The three Women's Handball Qualification Tournaments for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were scheduled to be held from 20 to 22 March 2020 in Spain (Tournament 1), Hungary (Tournament 2) and Montenegro (Tournament 3). Due to global COVID-19 outbreak, they were re-scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 March 2021. 

Four teams were supposed to take part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, Tournament 3 and Tournament 1 were played with three teams only. 

QUALIFIED TEAMS

Tournament 1: Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE), Argentina (ARG)

Tournament 2: Russia (RUS), Serbia (SRB), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Hungary (HUN)

Tournament 3: Norway (NOR), Montenegro (MNE), Romania (ROU)

MATCH SCHEDULES 
All times local

Tournament 1 | Llíria, ESP

19 March
21:00 ESP vs SWE

20 March
18:15 SWE vs ARG

21 March
19:30 ARG vs ESP

Tournament 2 | Győr, HUN

19 March
17:00 KAZ vs HUN
20:00 RUS vs SRB

20 March
17:00 SRB vs HUN
20:00 RUS vs KAZ

21 March
17:30 SRB vs KAZ
20:30 HUN vs RUS

Tournament 3 | Podgorica, MNE

19 March
19:30 NOR vs MNE

20 March
19:30 NOR vs ROU

21 March
16:00 MNE vs ROU

FINAL RANKINGS

Tournament 1: 1. ESP*, 2. SWE*, 3. ARG

Tournament 2: 1. RUS*, 2. HUN*, 3. SRB, 4. KAZ

Tournament 3: 1. MNE*, 2. NOR*, 3. ROU

*Qualified for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

 

For more information, visit the competition mini-site.