The women's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between November 2022 and April 2024, 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.
Summary Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team Host nation 1 2022 European Championship 4–20 November 2022 1 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament 17–23 August 2023 Hiroshima 1 2023 African Qualification Tournament 11–14 October 2023 Luanda 1 2023 Pan American Games 24–29 October 2023 Viña del Mar 1 2023 World Championship 29 November – 17 December 2023 1 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments 11–14 April 2024 Debrecen 2 Torrevieja 2 Neu-Ulm 2 Total 12
Legend Qualified 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
Host country
World Championship
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Greenland do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC
Continental qualification Europe
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Americas
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.
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Asia
Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.
Africa
The tournament was held in Luanda, Angola.
Olympic Qualification Tournaments
Qualified teams
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #1
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2
2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament #3
See also Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
References