1997 World Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 80 |
Goals scored | 4,083 (51.04 per match) |
The 1997 IHF World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997. It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first title. Denmark's only defeat in the championship was by Macedonia.
The tournament was also remembered for a tragic incident in the stands during one match of the semi-final matches, between Denmark and Russia (32-22), when a fight broke out between a Danish and a German spectator. The fight developed into the German taking out a knife and stabbing the Dane. Another Danish spectator tried to intervene, but was stabbed himself. Both Danes soon died, and the German was soon arrested by the police. He admitted to the stabbing during the police interrogation, and said that he committed it while under the influence of alcohol.
Host Cities
[edit]The matches were held in the cities of Berlin, Hanover, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Sindelfingen, Neubrandenburg and Rotenburg an der Fulda. The semi-finals and finals were held in the Berlin in the Max-Schmeling-Halle.
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 92 | +61 | 10 | Round of 16 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 114 | +15 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 115 | +17 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 143 | −17 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 130 | −25 | 3 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 155 | −51 | 0 |
Germany ![]() | 32–17 | ![]() | ||
(16–7) | ||||
Austria ![]() | 36–23 | ![]() | ||
(18–12) | ||||
Poland ![]() | 29–24 | ![]() | ||
(15–10) | ||||
Japan ![]() | 16–24 | ![]() | ||
(8–13) | ||||
Brazil ![]() | 19–32 | ![]() | ||
(7–15) | ||||
Angola ![]() | 20–32 | ![]() | ||
(11–12) | ||||
Japan ![]() | 25–21 | ![]() | ||
(10–9) | ||||
Germany ![]() | 29–19 | ![]() | ||
(14–9) | ||||
Austria ![]() | 29–22 | ![]() | ||
(13–9) | ||||
Germany ![]() | 32–18 | ![]() | ||
(17–6) | ||||
Angola ![]() | 30–30 | ![]() | ||
(15–16) | ||||
Poland ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() | ||
(14–11) | ||||
Brazil ![]() | 23–30 | ![]() | ||
(12–17) | ||||
Poland ![]() | 23–17 | ![]() | ||
(12–10) | ||||
Austria ![]() | 18–28 | ![]() | ||
(10–14) | ||||
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 90 | +56 | 10 | Round of 16 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 93 | +62 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 95 | +45 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 125 | −3 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 139 | −62 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 83 | 181 | −98 | 1 |
Croatia ![]() | 27–14 | ![]() | ||
(16–6) | ||||
Norway ![]() | 34–21 | ![]() | ||
(14–12) | ||||
France ![]() | 39–17 | ![]() | ||
(17–8) | ||||
Uzbekistan ![]() | 15–45 | ![]() | ||
(10–19) | ||||
Canada ![]() | 15–32 | ![]() | ||
(7–17) | ||||
Belarus ![]() | 17–30 | ![]() | ||
(10–15) | ||||
Canada ![]() | 13–30 | ![]() | ||
(7–10) | ||||
Norway ![]() | 44–13 | ![]() | ||
(20–5) | ||||
Croatia ![]() | 21–20 | ![]() | ||
(7–13) | ||||
Croatia ![]() | 28–19 | ![]() | ||
(12–9) | ||||
Uzbekistan ![]() | 18–18 | ![]() | ||
(10–8) | ||||
France ![]() | 19–23 | ![]() | ||
(10–9) | ||||
Belarus ![]() | 35–20 | ![]() | ||
(14–9) | ||||
France ![]() | 32–17 | ![]() | ||
(18–7) | ||||
Norway ![]() | 22–25 | ![]() | ||
(11–13) | ||||
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 101 | +59 | 10 | Round of 16 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 102 | +54 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 124 | +29 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 129 | −8 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 146 | −45 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 163 | −89 | 0 |
Romania ![]() | 44–23 | ![]() | ||
(25–9) | ||||
Hungary ![]() | 36–12 | ![]() | ||
(19–7) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 30–24 | ![]() | ||
(18–12) | ||||
Uruguay ![]() | 15–34 | ![]() | ||
(9–14) | ||||
Ivory Coast ![]() | 21–33 | ![]() | ||
(6–17) | ||||
Algeria ![]() | 16–35 | ![]() | ||
(5–18) | ||||
Romania ![]() | 26–30 | ![]() | ||
(14–19) | ||||
Algeria ![]() | 20–21 | ![]() | ||
(9–12) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 35–11 | ![]() | ||
(15–4) | ||||
Romania ![]() | 28–26 | ![]() | ||
(12–10) | ||||
Uruguay ![]() | 18–29 | ![]() | ||
(5–15) | ||||
Hungary ![]() | 29–30 | ![]() | ||
(17–16) | ||||
Ivory Coast ![]() | 29–18 | ![]() | ||
(15–6) | ||||
Hungary ![]() | 28–13 | ![]() | ||
(16–5) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 30–21 | ![]() | ||
(13–12) | ||||
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 111 | +17 | 9 | Round of 16 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 115 | +9 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 114 | +47 | 7 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 145 | −9 | 5 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 158 | −22 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 118 | 160 | −42 | 0 |
Macedonia ![]() | 26–22 | ![]() | ||
(11–11) | ||||
Russia ![]() | 27–24 | ![]() | ||
(10–12) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 38–16 | ![]() | ||
(17–9) | ||||
Slovenia ![]() | 27–30 | ![]() | ||
(11–15) | ||||
China ![]() | 24–30 | ![]() | ||
(11–19) | ||||
Czech Republic ![]() | 27–41 | ![]() | ||
(12–23) | ||||
Russia ![]() | 22–19 | ![]() | ||
(9–8) | ||||
Czech Republic ![]() | 30–25 | ![]() | ||
(14–13) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 37–24 | ![]() | ||
(22–09) | ||||
Slovenia ![]() | 28–31 | ![]() | ||
(10–18) | ||||
Russia ![]() | 27–19 | ![]() | ||
(16–7) | ||||
Macedonia ![]() | 25–23 | ![]() | ||
(15–8) | ||||
China ![]() | 34–35 | ![]() | ||
(19–17) | ||||
Macedonia ![]() | 24–24 | ![]() | ||
(9–12) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 22–22 | ![]() | ||
(12–12) | ||||
Final round
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 22 | B1 | ![]() | 21 | ||||||||||||||
D3 | ![]() | 30 | D3 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() | 25 | D3 | ![]() | 32 | ||||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 20 | D1 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 30 | A2 | ![]() | 19 | ||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() | 28 | D1 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
C4 | ![]() | 20 | D3 | ![]() | 33 | ||||||||||||||
C3 | ![]() | 33 | B2 | ![]() | 20 | ||||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() | 37 | D2 | ![]() | 19 | ||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 33 | A1 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 23 | A1 | ![]() | 23 | Third place | |||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 18 | B2 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 24 | B2 | ![]() | 27 | D1 | ![]() | 25 | |||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 29 | C1 | ![]() | 21 | A1 | ![]() | 27 | |||||||||||
D4 | ![]() | 26 |
Round of 16
[edit]France ![]() | 20–30 | ![]() | ||
(11–16) | ||||
Germany ![]() | 33–23 | ![]() | ||
(16–8) | ||||
Austria ![]() | 18–24 | ![]() | ||
(12–6) | ||||
Croatia ![]() | 30–22 | ![]() | ||
(14–8) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 29–26 | ![]() | ||
(16–10) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 30–25 | ![]() | ||
(19–12) | ||||
Romania ![]() | 33–37 | ![]() | ||
(33–37 - 27–27 - 29–29 - 15–13) | ||||
Russia ![]() | 28–20 | ![]() | ||
(11–11) | ||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]Germany ![]() | 24–19 | ![]() | ||
(13–7) | ||||
Poland ![]() | 19–24 | ![]() | ||
(8–13) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 25–21 | ![]() | ||
(14–7) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 21–27 | ![]() | ||
(12–15) | ||||
Semifinals
[edit]For places 1-4
Germany ![]() | 23–25 | ![]() | ||
(9–11) | ||||
Denmark ![]() | 32–22 | ![]() | ||
(19–12) | ||||
For places 5-8
South Korea ![]() | 34–26 | ![]() | ||
(22–12) | ||||
Poland ![]() | 19–20 | ![]() | ||
(8–9) | ||||
Finals
[edit]Norway ![]() | 20–33 | ![]() | ||
(11–14) | ||||
Germany ![]() | 27–25 | ![]() | ||
(16–12) | ||||
South Korea ![]() | 33–32 | ![]() | ||
(28–28 - 14–15) | ||||
Macedonia ![]() | 36–34 | ![]() | ||
(30–30 - 18–12) | ||||
Final standings
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World champions
[edit]- Lene Rantala
- Anne Dorthe Tanderup
- Helle Simonsen
- Camilla Andersen
- Tina Bøttzau
- Anette Hoffman
- Lone Mathiesen
- Janne Kolling
- Merete Møller
- Anja Andersen
- Gitte Sunesen
- Gitte Madsen
- Tonje Kjaergaard
- Susanne Munk Lauritsen
- Maybrit Nielsen
- Karina Jespersen
Trainer: Ulrik Wilbek
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Indira Kastratović | ![]() | 71 |
2 | Han Sun-hee | ![]() | 63 |
3 | Tonje Sagstuen | ![]() | 59 |
4 | Roxana Stănișor | ![]() | 57 |
5 | Aleksandra Pawelska | ![]() | 55 |
6 | Grit Jurack | ![]() | 54 |
7 | Valentina Radulović | ![]() | 52 |
Klaudija Bubalo | ![]() | ||
9 | Anja Andersen | ![]() | 51 |
10 | Monika Ludmilová | ![]() | 50 |
All Star Team
[edit]- Goalkeeper: Susanne Munk Wilbek
Denmark
- Left Wing: Han Sun-hee
South Korea
- Left Back: Franziska Heinz
Germany
- Center Back: Camilla Andersen
Denmark
- Pivot: Natalia Deriougina
Russia
- Right Back: Tonje Sagstuen
Norway
- Right Wing: Natalia Malakhova
Russia