Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from December 2010 to May 2012.

Qualification summary

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Great Britain
2010 European Championship	7–19 December 2010	Denmark &  Norway	1	Sweden *
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011	12–21 October	China	1	South Korea
2011 Pan American Games	15–23 October 2011	Mexico	1	Brazil
2011 World Championship	2–18 December 2011	Brazil	1	Norway
2012 African Championship	11–20 January 2012	Morocco	1	Angola
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1	25–27 May 2012	France	2	Montenegro  France
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2	25–27 May 2012	Spain	2	Spain  Croatia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3	25–27 May 2012	Denmark	2	Russia  Denmark
Total			12

^* Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

Legend for qualification type
Team qualified to the 2012 Olympic Tournament
Team qualified from the World Championship to the Olympic Qualification Tournament
Team qualified from Continental Events to the Olympic Qualification Tournament

World Championship

Notes:

• The six best teams not yet qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games are qualified for one of the three World Olympic qualification tournaments (each one hosted by one of the three best teams).

• Qualification to the Olympic qualification tournament through the World Championship supersedes qualification through the Continental Championship.

Rank	Team
01 !	Norway
02 !	France
03 !	Spain
4	Denmark
5	Brazil
6	Russia
7	Croatia
8	Angola
9	Sweden
10	Montenegro
11	South Korea
12	Iceland
13	Romania
14	Japan
15	Netherlands
16	Ivory Coast
17	Germany
18	Tunisia
19	Kazakhstan
20	Uruguay
21	China
22	Cuba
23	Argentina
24	Australia

Continental qualification

Europe (1st ranking continent)

Notes:

• Norway is both European and World Champion, so Sweden goes directly to the Olympic Tournament in London on the European Champions spot.

Rank	Team
01 !	Norway
02 !	Sweden
03 !	Romania
4	Denmark
5	France
6	Montenegro
7	Russia
8	Netherlands
9	Croatia
10	Hungary
11	Spain
12	Ukraine
13	Germany
14	Serbia
15	Iceland
16	Slovenia

America (2nd ranking continent)

• Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up and third (since Australia placed 24th) go to one of the qualification tournament

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Argentina
03 !	Dominican Republic
4	Mexico
5	Chile
6	Puerto Rico
7	Uruguay
8	United States

Africa (3rd ranking continent)

• Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament

Rank	Team
01 !	Angola
02 !	Tunisia
03 !	DR Congo
4	Algeria
5	Cameroon
6	Congo
7	Ivory Coast
8	Senegal
9	Egypt
10	Morocco

Asia (4th ranking continent)

• Winner goes to the Olympic Tournament, the runner-up goes to one of the qualification tournament

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
01 !	South Korea	5	5	0	0	183	104	+79	10
02 !	Japan	5	4	0	1	160	109	+51	8
03 !	China	5	3	0	2	131	110	+21	6
4	North Korea	5	1	1	3	133	134	−1	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	119	127	−8	3
6	Turkmenistan	5	0	0	5	48	190	−142	0

2012 IHF Qualification Tournaments

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1	2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2	2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3
2nd from World (2nd place World 2011):  France 7th from World (10th place World 2011):  Montenegro 2nd from Continent 1 (3rd place Europe 2010):  Romania 2nd from Continent 4 (2nd place Asia 2011):  Japan	3rd from World (3rd place World 2011):  Spain 6th from World (7th place World 2011):  Croatia 2nd from Continent 2 (2nd place Americas 2011):  Argentina 3rd from Continent 1 (8th place Europe 2010):  Netherlands	4th from World (4th place World 2011):  Denmark 5th from World (6th place World 2011):  Russia 2nd from Continent 3 (2nd place Africa 2012):  Tunisia 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011):  Dominican Republic

Note :

• Continents are ranked based on the 2011 World Championship results.

• If the Oceania representative at the 2011 World Championship had placed from 8th to 12th, Oceania would have earned a spot for IHF Qualification Tournament #3 : Oceania’s representative (Australia) placed 24th so, Dominican Republic, 3rd from Continent 2 (3rd place Americas 2011), are qualified.

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1

• Venue: Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Montenegro	3	3	0	0	86	67	+19	6
France	3	2	0	1	74	58	+16	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	70	84	−14	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	67	88	−21	0

25 May 2012 16:45	Montenegro	30 − 24	Japan	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Eliasson J, Gudjonsson I (ISL)
	Bulatović 8	(14–13)	Fujii 8
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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25 May 2012 19:00	France	24 − 19	Romania	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Gatelis M, Mazeika V (LTU)
	Lacrabère 4	(12–9)	Meiroşu 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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26 May 2012 14:45	Romania	23 – 34	Montenegro	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Caçador I, Nicolau E (POR)
	Nechita, Ardean-Elisei 6	(13–17)	Bulatović 7
	3× 4×	Report	5× 1×

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26 May 2012 17:00	Japan	17 – 30	France	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Gatelis M, Mazeika V (LTU)
	Kamimachi 5	(7–13)	Baudouin 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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27 May 2012 14:15	Romania	28 – 26	Japan	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Caçador I, Nicolau E (POR)
	Ani-Senocico 6	(18–10)	Fujii 7
	3×	Report	1× 3×

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27 May 2012 16:30	France	20 – 22	Montenegro	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Eliasson J, Gudjonsson I (ISL)
	Baudouin 4	(9–9)	Knežević 7
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

• Venue: Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (+3)	3	2	0	1	81	62	+19	4
Croatia (0)	3	2	0	1	82	72	+10	4
Netherlands (-3)	3	2	0	1	83	77	+6	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	57	91	−34	0

25 May 2012 10:45	Croatia	28 − 29	Netherlands	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 800 Referees: Bonaventura C, Bonaventura J (FRA)
	Zebić 11	(12–14)	Abbingh 10
	3× 4×	Report	5× 3×

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25 May 2012 13:00	Spain	31 − 15	Argentina	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Mangué 6	(15–9)	Decilio, Salvado 4
	5× 1×	Report	4× 3×

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26 May 2012 10:45	Argentina	21 – 31	Croatia	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Mendoza 7	(10–18)	Jovetić, Pušić-Koroljević 5
	1× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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26 May 2012 13:00	Netherlands	24 – 28	Spain	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	van der Heijden, Abbingh 5	(13–14)	Alberto 11
	4× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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27 May 2012 10:15	Argentina	21 – 30	Netherlands	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 475 Referees: Bonaventura C, Bonaventura J (FRA)
	Decilio 5	(9–15)	Broch 6
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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27 May 2012 12:30	Spain	22 – 23	Croatia	Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Martín 9	(10–12)	Zebić 8
	3× 2×	Report	8× 2×

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3

• Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg, Denmark
• All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	101	57	+44	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	86	72	+14	4
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	73	81	−8	2
Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	58	108	−50	0

25 May 2012 18:15	Russia	41 − 17	Dominican Republic	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 400 Referees: Florescu D, Duta A (ROU)
	three players 5	(20–10)	Andino 8
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

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25 May 2012 20:15	Denmark	28 − 24	Tunisia	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nachevski G, Nikolov S (MKD)
	Nørgaard 11	(12−13)	Toumi, Chebbah 7
	6× 3×	Report	1× 3× 1×

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26 May 2012 18:45	Tunisia	20 – 33	Russia	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 300 Referees: Horvath P, Marton B (HUN)
	Toumi 12	(8–17)	Chernoivanenko, Postnova 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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26 May 2012 20:45	Dominican Republic	21 – 38	Denmark	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 880 Referees: Florescu D, Duta A (ROU)
	Andino, Pop 6	(13–20)	Augustesen, Dalby 6
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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27 May 2012 18:15	Tunisia	29 – 20	Dominican Republic	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Horvath P, Marton B (HUN)
	Toumi 10	(17–8)	Andino 6
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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27 May 2012 20:15	Denmark	20 – 27	Russia	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nachevski G, Nikolov S (MKD)
	Nørgaard 9	(9–9)	three players 4
	5× 4×	Report	2× 3×

References

• Qualification System

External links

• 2012 Olympic Handball Qualification – Women (Format and Results)
• Official website of the IHF Women's Qualification Tournament #1
• Official website of the IHF Women's Qualification Tournament #2
• Official website of the IHF Women's Qualification Tournament #3