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Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 1996 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]

1996 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Georgia Dome Final
Georgia World Congress Center
Dates24 July – 4 August
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place Spain
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,822 (47.95 per match)
Attendance305,100 (8,029 per match)
Top scorer(s)Croatia Patrik Ćavar
(43 goals)
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Qualification edit

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 18 September 1990   Tokyo 1   United States
1995 Pan American Games 16–25 March 1995   Mar del Plata 1   Brazil
1995 World Championship 7–21 May 1995   Iceland 7   France
  Croatia
  Sweden
  Germany
  Russia
  Egypt
   Switzerland
1995 Asian Championship 25 September – 6 October 1995   Kuwait City 1   Kuwait
1996 European Championship 24 May – 2 June 1996   Spain 1   Spain
African qualification tournament 6-12 October 1995   Cairo 1   Algeria
Total 12

Squads edit

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 5 5 0 0 131 94 +37 10 Semifinals
2   Croatia 5 4 0 1 132 122 +10 8
3   Russia 5 3 0 2 137 106 +31 6 Fifth place game
4    Switzerland 5 2 0 3 126 115 +11 4 Seventh place game
5   United States (H) 5 1 0 4 111 142 −31 2 Ninth place game
6   Kuwait 5 0 0 5 100 158 −58 0 Eleventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
24 July 1996
10:00 		Russia   32–20   Kuwait Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Kuleshov 7 (18–10) S. Al-Marzouq 6
24 July 1996
14:30 		Croatia   23–22    Switzerland Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Ćavar 8 (12–14) Baumgartner 5
24 July 1996
19:00 		Sweden   23–19   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gedvilas, Guterman (LTU)
Wislander 5 (11–9) Heath 4
25 July 1996
10:00 		Kuwait   22–31   Croatia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
S. Al-Marzouq 6 (11–16) Ćavar 10
25 July 1996
14:30 		Switzerland   19–26   Sweden Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Baumgartner 5 (8–14) Hajas 6
25 July 1996
20:45 		Russia   31–16   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Kudinov 10 (16–9) Penn 4
27 July 1996
11:45 		Switzerland   33–16   Kuwait Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gedvilas, Guterman (LTU)
Barth, Spengler 6 (18–8) Al-Ali 4
27 July 1996
14:30 		Sweden   22–20   Russia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
M. Andersson 5 (11–11) Gopin, Torgovanov 5
27 July 1996
19:00 		Croatia   35–27   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Smajlagić 11 (20–9) Brown 8
29 July 1996
11:45 		Sweden   33–18   Kuwait Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Petersson 10 (16–7) Al-Ali 4
29 July 1996
16:15 		Russia   24–25   Croatia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Gopin 7 (13–11) Jović 7
29 July 1996
20:45 		United States   20–29    Switzerland Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Heath 7 (9–12) Baumgartner 13
31 July 1996
11:45 		Russia   30–23    Switzerland Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Kuleshov 9 (14–11) Spengler 8
31 July 1996
14:30 		Croatia   18–27   Sweden Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Mikulić 6 (7–10) Hajas, Thorsson 7
31 July 1996
20:45 		Kuwait   24–29   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
S. Al-Marzouq 9 (10–13) DeGraaf 13

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 4 0 1 145 114 +31 8[a] Semifinals
2   Spain 5 4 0 1 114 97 +17 8[a]
3   Egypt 5 3 0 2 113 103 +10 6[b] Fifth place game
4   Germany 5 3 0 2 121 112 +9 6[b] Seventh place game
5   Algeria 5 0 1 4 95 117 −22 1[c] Ninth place game
6   Brazil 5 0 1 4 100 145 −45 1[c] Eleventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France 27–25 Spain
  2. ^ a b Germany 22–24 Egypt
  3. ^ a b Algeria 20–20 Brazil
24 July 1996
11:45 		France   27–25   Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Kervadec 6 (10–9) Urdiales 8
24 July 1996
16:15 		Egypt   19–16   Algeria Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
El-Geioushy 8 (7–9) Saidi 5
24 July 1996
20:45 		Germany   30–20   Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
Löhr 7 (12–7) Barros 4
25 July 1996
11:45 		Algeria   22–33   France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Lamali 5 (10–13) Stoecklin 9
25 July 1996
16:15 		Spain   22–20   Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Garralda, Urdiales 5 (11–10) Zerbe 6
25 July 1996
19:00 		Brazil   20–31   Egypt Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Barros 5 (10–15) Waress 6
27 July 1996
10:00 		Spain   20–14   Algeria Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Guijosa, Urdiales 6 (12–5) Khalfallah 3
27 July 1996
16:15 		Germany   22–24   Egypt Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Schwalb 6 (9–11) El-Attar 5
27 July 1996
20:45 		France   37–23   Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Volle 14 (16–10) Pelissari 7
29 July 1996
10:00 		Egypt   20–25   France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Soliman 5 (9–12) Lathoud 8
29 July 1996
14:30 		Germany   25–23   Algeria Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Kretzschmar 5 (13–12) Saidi 6
29 July 1996
19:00 		Brazil   17–27   Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Bojsen, Boehne (USA)
Hoffelder 7 (10–12) Urdangarín 6
31 July 1996
11:45 		Egypt   19–20   Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gedvilas, Guterman (LTU)
Soliman 6 (8–11) Urdiales 8
31 July 1996
16:15 		France   23–24   Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Prandi, Stoecklin 6 (10–12) Fegter 7
31 July 1996
19:00 		Algeria   20–20   Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Loukil, Nedjel Hammou 5 (9–11) Pinheiro 5

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
  Sweden25
 
4 August
 
  Spain20
 
  Sweden26
 
2 August
 
  Croatia27
 
  France20
 
 
  Croatia24
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
4 August
 
 
  Spain27
 
 
  France25

Eleventh place game edit

2 August 1996
10:00 		Kuwait   25–31   Brazil Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
Al-Harbi, Al-Zadah 5 (13–16) Nascimento 7

Ninth place game edit

2 August 1996
11:30 		Algeria   26–27 (ET)   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Saidi 6 (12–10) Brown 7

FT: 22–22 ET: 4–5

Seventh place game edit

2 August 1996
14:30 		Switzerland   16–23   Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Scharer 6 (10–12) Scheffler, Stephan 5

Fifth place game edit

2 August 1996
19:00 		Egypt   26–29   Russia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
El-Attar 10 (11–15) Gopin 6

Semifinals edit

2 August 1996
16:15 		Sweden   25–20   Spain Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Thorsson 7 (11–12) Guijosa 5
2 August 1996
20:45 		France   20–24   Croatia Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Høgsnes, Øie (NOR)
Stoecklin 8 (8–12) Ćavar 8

Bronze medal game edit

4 August 1996
11:00 		Spain   27–25   France Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
three players 5 (13–12) Cordinier 7

Final edit

4 August 1996
12:45 		Sweden   26–27   Croatia Georgia Dome
Attendance: 35,000
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Thorsson 8 (11–16) three players 6

Rankings and statistics edit

Final rankings
1   Croatia
2   Sweden
3   Spain
4   France
5   Russia
6   Egypt
7   Germany
8    Switzerland
9   United States
10   Algeria
11   Brazil
12   Kuwait
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals Attempts
1. Patrik Ćavar (CRO) 6 43 60
2. Stéphane Stoecklin (FRA) 6 36 68
3. Frédéric Volle (FRA) 7 35 58
4. Marc Baumgartner (SUI) 6 35 71
5. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 7 31 47
6. Irfan Smajlagić (CRO) 6 31 48
7. Valery Gopin (RUS) 6 30 42
7. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30 42
7. Pierre Thorsson (SWE) 6 30 42
All-star team
Mats Olsson (SWE)
Irfan Smajlagić (CRO) Magnus Andersson (SWE) Stéphane Stoecklin (FRA)
Dmitri Torgovanov (RUS) Patrik Ćavar (CRO) Frédéric Volle (FRA)

References edit

  1. ^ "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links edit

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