Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2000 Men's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	16 September - 30 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
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The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia (RUS) Dmitry Filippov Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Khodkov Eduard Koksharov Denis Krivoshlykov Vasily Kudinov Stanislav Kulinchenko Dmitry Kuzelev Andrey Lavrov Igor Lavrov Sergey Pogorelov Pavel Sukosyan Dmitri Torgovanov Aleksandr Tuchkin Lev Voronin	Sweden (SWE) Magnus Andersson Martin Boquist Martin Frändesjö Mathias Franzén Peter Gentzel Andreas Larsson Ola Lindgren Stefan Lövgren Staffan Olsson Johan Petersson Tomas Svensson Tomas Sivertsson Pierre Thorsson Ljubomir Vranjes Magnus Wislander	Spain (ESP) David Barrufet Talant Duyshebaev Mateo Garralda Rafael Guijosa Demetrio Lozano Enric Masip Jordi Núñez Jesús Olalla Juan Pérez Xavier O'Callaghan Antonio Carlos Ortega Antonio Ugalde Iñaki Urdangarín Alberto Urdiales Andrei Xepkin

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	5	4	0	1	129	121	+8	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	128	113	+15	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	130	127	+3	6
Egypt	5	3	0	2	122	115	+7	6
South Korea	5	1	1	3	128	131	–3	3
Cuba	5	0	0	5	128	158	–30	0

September 16, 2000
Germany	30 – 22	Cuba
Yugoslavia	25 – 24	South Korea
Russia	22 – 21	Egypt
September 18, 2000
South Korea	24 – 24	Germany
Egypt	22 – 25	Yugoslavia
Cuba	26 – 31	Russia
September 20, 2000
Russia	26 – 24	South Korea
Egypt	29 – 26	Cuba
Yugoslavia	22 – 28	Germany
September 22, 2000
South Korea	21 – 28	Egypt
Yugoslavia	33 – 26	Cuba
Germany	25 – 23	Russia
September 24, 2000
Cuba	28 – 35	South Korea
Germany	21 – 22	Egypt
Russia	27 – 25	Yugoslavia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Sweden	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10
France	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	111	117	–6	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	106	178	–72	0

September 16, 2000
France	24 – 24	Slovenia
Spain	24 – 22	Tunisia
Sweden	44 – 23	Australia
September 18, 2000
Tunisia	17 – 20	France
Australia	23 – 39	Spain
Slovenia	30 – 32	Sweden
September 20, 2000
Sweden	27 – 18	Tunisia
Australia	20 – 33	Slovenia
Spain	23 – 25	France
September 22, 2000
Tunisia	34 – 24	Australia
Spain	31 – 28	Slovenia
France	23 – 24	Sweden
September 24, 2000
Slovenia	22 – 20	Tunisia
France	28 – 16	Australia
Sweden	28 – 27	Spain

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. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, 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				Gold medal final
	Russia	33
	Slovenia	22
					Russia	29
					23x15px Yugoslavia	26
	France	21
	23x15px Yugoslavia	26
									Russia	28
									Sweden	26
	Germany	26
	Spain	27
					Spain	25			Bronze medal final
					Sweden	32
	Sweden	27							23x15px Yugoslavia	22
	Egypt	23							Spain	26

Classification playoffs

5th – 8th place

	5th–8th place matches				5th place match
	Slovenia	27
	France	29
					France	22
					Germany	25
					7th place match
	Germany	24		Slovenia	28
	Egypt	18			Egypt	34

9th / 10th place

South Korea v Tunisia

South Korea	24–19	Tunisia

11th / 12th place

Cuba v Australia

Cuba	26–24	Australia

Rankings and statistics

Classification
	Russia
	Sweden
	Spain
4	Yugoslavia
5	Germany
6	France
7	Egypt
8	Slovenia
9	South Korea
10	Tunisia
11	Cuba
12	Australia