Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
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)

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

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
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.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Norway	Spain	Denmark	France	Sweden	Angola
Montenegro	Russia	Croatia	Great Britain	Brazil	South Korea

Group stage

Group A

A player down during a match between Angola and Great Britain.

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Group B

South Korea v France

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

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

B3

Spain

26

Bronze medal match

A4

Montenegro

27

A4

Montenegro

23

B2

South Korea

29

B1

France

22

B3

Spain (ET)

31

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Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Points	GD
	Norway	11	+9
	Montenegro	9	+13
	Spain	11	+9
4	South Korea	9	–1
5	France	9	+21
6	Brazil	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 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	%
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

• "Handball Competition Schedule Event Details" (PDF). london2012.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

External links

Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters