Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–25 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
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Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 20 to 25 August at the Jiangning Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

A total of 6 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 14 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China is given the choice of entering a male or female team while the other places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.^[1]

China chose to enter a girls' team^[2] therefore the unoccupied boys' team was reallocated to the best placed continent at the 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (Europe).^[1] Furthermore Oceania did not organize a qualifying event for either gender thus the spots were reallocated.^[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all qualified NOCs must either have a senior ranking in the top 40 on 1 January 2014 or finish ahead of a team ranked in the top 20 during the continental qualification tournament.^[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified	Group
Host Nation	-	-	0	~~China~~
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht	14–19 July 2013	2	Slovenia	B
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival	Utrecht	14–19 July 2013	2	Norway	A
2013 Asian Youth Games	Nanjing	16–24 August 2013	1	Qatar	B
2014 African Youth Nations Championship	Nairobi	15–21 March 2014	2	Egypt	A
2014 African Youth Nations Championship	Nairobi	15–21 March 2014	2	Tunisia	B
2014 Pan American Youth Championship	Buenos Aires	1–5 April 2014	1	Brazil	A
Oceania Qualification Event	-	Cancelled	0
TOTAL			6

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified	Group
Host Nation	-	-	1	China	B
2013 European Youth Championship	Gdańsk/Gdynia	15–25 August 2013	2	Sweden	B
2013 European Youth Championship	Gdańsk/Gdynia	15–25 August 2013	2	Russia	A
2013 Asian Youth Games	Nanjing	16–24 August 2013	1	South Korea	A
2013 African Youth Nations Championship	Oyo	22–31 August 2013	1	Angola	A
2014 Pan American Youth Championship	Fortaleza	20–28 April 2014	1	Brazil	B
Oceania Qualification Event	-	Cancelled	0
TOTAL			6

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 20	Wednesday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 20	Wednesday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 22	Friday	14:00 16:00	Girls' Group Stage
August 22	Friday	18:00 20:00	Boys' Group Stage
August 24	Sunday	09:00	Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg
August 24	Sunday	11:00	Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 1st Leg
August 24	Sunday	13:00 15:30	Girls' Semifinals
August 24	Sunday	18:00 20:30	Boys' Semifinals
August 25	Monday	09:00	Girls' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg
August 25	Monday	11:00	Boys' 5-6 Placement Match 2nd Leg
August 25	Monday	13:00	Girls' Bronze Medal Match
August 25	Monday	15:30	Boys' Bronze Medal Match
August 25	Monday	18:00	Girls' Gold Medal Match
August 25	Monday	20:30	Boys' Gold Medal Match