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
Venue(s)Basketball Arena
Copper Box Arena
Dates28 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up Montenegro
Third place Spain
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,908 (50.21 per match)
Attendance185,189 (4,873 per match)
Top scorer(s)Montenegro 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

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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

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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
 Norway  Spain  Denmark  France  Sweden  Angola
 Montenegro  Russia  Croatia  Great Britain  Brazil  South Korea

Rosters

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

Group stage

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Group A

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A player down during a match between Angola and Great Britain.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 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
Source: [citation needed]
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B

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South Korea v France
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 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
Source: [citation needed]
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Knockout stage

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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

Quarter-finals

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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
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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
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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
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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
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Semi-finals

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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
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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
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Bronze medal match

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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
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FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 1–3

Gold medal match

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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
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Rankings and statistics

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Final ranking

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Rank Team Points GD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway 11 +9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Montenegro 9 +13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

All-star team

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Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top goalkeepers

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Seeding list completed". IHF. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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  3. ^ "Croatia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Montenegro – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Angola – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Great Britain – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Brazil – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Montenegro – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
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  10. ^ "Russia – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
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  12. ^ "Croatia – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  13. ^ "Russia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Brazil – Angola" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  15. ^ "Montenegro – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Croatia – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Spain – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Denmark – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Norway – France" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  20. ^ "South Korea – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  21. ^ "France – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  22. ^ "Sweden – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Norway – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  24. ^ "France – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  25. ^ "Spain – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
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  27. ^ "Spain – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  28. ^ "Denmark – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  29. ^ "Sweden – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
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  32. ^ "Brazil – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  33. ^ "Spain – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  34. ^ "Russia – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  35. ^ "France – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
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  39. ^ "Norway – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 11 August 2012.
  40. ^ Brazil finish first in Group A by beating Croatia without see the goals difference between them
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