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
Handball at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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 The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

Contents

Qualifying

Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation - - 1  China
IHF World Championships December 2–16, 2007 France 1  Russia
European Championships December 7–17, 2006 Sweden 1  Norway
Asian Qualifying Tournament August 25–29, 2007 Almaty 1  Kazakhstan
Africa Nations Cup January 8–17, 2008 Luanda 1  Angola
Pan American Games July 14–29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1  Brazil
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 March 28–30, 2008 Leipzig 2  Germany
 Sweden
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 March 28–30, 2008 Bucharest 2  Romania
 Hungary
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3 March 28–30, 2008 Nîmes 2  France
 South Korea
TOTAL 12

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments:

Preliminary round

Seeding

The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Norway 5 5 0 0 154 106 +48 10
 Romania 5 4 0 1 150 112 +38 8
 China 5 2 0 3 122 135 -13 4
 France 5 2 0 3 121 128 -7 4
 Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 109 137 -28 3
 Angola 5 0 1 4 109 147 -38 1

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

August 9
09:00		 France  32–21  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)
Herbrecht 8 (Report) Bengue, De Almeida 5
August 9
14:00		 Romania  31–19  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Elisei 6 (Report) Ajiderskaya 10
August 9
19:00		 Norway  30–23  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
Hammerseng 7 (Report) Li W 8
August 11
09:00		 Kazakhstan  18–21  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
Ajiderskaya 7 (Report) Lacrabere 6
August 11
14:00		 Angola  17–31  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S (CHN), Liu F (CHN)
De Almeida 5 (Report) Riegelhuth 6
August 11
19:00		 China  20–34  Romania Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudownyk (UKR), Vakula (UKR)
Wei 6 (Report) Amariei 9
August 13
10:45		 Romania  34–26  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)
Maier 11 (Report) Tervel 6
August 13
15:45		 China  32–24  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)
Liu 7 (Report) De Almeida 8
August 13
19:00		 Norway  35–19  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Lybekk, Nyberg 5 (Report) Vassilyeva 6
August 15
09:00		 Kazakhstan  29–26  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)
Pikalova 8 (Report) Li W 11
August 15
15:45		 Romania  28–23  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Maier 7 (Report) De Almeida 8
August 15
19:00		 France  24–34  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
Baudoin 6 (Report) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
August 17
10:45		 Angola  24–24  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
Bengue 6 (Report) Ajiderskaya, Kubrina, Portova 5
August 17
14:00		 Norway  24–23  Romania Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)
Johansen, Lybekk 4 (Report) Amariei, Stanca 5
August 17
15:45		 France  18–21  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk (UKR), Vakula (UKR)
Ayglon 5 (Report) Wu 5

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Russia 5 4 1 0 148 125 +23 9
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 155 127 +28 7
 Hungary 5 2 1 2 129 142 -13 5
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 123 137 -14 4
 Brazil 5 1 1 3 124 137 -13 3
 Germany 5 1 0 4 123 134 -11 2

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

August 9
10:45		 Hungary  30–24  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
Vérten, Görbicz 7 (Report) Islas Helgesson 6
August 9
15:45		 Russia  29–29  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
Marennikova 6 (Report) Kim O 7
August 9
20:45		 Germany  24–22  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
Krause 6 (Report) Santos 6
August 11
10:45		 Brazil  28–28  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
Amorim 10 (Report) Görbicz 8
August 11
15:45		 South Korea  30–20  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
Hong 6 (Report) Jurack, Loerper 4
August 11
20:45		 Sweden  24–28  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
Wiel Freden 6 (Report) Turey 6
August 13
09:00		 Russia  28–19  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
Poltoratskaya 6 (Report) Nascimento 5
August 13
14:00		 South Korea  31–23  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
An, Park 7 (Report) Ahlm, Boson 6
August 13
20:45		 Germany  24–25  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
Krause 9 (Report) Görbicz 9
August 15
10:45		 Brazil  33–32  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
Nascimento 9 (Report) Hong 10
August 15
14:00		 Germany  26–27  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
Althaus, Worz 5 (Report) Ahlm 7
August 15
20:45		 Hungary  24–33  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)
Görbicz 6 (Report) Postnova 8
August 17
09:00		 Sweden  25-22  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
Ahlm 7 (Report) Rosas 5
August 17
19:00		 Russia  30–29  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
Postnova 8 (Report) Worz 8
August 17
20:45		 Hungary  22–33  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
Görbicz 7 (Report) Oh 6

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

Classification

21 August
12:00		 Sweden  19–20  China Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Karbas-Chi (IRI), Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Torstenson 6 (Report) Wang S. 5
21 August
14:15		 Romania  34–36 (2OT)  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)
Maier 9 (Report) Baudouin 7

Semifinals

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

7th/8th classification

23 August
08:00		 Sweden  30–34  Romania Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
Gullden 9 (Report) Meirosu, Stanca 6

5th/6th classification

23 August
10:15		 China  23–31  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
Liu Y. 7 (Report) Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7

Bronze medal match

23 August
13:30		 South Korea  33–28  Hungary Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)
Moon 10 (Report) Ferling 7

Gold medal match

23 August
15:45		 Norway  34–27  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
Riegelhuth 9 (Report) Bliznova 6

Rankings and Statistics

Classification
 Norway
 Russia
 South Korea
4  Hungary
5  France
6  China
7  Romania
8  Sweden
9  Brazil
10  Kazakhstan
11  Germany
12  Angola

All Star Team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
 

Top Goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen  Norway 42% 120 283
2 Amandine Leynaud  France 40% 38 96
Valérie Nicolas  France 105 264
4 Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan  Romania 39% 97 248
5 Lee Min-Hee  South Korea 38% 36 95
6 Inna Suslina  Russia 37% 59 158
7 Oh Yong-Ran  South Korea 36% 83 231
Clara Woltering  Germany 44 121
9 Sabine Englert  Germany 34% 30 87
10 Katalin Pálinger  Hungary 33% 108 323

Top Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Ramona Maier  Romania 56 78 72%
2 Anita Görbicz  Hungary 49 105 47%
3 Hong Jeong-Ho  South Korea 44 66 67%
4 Moon Pil-Hee  South Korea 42 83 51%
5 Johanna Ahlm  Sweden 40 95 42%
6 Park Chung-Hee  South Korea 37 62 60%
Liudmila Postnova  Russia 76 49%
8 Irina Bliznova  Russia 36 70 51%
9 Liu Yun  China 35 49 71%
10 Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă  Romania 33 41 80%
Linnea Torstenson  Sweden 90 37%

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 a 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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