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Once the qualifying rounds were concluded, the number of teams qualified for the Tokyo Men’s Olympic Handball Olympiad was completed.
Twelve teams had participated in the playoffs to reserve 6 tickets to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
It was decided by Japan (the host country), Egypt (the African champion), Denmark (the 2019 world champion), Spain (the European champion), Argentina (the South American champion) and Bahrain (the champion of Asia).
In the qualifiers, which took place in three groups from March 12 to 14, 6 teams qualified and Portugal qualified for the first time at Olympia.
Meanwhile, Croatia called up the qualifiers in dramatic fashion, to miss the Olympics for the first time since Sydney’s absence in 2000.
Norway returned to participate in the Olympic Games for the second time in its history after Munich 1972.
In the first group of qualifiers, Norway qualified with the full score, while Brazil snatched the second qualifying card with a dramatic 26-24 victory over Chile to put the first half behind by six goals to Chile, and Chile and South Korea. they deposited the playoffs. .
In the second group, the excitement reached its climax, with France, Portugal and Croatia tying points at 4 each, while Tunisia trailed behind the standings without a points score.
Croatia beat Tunisia and raised their score to 4 points and was waiting for France to win or draw with Portugal to qualify with the roosters, or Portugal’s victory by more than 8 goals.
France dominated most of the match and made a difference of 6 goals, but Portugal managed to snatch a historic qualifying card from them and defeat France 28-29 in the final 3 seconds.
While in Group Three, Sweden and Germany qualified with 5 points each after a draw between them in the opening match, and Sweden topped the goal difference, while bidding farewell to Slovenia and Algeria.
The Tokyo Olympics men’s handball draw levels are as follows:
First level: Denmark – Norway
Second level: France – Sweden
Third level: Germany – Portugal
Fourth level: Brazil – Japan
Fifth level: Spain – Egypt
Sixth level: Argentina – Bahrain
The 12 teams will be divided into two groups and the top 4 teams will advance to the quarterfinals with a knockout system.
There will be a draw between all levels except the fourth level, so Japan, the host of the tournament, will choose their group, and Brazil will move on to the other group.
