Paris 2024 Olympics Betting Odds: Handball Picks

Bonjour, the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony begins July 26th at 10:30 AM PT, but Handball matches begin on July 25th at midnight PT! Sportsbooks offer these markets once every four years, sometimes with very actionable Olympic betting odds.

The Sports Gambling Podcast Network is offering many articles handicapping different Summer Olympic events, hopefully delivering many winners. This article has a tip-of-the-iceberg analysis of Handball picks while displaying all the Handball betting odds from DraftKings.

France won gold in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The French are seeking a second straight double triumph at the Olympics, this time on home soil.

Olympic Handball game lines are already being offered alongside many futures. The DraftKings Sportsbook’s vast menu of Futures includes Outright and Group winners, Stage of Elimination, To Reach the Semi-Final and Final.

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Paris 2024 Olympics Betting Odds: Men’s Handball Picks

Men’s Handball Betting Odds: Group Winner

The Men’s Handball Tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics has a round-robin format. There are two pools of six teams and the top four from each pool advance to the Knockout Stage.

The nightcap match of Day 1 is a heavyweight rematch from the 2020 Tokyo Finals, France vs Denmark. In fact, both France and Denmark are -250 to appear in the 2024 Finals against each other.

Knowing this, Group A, without one of the two titans, is super actionable.

GROUP A

+115 Sweden (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 4th)

+150 Spain (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 3rd)

+550 Croatia (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 9th)

+1200 Germany (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 5th)

+2200 Slovenia (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 10th)

+10000 Japan (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: NR)

GROUP B

+110 France (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 2nd)

+120 Denmark (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 1st)

+1000 Norway (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 6th)

+1000 Egypt (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 7th)

+4000 Hungary (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 8th)

+15000 Argentina (World Handball Championship 2023 Final Ranking: 19th)

Men’s Handball Picks: +1200 Germany Group A Winner

During the European Qualifying tournament for the Olympics (EHF EURO 2024), Spain did not advance out of the Preliminary Round. Spain needed to win a much smaller Qualification tournament against weaker competition (held in their home country) to be eligible to compete in the Olympics. I’m choosing to fade the Spaniards.

Sweden has the most impressive roster and beat Germany 34-31 in the Bronze Medal match at EHF EURO 2024. The Germans’ price at 12/1 is definitely enticing, but they didn’t put on many ceiling performances. Croatia also defeated Germany 30-24 in the same tournament.

The Sweden Handball Federation won four Silver medals in six events from 1992 to 2012. However, a Gold Medal has eluded the Swedes. They have rebuilt with a new generation and are ready to give it a good go in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Star center-backs Jim Gottfridsson and Felix Carr, along with stud goalkeeper Andreas Palicka, are players to watch in this year’s tournament.

Men’s Handball Betting Odds: Outright Winner

+150 France

+170 Denmark

+600 Sweden

+900 Croatia

+1000 Spain

+1600 Egypt

+1800 Norway

+2800 Germany

+8000 Hungary

+10000 Slovenia

+25000 Japan & Argentina

Women’s Handball Betting Odds: Group Winner

GROUP A

-185 Norway

+175 Denmark

+700 Sweden

+1300 Germany

+10000 Slovenia

+15000 South Korea

GROUP B

-500 France

+450 Netherlands

+2500 Spain, Hungary, & Brazil

+25000 Angola

Women’s Handball Betting Odds: Outright Winner

-115 France

+170 Norway

+650 Denmark

+1100 Netherlands

+1600 Sweden

+2500 Germany

+15000 Spain, Hungary, & Brazil

+50000 Angola, South Korea, & Slovenia

Women’s Handball Picks: -115 France Outright Winner

France arguably has the two best women’s Handball players currently in Pauletta Foppa and Lena Grandveau. Foppa led the 2020 Tokyo Games with 7 goals. Grandveau was awarded the 2023 IHF Young Female Player of the Year.

The two of them have led the French to a 2020 Olympic Gold Medal and a 2023 World Championship. I expect France to assert their dominance on home court in the Paris 2024 Olympics Handball Tournament.