The International Handball Federation, IHF and the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee confirmed the match times for the preliminary rounds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
After the conclusion of the men’s and women’s qualifying tournaments and the group draws, the match schedule was established in both branches.
Six matches will be played per day at the Arena 6 South in Paris, between July 25 and August 4, with the sole exception of July 26, the day of the official opening ceremony of Paris 2024, which will take place at the Seine river.
The women’s competition will be the first to begin on Thursday, July 25, the featured match will be France, current Olympic champion and current world champion, against Hungary.
The men’s competition will begin on July 27, one of the featured matches will be when the last two Olympic finals and the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship final meet, Denmark vs France.
The preliminary round of the women’s competition will end on August 3, while the preliminary round of the men’s competition will end on August 4. After a day of rest, the teams will face each other in the knockout phase, which will be held at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille. The medal matches are scheduled for August 10 in the women’s competition and August 11 in the men’s competition.
Women’s Championship
Group A: Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Korea
Group B: Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, France, BRAZIL, Angola
Thursday July 25
09:00 Slovenia vs Denmark
11:00 Netherlands vs Angola
14:00 Spain vs Brazil
16:00 Germany vs Korea Republic
19:00 Hungary vs France
21:00 Norway vs Sweden
Sunday, July 28
09:00 Brazil vs Hungary
11:00 Korea Republic vs Slovenia
14:00 Sweden vs Germany
16:00 Denmark vs Norway
19:00 Angola vs Spain
21:00 France vs Holland
Tuesday, July 30
09:00 Germany vs Slovenia
11:00 Norway vs Korea Republic
14:00 Netherlands vs Spain
16:00 Hungary vs Angola
19:00 France vs Brazil
21:00 Sweden vs Denmark
Thursday August 1
09:00 Netherlands vs Brazil
11:00 Korea Republic vs Sweden
14:00 Spain vs Hungary
16:00 Angola vs France
19:00 Germany vs Denmark
21:00 Slovenia vs Norway
Saturday August 3
09:00 Hungary vs Netherlands
11:00 Spain vs France
14:00 Brazil vs Angola
16:00 Slovenia vs Sweden
19:00 Norway vs Germany
21:00 Denmark vs Korea Republic
Men’s competition
Group A: Spain, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan
Group B: Denmark, Norway, Hungary, France, Egypt, ARGENTINA
Saturday, July 27
09:00 Spain vs Slovenia
11:00 Hungary vs Egypt
14:00 Croatia vs Japan
16:00 Norway vs Argentina
19:00 Germany vs Sweden
21:00 Denmark vs France
Monday, July 29
09:00 Japan vs Germany
11:00 Slovenia vs Croatia
14:00 Egypt vs Denmark
16:00 Sweden vs Spain
19:00 France vs Norway
21:00 Argentina vs Hungary
Wednesday, July 31
09:00 Norway vs Hungary
11:00 Croatia vs Germany
14:00 Spain vs Japan
16:00 Slovenia vs Sweden
19:00 France vs Egypt
21:00 Denmark vs Argentina
Friday 2nd of August
09:00 Hungary – Denmark
11:00 Argentina vs France
14:00 Croatia – Sweden
16:00 Germany – Spain
19:00 Japan – Slovenia
21:00 Norway – Egypt
Sunday August 4
09:00 Sweden vs Japan
11:00 Egypt vs Argentina
14:00 Germany vs Slovenia
16:00 Hungary vs France
19:00 Denmark vs Norway
21:00 Spain vs Croatia
Photos: CoSCABal/Germán Paez
