Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The qualification for the 1972 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to sixteens teams: the host, seven teams from the world championships, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1]

Qualification summary

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Qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 26 April 1966   Rome 1   West Germany
1970 World Championship 26 February – 8 March 1970   France 7   Romania
  East Germany
  Yugoslavia
  Denmark
  Sweden
  Czechoslovakia
  Hungary
Asian qualification tournament 13–29 November 1971   Japan 1   Japan
American qualification tournament 2–6 February 1972   Elkhart 1   United States
European qualification tournament 15–25 March 1972   Spain 5   Soviet Union
  Norway
  Iceland
  Poland
  Spain
African qualification tournament 25–31 March 1972   Tunis 1   Tunisia
Total 16


Legend for qualification type

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Qualified
Key From To
World Championship Olympic Tournament
World Championship Qualification Tournament

Host country

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World Championship

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Rank Team
    Romania
    East Germany
    Yugoslavia
4   Denmark
5   West Germany
6   Sweden
7   Czechoslovakia
8   Hungary
9   Soviet Union
10   Japan
11   Iceland
12   France
13   Norway
14   Poland
15    Switzerland
16   United States

Asian qualification tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan (H) 4 4 0 0 74 24 +50 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2   Israel 4 1 0 3 46 63 −17 2[a]
3   South Korea 4 1 0 3 43 76 −33 2[a]
4   Taiwan (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdraw
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Israel against South Korea +5 goals total 35–30

American qualification tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 0 70 35 +35 6 1972 Summer Olympics
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 57 31 +26 4
3   Argentina 3 1 0 2 53 64 −11 2
4   Mexico 3 0 0 3 36 86 −50 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

European qualification tournament

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1972 IHF Olympic European qualification tournament

African qualification tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia (H) 5 4 0 1 97 86 +11 8 1972 Summer Olympics
2   Egypt 5 3 1 1 105 81 +24 7
3   Senegal 5 3 0 2 97 100 −3 6
4   Algeria 5 2 1 2 90 94 −4 5
5   Cameroon 5 2 0 3 91 99 −8 4
6   Morocco 5 0 0 5 83 103 −20 0
Source: Der Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ Seiler, Karl (26 August 1971). "Handball: gezielte Olympiavorbereitung" [Handball: targeted preparation for the Olympic Games]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2021.