Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Great Britain |
Venue(s) | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Dates | 28 July – 11 August |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Norway (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Montenegro |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | South Korea |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 1,908 (50.21 per match) |
Attendance | 185,189 (4,873 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | 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
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 1 | Great Britain | ||
2010 European Championship | 7–19 December 2010 | Denmark Norway |
1 | Sweden† |
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 | 12–21 October 2011 | China | 1 | South Korea |
2011 Pan American Games | 15–23 October 2011 | Mexico | 1 | Brazil |
2011 World Championship | 2–18 December 2011 | Brazil | 1 | Norway |
2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | Morocco | 1 | Angola |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | France | 2 | Montenegro France |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | Spain | 2 | Spain Croatia |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | Denmark | 2 | Russia Denmark |
Total | 12 |
- † 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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Norway | Spain | Denmark | France | Sweden | Angola |
Montenegro | Russia | Croatia | Great Britain | Brazil | South Korea |
Group stage
Group A
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Knockout stage
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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 | ||||||||||||
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A4 | Montenegro | 27 | ||||||||||||
A4 | Montenegro | 23 | B2 | South Korea | 29 | |||||||||
B1 | France | 22 | B3 | Spain (ET) | 31 |
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Rankings and statistics
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Points | GD |
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Norway | 11 | +9 | |
Montenegro | 9 | +13 | |
Spain | 11 | +9 | |
4 | South Korea | 9 | –1 |
5 | France | 9 | +21 |
6 | Brazil [2] | 8 | +13 |
7 | Croatia | 8 | +27 |
8 | Russia | 7 | +25 |
9 | Denmark | 2 | –8 |
10 | Angola | 2 | –10 |
11 | Sweden | 0 | –23 |
12 | Great Britain | 0 | –75 |
All-star team
- Goalkeeper: Kari Aalvik Grimsbo
- Left wing: Jo Hyo-bi
- Left back: Bojana Popović
- Central back: Marta Mangué
- Right back: Katarina Bulatović
- Right wing: Alexandra do Nascimento
- Line player: Heidi Løke
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Top goalkeepers
Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
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1 | Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | Norway | 42% | 67 | 161 |
2 | Cléopatre Darleux | France | 41% | 18 | 44 |
3 | Amandine Leynaud | France | 38% | 61 | 161 |
4 | Silvia Navarro | Spain | 37% | 96 | 258 |
Mayssa Pessoa | Brazil | 37% | 21 | 57 | |
Anna Sedoykina | Russia | 37% | 34 | 92 | |
7 | Ivana Jelčić | Croatia | 35% | 62 | 177 |
8 | Sonja Barjaktarović | Montenegro | 34% | 55 | 161 |
Ju Hui | South Korea | 34% | 99 | 292 | |
10 | Karin Mortensen | Denmark | 33% | 27 | 82 |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Katarina Bulatović | Montenegro | 53 | 93 | 57% |
2 | Bojana Popović | Montenegro | 46 | 77 | 60% |
3 | Ryu Eun-hee | South Korea | 43 | 92 | 47% |
4 | Alexandra do Nascimento | Brazil | 37 | 55 | 67% |
5 | Marta Mangué | Spain | 34 | 67 | 51% |
6 | Nely Carla Alberto | Spain | 33 | 58 | 57% |
Linn Jørum Sulland | Norway | 33 | 66 | 50% | |
8 | Jo Hyo-bi | South Korea | 32 | 52 | 62% |
Ann Grete Nørgaard | Denmark | 32 | 52 | 62% | |
10 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | Norway | 31 | 39 | 79% |
Andrea Penezić | Croatia | 31 | 55 | 56% | |
Jovanka Radičević | Montenegro | 31 | 51 | 61% |
References
- ^ "Seeding list completed". IHF. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Brazil finish first in Group A by beating croatia without see the Goals difference Between them
- "Handball Competition Schedule Event Details" (PDF). london2012.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.