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Men's Handball Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games


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6 minutes ago, NaBUru38 said:

Whereas I think that the Olympics should have adequate representation of all continents.

Which Handball does. There’s at least one team from each of the Olympic regions.

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Besides basketball (which only gives two spots to Europe and Pan America) and football (which only does continental qualifiers) none of the other team sports gives more than 1 continental spot to each continent. Other than guaranteeing Europe more quotas, handball doesn't strike as a sport that needs to do that.

 

The issue is handball is very Euro-centric which is why you see more European teams at the Olympics, when was the last time more than two non-European nations finished in the top 10 at the world championships?

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Rugby sevens gives spots to 6 continents: Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and Oceania.

 

Basketball and field hockey give spots to 5 continents: Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe and Oceania.

 

Indoor volleyball also gives spots to 5 continents: Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe.

 

Handball only gives spots to 4 continents: Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe.

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