Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament

Infobox International Handball Competition
tourney_name = 2008 Men's Olympic handball tournament


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country = China
dates = 9 August - 24 August
num_teams = 12
confederations = 5
venues = 2
cities = 1
champion_other = hb|FRA
count =
second = ISL
third = ESP
fourth = CRO
matches =
goals =
attendance =
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updated =The men's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 10 to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th classification matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.

Qualifying

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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date=10 August
time=09:00
team1=hb-rt|CRO
score= 31–29
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A01.shtml#HBM400A01 (Report)]
team2=hb|ESP
goals1= Lackovic, Dzomba 5
goals2= Garcia 8
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)----handballbox
date=10 August
time=14:00
team1=hb-rt|FRA
score= 34–26
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A02.shtml#HBM400A02 (Report)]
team2=hb|BRA
goals1= Girault 7
goals2= Ertel 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)----handballbox
date=10 August
time=19:00
team1=hb-rt|POL
score= 33–19
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A03.shtml#HBM400A03 (Report)]
team2=hb|CHN
goals1= Jurasik 8
goals2= Zhu, Hao, Tian, Wang, Cui 3
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Karbas (IRI), Kolahdouzan (IRI)----handballbox
date=12 August
time=9:00
team1=hb-rt|BRA
score= 14–33
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A04.shtml#HBM400A04 (Report)]
team2=hb|CRO
goals1= Ertel, Souza 3
goals2= Dzomba 7
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)----handballbox
date=12 August
time=14:00
team1=hb-rt|CHN
score= 19–33
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A05.shtml#HBM400A05 (Report)]
team2=hb|FRA
goals1= Hao 5
goals2= Abalo, Guigou, Karabatic 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)----handballbox
date=12 August
time=15:45
team1=hb-rt|ESP
score= 30–29
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A06.shtml#HBM400A06 (Report)]
team2=hb|POL
goals1= Rocas 7
goals2= Jurasik, Lijewski 4
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)----handballbox
date=14 August
time=10:45
team1=hb-rt|POL
score= 28–25
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A07.shtml#HBM400A07 (Report)]
team2=hb|BRA
goals1= Jurecki, Tluczynski 6
goals2= Ribeiro 7
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Karbas-Chi (IRI), Kolahdouzan (IRI)----handballbox
date=14 August
time=15:45
team1=hb-rt|CHN
score= 22–36
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A08.shtml#HBM400A08 (Report)]
team2=hb|ESP
goals1= Cui 5
goals2= Tomas 7
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)----handballbox
date=14 August
time=20:45
team1=hb-rt|FRA
score= 23–19
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A09.shtml#HBM400A09 (Report)]
team2=hb|CRO
goals1= Gille 7
goals2= Dzomba 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Chernega (RUS), Paladenko (RUS)----handballbox
date=16 August
time=09:00
team1=hb-rt|BRA
score= 29–22
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A10.shtml#HBM400A10 (Report)]
team2=hb|CHN
goals1= Ribeiro, Laureano 5
goals2= Cui, Cui 4
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)----handballbox
date=16 August
time=14:00
team1=hb-rt|FRA
score= 28–21
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A11.shtml#HBM400A11 (Report)]
team2=hb|ESP
goals1= Gille 6
goals2= Garcia 7
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)----handballbox
date=16 August
time=19:00
team1=hb-rt|CRO
score= 24–27
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A12.shtml#HBM400A12 (Report)]
team2=hb|POL
goals1= Dzomba 7
goals2= Tluczynski 7
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)----handballbox
date=18 August
time=10:45
team1=hb-rt|ESP
score= 36–35
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A13.shtml#HBM400A13 (Report)]
team2=hb|BRA
goals1=Romero 8
goals2=Pacheco Filho 12
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee=Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)----handballbox
date=18 August
time=15:45
team1=hb-rt|CRO
score= 33–22
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A14.shtml#HBM400A14 (Report)]
team2=hb|CHN
goals1=Sprem 8
goals2=Hao 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee=Karbas-Chi (IRI), Kolahdouzan (IRI)----handballbox
date=18 August
time=20:45
team1=hb-rt|POL
score= 30–30
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBM400A15.shtml#HBM400A15 (Report)]
team2=hb|FRA
goals1=Jurecki 7
goals2=Karabatić 8
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee=Liudowyk (UKR), Vakula (UKR)

Group B

Top goalscorers

References

External links

* [http://www.beijing2008.com Beijing 2008 Olympic Games]
* [http://www.ihf.info International Handball Federation]
* [http://www.eurohandball.com European Handball Federation]
* [http://teamhandballnews.com/page.php?17 Team Handball News 2008 Men's Olympic Qualification Summary]