2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments
The 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 19 to 21 March 2021, in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.[1][2] On 13 March 2020, the IHF postponed the tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Previously, the tournaments were scheduled to take place from 20 to 22 March 2020. The tournaments were rescheduled for 19 to 21 March 2021.[4]
Format
<section begin=Format/>There were three Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Only twelve teams that have not yet qualified through the five events mentioned above could play in the tournament:[5]
- The top six teams from the 2019 World Championship that did not already qualify through their continental championships are eligible to participate in the tournament.
- The best ranked teams of each continent in the 2019 World Championship represent the continent in order to determine the continental ranking. The first ranked continent received two more places for the tournament. The second, third and fourth ranked continent received one place each. The last place belongs to a team from Oceania, if one was ranked between 8th–12th at the World Championship. If no team from Oceania met this condition, the second ranked continent receives an extra place instead. The teams that already earned their places through their World Championship ranking will not be considered for receiving places through the continental criterion.
- The twelve teams were allocated in three pools of four teams according to the table below. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[6]
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On 10 January 2020, North Korea withdrew and was replaced by Kazakhstan.[7][8] On 3 February 2020, China and Hong Kong withdrew and were replaced by Thailand.[9][10][11] In October 2020, China requested to be reinstated because the tournaments were moved and the IHF granted that request.[12] On 1 March 2021, China withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Because of that, Kazakhstan was moved to Tournament 2 and no other Asian team was available (Hong Kong declined a participation and Thailand did not respond prior to the deadline), meaning that Tournament 3 was played with three teams.[13] Senegal withdrew on 9 March 2021 and was not replaced by another African team.[14]<section end=Format/>
Referees
The referees were announced on 25 February 2021.[15]
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Tournament 1
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Host country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
Teams | 3 (from 2 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 3 |
Goals scored | 158 (52.67 per match) |
Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
Standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
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All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
Matches
19 March 2021 21:00 |
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 28–28 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS) |
Martín 7 | (13–13) | Westberg 7 | ||
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20 March 2021 18:15 |
Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 34–21 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
Lagerquist 7 | (17–8) | Pizzo 5 | ||
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21 March 2021 19:30 |
Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg | 16–31 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Polideportivo Pla de l’Arc, Llíria Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU) |
Karsten 4 | (10–19) | López 7 | ||
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Tournament 2
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Host country | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
Teams | 4 (from 2 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 355 (59.17 per match) |
Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
Standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 73 | +18 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 71 | +29 | 4 | |
3 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 90 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 121 | −46 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
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All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
Matches
19 March 2021 17:00 |
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg | 19–46 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU) |
Alexandrova 5 | (8–20) | Lukács 7 | ||
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19 March 2021 20:00 |
Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 29–24 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
Vyakhireva 7 | (17–13) | Pop–Lazić 5 | ||
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20 March 2021 17:30 |
Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg | 23–31 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Dmitrović 6 | (12–16) | Szöllősi-Zácsik 7 | ||
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20 March 2021 20:30 |
Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 33–26 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Fomina 10 | (17–16) | Alexandrova 7 | ||
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21 March 2021 17:30 |
Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg | 42–30 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Kovačević 8 | (23–16) | Alexandrova 9 | ||
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21 March 2021 20:30 |
Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg | 23–29 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Audi Aréna, Győr Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
three players 5 | (12–14) | Vyakhireva 7 | ||
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Tournament 3
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Host country | File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 19–21 March 2021 |
Teams | 3 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 3 |
Goals scored | 157 (52.33 per match) |
Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
Standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 2 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
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All times are local (UTC+1).[16]
Matches
19 March 2021 19:30 |
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg | 23–28 | File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
Aune 4 | (12–13) | Jauković 7 | ||
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20 March 2021 19:30 |
Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg | 29–24 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN) |
Skogrand 12 | (13–11) | Neagu 11 | ||
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21 March 2021 16:00 |
Montenegro File:Flag of Montenegro.svg | 25–28 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Verde Complex, Podgorica Referees: García, Marín (ESP) |
Jauković 9 | (15–15) | Neagu 12 | ||
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See also
References
- ↑ "2020 Women's olympic qualification tournaments". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments awarded". ihf.info. 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification Tournaments postponed after re-evaluation". ihf.info. 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
- ↑ "Update on 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament places". ihf.info. 13 December 2019.
- ↑ "Update: Women's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
- ↑ "DPR of Korea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Kazakhstan replace DPR of Korea at Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 15 January 2020.
- ↑ "People's Republic of China withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Qualification Event". ihf.info. 3 February 2020.
- ↑ "Thailand replace PR of China in the Tokyo 2020 Women's Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "Thailand replace China in women's handball Olympic qualifying due to coronavirus". Inside the Games. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "PR of China to participate in IHF Women's Tokyo 2020 Qualification Tournaments". ihf.info. 2 October 2020.
- ↑ "Changes to Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Women's Tournaments". ihf.info. 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Senegal cancel participation in Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 – Women's Tournament 1". ihf.info. 11 March 2021.
- ↑ "Referee nominations for Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020". ihf.info. 25 February 2021.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Match schedules for the IHF Tokyo Handball Qualification 2020 confirmed". ihf.info. 24 February 2020.
External links
- Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Summer Olympics
- March 2021 sports events in Europe
- 2021 in Spanish women's sport
- 2021 in Hungarian sport
- 2021 in Montenegrin sport
- 2021 in women's handball
- Handball qualification for the Summer Olympics