This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for handball published by IHF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.
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The women's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between November 2022 and April 2024,[2] assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental champions (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.[3]
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | France |
2022 European Championship | 4–20 November 2022 | Slovenia North Macedonia Montenegro |
1 | Denmark |
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament | 17–23 August 2023 | Hiroshima | 1 | South Korea |
2023 African Qualification Tournament | 11–14 October 2023 | Luanda | 1 | Angola |
2023 Pan American Games | 24–29 October 2023 | Viña del Mar | 1 | Brazil |
2023 World Championship | 29 November – 17 December 2023 | Denmark Norway Sweden |
1 | Norway |
2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments | 11–14 April 2024 | Debrecen | 2 | Hungary Sweden |
Torrevieja | 2 | Netherlands Spain | ||
Neu-Ulm | 2 | Germany Slovenia | ||
Total | 12 |
Qualified | ||
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Key | From | To |
Olympic host | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
2023 IHF World Championship | ||
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament | ||
2023 IHF World Championship | 2024 IHF World Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
2022–2024 Continental Qualification Tournament |
Rank | Team |
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France | |
Norway | |
Denmark | |
4 | Sweden |
5 | Netherlands |
6 | Germany |
7 | Montenegro |
8 | Czech Republic |
9 | Brazil |
10 | Hungary |
11 | Slovenia |
12 | Romania |
13 | Spain |
14 | Croatia |
15 | Angola |
16 | Poland |
17 | Japan |
18 | Senegal |
19 | Austria |
20 | Argentina |
21 | Serbia |
22 | South Korea |
23 | Ukraine |
24 | Cameroon |
25 | Iceland |
26 | Congo |
27 | Chile |
28 | China |
29 | Paraguay |
30 | Kazakhstan |
31 | Iran |
32 | Greenland |
Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Greenland do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC |
Rank | Team |
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Norway | |
Denmark | |
Montenegro | |
4 | France |
5 | Sweden |
6 | Netherlands |
7 | Germany |
8 | Slovenia |
9 | Spain |
10 | Croatia |
11 | Hungary |
12 | Romania |
13 | Poland |
14 | Switzerland |
15 | Serbia |
16 | North Macedonia |
The winner of the Pan American Games handball tournament directly qualified for the Olympics. The Olympic Qualification Tournaments berth was given to the Pan American Games handball tournament runner-up.
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Brazil | |
Argentina | |
Paraguay | |
4 | Chile |
5 | Puerto Rico |
6 | Cuba |
7 | Uruguay |
8 | Canada |
Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.[4]
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 82 | +74 | 8 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Japan (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 88 | +75 | 6 | Qualification tournaments |
3 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 118 | −17 | 4 | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 154 | −42 | 2 | |
5 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 171 | −90 | 0 |
The tournament was held in Luanda, Angola.[5]
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Angola (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 3 | Qualification tournaments |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 2 | |
4 | Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 78 | −20 | 1 |
There were three qualifying tournaments. Only twelve eligible teams through the five events mentioned above qualified for these tournaments:[6]
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1 | 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2 | 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3 |
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The host countries were announced on 22 December 2023.[8]
On 9 April 2024, Cameroon withdrew and was replaced by Great Britain.[7]
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 64 | +50 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 64 | +48 | 4 | |
3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 88 | +11 | 2 | |
4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 144 | −109 | 0 |
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 66 | +27 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Spain (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 71 | +12 | 4 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 96 | −16 | 2 | |
4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 101 | −23 | 0 |
Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 69 | +27 | 6 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 71 | +16 | 4 | |
3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 83 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 99 | −40 | 0 |
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