Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2008 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country  China
Dates 9 August - 23 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Norway
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Hungary
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The women's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics is being held from August 9 to August 23, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Twelve nations are represented in the women's tournament.

The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches will compete in the 5th-8th classification matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals. Three time consecutive defending Champion Denmark were not part of the 2008 Olympics Handball Tournament, as they did not qualify from the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

Qualification

CompetitionDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Nation--1 China
IHF World ChampionshipsDecember 2–16, 2007France France1 Russia
European ChampionshipsDecember 7–17, 2006Sweden Sweden1 Norway
Asian Qualifying TournamentAugust 25–29, 2007Kazakhstan Almaty1 Kazakhstan
Africa Nations CupJanuary 8–17, 2008Angola Luanda1 Angola
Pan American GamesJuly 14–29, 2007Brazil Rio de Janeiro1 Brazil
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1March 28–30, 2008Germany Leipzig2 Germany
 Sweden
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2March 28–30, 2008Romania Bucharest2 Romania
 Hungary
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3March 28–30, 2008France Nîmes2 France
 South Korea
TOTAL12

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments:

Preliminary round

Seeding

The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
 Russia Germany France South Korea Angola Kazakhstan
 Norway Romania Hungary China Sweden Brazil

Rosters

Group stage

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Norway5500154106+4810
 Romania5401150112+388
 China5203122135-134
 France5203121128-74
 Kazakhstan5113109137-283
 Angola5014109147-381
9 August 2008
09:00
France  32 – 21  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Herbrecht 8 (13–14) Bengue, Almeida 5
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9 August 2008
14:00
Romania  31 – 19  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Ardean-Elisei 6 (13–10) Ajiderskaya 10
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9 August 2008
19:00
Norway  30 – 23  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Hammerseng 7 (13–12) Li Weiwei 8
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11 August 2008
09:00
Kazakhstan  18 – 21  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Ajiderskaya 7 (8–10) Lacrabère 6
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11 August 2008
14:00
Angola  17 – 31  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
Almeida 5 (6–14) Riegelhuth 6
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11 August 2008
19:00
China  20 – 34  Romania Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudownyk, Vakula (UKR)
Wei Qiuxiang 6 (11–17) Amariei 9
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13 August 2008
10:45
Romania  34 – 26  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Maier 11 (17–13) Tervel 6
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13 August 2008
15:45
China  32 – 24  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Liu Xiaomei 7 (14–12) Almeida 8
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13 August 2008
19:00
Norway  35 – 19  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Lybekk, Nyberg 5 (14–10) Vassilyeva 6
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15 August 2008
09:00
Kazakhstan  29 – 26  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Pikalova 8 (14–10) Li Weiwei 11
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15 August 2008
15:45
Romania  28 – 23  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Maier 7 (16–7) Almeida 8
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15 August 2008
19:00
France  24 – 34  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Baudouin 6 (12–15) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
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17 August 2008
10:45
Angola  24 – 24  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Bengue 6 (16–14) three players 5
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17 August 2008
14:00
Norway  24 – 23  Romania Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Johansen, Lybekk 4 (12–11) Amariei, Stanca-Gâlcă 5
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17 August 2008
15:45
France  18 – 21  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Ayglon 5 (10–9) Wu Wenjuan 5
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Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Russia5410148125+239
 South Korea5311155127+287
 Hungary5212129142-135
 Sweden5203123137-144
 Brazil5113124137-133
 Germany5104123134-112
9 August 2008
10:45
Hungary  30 – 24  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Vérten, Görbicz 7 (15–14) Islas Helgesson 6
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9 August 2008
15:45
Russia  29 – 29  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Marennikova 6 (16–13) Kim On-a 7
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9 August 2008
20:45
Germany  24 – 22  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Krause 6 (11–12) Santos 6
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11 August 2008
10:45
Brazil  28 – 28  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Amorim 10 (12–17) Görbicz 8
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11 August 2008
15:45
South Korea  30 – 20  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Hong Jeong-ho 6 (12–9) Jurack, Loerper 4
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11 August 2008
20:45
Sweden  24 – 28  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Wiel Fredén 6 (12–14) Turei 6
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13 August 2008
09:00
Russia  28 – 19  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Poltoratskaya 6 (12–10) Nascimento 5
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13 August 2008
14:00
South Korea  31 – 23  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
An, Park 7 (18–13) Ahlm, Boson 6
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13 August 2008
20:45
Germany  24 – 25  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Krause 9 (14–12) Görbicz 9
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15 August 2008
10:45
Brazil  33 – 32  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Nascimento 9 (17–12) Hong Jeong-ho 10
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15 August 2008
14:00
Germany  26 – 27  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Althaus, Wörz 5 (13–13) Ahlm 7
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15 August 2008
20:45
Hungary  24 – 33  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Görbicz 6 (15–16) Postnova 8
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17 August 2008
09:00
Sweden  25 – 22  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Ahlm 7 (14–11) Rosas 5
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17 August 2008
19:00
Russia  30 – 29  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Postnova 8 (16–14) Wörz 8
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17 August 2008
20:45
Hungary  22 – 33  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Görbicz 7 (11–19) Oh Seong-ok 6
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Medal Round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
                           
  A2  Romania 30  
B3  Hungary 34  
  B3  Hungary 20  
  B1  Russia 22  
B1  Russia(2OT) 32
  A4  France 31  
     Russia 27
   Norway 34
  B2  South Korea 31  
A3  China 23  
  B2  South Korea 28 Bronze medal game
  A1  Norway 29  
A1  Norway 31  South Korea 33
  B4  Sweden 24   4  Hungary 28

Quarterfinals

19 August 2008
12:00
Norway  31 – 24  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Larsen, Lybekk 6 (16–10) Torstenson 6
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19 August 2008
14:15
Romania  30 – 34  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Maier 11 (16–14) Kovacsicz 7
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19 August 2008
18:00
South Korea  31 – 23  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires, Aparecido (BRA)
Park Chung-hee 8 (16–12) Huang Dongjie 5
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19 August 2008
20:15
Russia  32 – 31 (2OT)  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
Bliznova 6 (12–16) Signate 7
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Classification

21 August 2008
12:00
Sweden  19 – 20  China Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Torstenson 6 (7–8) Wang Shasha 5
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21 August 2008
14:15
Romania  34 – 36 (2OT)  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Maier 9 (13–12) Baudouin 7
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Semifinals

21 August 2008
18:00
Norway  29 – 28  South Korea Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Hammerseng, Johansen 6 (14–15) Moon Pil-hee 9
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21 August 2008
20:15
Hungary  20 – 22  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Tóth 5 (9–14) Bliznova 7
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7th–8th place

23 August 2008
08:00
Sweden  30 – 34  Romania Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Gulldén 9 (15–17) Meirosu, Stanca-Gâlcă 6
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5th–6th place

23 August 2008
10:15
China  23 – 31  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Liu Yun 7 (10–15) Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7
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Bronze medal match

23 August 2008
13:30
South Korea  33 – 28  Hungary Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Moon Pil-hee 10 (13–15) Ferling 7
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Gold medal match

23 August 2008
15:45
Norway  34 – 27  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Riegelhuth 9 (18–13) Bliznova 6
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Rankings and Statistics

 

Top Goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen  Norway 42% 120283
2 Amandine Leynaud  France 40% 3896
Valérie Nicolas  France 105264
4 Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan  Romania 39% 97248
5 Lee Min-Hee  South Korea 38% 3695
6 Inna Suslina  Russia 37% 59158
7 Oh Yong-Ran  South Korea 36% 83231
Clara Woltering  Germany 44121
9 Sabine Englert  Germany 34% 3087
10 Katalin Pálinger  Hungary 33% 108323

Top Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Ramona Maier  Romania 56 7872%
2 Anita Görbicz  Hungary 49 10547%
3 Hong Jeong-ho  South Korea 44 6667%
4 Moon Pil-Hee  South Korea 42 8351%
5 Johanna Ahlm  Sweden 40 9542%
6 Park Chung-Hee  South Korea 37 6260%
Liudmila Postnova  Russia 7649%
8 Irina Bliznova  Russia 36 7051%
9 Liu Yun  China 35 4971%
10 Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă  Romania 33 4180%
Linnea Torstenson  Sweden 9037%

References

  1. ↑ instead of  Qatar
    The replays of the Asian Olympic Qualification that were ordered after the manipiulations in the first tournaments of the women and the men were now both won by Korea. In the original tournaments Kuwait (men) and Kazakhstan (women) had won. The Asian Federation (AHF) still does not recognize the order from the IHF and insists on an original decision in the first tournaments. IHF and AHF have agreed to refer this issue to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to assure a speedy resolution to this conflict prior the Olympic Qualification Tournaments as the final ruling will be binding for all parties. the CAS Panel ruled that the resolutions adopted by the IHF Council in Paris were invalid, being in breach with their own rules and without the AHF having been in proper opportunity to be heard. As required by the terms of the arbitration agreement, the CAS Panel considered the issues de novo in order to settle the dispute definitively. On the basis of the evidence submitted, the arbitrators unanimously held that the results of the Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament held in September 2007 should be annulled and that the results of the replayed tournament held on 30 January 2008 were valid. Furthermore the CAS Panel confirmed the results of the Women's Tournament held in August 2007.
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