The men's tournament of Handball 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July–11 August 2024 in the South Paris Arena and Pierre Mauroy Stadium. With 12 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Denmark, with Germany taking the silver medal and Spain taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of two groups of six, with each team playing another once. Standings are primarily based on win/loss-record, with the team with the most points after a certain time limit winning a match. The top four ranked teams advance to the quarterfinals. After this, a single knockout phase is played, with the winners of the quarterfinals advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of the final winning the event.
Preview[]
Twelve teams qualified for the event with the reigning world champion Denmark and the defending Olympic champion France as the top favorites for the title.
| Nation | Athletes |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Juan Bar |
| Nicolas Bonanno | |
| Nicolas Bono | |
| Federico Fernandez | |
| Guillermo Fischer | |
| Leonel Maciel | |
| Pedro Martinez Cami | |
| Lucas Moscariello | |
| Gaston Mourino | |
| Andres Moyano | |
| James Parker | |
| Federico Pizarro | |
| Ignacio Pizarro | |
| Diego Simonet | |
| Pablo Simonet | |
| Pablo Vainstein | |
| Croatia | Luka Cindric |
| Domagoj Duvnjak | |
| Nikola Grahovac | |
| Luka Lovre Klarica | |
| Dominik Kuzmanovic | |
| Tin Lucin | |
| Matej Mandic | |
| Ivan Martinovic | |
| Lovro Mihic | |
| Veron Nacinovic | |
| Josip Sarac | |
| Marin Sipic | |
| Zvonimir Srna | |
| Mario Sostaric | |
| Denmark | Lasse Andersson |
| Thomas Arnoldsen | |
| Mathias Gidsel | |
| Simon Hald | |
| Mikkel Hansen | |
| Magnus Landin Jacobsen | |
| Niklas Landin Jacobsen | |
| Emil Jakobsen | |
| Lukas Joergensen | |
| Niclas Kirkeloekke | |
| Rasmus Lauge | |
| Hans Lindberg | |
| Henrik Moellgaard | |
| Emil Nielsen | |
| Simon Pytlick | |
| Magnus Saugstrup | |
| Egypt | Abdelrahman Abdou |
| Ahmed Adel | |
| Mohab Adelhak | |
| Mohamed Aly | |
| Seif Elderaa | |
| Yehia Elderaa | |
| Ibrahim Elmasry | |
| Omar Elwakil | |
| Karim Hendawy | |
| Ahmed Hesham | |
| Ahmed Nafea | |
| Yahia Omar | |
| Mohammad Sanad | |
| Mohamed Tarek | |
| Ali Zein | |
| France | Remi Desbonnet |
| Hugo Descat | |
| Ludovic Fabregas | |
| Vincent Gerard | |
| Luka Karabatic | |
| Nikola Karabatic | |
| Karl Konan | |
| Yanis Lenne | |
| Dika Mem | |
| Aymeric Minne | |
| Dylan Nahi | |
| Valentin Porte | |
| Elohim Prandi | |
| Nedim Remili | |
| Melvyn Richardson | |
| Nicolas Tournat | |
| Germany | Rune Dahmke |
| Justus Fischer | |
| Johannes Golla | |
| Marko Grgic | |
| Kai Haefner | |
| Sebastian Heymann | |
| Tim Hornke | |
| Juri Knorr | |
| Julian Koester | |
| Jannik Kohlbacher | |
| Lukas Mertens | |
| David Spaeth | |
| Christoph Steinert | |
| Renars Uscins | |
| Luca Witzke | |
| Andreas Wolff | |
| Hungary | Gabor Ancsin |
| Laszlo Bartucz | |
| Bence Banhidi | |
| Richard Bodo | |
| Bendeguz Boka | |
| Gergo Fazekas | |
| Egon Hanusz | |
| Zoran Ilic | |
| Bence Imre | |
| Mate Lekai | |
| Patrik Ligetvari | |
| Roland Mikler | |
| Kristof Palasics | |
| Pedro Rodriguez | |
| Miklos Rosta | |
| Adrian Sipos | |
| Zoltan Szita | |
| Japan | Adam Yuki Baig |
| Naoki Fujisaka | |
| Hiroki Motoki | |
| Takumi Nakamura | |
| Daisuke Okamoto | |
| Tomoya Sakurai | |
| Naoki Sugioka | |
| Sota Takano | |
| Hiroyasu Tamakawa | |
| Shinnosuke Tokuda | |
| Jin Watanabe | |
| Shuichi Yoshida | |
| Kosuke Yasuhira | |
| Tatsuki Yoshino | |
| Norway | Vetle Eck Aga |
| Sebastian Hein Barthold | |
| Torbjoern Sittrup Bergerud | |
| Kristian Bjoernsen | |
| Alexandre Christoffersen Blonz | |
| Tobias Schjoelberg Groendahl | |
| Magnus Gullerud | |
| Simen Ulstad Lyse | |
| Petter Oeverby | |
| Christian O'Sullivan | |
| Harald Reinkind | |
| Kristian Skinstad Saeveras | |
| Sander Sagosen | |
| Gabriel Ask Setterblom | |
| Slovenia | Blaz Blagotinsek |
| Dean Bombac | |
| Nejc Cehte | |
| Jure Dolenec | |
| Klemen Ferlin | |
| Matej Gaber | |
| Blaz Janc | |
| Stas Jovicic | |
| Urh Kastelic | |
| Tilen Kodrin | |
| Urban Lesjak | |
| Borut Mackovsek | |
| Domen Novak | |
| Aleks Vlah | |
| Miha Zarabec | |
| Spain | Agustin Casado |
| Rodrigo Corrales | |
| Alex Dujshebaev | |
| Daniel Dujshebaev | |
| Daniel Fernandez | |
| Adrian Figueras | |
| Imanol Garciandia | |
| Aleix Gomez | |
| Jorge Maqueda | |
| Kauldi Odriozola | |
| Gonzalo Perez de Vargas | |
| Javier Rodriguez | |
| Miguel Sanchez-Migallon | |
| Abel Serdio | |
| Ian Tarrafeta | |
| Sweden | Oscar Bergendahl |
| Jonathan Carlsbogard | |
| Felix Claar | |
| Max Darj | |
| Jonathan Edvardsson | |
| Jim Gottfridsson | |
| Sebastian Karlsson | |
| Albin Lagergren | |
| Felix Moeller | |
| Andreas Palicka | |
| Lucas Pellas | |
| Daniel Pettersson | |
| Lukas Sandell | |
| Tobias Thulin | |
| Karl Wallinius | |
| Hampus Wanne |
Summary[]
Round robin[]
Round 1[]
| Round 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||||
 Spain
|
25 | 22 |  Slovenia
| ||
 Croatia
|
30 | 29 |  Japan
| ||
 Germany
|
30 | 27 |  Sweden
| ||
 Hungary
|
32 | 35 |  Egypt
| ||
 Norway
|
36 | 31 |  Argentina
| ||
 Denmark
|
37 | 29 |  France
| ||
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 27 | |
| 2 | Spain |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | |
| 3 | Croatia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | |
| 4 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 30 | |
| 5 | Sweden |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 30 | |
| 6 | Slovenia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 25 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 29 | |
| 2 | Norway |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | |
| 3 | Egypt |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | |
| 4 | Hungary |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 35 | |
| 5 | Argentina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 36 | |
| 6 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 37 |
Round 2[]
| Round 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||||
| Japan
|
26 | 37 | Germany
| ||
| Slovenia
|
31 | 29 | Croatia
| ||
| Sweden
|
29 | 26 | Spain
| ||
| Egypt
|
27 | 30 | Denmark
| ||
| France
|
22 | 27 | Norway
| ||
| Argentina
|
25 | 35 | Hungary
| ||
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 53 | |
| 2 | Sweden |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 56 | |
| 3 | Spain |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 51 | |
| 4 | Croatia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 60 | |
| 5 | Slovenia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 54 | |
| 6 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 67 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 56 | |
| 2 | Norway |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 53 | |
| 3 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 60 | |
| 4 | Egypt |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 62 | |
| 5 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 64 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 71 |
Round 3[]
| Round 3 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||||
| Croatia
|
31 | 26 | Germany
| ||
| Spain
|
37 | 33 | Japan
| ||
| Slovenia
|
29 | 24 | Sweden
| ||
| Norway
|
26 | 25 | Hungary
| ||
| France
|
26 | 26 | Egypt
| ||
| Denmark
|
38 | 27 | Argentina
| ||
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 84 | |
| 2 | Croatia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 86 | |
| 3 | Spain |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 84 | |
| 4 | Slovenia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 78 | |
| 5 | Sweden |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 85 | |
| 6 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 104 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 83 | |
| 2 | Norway |
6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 78 | |
| 4 | Egypt |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 88 | |
| 3 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 86 | |
| 5 | France |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 90 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 109 |
Round 4[]
| Round 4 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||||
| Croatia
|
27 | 38 | Sweden
| ||
| Germany
|
33 | 31 | Spain
| ||
| Japan
|
28 | 29 | Slovenia
| ||
| Hungary
|
25 | 28 | Denmark
| ||
| Argentina
|
21 | 28 | France
| ||
| Norway
|
25 | 26 | Egypt
| ||
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 115 | |
| 2 | Slovenia |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 106 | |
| 3 | Sweden |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 112 | |
| 4 | Spain |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 117 | |
| 5 | Croatia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 124 | |
| 6 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 133 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 108 | |
| 2 | Norway |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 104 | |
| 3 | Egypt |
5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 113 | |
| 4 | France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 111 | |
| 5 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 114 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 137 |
Round 5[]
| Round 5 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||||
| Sweden
|
40 | 27 | Japan
| ||
| Germany
|
36 | 29 | Slovenia
| ||
| Spain
|
32 | 31 | Croatia
| ||
| Egypt
|
34 | 27 | Argentina
| ||
| Hungary
|
20 | 24 | France
| ||
| Denmark
|
32 | 25 | Norway
| ||
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 144 | Q |
| 2 | Slovenia |
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 142 | Q |
| 3 | Spain |
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 148 | Q |
| 4 | Sweden |
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 139 | Q |
| 5 | Croatia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 156 | |
| 6 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 173 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 133 | Q |
| 2 | Egypt |
7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 140 | Q |
| 3 | Norway |
6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 136 | Q |
| 4 | France |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 129 | 131 | Q |
| 5 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 137 | 138 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 171 |
Quarterfinals[]
| Quarterfinals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||
| Germany
|
35 | 34 | France
|
| Egypt
|
28 | 29 | Spain
|
| Slovenia
|
33 | 28 | Norway
|
| Denmark
|
32 | 31 | Sweden
|
Semifinals[]
| Semifinals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||
| Germany
|
25 | 24 | Spain
|
| Slovenia
|
30 | 31 | Denmark
|
Finals[]
| Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||
| Germany
|
26 | 39 | Denmark
|
| Bronze medal match | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Result | ||
| Spain
|
23 | 22 | Slovenia
|
Results[]
| Result | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Denmark
|
 |
Germany
|
 |
Spain
|
| 4 | Slovenia
|
| 5 | Egypt
|
| 6 | Norway
|
| 7 | Sweden
|
| 8 | France
|
| 9 | Croatia
|
| 10 | Hungary
|
| 11 | Japan
|
| 12 | Argentina
|
| 2024 Summer Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Handball 2024 | |
| ← 2020 | 2028 → |
| Men | Women |