Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.[1]

1992 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 July – 8 August
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Unified Team
Runner-up Sweden
Third place France
Fourth place Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,616 (42.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)
(47 goals)
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Qualification edit

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 17 October 1986   Lausanne 1   Spain
1990 World Championship 28 February – 10 March 1990   Czechoslovakia 8   Sweden
  Unified Team
  Romania
  Hungary
  Czechoslovakia
  Germany
  France
  Iceland
1991 Pan American Games 5–12 August 1991   Havana 1   Brazil
1991 Asian Championship 22 August –1 September 1991   Hiroshima 1   South Korea
1991 African Men's Handball Championship September 1991   Cairo 1   Egypt
Total 12

Squads edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 5 5 0 0 120 86 +34 10 Semifinals
2   Iceland 5 3 1 1 101 99 +2 7
3   South Korea 5 3 0 2 114 117 −3 6 Fifth place game
4   Hungary 5 2 0 3 102 108 −6 4 Seventh place game
5   Czechoslovakia 5 1 1 3 94 92 +2 3 Ninth place game
6   Brazil 5 0 0 5 96 125 −29 0 Eleventh place game
27 July 1992
11:30
Sweden   20–14   Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Thorsson 7 (8–7) Bergendi 4
27 July 1992
14:30
Iceland   19–18   Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Jónasson 6 (10–10) Nascimento 5
27 July 1992
19:00
Hungary   18–22   South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Iváncsik 7 (11–11) Cho C. 9

29 July 1992
10:00
South Korea   18–28   Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Cho C. 5 (6–15) Thorsson 7
29 July 1992
14:30
Brazil   21–27   Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
Nascimento 5 (10–10) Iváncsik 5
29 July 1992
20:30
Czechoslovakia   16–16   Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Bergendi 4 (9–9) Grímsson 4

31 July 1992
11:30
Czechoslovakia   19–20   South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Tonar 6 (11–7) Cho C. 6
31 July 1992
14:30
Iceland   22–16   Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Grímsson 6 Marosi 4
31 July 1992
19:00
Sweden   22–15   Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Hedin 6 (11–7) Carnasciali 5

2 August 1992
10:00
Iceland   26–24   South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Grímsson 8 (11–14) Cho C. 9
2 August 1992
16:00
Hungary   21–25   Sweden Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Éles 5 (10–14) Hajas 6
2 August 1992
19:00
Brazil   16–27   Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Vieira 4 (9–9) Tonar 8

4 August 1992
11:30
Hungary   20–18   Czechoslovakia Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Horváth 7 (9–8) Šetlík 6
4 August 1992
14:30
South Korea   30–26   Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Cho C. 9 (16–13) Vieira 6
4 August 1992
20:30
Sweden   25–18   Iceland Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Carlén 8 (12–7) Sveinsson 5

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Unified Team 5 5 0 0 121 98 +23 10 Semifinals
2   France 5 4 0 1 111 98 +13 8
3   Spain (H) 5 3 0 2 97 98 −1 6 Fifth place game
4   Romania 5 1 1 3 107 115 −8 3[a] Seventh place game
5   Germany 5 1 1 3 97 103 −6 3[a] Ninth place game
6   Egypt 5 0 0 5 92 113 −21 0 Eleventh place game
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD
27 July 1992
10:00
Romania   22–21   Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Berbece 5 (10–12) Belal 6
27 July 1992
16:00
Unified Team   25–15   Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Dujshebaev 7 (12–7) Hauck 5
27 July 1992
20:30
Spain   16–18   France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Masip 5 (7–7) Volle 4

29 July 1992
11:30
France   22–23   Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Munier, Portes 4 (12–14) Dujshebaev 9
29 July 1992
16:00
Germany   20–20   Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Winselmann 5 (9–13) Licu, Zaharia 5
29 July 1992
19:00
Egypt   18–23   Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
five players 3 (11–11) Urdiales 9

31 July 1992
10:00
Unified Team   22–18   Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Dujshebaev 8 (12–9) Abdallah, El-Attar 4
31 July 1992
16:00
Germany   20–23   France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
three players 4 (9–10) Lathoud, Munier 5
31 July 1992
20:30
Romania   20–21   Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Licu, Mocanu 4 (9–14) Alemany, Urdiales 4

2 August 1992
11:30
Romania   20–26   France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Licu, Zaharia 7 (11–12) Lathoud 6
2 August 1992
14:30
Egypt   16–24   Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
El-Attar 6 (5–13) Roos 7
2 August 1992
20:30
Spain   18–24   Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Masip, Muñoz 5 (5–10) Gopin 7

4 August 1992
10:00
France   22–19   Egypt Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Munier 8 (10–7) Debes, Mohamed 4
4 August 1992
16:00
Unified Team   27–25   Romania Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6 (12–12) Licu 8
4 August 1992
19:00
Spain   19–18   Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Urdiales 7 (8–8) Hauck 6

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
  Sweden25
 
8 August
 
  France22
 
  Sweden20
 
6 August
 
  Unified Team22
 
  Iceland19
 
 
  Unified Team23
 
Bronze medal
 
 
8 August
 
 
  Iceland20
 
 
  France24

Semifinals edit

6 August 1992
19:00
Sweden   25–22   France Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Thorsson 6 (11–10) Lathoud 6

6 August 1992
21:00
Iceland   19–23   Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Grímsson 6 (9–11) Dujshebaev 9

Eleventh place game edit

7 August 1992
14:00
Egypt   27–24 (ET)   Brazil Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Amigo, González (ESP)
Mahmoud 8 (10–8) Carnasciali, Nascimento 5

FT: 19–19 ET: 3–3, 2–2 Pen: 3–0

Ninth place game edit

7 August 1992
16:00
Czechoslovakia   20–19   Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Šetlík 6 (11–8) Hahn 5

Seventh place game edit

7 August 1992
19:00
Romania   19–23   Hungary Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Prisăcaru 4 (13–9) Horváth 7

Fifth place game edit

7 August 1992
21:00
South Korea   21–36   Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Cho C. 7 (10–18) Urdiales 10

Bronze medal game edit

8 August 1992
15:00
Iceland   20–24   France Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Grímsson 5 (9–12) Munier 6

Gold medal game edit

8 August 1992
17:00
Sweden   20–22   Unified Team Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Hajas 7 (9–9) Gavrilov 5

Rankings and statistics edit

Final rankings
1   Unified Team
2   Sweden
3   France
4   Iceland
5   Spain
6   South Korea
7   Hungary
8   Romania
9   Czechoslovakia
10   Germany
11   Egypt
12   Brazil
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals
1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) 7 47
2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) 6 45
3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL) 7 35
4. Robert Licu (ROM) 6 30
4. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30
4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 4 30
7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN) 7 29
8. Valeri Gopin (EUN) 7 27
8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM) 6 27
All-star team
Andrei Lavrov (EUN)
Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) Denis Lathoud (FRA)
Per Carlén (SWE) Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Valeri Gopine (EUN)

References edit

  1. ^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

External links edit