Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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 place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.

This event was the last to be completed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qualification

 * Olympic Qualifying Tournaments:
 * Tournament I:
 * Worlds 2nd:
 * Worlds 8th:
 * Europe:
 * Pan-America:
 * Tournament II:
 * Worlds 4th:
 * Worlds 7th:
 * Africa:
 * Top continent at the Worlds (Europe):
 * Tournament III:
 * Worlds 5th:
 * Worlds 6th:
 * Asia:
 * 2nd continent at the Worlds (Africa):

Seeding
The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.

Group A
















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Medal round
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Quarterfinals
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Classification
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Semifinals
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7th–8th place
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5th–6th place
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Final ranking

 * Source: IHF.info

All star team
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
 * Goalkeeper: 🇫🇷 Thierry Omeyer
 * Left wing:  🇮🇸 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
 * Left back:  🇫🇷 Daniel Narcisse
 * Centre back: 🇮🇸 Snorri Guðjónsson
 * Right back: 🇮🇸 Ólafur Stefánsson
 * Right wing: 🇪🇸 Albert Rocas
 * Line player/pivot: 🇫🇷 Bertrand Gille