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at the

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was held from 20 to 25 August at the

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, China.

Qualification

A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each

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(NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 14 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China is given the choice of entering a male or female team while the other places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments. China chose to enter a girls' team therefore the unoccupied boys' team was reallocated to the best placed continent at the

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(Europe). Furthermore Oceania did not organize a qualifying event for either gender thus the spots were reallocated. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all qualified NOCs must either have a senior ranking in the top 40 on 1 January 2014 or finish ahead of a team ranked in the top 20 during the continental qualification tournament.

Boys

Girls

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. :''All times are CST (

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Medal summary

Medal table

Events

References

External links

Official Results Book – Handball
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International handball competitions hosted by China