2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 11 to 14 April 2024. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden qualified for the Olympics.[1]

Format

There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments:[2]

  • The top six teams from the World championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships were eligible to participate in the tournament.
  • The highest-ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first-ranked continent (Europe) received two more places for the tournament. The second (Americas), third (Africa), and fourth (Asia)-ranked continents received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8 and 12th at the World Championship. As no team from Oceania met this condition, the second-ranked continent received an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World championship ranking were not considered for receiving places through the continental criterion. In such cases, the access list was rebalanced accordingly.
  • The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3

The host countries were announced on 22 December 2023.[4]

On 9 April 2024, Cameroon withdrew and was replaced by Great Britain.[3]

Referees

The referees were announced on 27 February 2024.[5]

Tournament 1

Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 April
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored360 (60 per match)
Attendance13,669 (2,278 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Katrin Klujber
(23 goals)

The tournament was held in Debrecen, Hungary.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary (H) 3 3 0 0 114 64 +50 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 112 64 +48 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 99 88 +11 2
4  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 35 144 −109 0
Source: IHF
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.
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).[6]

11 April 2024
15:30 		Hungary  49–11  Great Britain Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,189
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Faluvégi 7 (24–6) L. Davies 4
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11 April 2024
18:00 		Sweden  35–28  Japan Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,643
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Carlson 7 (17–13) four players 4
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12 April 2024
18:00 		Sweden  25–28  Hungary Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 3,679
Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
Carlson 7 (11–15) Kuczora 8
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12 April 2024
20:30 		Japan  43–16  Great Britain Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 694
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Sahara, Kinjo 7 (25–9) Gowland 6
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14 April 2024
16:45 		Great Britain  8–52  Sweden Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,222
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Kesselring 4 (6–26) Hagman 12
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14 April 2024
19:15 		Hungary  37–28  Japan Főnix Aréna, Debrecen
Attendance: 4,242
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Klujber 11 (18–11) Aizawa 7
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Tournament 2

Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 April
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored334 (55.67 per match)
Attendance13,680 (2,280 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Markéta Jeřábková
(24 goals)

The tournament was held in Torrevieja, Spain.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 93 66 +27 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2  Spain (H) 3 2 0 1 83 71 +12 4
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 80 96 −16 2
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 78 101 −23 0
Source: IHF
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.
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).[6]

11 April 2024
18:30 		Czech Republic  21–31  Spain Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 2,780
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
Cholevová 7 (10–19) González 7
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11 April 2024
21:00 		Netherlands  34–22  Argentina Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 530
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Malestein 6 (19–16) Karsten 6
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12 April 2024
18:30 		Netherlands  32–18  Czech Republic Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,240
Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
Malestein, Van Wetering 7 (18–6) Jeřábková 8
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12 April 2024
21:00 		Argentina  23–26  Spain Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 3,625
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Karsten 8 (14–14) Arcos, Gutiérrez 7
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14 April 2024
15:30 		Czech Republic  41–33  Argentina Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,630
Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
Jeřábková 14 (23–16) Karsten 9
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14 April 2024
18:00 		Spain  26–27  Netherlands Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 3,875
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Prieto O'Mullony 9 (15–15) Malestein 8
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Tournament 3

Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 April
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored322 (53.67 per match)
Attendance22,789 (3,798 per match)
Top scorer(s)Slovenia Ana Gros
(21 goals)

The tournament was held in Neu-Ulm, Germany.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 96 69 +27 6 2024 Summer Olympics
2  Slovenia 3 2 0 1 87 71 +16 4
3  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 80 83 −3 2
4  Paraguay 3 0 0 3 59 99 −40 0
Source: IHF
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.
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).[6]

11 April 2024
17:45 		Germany  31–25  Slovenia Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 4,026
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Maidhof 9 (17–14) Gros 11
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11 April 2024
20:15 		Montenegro  30–25  Paraguay Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Mugoša 9 (17–12) Insfrán 9
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13 April 2024
14:15 		Germany  28–24  Montenegro Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 4,269
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Maidhof 9 (11–7) Pletikosić 9
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13 April 2024
16:45 		Slovenia  32–14  Paraguay Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Mavsar 6 (17–8) Acuña 4
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14 April 2024
13:30 		Paraguay  20–37  Germany Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 4,294
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Insfrán 8 (13–19) Behrend 6
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14 April 2024
16:00 		Montenegro  26–30  Slovenia Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Mugoša 7 (11–14) Gros, Stanko 7
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's line-up completed". ihf.info. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Handball" (PDF). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain women's national team replace Cameroon in the Olympic Qualification Tournament #1". ihf.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Hungary, Spain and Germany to host the Paris 2024 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Referees nominations for the Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments schedule released". ihf.info. Retrieved 21 February 2024.