The men's

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tournament at the

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was held from August 10 to August 24, at the

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and National Indoor Stadium in

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. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals. This event was the last to be completed in the

Qualification

;Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: *Tournament I: **Worlds 2nd: **Worlds 7th: **Europe: **Pan-America: *Tournament II: **Worlds 3rd: **Worlds 6th: **Africa: **Top continent at the Worlds (Europe): *Tournament III: **Worlds 4th: **Worlds 5th: **Asia: **2nd continent at the Worlds (Africa):

Preliminary round

Seeding

The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.

Rosters

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Medal round

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All times are

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Quarterfinals

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Classification

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Semifinals

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7th–8th place

5th–6th place

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

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IHF.info

All star team

* Goalkeeper:

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French Handball, handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and ...

* Left wing:

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in ...

* Left back:

Daniel Narcisse Daniel Narcisse (born 16 December 1979) is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French tea ...

* Centre back:

Snorri Guðjónsson Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson (born 17 October 1981) is a former Icelandic handball player and the current coach of Valur. He also played for the Icelandic national handball team, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the bronze a ...

* Right back:

Ólafur Stefánsson Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson (born 3 July 1973 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a former Icelandic handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 20 ...

* Right wing:

Albert Rocas Albert Rocas Comas (born 16 June 1982) is a Spanish handball player. He is currently retired and is working in a Spanish school. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The ...

* Line player/pivot: Bertrand Gille Chosen by team officials and IHF experts
IHF.info

Top goalkeepers

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesInternational Handball FederationEuropean Handball FederationTeam Handball News 2008 Men's Olympic Qualification Summary
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