Handball Schedule & Fixture: Tokyo 2021 Olympics (Live TV Stream)

Field handball sport was first introduced at the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics. But indoor handball sport originally first appeared in the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics. After that, women’s discipline was first intruded on next season in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was postponed. Now the authority resumes this season for 2021.

In this post, you will know about the handball schedule, fixture and calendar of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Handball Schedule & Fixture: Tokyo 2021 Olympics

The Handball sport of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will start from 24 July – 8 August 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Two disciplines: men’s and women’s will compete, 12 teams each event.

Previous Olympics season in Rio 2016, Denmark won the gold medal, France got the silver medal and Germany took third place on that. On the other event in women’s handball: Russia got the champions, France was the runners-up and Norway took third place.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Men’s Handball Teams

12 teams will play 5 matches for each group team at the group stage. After the group stage, 8 teams will qualify for the next quarterfinals and the next 4 teams will fight for the semifinals.

Men’s Handball Schedule & Fixture: Tokyo 2020 Olympics

24th July 2021

• Norway vs Brazil – 9:00
• France vs Argentina – 11:00
• Germany vs Spain – 16:15
• Sweden vs Bahrain – 14:15
• Portugal vs Egypt – 19:30
• Denmark vs Japan – 21:30

26th July 2021

• Brazil vs France – 9:00
• Argentina vs Germany – 11:00
• Spain vs Norway – 16:15
• Egypt vs Denmark – 14:15
• Bahrain vs Portugal – 19:30
• Japan vs Sweden – 21:30

28th July 2021

• Norway vs Argentina – 16:15
• Brazil vs Spain – 19:30
• France vs Germany – 21:30
• Denmark vs Bahrain – 9:00
• Sweden vs Portugal – 11:00
• Japan vs Egypt – 14:15

30th July 2021

• Argentina vs Brazil – 9:00
• France vs Spain – 14:15
• Germany vs Norway – 21:30
• Bahrain vs Japan – 11:00
• Sweden vs Egypt – 16:15
• Portugal vs Denmark – 19:30

1st August 2021

• Portugal vs Japan – 9:00
• Egypt vs Bahrain – 11:00
• Denmark vs Sweden – 21:30
• Spain vs Argentina – 14:15
• Norway vs France – 16:15
• Germany vs Brazil – 19:30

3rd August 2021

• Quarterfinals

5th August 2021

• Semifinals

7th August 2021

• Finals

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women’s Handball Teams

Similarly, in the women’s handball event, 12 teams will play 5 matches for each group team at the group stage. After the group stage, 8 teams will qualify for the next quarterfinals and the next 4 teams will fight for the semifinals.

Women’s Handball Schedule & Fixture: Tokyo 2020 Olympics

25th July 2021

• Netherlands vs Japan – 9:00
• Montenegro vs Angola – 14:15
• Norway vs South Korea – 16:15
• ROC vs Brazil – 11:00
• Spain vs Sweden – 19:30
• Hugury vs France – 21:30

27th July 2021

• Japan vs Montenegro – 9:00
• South Korea vs Netherlands – 16:15
• Angola vs Norway – 19:30
• Brazil vs Hungary – 11:00
• Sweden vs ROC – 14:15
• France vs Spain – 21:30

29th July 2021

• Netherlands vs Angola – 9:00
• Japan vs South Korea – 14:15
• Montenegro vs Norway – 16:15
• Spain vs Brazil – 11:00
• Hungary vs ROC – 19:30
• Sweden vs France – 21:30

31st July 2021

• Angola vs Japan – 9:00
• Montenegro vs South Korea – 11:00
• Norway vs Netherlands – 21:30
• ROC vs France – 14:15
• Brazil vs Sweden – 16:15
• Hungary vs Spain – 19:30

2nd July 2021

• South Korea vs Angola – 9:00
• Netherlands vs Montenegro – 19:30
• Norway vs Japan – 21:30
• France vs Brazil – 11:00
• Spain vs ROC – 14:15
• Hungary vs Sweden – 16:15

4th August 2021

• Quarterfinals

6th August 2021

• Semifinals

8th August 2021

• Finals

Watch Live Stream of Handball at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics

Here is the list of TV channels that will broadcast the whole handball tournament of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.