{"history":[],"article":{"id":"7a2d1583-6694-414f-90dc-846dae65343b","title":"Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament","slug":"handball-at-the-2008-summer-olympics-men-s-tournament","content":":::summary\n![Medal ceremony](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/2008///Summer///Olympics///handball///-///Gold///medal///for///France.jpg)\n**Tourney Name:** 2008 Men's Olympic handball tournament \n**Size:** 220px \n**Country:** China \n**Dates:** 9–24 August \n**Num Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 4 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Count:** 1 \n**Second:** ISL \n**Third:** ESP \n**Fourth:** CRO \n**Matches:** 42 \n**Goals:** 2294 \n**Top Scorer:** 🇪🇸 [Juan García](https://bliptext.com/articles/juan-garc-a) (ESP) (49 goals) \n**Previous:** Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n**Next:** Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n:::\n\n# \nThe **men's [handball](https://bliptext.com/articles/team-handball) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** was held from August 10 to August 24, at the [Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-sports-centre-gymnasium) and [National Indoor Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-indoor-stadium) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing).\nTwelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.\nThe 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.\nThe losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.\nThis event was the last to be completed in the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics).\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Seeding\nThe draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Group stage\n\n## Group A\n

\n\n## Group B\n

\n\n# Medal round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-8))\n# [Quarterfinal, Poland-Iceland | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/2008///Summer///Olympics///handball///-///Poland///Iceland///match.jpg]\n\n## Quarterfinals\n

\n\n## Classification\n

\n\n## Semifinals\n

\n\n## 7th–8th place\n

\n\n## 5th–6th place\n

\n\n## Bronze medal match\n

\n\n## Gold medal match\n

\n\n# Ranking and statistics\n\n## Final ranking\n\n## All star team\nChosen by team officials and IHF experts: [IHF.info](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Top goalkeepers\n\n## Top goalscorers","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:32.553Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:32.553Z","search_vector":"'2008':4 'handbal':1 'men':7 'olymp':6 'summer':5 'tournament':9","search_content":" \n \n**Tourney Name:** 2008 Men's Olympic handball tournament \n**Size:** 220px \n**Country:** China \n**Dates:** 9–24 August \n**Num Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 4 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Count:** 1 \n**Second:** ISL \n**Third:** ESP \n**Fourth:** CRO \n**Matches:** 42 \n**Goals:** 2294 \n**Top Scorer:** 🇪🇸 [Juan García](https://bliptext.com/articles/juan-garc-a) (ESP) (49 goals) \n**Previous:** Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n**Next:** Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n \n\n# \nThe **men's [handball](https://bliptext.com/articles/team-handball) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** was held from August 10 to August 24, at the [Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-sports-centre-gymnasium) and [National Indoor Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-indoor-stadium) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing).\nTwelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.\nThe 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.\nThe losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.\nThis event was the last to be completed in the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics).\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Seeding\nThe draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Group stage\n\n## Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Medal round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-8))\n# [Quarterfinal, Poland-Iceland | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/2008///Summer///Olympics///handball///-///Poland///Iceland///match.jpg]\n\n## Quarterfinals\n \n \n \n \n\n## Classification\n \n \n\n## Semifinals\n \n \n\n## 7th–8th place\n \n\n## 5th–6th place\n \n\n## Bronze medal match\n \n\n## Gold medal match\n \n\n# Ranking and statistics\n\n## Final ranking\n\n## All star team\nChosen by team officials and IHF experts: [IHF.info](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Top goalkeepers\n\n## Top goalscorers","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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