The qualification for the
2016 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament was held from January 2015 to April 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the world champion, four continental event winners and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.
Qualification summary
Legend for qualification type
Host country
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World Championship
Continental qualification
Europe (1st ranking continent)
Asia (2nd ranking continent)
The tournament was held from 14 to 27 November 2015 in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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. It included
Oceania
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champion's
Australia
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.
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Preliminary round
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Knockout stage
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=Semifinals
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=Ninth place game
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=Fifth place game
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=Final
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Final ranking
America (3rd ranking continent)
Africa (4th ranking continent)
Olympic Qualification Tournaments
The Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held on 8–10 April 2016. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:
*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 best ranked teams of each continent in the World championship represented the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–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 will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
*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
2016 Olympic Games
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
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2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
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References
External links
Qualification System
{{DEFAULTSORT:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification
Men's qualification
Handball Men
Olympic Qualification Men
Handball qualification for the Summer Olympics