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 champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.
Contents
Host country
Asia (2nd ranking continent)
The tournament was held from 14 to 27 November 2015 in Doha, Qatar. It included Oceania champion's Australia.
All times are local (UTC+3).
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
9–11th place semifinal
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
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:
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
All times are local (UTC+2).
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
All times are local (UTC+2).
2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
All times are local (UTC+2).
References
Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA