The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion (Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex) during the preliminary round and quarter-finals (August 14–August 24), and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches (August 27–August 29). A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeVenio LosertVlado ŠolaValter MatoševićNikša KalebIvano Balić Blaženko LackovićVedran ZrnićIgor VoriDavor DominikovićMirza DžombaDrago VukovićSlavko GolužaGoran ŠpremDenis ŠpoljarićPetar MetličićHenning FritzChristian RamotaPascal HensMark DragunskiStefan KretzschmarJan Olaf ImmelChristian SchwarzerKlaus-Dieter PetersenVolker ZerbeMarkus BaurChristian ZeitzTorsten JansenDaniel StephanFlorian KehrmannFrank von BehrenAndrey LavrovAlexey KostygovVitali IvanovOleg KuleshovDenis KrivoshlykovAleksandr TuchkinVasily KudinovPavel BashkinDmitri TorgovanovAlexander GorbatikovAlexey RastvortsevVyacheslav GorpishinSergey PogorelovMikhail ChipurinEduard Koksharov
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 5 September 1997 Lausanne 1 2003 World Championship 20 January – 2 February 2003 7 2003 Pan American Games 2–11 August 2003 Santo Domingo 1 African qualification tournament 16–20 September 2003 Luanda 1 Asian qualification tournament 23–28 September 2003 1 2004 European Championship 22 January – 1 February 2004 1 Total 12
Preliminary round For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round, held on August 24, at the Sports Pavilion. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, disputed at the Indoor Arena on August 27, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
All Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Left wing Left back Centre back Right back Right wing Pivot Source: IHF
Top goalscorers + Rank Name Goals Shots 1 Yoon Kyung-shin 58 109 53 2 Mirza Džomba 55 71 77 3 Carlos Pérez 54 116 47 4 Eduard Koksharov 45 66 68 5 Stefan Kretzschmar 44 75 59 6 Ólafur Stefánsson 43 67 64 7 Nikos Grammatikos 41 71 588 Florian Kehrmann 40 69 58 Aleksey Rastvortsev 85 4710 László Nagy 39 70 56 Igor Vori 58 67
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 David Barrufet 41 85 208 Henning Fritz 102 246 3 Venio Losert 39 78 198 4 Nándor Fazekas 37 67 1825 Beno Lapajne 36 64 178 Thierry Omeyer 80 2227 Han Kyung-tai 35 100 283 Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib 46 132 Vlado Šola 39 11210 José Javier Hombrados 34 51 150 Andrey Lavrov 34 85 Alexandre Vasconcelos 43 127
References
External links Results book 2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2.