It’s time to introduce the groups at the 2024 Men’s Olympic’s.
The 2024 Men’s Olympic’s starts on the 27th of July and after that games are played every other day until the final in Lille on the 11th of August.
Here is GoHandballs guide for the 2 groups. We go through each group and the different nations stars and expectations.
Group A
Spain
Number of OCs (including 2024): 12
Result last OC: Bronze (2020)
Greatest merits: 4 bronze medals in Olympics (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020), 2 WC gold medals (2005, 2013), 2 EC gold medals (2018, 2020)
Stars: Gonzalo Perez de Vargas (FC Barcelona), Alex Dujshebaev (Kielce), Aleix Gomez (FC Barcelona)
Croatia
Number of OCs (including 2024): 6
Result last OC: 5 (2016)
Greatest merits: 2 gold medals in Olympics (1996, 2004), 1 WC gold (2003), 3 EC silver medals (2008, 2010, 2020)
Stars: Domagoj Duvnjak (THW Kiel), Igor Karacic (Kielce), Ivan Martinovic (MT Melsungen)
Germany
Number of OCs (including 2024): 12
Result last OC: 6 (2020)
Greatest merits: 1 gold medal in Olympics (1936), 3 WC gold medals (1938, 1978, 2007), 2 EC gold medals (2004, 2016)
Stars: Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Andreas Wolff (Kielce), Juri Knorr (Rhein-Neckar Löwen),
Slovenia
Number of OCs (including 2024): 4
Result last OC: 6 (2016)
Greatest merits: 1 bronze medal in WC (2017), 1 silver medal in EC (2004)
Stars: Dean Bombac (Pick Szeged), Aleks Vlah (Aalborg), Miha Zarabec (Wisla Plock)
Sweden
Number of OCs (including 2024): 10
Result last OC: 5 (2020)
Greatest merits: 4 silver medals in Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012), 4 WC gold medals (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999), 5 EC gold medals (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2022)
Stars: Felix Claar (SC Magdeburg), Jim Gottfridsson (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Andreas Palicka (PSG)
Japan
Number of OCs (including 2024): 6
Result last OC: 11 (2020)
Greatest merits: 2 gold medals in Asian Championship (1977, 1979)
Stars: Jin Watanabe
Group B
Denmark
Number of OCs (including 2024): 9
Result last OC: Silver (2020)
Greatest merits: 1 gold medal in Olympics (2016), 3 WC gold medals (2019, 2021, 2023), 2 EC gold medals (2008, 2012)
Stars: Niklas Landin (Aalborg Håndbold), Mikkel Hansen (Aalborg Håndbold), Mathias Gidsel (Füchse Berlin), Magnus Saugstrup (SC Magdeburg)
Norway
Number of OCs (including 2024): 3
Result last OC: 7 (2020)
Greatest merits: 2 silver medals in WC (2017, 2019), 1 bronze medal in EC (2020)
Stars: Sander Sagosen (Kolstad Håndball), Harald Reinkind (ThW Kiel)
Hungary
Number of OCs (including 2024): 9
Result last OC: 4 (2012)
Greatest merits: 1 silver medal in WC (1986)
Stars: Bence Banhidi (Pick Szeged), Richard Bodo (Pick Szeged), Roland Mikler (Pick Szeged)
France
Number of OCs (including 2024): 9
Result last OC: Gold (2020)
Greatest merits: 3 gold medals in Olympics (2008, 2012, 2020), 6 gold medals in WC (1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017), 4 gold medals in EC (2006, 2010, 2014, 2024)
Stars: Nedim Remili (Telekom Veszprem), Dika Mem (FC Barcelona), Ludovic Fabregas (Telekom Veszprem)
Egypt
Number of OCs (including 2024): 8
Result last OC: 4 (2020)
Greatest merits: 8 gold medals African Championship (1965, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023)
Stars: Yehia El-Deraa (Veszprem), Mohamed Sanad (Nimes), Yahia Omar (Veszprem)
Argentina
Number of OCs (including 2024): 3
Result last OC: 12 (2020)
Greatest merits: 7 gold medals Panamerican Championship (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Stars: Diego Simonet (Montpellier)