2001 World Women's Handball Championship

2001 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	4–16 December 2001
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	4,154 (51.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ausra Fridrikas (AUT) 87

The 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, the 15th of its kind, was held between December 4 and December 16, 2001, and was hosted by Italy, with the final being played in Merano.

Results

Preliminary round

Team advanced to the Knockout round

Statistics

Top scorers

1	Ausra Fridrikas (AUT)	87
2	Leila Lejeune (FRA)	71
3	Natalia Morskova (ESP)	67
4	Kjersti Grini (NOR)	53
5	Åsa Eriksson (SWE)	50
6	Maja Savić (YUG) Chao Zhai (CHN)	49
8	Elena Tchaoussova (RUS) Bojana Petrović (YUG)	47
10	Barbara Strass (AUT) Sandra Kolaković (YUG)	45

Top Goalkeepers

#	Player	Sh	Sa	Rate
1	Cecilie Leganger (NOR)	297	128	43.1%
2	Jenny Lindblom (SWE)	301	119	39.5%
3	Valérie Nicolas (FRA)	252	86	34.1%
4	Zlata Paplacko (YUG)	241	84	34.9%
5	Nataliya Rusnachenko (AUT)	224	83	37.1%
6	Lene Rantala (DEN)	195	72	36.9%
7	Svetlana Bogdanova (RUS)	165	71	43.0%
8	Nada Tutnijc (SLO)	159	66	41.5%
8	Chana Masson (BRA)	197	66	33.5%
10	Verena Wolf (ITA)	201	63	31.3%

Final standings

	Russia
	Norway
	Yugoslavia
4	Denmark
5	France
6	Hungary
7	Austria
8	Sweden
9	Slovenia
10	Spain
11	China
12	Brazil
13	Angola
14	Netherlands
15	South Korea
16	Italy
17	Romania
18	Ukraine
19	Tunisia
20	Japan
21	North Macedonia
22	Congo
23	Uruguay
24	Greenland

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia	Norway	Yugoslavia

References

• International Handball Federation
• WC2001 at todor66
• squads