Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2000 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates17 September – 1 October
Teams10 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Norway
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored1,763 (53.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Kjersti Grini (61 goals)
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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.[1]

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

Qualification

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 24 September 1993 Monaco Monte Carlo 1  Australia
1998 European Championship 21–30 January 2000  Netherlands 1  Denmark
1999 Pan American Games 31 July – 7 August 1999 Canada Winnipeg 1  Brazil
African qualification tournament 15–18 October 1999 Benin Cotonou 1  Angola
1999 World Championship 29 November – 12 December 1999  Denmark
 Norway
5  Norway
 France
 Austria
 Romania
 Hungary
1999 Asian Championship 24–29 January 2000 Japan Kumamoto 1  South Korea
Total 10

Squads

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 131 100 +31 8 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 4 2 1 1 119 106 +13 5
3  France 4 2 0 2 90 93 −3 4
4  Romania 4 1 1 2 99 101 −2 3
5  Angola 4 0 0 4 98 137 −39 0 Ninth place game
Source: [citation needed]
17 September 2000
14:30
Hungary  42–22  Angola Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS)
Radulović 11 (18–13) Bengue 8
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17 September 2000
21:30
South Korea  25–18  France Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Lee S. 10 (15–3) Lejeune 7
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19 September 2000
16:30
France  22–23  Hungary Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
Pecqueux-Rolland 6 (14–12) Radulović 9
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19 September 2000
19:30
Romania  25–34  South Korea Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
Dobrin, Luca 5 (9–16) Lee S., Oh S. 8
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21 September 2000
16:30
Angola  25–35  Romania Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
Bengue 11 (11–16) Dobrin 10
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21 September 2000
21:30
Hungary  33–41  South Korea Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Balogh 8 (19–16) Lee S. 18
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23 September 2000
14:30
Angola  27–29  France Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Bengue 7 (11–16) Pecqueux-Rolland 7
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23 September 2000
21:30
Romania  21–21  Hungary Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Drăgănescu 7 (12–10) Ág. Farkas 6
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25 September 2000
16:30
South Korea  31–24  Angola Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS)
Kim H. 6 (14–16) Bengue 10
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25 September 2000
21:30
France  21–18  Romania Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Myaro, Pecqueux-Rolland 6 (11–10) Luca 7
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 4 4 0 0 101 72 +29 8 Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 4 3 0 1 124 83 +41 6
3  Austria 4 2 0 2 131 90 +41 4
4  Brazil 4 1 0 3 100 133 −33 2
5  Australia (H) 4 0 0 4 59 137 −78 0 Ninth place game
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
17 September 2000
16:30
Denmark  17–19  Norway Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
four players 3 (7–10) Bjerkrheim, Grini 4
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17 September 2000
19:30
Australia  19–32  Brazil Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Edland, Kahmke 4 (7–15) Roese, L. Silva 6
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19 September 2000
14:30
Norway  28–18  Australia Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
Grini 13 (12–11) Boulton, Shinfield 4
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19 September 2000
21:30
Austria  26–30  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
Fridrikas 11 (13–16) Andersen, Kiærskou 7
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21 September 2000
14:30
Brazil  26–45  Austria Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
L. Silva 8 (14–21) Fridrikas 11
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21 September 2000
19:30
Australia  12–38  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
Kahmke 5 (6–18) Andersen, Roslyng 7
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23 September 2000
16:30
Brazil  16–30  Norway Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
S. Oliveira 4 (7–18) Grini 7
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23 September 2000
19:30
Austria  39–10  Australia Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
Logwin 8 (17–6) three players 2
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25 September 2000
14:30
Denmark  39–26  Brazil Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
Kiærskou 9 (19–12) Sales 9
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25 September 2000
19:30
Norway  24–21  Austria Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Grini 8 (12–7) Fridrikas 8
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
28 September
 
 
 South Korea35
 
29 September
 
 Brazil24
 
 South Korea29
 
28 September
 
 Denmark31
 
 France26
 
1 October
 
 Denmark (OT)28
 
 Denmark31
 
28 September
 
 Hungary27
 
 Austria27
 
29 September
 
 Hungary (OT)28
 
 Hungary28
 
28 September
 
 Norway23 Bronze medal
 
 Norway28
 
1 October
 
 Romania16
 
 South Korea21
 
 
 Norway22
 
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
30 September
 
 
 Brazil23
 
1 October
 
 France32
 
 France32
 
30 September
 
 Austria (OT)33
 
 Austria29
 
 
 Romania23
 
7th place
 
 
1 October
 
 
 Brazil33
 
 
 Romania (OT)38

Quarterfinals

28 September 2000
14:30
South Korea  35–24  Brazil The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
Kim H. 9 (19–12) Sales 8
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28 September 2000
16:30
Austria  27–28 (ET)  Hungary The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
Logwin 9 (12–14) Ág. Farkas 8
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FT: 25–25 ET: 2–3

28 September 2000
19:30
France  26–28 (ET)  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Myaro 11 (8–13) Andersen 7
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FT: 24–24 ET: 2–4

28 September 2000
21:30
Norway  28–16  Romania The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Grini 9 (12–8) Tănase 4
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5–8th place semifinals

30 September 2000
09:30
Brazil  23–32  France The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
A. Silva 9 (9–16) Pecqueux-Rolland 12
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30 September 2000
11:30
Austria  29–23  Romania The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
Fridrikas 8 (12–12) Drăgănescu 6
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Semifinals

29 September 2000
19:30
South Korea  29–31  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Lee S., Oh S. 7 (11–20) Hoffmann 8
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29 September 2000
21:30
Hungary  28–23  Norway The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Radulović 10 (16–10) Grini 13
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Ninth place game

28 September 2000
12:30
Angola  26–18  Australia The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
Mufuca 9 (12–6) Edland 6
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Seventh place game

1 October 2000
09:30
Brazil  33–38 (ET)  Romania The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
Sales 9 (15–17) Tănase 11
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FT: 32–32 ET: 1–6

Fifth place game

1 October 2000
11:30
France  32–33 (ET)  Austria The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Ludwig 9 (8–13) Logwin 12
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FT: 25–25 ET: 7–8

Bronze medal game

1 October 2000
14:30
South Korea  21–22  Norway The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Oh S. 7 (13–12) Grini 7
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Gold medal game

1 October 2000
16:30
Denmark  31–27  Hungary The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Hoffmann 11 (14–16) Radulović 9
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Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  South Korea
5  Austria
6  France
7  Romania
8  Brazil
9  Angola
10  Australia

All star team

Position[2] Player
Goalkeeper Norway Heidi Tjugum
Right wing Denmark Janne Kolling
Right back Hungary Bojana Radulovics
Line player France Veronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Central back South Korea Oh Seong Ok
Left back Norway Kjersti Grini
Left wing Denmark Anette Hoffmann


Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 Norway Kjersti Grini 61 96 63.5
2 South Korea Lee Sang-eun 59 83 71.1
3 Austria Ausra Fridrikas 57 84 67.9
4 Hungary Bojana Radulović 55 101 54.5
5 Brazil Maria de Sales 43 98 43.9
6 Denmark Camilla Andersen 40 81 49.4
7 Angola Ilda Bengue 39 62 62.9
Austria Tanja Logwin 72 52.4
9 France Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland 38 43 88.4
10 Hungary Ágnes Farkas 37 77 48.1

References

  1. ^ "Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "44-jährige MVP: Das All-Star Team des Handball-Turniers der Frauen bei Olympia". Handball-World (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2024.