Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2000 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Australia
Dates 17 September - 1 October
Teams 10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark
Runner-up  Hungary
Third place  Norway
Fourth place  South Korea
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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

Gold Silver Bronze
 Denmark (DEN)

Lene Rantala
Camilla Andersen
Tina Bøttzau
Janne Kolling
Tonje Kjærgaard
Karen Brødsgaard
Katrine Fruelund
Maja Grønbæk
Christina Hansen
Anette Hoffmann
Lotte Kiærskou
Karin Mortensen
Anja Nielsen
Rikke Petersen
Mette Vestergaard

 Hungary (HUN)

Beatrix Balogh
Rita Deli
Ágnes Farkas
Andrea Farkas
Anikó Kántor
Beatrix Kökény
Anita Kulcsár
Dóra Lőwy
Anikó Nagy
Ildikó Pádár
Katalin Pálinger
Krisztina Pigniczki
Bojana Radulovics
Judith Simics
Beáta Siti

 Norway (NOR)

Kristine Duvholt
Trine Haltvik
Heidi Tjugum
Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim
Ann Cathrin Eriksen
Kjersti Grini
Elisabeth Hilmo
Mia Hundvin
Tonje Larsen
Cecilie Leganger
Jeanette Nilsen
Marianne Rokne
Birgitte Sættem
Monica Sandve
Else-Marthe Sørlie

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
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 131 100 +31 8
 Hungary 4 2 1 1 119 106 +13 5
 France 4 2 0 2 90 93 -3 4
 Romania 4 1 1 2 99 101 -2 3
 Angola 4 0 0 4 98 137 -39 0
September 17, 2000
Hungary  42 – 22  Angola
South Korea  25 – 18  France
September 19, 2000
France  22 – 23  Hungary
Romania  25 – 34  South Korea
September 21, 2000
Angola  25 – 35  Romania
Hungary  33 – 41  South Korea
September 23, 2000
Angola  27 – 29  France
Romania  21 – 21  Hungary
September 25, 2000
South Korea  31 – 24  Angola
France  21 – 18  Romania

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Norway 4 4 0 0 101 72 +29 8
 Denmark 4 3 0 1 124 83 +41 6
 Austria 4 2 0 2 131 90 +41 4
 Brazil 4 1 0 3 100 133 -33 2
 Australia 4 0 0 4 59 137 -78 0
September 17, 2000
Denmark  17 – 19  Norway
Australia  19 – 32  Brazil
September 19, 2000
Norway  28 – 18  Australia
Austria  26 – 30  Denmark
September 21, 2000
Brazil  26 – 45  Austria
Australia  12 – 38  Denmark
September 23, 2000
Brazil  16 – 30  Norway
Austria  39 – 10  Australia
September 25, 2000
Denmark  39 – 26  Brazil
Norway  24 – 21  Austria

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.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal final
                   
         
  South Korea  35
 
  Brazil  24  
  South Korea  29
 
    Denmark  31  
  France  26
 
  Denmark  28  
  Denmark  31
 
    Hungary  27
  Austria  27
 
  Hungary  28  
  Hungary  28 Bronze medal final
 
    Norway  23  
  Norway  28   South Korea  21
  Romania  16     Norway  22
 

Classification playoffs

5th – 8th place

5th–8th place matches 5th place match
  Brazil  23  
  France  32  
 
      France  32
    Austria  33
7th place match
  Austria  29   Brazil  33
  Romania  23     Romania  38

9th / 10th place

Rankings and statistics

Classification
1st  Denmark
2nd  Hungary
3rd  Norway
4  South Korea
5  Austria
6  France
7  Romania
8  Brazil
9  Angola
10  Australia