Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Australia |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 16 September - 30 September |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Russia |
| Runner-up |  Sweden |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Yugoslavia |
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
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 |
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| Yugoslavia |
25 – 24 | South Korea |
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| Russia |
22 – 21 | Egypt |
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| September 18, 2000 | |||
| South Korea |
24 – 24 | Germany |
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| Egypt |
22 – 25 | Yugoslavia |
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| Cuba |
26 – 31 | Russia |
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| September 20, 2000 | |||
| Russia |
26 – 24 | South Korea |
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| Egypt |
29 – 26 | Cuba |
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| Yugoslavia |
22 – 28 | Germany |
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| September 22, 2000 | |||
| South Korea |
21 – 28 | Egypt |
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| Yugoslavia |
33 – 26 | Cuba |
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| Germany |
25 – 23 | Russia |
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| September 24, 2000 | |||
| Cuba |
28 – 35 | South Korea |
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| Germany |
21 – 22 | Egypt |
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| 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 |
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| Spain |
24 – 22 | Tunisia |
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| Sweden |
44 – 23 | Australia |
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| September 18, 2000 | |||
| Tunisia |
17 – 20 | France |
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| Australia |
23 – 39 | Spain |
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| Slovenia |
30 – 32 | Sweden |
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| September 20, 2000 | |||
| Sweden |
27 – 18 | Tunisia |
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| Australia |
20 – 33 | Slovenia |
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| Spain |
23 – 25 | France |
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| September 22, 2000 | |||
| Tunisia |
34 – 24 | Australia |
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| Spain |
31 – 28 | Slovenia |
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| France |
23 – 24 | Sweden |
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| September 24, 2000 | |||
| Slovenia |
22 – 20 | Tunisia |
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| France |
28 – 16 | Australia |
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| 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 | |||||||||
 FR Yugoslavia | 26 | |||||||||
 France | 21 | |||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 26 | |||||||||
| Russia | 28 | |||||||||
 Sweden | 26 | |||||||||
 Germany | 26 | |||||||||
 Spain | 27 | |||||||||
| Spain | 25 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 32 | Bronze medal final | ||||||||
| Sweden | 27 | |||||||||
 Egypt | 23 | |||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 22 | |||||||||
| Spain | 26 | |||||||||
Classification playoffs
5th – 8th place
| 5th–8th place matches | 5th place match | |||||
| Slovenia | 27 | |||||
| France | 29 | |||||
| France | 22 | |||||
| Germany | 25 | |||||
| Germany | 24 | |||||
| Egypt | 18 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| Slovenia | 28 | |||||
| Egypt | 34 | |||||
9th / 10th place
| South Korea | 24–19 | Tunisia |
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11th / 12th place
| Cuba | 26–24 | Australia |
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Rankings and statistics
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Russia
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Sweden
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Spain
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| 4 | Yugoslavia
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| 5 | Germany
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| 6 | France
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| 7 | Egypt
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| 8 | Slovenia
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| 9 | South Korea
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| 10 | Tunisia
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| 11 | Cuba
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| 12 | Australia
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