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Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Tournament details
Host country  United Kingdom
Dates 29 July – 12 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  France (2nd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Croatia
Fourth place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1973 (51.92 per match)
Attendance 209,625 (5,516 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Niclas Ekberg (50 goals)
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The men's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the Olympic Park. The group stage matches were held at the Copper Box and the knockout rounds took place at the larger Basketball Arena.

Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a quarter-final round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarter-finals.

Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.

FT: 27–27 ET: 3–3, 3–4

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Jérôme Fernandez
Didier Dinart
Xavier Barachet
Guillaume Gille
Bertrand Gille
Daniel Narcisse
Guillaume Joli
Samuel Honrubia
Daouda Karaboué
Nikola Karabatić
Thierry Omeyer
William Accambray
Luc Abalo
Cédric Sorhaindo
Michaël Guigou

Head Coach: Claude Onesta


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