During its last meeting the Executive Committee – accepting the proposal made by the Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC) – appointed the 17 referee couples to officiate during the London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments, taking place from 27 July to 12 August.
The International Handball Federation is pleased to announce the following 17 referee couples who have been nominated:
| Charlotte Bonaventura | Julie Bonaventura | FRA |
| Diana-Carmen Florescu | Anamaria Duta | ROU |
| Carlos Maria Marina | Dario Leonel Minore | ARG |
| Yalatima Coulibaly | Mamoudou Diabate | CIV |
| Matija Gubica | Boris Milosevic | CRO |
| Vaclav Horacek | Jiri Novotny | CZE |
| Per Olesen | Lars Eby Petersen | DEN |
| Oscar Raluy | Angel Sabroso | ESP |
| Nordine Lazaar | Laurent Reveret | FRA |
| Brian Bartlett | Allan Stokes | GBR |
| Lars Geipel | Marcus Helbig | GER |
| Gjorgy Nachevski | Slave Nikolov | MKD |
| Kenneth Abrahamsen | Arne M. Kristiansen | NOR |
| Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi | Saleh Jamaan Bamutref | QAT |
| Nenad Krstic | Peter Ljubic | SLO |
| Nenad Nikolic | Dusan Stojkovic | SRB |
| Omar Mohamed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi | Mohamed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi | UAE |
