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The men's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 10 to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in
All times are
IHF.info
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Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesInternational Handball FederationEuropean Handball FederationTeam Handball News 2008 Men's Olympic Qualification Summary
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.
This event was the last to be completed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qualification
;Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: *Tournament I: **Worlds 2nd: **Worlds 7th: **Europe: **Pan-America: *Tournament II: **Worlds 3rd: **Worlds 6th: **Africa: **Top continent at the Worlds (Europe): *Tournament III: **Worlds 4th: **Worlds 5th: **Asia: **2nd continent at the Worlds (Africa):Preliminary round
Seeding
The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.Rosters
Group stage
Group A
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All times are China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing T ...
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UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
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Quarterfinals
---- ---- ----Classification
----Semifinals
----7th–8th place
5th–6th place
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Rankings and statistics
Final ranking
*SourceIHF.info
All star team
* Goalkeeper: Thierry Omeyer * Left wing: Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson * Left back: Daniel Narcisse * Centre back:Snorri Guðjónsson
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson (born 17 October 1981) is a former Icelandic handball player and the current coach of Valur. He also played for the Icelandic national handball team, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the bronze ...
* Right back: Ólafur Stefánsson
* Right wing: Albert Rocas
* Line player/pivot: Bertrand Gille
Chosen by team officials and IHF expertsIHF.info
Top goalkeepers
Top goalscorers
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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