1×		5× 1×

31 July 2024 11:00	Croatia	31–26	GER	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Martinović 9	(15–13)	Golla 8
	5× 1× 1×

31 July 2024 14:00	Spain	37–33	JPN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,813 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Odriozola 6	(20–18)	Fujisaka, Yasuhira 7
	1×		1× 1×

31 July 2024 16:00	Slovenia	29–24	SWE	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,813 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Janc 10	(15–14)	Wanne 6
	4× 1× 1×		3× 1×

2 August 2024 14:00	Croatia	27–38	SWE	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Martinović 8	(15–18)	Pellas 9
	4× 1×		3×

2 August 2024 16:00	Germany	33–31	ESP	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Uščins 8	(20–18)	Gómez 10
	5×		3×

2 August 2024 19:00	Japan	28–29	SLO	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,652 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Yasuhira 8	(15–15)	Vlah 14
	7×		6× 1×

4 August 2024 09:00	Sweden	40–27	JPN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Karlsson 6	(16–9)	Sugioka 9
	2×		2×

4 August 2024 14:00	Germany	36–29	SLO	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,685 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Häfner 7	(23–14)	Horžen 7
	1×		1×

4 August 2024 21:00	Spain	32–31	CRO	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Rodríguez 6	(20–15)	Klarica 7
	2×		6× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

27 July 2024 11:00	Hungary	32–35	EGY	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,776 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Imre 7	(15–19)	Adel, Omar 9
	4×		2× 1×

27 July 2024 16:00	Norway	36–31	ARG	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,749 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Grøndahl 8	(22–15)	D. Simonet 5
	1×		3×

27 July 2024 21:00	Denmark	37–29	FRA	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,739 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gidsel, Pytlick 11	(18–17)	Descat 7
	1×		4× 1×

29 July 2024 14:00	Egypt	27–30	DEN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 5	(9–19)	Arnoldsen, Gidsel 8
	3× 1×		3× 1×

29 July 2024 19:00	France	22–27	NOR	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,602 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mem 10	(11–16)	Blonz 7
	1× 1×		2×

29 July 2024 21:00	Argentina	25–35	HUN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,602 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	P. Simonet 5	(12–17)	Imre 7
	4× 2×		3×

31 July 2024 09:00	Norway	26–25	HUN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Blonz 9	(11–13)	three players 6
	4×		3×

31 July 2024 19:00	France	26–26	EGY	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Fabregas 5	(11–15)	Omar 8
	3×		2×

31 July 2024 21:00	Denmark	38–27	ARG	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Gidsel 13	(19–14)	Parker 6
	5×		4× 2× 1×

2 August 2024 09:00	Hungary	25–28	DEN	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Ilić 5	(14–16)	Gidsel 8
	6×		1×

2 August 2024 11:00	Argentina	21–28	FRA	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Parker 7	(8–15)	Descat 8
	4×		1× 1×

2 August 2024 21:00	Norway	25–26	EGY	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,652 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Reinkind 7	(13–14)	Omar 7
	2× 1×		2×

4 August 2024 11:00	Egypt	34–27	ARG	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	S. El-Deraa, Zein 6	(14–15)	F. Pizarro 6
	4×		1×

4 August 2024 16:00	Hungary	20–24	FRA	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,685 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Imre 6	(8–11)	Prandi 7
			2× 1×

4 August 2024 19:00	Denmark	32–25	NOR	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Pytlick 9	(17–12)	Reinkind 6
	3× 2×		4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

7 August

GER (ET)	35
		9 August
FRA	34
		GER	25
7 August
		ESP	24
ESP (ET)	29
				11 August
EGY	28
				GER	26
7 August
				DEN	39
NOR	28
		9 August
SLO	33
		SLO	30
7 August
		DEN	31	Bronze medal
DEN	32
				11 August
SWE	31
				ESP	23

				SLO	22

Quarterfinals

7 August 2024 09:30	Spain	29–28 (ET)	EGY	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 25,697 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gómez 9	(8–12)	Y. El-Deraa 8
	2×		5×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 4–3

7 August 2024 13:30	Germany	35–34 (ET)	FRA	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,014 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Uščins 14	(14–17)	Mem 10
	3×		6× 1×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 6–5

7 August 2024 17:30	Denmark	32–31	SWE	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,449 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pytlick 9	(16–16)	Claar 7
	3× 2×		4× 1×

7 August 2024 21:30	Norway	28–33	SLO	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,406 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Blonz 7	(12–16)	Vlah 11
	4×		1× 1× 1×

Semifinals

9 August 2024 16:30	Germany	25–24	ESP	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,745 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Uščins 6	(12–12)	Fernández 5
	1× 1×		1× 1×

9 August 2024 21:30	Slovenia	30–31	DEN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,329 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bombač, Vlah 7	(10–15)	M. Landin 6
	3×		1×

Bronze medal game

11 August 2024 09:00	Spain	23–22	SLO	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 17,242 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Gómez 5	(12–12)	Dolenec 6
	2× 2×		3×

Gold medal game

11 August 2024 13:30	Germany	26–39	DEN	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,328 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Knorr 6	(12–21)	Gidsel 11
	1×		1×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	DEN
2	GER
3	ESP
4	SLO
5	EGY
6	NOR
7	SWE
8	FRA
9	CRO
10	HUN
11	JPN
12	ARG

All Star Team

The all-star team was announced after the final on 11 August 2024.

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Right wing	Blaž Janc
Right back	Renārs Uščins
Centre back	Juri Knorr
Left back	Simon Pytlick
Left wing	Daniel Fernández
Pivot	Lukas Jørgensen
MVP	Mathias Gidsel

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Mathias Gidsel	62	83	75
2	Aleks Vlah	56	87	64
3	Simon Pytlick	54	79	68
4	Renārs Uščins	52	76	68
5	Aleix Gómez	48	61	79
6	Blaž Janc	43	58	74
7	Johannes Golla	37	47	79
7	Dika Mem	37	60	62
9	Hugo Descat	34	45	76
10	Juri Knorr	33	52	63

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Roland Mikler	40	23	58
2	Vincent Gérard	35	68	192
3	Tobias Thulin	34	35	102
4	Dominik Kuzmanović	33	56	171
4	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas	33	82	251
6	Mohamed Aly	32	46	142
	Rodrigo Corrales		24	74
	Klemen Ferlin		56	177
9	Emil Nielsen	31	48	157
	Kristóf Palasics		33	107
	Andreas Palicka		46	147
	David Späth		40	131
	Andreas Wolff		66	210

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalkeepers

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark Niklas Landin Jacobsen (c) (GK) Niclas Kirkeløkke Magnus Landin Jacobsen Emil Jakobsen Rasmus Lauge Emil Nielsen (GK) Magnus Saugstrup Hans Lindberg Mathias Gidsel Henrik Møllgaard Mikkel Hansen Lukas Jørgensen Lasse Andersson Simon Hald Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen Simon Pytlick Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen	Germany David Späth (GK) Johannes Golla (c) Luca Witzke Sebastian Heymann Justus Fischer Juri Knorr Julian Köster Renārs Uščins Kai Häfner Tim Hornke Andreas Wolff (GK) Rune Dahmke Lukas Mertens Christoph Steinert Marko Grgić Jannik Kohlbacher Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason	Spain Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (c) (GK) Jorge Maqueda Alex Dujshebaev Rodrigo Corrales (GK) Adrià Figueras Imanol Garciandia Abel Serdio Agustín Casado Aleix Gómez Ian Tarrafeta Miguel Sánchez-Migallón Daniel Dujshebaev Kauldi Odriozola Daniel Fernández Javier Rodríguez Head coach: Jordi Ribera

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