Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  Great Britain
Dates 28 July – 11 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up  Montenegro
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1908 (50.21 per match)
Attendance 185,189 (4,873 per match)
Top scorer(s) Montenegro Katarina Bulatović
(53 goals)
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The women's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August. The preliminaries and quarter-finals were held at the Copper Box and the semi-finals and final took place at the Basketball Arena.

Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a knockout round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics, there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarterfinals.

Norway won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro in the final. Montenegro's silver was the first Olympic medal for the country as an independent nation, and the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Spain won the bronze medal.

Qualification

DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host nation1 Great Britain
2010 European Championship7–19 December 2010 Denmark
 Norway		1 Sweden†
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 201112–21 October 2011 China1 South Korea
2011 Pan American Games15–23 October 2011 Mexico1 Brazil
2011 World Championship2–18 December 2011 Brazil1 Norway
2012 African Championship11–20 January 2012 Morocco1 Angola
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #125–27 May 2012 France2 Montenegro
 France
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #225–27 May 2012 Spain2 Spain
 Croatia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #325–27 May 2012 Denmark2 Russia
 Denmark
Total12
† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

Seeding

Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.[1]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
 Norway Spain Denmark France Sweden Angola
 Montenegro Russia Croatia Great Britain Brazil South Korea

Group stage

Group A

A player down during a match between Angola and Great Britain.
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Brazil5401137122+158
 Croatia5401145115+308
 Russia5311151125+267
 Montenegro5212137123+145
 Angola5104132142−102
 Great Britain500591166−750
Qualified for the quarterfinals
28 July 2012
09:30
Russia  30 – 27  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,604[2]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Postnova 5 (16–11) Guialo 5
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28 July 2012
14:30
Croatia  23 – 24  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[3]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Jovetić 6 (10–9) do Nascimento, Amorim 5
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28 July 2012
19:30
Montenegro  31 – 19  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,941[4]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
A. Bulatović 5 (18–12) Gerbron 6
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30 July 2012
09:30
Angola  23 – 28  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,892[5]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Guialo, M. Kiala 5 (11–13) Zebić 9
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30 July 2012
14:30
Great Britain  16 – 37  Russia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,596[6]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Byl 5 (8–17) Turey, Chernoivanenko 5
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30 July 2012
19:30
Brazil  27 – 25  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,974[7]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
do Nascimento 8 (15–16) K. Bulatović 5
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1 August 2012
11:15
Montenegro  30 – 25  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,354[8]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Popović, K. Bulatović 6 (13–14) Carlos 7
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1 August 2012
16:15
Great Britain  17 – 30  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,622[9]
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Byl, Gerbron 5 (8–17) Rodrigues 7
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1 August 2012
21:15
Russia  28 – 30  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,098[10]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Turey 6 (15–15) Penezić 10
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3 August 2012
09:30
Angola  31 – 25  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,081[11]
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Almeida 8 (14–10) Gerbron 9
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3 August 2012
14:30
 Croatia  27 – 26  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,541[12]
Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP)
Penezić 10 (12–12) Popović 10
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3 August 2012
16:15
 Russia  31 – 27  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,741[13]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Turey 7 (15–14) Nascimento 9
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5 August 2012
11:15
Brazil  29 – 26  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,585[14]
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
three players 5 (14–9) Kiala 6
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5 August 2012
14:30
Montenegro  25 – 25  Russia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,444[15]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Bulatović 7 (15–16) three players 4
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5 August 2012
16:15
Croatia  37 – 14  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,792[16]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
three players 5 (17–6) Fairbrother 3
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Group B

South Korea v France
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 France5410125103+229
 South Korea5311136130+67
 Spain5311119114+57
 Norway5212118120−25
 Denmark5104113121−82
 Sweden5005108131−230
Qualified for the quarterfinals
28 July 2012
11:15
Spain  27 – 31  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,900[17]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Martín 7 (12–16) Ryu Eun-hee 9
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28 July 2012
16:15
Denmark  21 – 18  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[18]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Skov 6 (8–10) Gulldén 5
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28 July 2012
21:15
Norway  23 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,968[19]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Alstad 5 (12–17) Baudouin, Signate 5
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30 July 2012
11:15
South Korea  25 – 24  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,393[20]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Jo Hyo-bi 5 (11–10) Larsen 7
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30 July 2012
16:15
France  18 – 18  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,671[21]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Dembele 6 (7–10) Mangué 6
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30 July 2012
21:15
Sweden  21 – 24  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,459[22]
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Torstenson 6 (9–14) Koren, Sulland 5
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1 August 2012
09:30
Norway  27 – 27  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,178[23]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sulland 11 (13–15) three players 6
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1 August 2012
14:30
France  29 – 17  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,638[24]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 4 (16–11) Ahlm 6
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1 August 2012
19:30
 Spain  24 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,488[25]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Mangué 7 (14–9) Nørgaard 7
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3 August 2012
11:15
South Korea  21 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,568[26]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Sim Hae-in 6 (12–10) Lacrabère 4
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3 August 2012
19:30
Spain  25 – 24  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,234[27]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Mangué, Alberto 6 (11–10) Fogelström 5
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3 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  23 – 24  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,720[28]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nørgaard 9 (11–12) Løke 6
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5 August 2012
09:30
Sweden  28 – 32  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,180[29]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Flognman 8 (13–16) Ryu Eun-hee 10
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5 August 2012
19:30
 Norway  20 – 25  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,345[30]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Koren 6 (11–11) Alonso 7
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5 August 2012
21:15
 Denmark  24 – 30  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616[31]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Nørgaard 10 (10–17) Nijtam 6
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Knockout stage

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                           
  A1  Brazil 19  
B4  Norway 21  
  B4  Norway 31  
  B2  South Korea 25  
A3  Russia 23
  B2  South Korea 24  
    B4  Norway 26
  A4  Montenegro 23
  A2  Croatia 22  
B3  Spain 25  
  B3  Spain 26 Bronze medal match
  A4  Montenegro 27  
A4  Montenegro 23 B2  South Korea 29
  B1  France 22   B3  Spain (ET) 31

Quarter-finals

7 August 2012
10:00
 Brazil  19 – 21  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,549[32]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
do Nascimento 5 (13–9) Koren 5
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7 August 2012
13:30
 Spain  25 – 22  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,553[33]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pinedo 7 (13–12) Tatari 5
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7 August 2012
17:00
 Russia  23 – 24  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,299[34]
Referees: Lopéz, Sabroso (ESP)
Postnova, Levina 5 (11–14) Gwon Han-na 6
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7 August 2012
20:30
 France  22 – 23  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,559[35]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Signate 5 (13–13) Popović, Bulatović 6
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Semi-finals

9 August 2012
17:00
Norway  31 – 25  South Korea Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,274[36]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Løke 8 (18–15) Gwon Han-na 7
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9 August 2012
20:30
Spain  26 – 27  Montenegro Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,087[37]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Alberto 6 (13–13) Bulatović 9
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Bronze medal match

11 August 2012
17:00
South Korea  29 – 31 (ET)  Spain Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,622[38]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Gwon Han-na 7 (13–13) Alberto, Fernández 5
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FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 1–3

Gold medal match

11 August 2012
20:30
Norway  26 – 23  Montenegro Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,739[39]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Sulland 10 (13–10) Bulatović 10
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Rankings and statistics

 

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø  Norway 42% 67161
2 Cléopatre Darleux  France 41% 1844
3 Amandine Leynaud  France 38% 61161
4 Silvia Navarro  Spain 37% 96258
Mayssa Pessoa  Brazil 37% 2157
Anna Sedoykina  Russia 37% 3492
7 Ivana Jelčić  Croatia 35% 62177
8 Sonja Barjaktarović  Montenegro 34% 55161
Ju Hui  South Korea 34% 99292
10 Karin Mortensen  Denmark 33% 2782

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Katarina Bulatović  Montenegro 53 9357%
2 Bojana Popović  Montenegro 46 7760%
3 Ryu Eun-hee  South Korea 43 9247%
4 Alexandra do Nascimento  Brazil 37 5567%
5 Marta Mangué  Spain 34 6751%
6 Nely Carla Alberto  Spain 33 5857%
Linn Jørum Sulland  Norway 33 6650%
8 Jo Hyo-bi  South Korea 32 5262%
Ann Grete Nørgaard  Denmark 32 5262%
10 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren  Norway 31 3979%
Andrea Penezić  Croatia 31 5556%
Jovanka Radičević  Montenegro 31 5161%

References

  1. ↑ "Seeding list completed". IHF. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Russia – Angola" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Croatia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Montenegro – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Angola – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Great Britain – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Brazil – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Montenegro – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Great Britain – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Russia – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Angola – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Croatia – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Russia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Brazil – Angola" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Montenegro – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Croatia – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Spain – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "Denmark – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Norway – France" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "South Korea – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "France – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "Sweden – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "Norway – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "France – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Spain – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "South Korea – France" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "Spain – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  28. ↑ "Denmark – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  29. ↑ "Sweden – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  30. ↑ "Norway – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  31. ↑ "Denmark – France" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Brazil – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  33. ↑ "Spain – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  34. ↑ "Russia – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  35. ↑ "France – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  36. ↑ "Norway – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 9 August 2012.
  37. ↑ "Spain – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 9 August 2012.
  38. ↑ "South Korea – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 11 August 2012.
  39. ↑ "Norway – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 11 August 2012.
  40. ↑ Brazil finish first in Group A by beating croatia without see the Goals difference Between them
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