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) |
Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
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.
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 |
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 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 115 | +30 | 8 | |
Russia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 125 | +26 | 7 | |
Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 123 | +14 | 5 | |
Angola | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 142 | −10 | 2 | |
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 166 | −75 | 0 |
28 July 2012 09:30 | Russia | 30 – 27 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,604 [2] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Postnova 5 | (16–11) | Guialo 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
28 July 2012 14:30 | Croatia | 23 – 24 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 [3] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Jovetić 6 | (10–9) | do Nascimento, Amorim 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× 1× |
28 July 2012 19:30 | Montenegro | 31 – 19 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,941 [4] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
A. Bulatović 5 | (18–12) | Gerbron 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
30 July 2012 09:30 | Angola | 23 – 28 | Croatia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892 [5] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
Guialo, M. Kiala 5 | (11–13) | Zebić 9 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
30 July 2012 14:30 | Great Britain | 16 – 37 | Russia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,596 [6] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Byl 5 | (8–17) | Turey, Chernoivanenko 5 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 2× 4× |
30 July 2012 19:30 | Brazil | 27 – 25 | Montenegro | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,974 [7] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
do Nascimento 8 | (15–16) | K. Bulatović 5 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
1 August 2012 11:15 | Montenegro | 30 – 25 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,354 [8] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
Popović, K. Bulatović 6 | (13–14) | Carlos 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
1 August 2012 16:15 | Great Britain | 17 – 30 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,622 [9] Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |
Byl, Gerbron 5 | (8–17) | Rodrigues 7 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
1 August 2012 21:15 | Russia | 28 – 30 | Croatia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,098 [10] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
Turey 6 | (15–15) | Penezić 10 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 6× |
3 August 2012 09:30 | Angola | 31 – 25 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,081 [11] Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU) |
Almeida 8 | (14–10) | Gerbron 9 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
3 August 2012 14:30 | Croatia | 27 – 26 | Montenegro | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,541 [12] Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP) |
Penezić 10 | (12–12) | Popović 10 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 4× |
3 August 2012 16:15 | Russia | 31 – 27 | Brazil | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,741 [13] Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Turey 7 | (15–14) | Nascimento 9 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 2× 2× |
5 August 2012 11:15 | Brazil | 29 – 26 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,585 [14] Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR) |
three players 5 | (14–9) | Kiala 6 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
5 August 2012 14:30 | Montenegro | 25 – 25 | Russia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,444 [15] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Bulatović 7 | (15–16) | three players 4 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 2× 8× 1× |
5 August 2012 16:15 | Croatia | 37 – 14 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,792 [16] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
three players 5 | (17–6) | Fairbrother 3 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 130 | +6 | 7 | |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 114 | +5 | 7 | |
Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 120 | −2 | 5 | |
Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 121 | −8 | 2 | |
Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 131 | −23 | 0 |
28 July 2012 11:15 | Spain | 27 – 31 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,900 [17] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Martín 7 | (12–16) | Ryu Eun-hee 9 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
28 July 2012 16:15 | Denmark | 21 – 18 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 [18] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Skov 6 | (8–10) | Gulldén 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 4× 3× |
28 July 2012 21:15 | Norway | 23 – 24 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,968 [19] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
Alstad 5 | (12–17) | Baudouin, Signaté 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
30 July 2012 11:15 | South Korea | 25 – 24 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393 [20] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
Jo Hyo-bi 5 | (11–10) | Larsen 7 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
30 July 2012 16:15 | France | 18 – 18 | Spain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,671 [21] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Dembélé 6 | (7–10) | Mangué 6 | ||
3× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 4× |
30 July 2012 21:15 | Sweden | 21 – 24 | Norway | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,459 [22] Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |
Torstenson 6 | (9–14) | Koren, Sulland 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
1 August 2012 09:30 | Norway | 27 – 27 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,178 [23] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Sulland 11 | (13–15) | three players 6 | ||
3× | Report | 2× 3× |
1 August 2012 14:30 | France | 29 – 17 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,638 [24] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
three players 4 | (16–11) | Ahlm 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× |
1 August 2012 19:30 | Spain | 24 – 21 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,488 [25] Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Mangué 7 | (14–9) | Nørgaard 7 | ||
3× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× |
3 August 2012 11:15 | South Korea | 21 – 24 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568 [26] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Sim Hae-in 6 | (12–10) | Lacrabère 4 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 4× 2× |
3 August 2012 19:30 | Spain | 25 – 24 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,234 [27] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
Mangué, Alberto 6 | (11–10) | Fogelström 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 4× 2× |
3 August 2012 21:15 | Denmark | 23 – 24 | Norway | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,720 [28] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Nørgaard 9 | (11–12) | Løke 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× |
5 August 2012 09:30 | Sweden | 28 – 32 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,180 [29] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
Flognman 8 | (13–16) | Ryu Eun-hee 10 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
5 August 2012 19:30 | Norway | 20 – 25 | Spain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,345 [30] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
Koren 6 | (11–11) | Alonso 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× 1× |
5 August 2012 21:15 | Denmark | 24 – 30 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 [31] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
Nørgaard 10 | (10–17) | Nijtam 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 1× |
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 |
7 August 2012 10:00 | Brazil | 19 – 21 | Norway | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,549 [32] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
do Nascimento 5 | (13–9) | Koren 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 2× 1× |
7 August 2012 13:30 | Spain | 25 – 22 | Croatia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,553 [33] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Pinedo 7 | (13–12) | Tatari 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 6× |
7 August 2012 17:00 | Russia | 23 – 24 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,299 [34] Referees: Lopéz, Sabroso (ESP) |
Postnova, Levina 5 | (11–14) | Gwon Han-na 6 | ||
4× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
7 August 2012 20:30 | France | 22 – 23 | Montenegro | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559 [35] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
Signaté 5 | (13–13) | Popović, Bulatović 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 4× 3× |
9 August 2012 17:00 | Norway | 31 – 25 | South Korea | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,274 [36] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Løke 8 | (18–15) | Gwon Han-na 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
9 August 2012 20:30 | Spain | 26 – 27 | Montenegro | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,087 [37] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
Alberto 6 | (13–13) | Bulatović 9 | ||
2× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
11 August 2012 17:00 | South Korea | 29 – 31 (ET) | Spain | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,622 [38] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
Gwon Han-na 7 | (13–13) | Alberto, Fernández 5 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 2× 4× | ||
FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 1–3 |
11 August 2012 20:30 | Norway | 26 – 23 | Montenegro | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,739 [39] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Sulland 10 | (13–10) | Bulatović 10 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
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 [40] | 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 |
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
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 |
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% |
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