The men's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the Olympic Park. The group stage matches were held at the Copper Box and the knockout rounds took place at the larger Basketball Arena.
Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a quarter-final round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarter-finals.
The medals for the competition were presented by Austin Sealy, Barbados, IOC Member, Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden, IOC Executive Board Member, and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Kuwait, IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Hassan Moustafa, IHF President, Egypt, Miguel Roca Mas, 1st IHF Vice President, Spain, and Leon Kalin, Slovenia, IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions.
Qualification
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2011 World Championship 13–30 January 2011 1 2011 Pan American Games 16–24 October 2011 1 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 23 October – 2 November 2011 1 2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012 1 2012 European Championship 15–29 January 2012 1 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 6–8 April 2012 2 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 6–8 April 2012 2 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 6–8 April 2012 2 Total 12
Seeding Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Rosters
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Source: IHF.info
All-star team Goalkeeper: Thierry Omeyer Left wing: Jonas Källman Left back: Aron Pálmarsson Central back: Nikola Karabatić Right back: Kim Andersson Right wing: Ivan Čupić Pivot: Julen Aguinagalde Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Niclas Ekberg 50 74 68% 2 Ivan Čupić 49 68 72% 3 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 44 66 67% 4 Gábor Császár 38 67 57% 5 Aron Pálmarsson 37 63 59% 6 László Nagy 33 71 46% 7 Domagoj Duvnjak 32 58 55% Anders Eggert Jensen 32 44 74% Blaženko Lacković 32 53 60% Daniel Narcisse 32 51 63% Source: IHF.info
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Hreiðar Guðmundsson 44% 48 110 2 Johan Sjostrand 41% 73 176 3 Marcus Cleverly 39% 19 49 4 Venio Losert 37% 23 63 Thierry Omeyer 37% 94 252 Darko Stanić 37% 66 179 Arpad Šterbik 37% 61 164 8 Mirko Alilović 36% 82 226 9 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 34% 62 185 10 Matías Schulz 33% 46 140 Source: IHF.info
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJérôme FernandezDidier DinartXavier BarachetGuillaume GilleBertrand GilleDaniel NarcisseGuillaume JoliSamuel HonrubiaDaouda KarabouéNikola KarabatićThierry OmeyerWilliam AccambrayLuc AbaloCédric SorhaindoMichaël Guigou
Head Coach: Claude OnestaMattias AnderssonMattias GustafssonKim AnderssonJonas KällmanMagnus JernemyrNiclas EkbergDalibor DoderJonas LarholmTobias KarlssonJohan JakobssonJohan SjöstrandFredrik PetersenKim Ekdahl du RietzMattias ZachrissonAndreas Nilsson
Head Coach: Staffan OlssonVenio LosertIvano BalićDomagoj DuvnjakBlaženko LackovićMarko KopljarIgor VoriJakov GojunZlatko HorvatDrago VukovićDamir BičanićDenis BuntićMirko AlilovićManuel ŠtrlekIvan ČupićIvan Ninčević
Head Coach: Slavko Goluža
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