Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion during the preliminary round and quarter-finals, and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.

Medalists

Qualification

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

All times are Eastern European Time

Group B

All times are Eastern European Time

Knockout stage

In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round, held on August 24, at the Sports Pavilion. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, disputed at the Indoor Arena on August 27, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Classification playoffs

5th–8th place

9th place

11th place

Rankings and statistics