The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDmitry FilippovVyacheslav GorpishinOleg KhodkovEduard KoksharovDenis KrivoshlykovVasily KudinovStanislav KulinchenkoDmitry KuzelevAndrey LavrovIgor LavrovSergey PogorelovPavel SukosyanDmitri TorgovanovAleksandr TuchkinLev VoroninMagnus AnderssonMartin BoquistMartin FrändesjöMathias FranzénPeter GentzelAndreas LarssonOla LindgrenStefan LövgrenStaffan OlssonJohan PeterssonTomas SvenssonTomas SivertssonPierre ThorssonLjubomir VranjesMagnus WislanderDavid BarrufetTalant DuyshebaevMateo GarraldaRafael GuijosaDemetrio LozanoEnric MasipJordi NúñezJesús OlallaJuan PérezXavier O'CallaghanAntonio Carlos OrtegaAntonio UgaldeIñaki UrdangarínAlberto UrdialesAndrei Xepkin
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 24 September 1993 Monte Carlo 1 1999 World Championship 1–15 June 1999 7 1999 Pan American Games 31 July – 7 August 1999 Winnipeg 1 African qualification tournament 15–18 October 1999 Cotonou 1 2000 European Championship 21–30 January 2000 1 2000 Asian Championship 25–30 January 2000 Kumamoto 1 Total 12
Squads
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+10).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Rankings and statistics Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Top goalscorers + Rank Name Goals Shots 1 Stefan Lövgren 51 89 57.3 2 Rafael Guijosa 48 68 70.6 3 Roman Pungartnik 45 67 67.24 Paek Won-chul 42 73 57.5 Rolando Uríos 60 70.06 Ashraf Awaad 40 68 58.8 Eduard Koksharov 57 70.2 8 Hussein Zaky 37 71 52.1 9 Yoon Kyung-shin 35 57 61.410 Markus Baur 34 54 63.0 Dragan Škrbić 51 66.7
Top goalkeepers Minimum 20% of total shots received by team Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Peter Gentzel 42.3 71 168 2 Kang Il-koo 37.0 20 54 3 Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib 36.8 57 155 4 Mohamed Sharaf El-Din 36.0 54 150 5 Tomas Svensson 35.9 56 156 6 Andrey Lavrov 35.7 91 255 7 Dejan Perić 35.1 79 225 8 Bruno Martini 34.8 47 135 9 Christian Gaudin 34.6 47 136 10 David Barrufet 34.5 79 229
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad – Handball