Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Dates | 17 September - 1 October |
| Teams | 10 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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| Champions |
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| Runner-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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The women'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 150 players, distributed among ten national teams, participated in this tournament.
Medalists
Preliminary round
For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 100 | +31 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 106 | +13 | 5 |
 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 93 | -3 | 4 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 101 | -2 | 3 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 137 | -39 | 0 |
| September 17, 2000 | |||
| Hungary | 42 – 22 | | |
| South Korea | 25 – 18 | | |
| September 19, 2000 | |||
| France | 22 – 23 | | |
| Romania | 25 – 34 | | |
| September 21, 2000 | |||
| Angola | 25 – 35 | | |
| Hungary | 33 – 41 | | |
| September 23, 2000 | |||
| Angola | 27 – 29 | | |
| Romania | 21 – 21 | | |
| September 25, 2000 | |||
| South Korea | 31 – 24 | | |
| France | 21 – 18 | |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 72 | +29 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 83 | +41 | 6 |
 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 90 | +41 | 4 |
 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 133 | -33 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 137 | -78 | 0 |
| September 17, 2000 | |||
| Denmark | 17 – 19 | | |
| Australia | 19 – 32 | | |
| September 19, 2000 | |||
| Norway | 28 – 18 | | |
| Austria | 26 – 30 | | |
| September 21, 2000 | |||
| Brazil | 26 – 45 | | |
| Australia | 12 – 38 | | |
| September 23, 2000 | |||
| Brazil | 16 – 30 | | |
| Austria | 39 – 10 | | |
| September 25, 2000 | |||
| Denmark | 39 – 26 | | |
| Norway | 24 – 21 | |
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.
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Classification playoffs
5th – 8th place
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9th / 10th place
Rankings and statistics
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