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Handball, Women

Date25 July – 8 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationYoyogi National Gymnasium, Yoyogi Park, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Participants182 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The two preliminary groups of the women’s Olympic handball tournament were won by Norway and Sweden. The quarter-finals were quite clear matches won by the ROC, Norway, Sweden and France. In the semi-finals France closely won against Sweden (29-27) and the ROC against Norway (27-26). The bronze medal was won by Norway who dominated Sweden 36-19. The final was a French triumph over the ROC 30-25. The top goalscorer was Norway’s Nora Mørk with 52 goals and the top goalkeeper, Katrine Lunde, also came from Norway with 37.5 % saves.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1FranceFRAGold1
Centre Back/Left Back2Méline Nocandy
Right Wing3Blandine Dancette
Right Wing4Pauline Coatanea
Left Wing6Chloé Valentini
Centre Back/Left Back7Allison Pineau
Left Wing8Coralie Lassource
Centre Back10Grâce Zaadi
Goalkeeper12Amandine Leynaud
Left Back15Kalidiatou Niakaté
Goalkeeper16Cléopâtre Darleux
19Océane Sercien-Ugolin
Right Back/Right Wing20Laura Flippes
Pivot24Béatrice Edwige
Pivot26Pauletta Foppa
Centre Back/Left Back27Estelle Nze Minko
Centre Back/Right Back64Alexandra Lacrabère
CoachOlivier Krumbholz
2ROCROCSilver2
Goalkeeper1Anna Sedoykina
Left Wing2Polina Kuznetsova
Left Wing3Polina Gorshkova
Centre Back7Darya Dmitriyeva
Pivot8Anna Sen
Right Back13Anna Vyakhireva
Left Back14Polina Vedekhina
Left Back17Vladlena Bobrovnikova
Pivot19Kseniya Makeyeva
Left Back23Yelena Mikhaylichenko
Right Wing25Olga Chernoivanenko-Fomina
Centre Back33Yekaterina Ilyina
Right Wing36Yuliya Managarova
Right Back39Antonina Skorobogatchenko
Goalkeeper88Viktoriya Kalinina
CoachAleksey Alekseyev
3NorwayNORBronze3
Left Back2Henny Reistad
Left Back4Veronica Kristiansen
Pivot5Marit Malm Frafjord
Right Back7Stine Skogrand
Right Back9Nora Mørk
Centre Back10Stine Bredal Oftedal
Goalkeeper12Silje Solberg
Pivot13Kari Brattset Dale
Goalkeeper16Katrine Lunde-Haraldsen
Right Wing20Marit Røsberg Jacobsen
Left Wing23Camilla Herrem
Left Wing24Sanna Solberg-Isaksen
Left Back25Kristine Breistøl
Centre Back26Marta Tomac
Pivot34Vilde Johansen
CoachÞórir Hergeirsson
4SwedenSWE4
Goalkeeper1Johanna Bundsen
Centre Back6Carin Strömberg
Pivot7Linn Blohm
Left Back8Jamina Roberts
Centre Back9Melissa Petrén
Right Wing10Mathilda Lundström
Left Back14Johanna Westberg
Goalkeeper16Jessica Ryde
Right Back17Nina Dano
Pivot19Anna Lagerquist
Right Back23Emma Lindqvist
Right Wing24Nathalie Hagman
Left Back29Kristin Thorleifsdóttir
Left Wing38Elin Hansson
Right Back42Jenny Carlson
CoachThomas Axnér
5NetherlandsNED5
Right Back6Laura van der Heijden
Right Wing7Debbie Bont
Left Back8Lois Abbingh
Centre Back9Larissa Nusser
Pivot10Danick Snelder
Left Wing12Bo van Wetering
Centre Back17Nycke Groot
Left Back18Kelly Dulfer
Pivot19Merel Freriks
Left Back20Inger Smits
Left Wing24Martine Smeets
Right Wing26Angela Malestein
Goalkeeper30Rinka Duijndam
Goalkeeper33Tess Wester
Right Back48Dione Housheer
CoachEmmanuel Mayonnade
6MontenegroMNE6
Goalkeeper1Marina Vukčević-Rajčić
Right Wing4Jova Radičević
Left Back9Đurđina Jauković
Centre Back10Matea Pletikosić
Left Wing13Dijana Mugoša
Right Back15Andrea Klikovac
Goalkeeper16Ljubica Nenezić
Goalkeeper33Anastasija Babović
Pivot34Tatjana Brnović
Pivot66Ema Ramusović
Left Wing77Majda Mehmedović
Left Back80Jelena Despotović
Centre Back96Itana Grbić
Pivot97Nikolina Vukčević
Left Wing55Ivona Pavićević DNS7
CoachBojana Popović
7HungaryHUN8
Left Back2Szandra Szöllösi-Zácsik
Left Wing6Nadine Schatzl
Centre Back7Zita Szucsánszki
Centre Back8Anikó Kovacsics
12Melinda Szikora
Pivot14Anett Kisfaludy
Goalkeeper16Blanka Bíró
Left Wing19Gréta Márton
Centre Back38Petra Vámos
Right Back42Katrin Klujber
Left Back45Noémi Háfra
Pivot58Réka Bordás
Goalkeeper61Kinga Janurik
Right Wing66Viktória Lukács
Left Back76Fanny Helembai
Right Back87Zsuzsanna Tomori
88Nikoletta Kiss
CoachGábor Elek
8Republic of KoreaKOR9
Goalkeeper1Ju Hui
Pivot10Won Seon-Pil
Right Back11Yu Eun-Hui
Goalkeeper12Jeong Jin-Hui
Right Wing13Kim Yun-Ji
Left Wing15Choi Su-Min
Left Back17Sim Hae-In
Pivot19Gang Eun-Hye
Left Wing21Jo Ha-Rang
Pivot22Kim Bo-Eun
Centre Back23Lee Mi-Gyeong
Centre Back24Gang Gyeong-Min
Right Back25Jeong Yu-Ra
Left Back27Kim Jin-I
Right Wing34Jeong Ji-In
CoachGang Jae-Won
9SpainESP10
Right Wing2Marta López
Right Wing4Carmen Martín
Pivot10Elisabet Cesáreo
Goalkeeper12Silvia Navarro
Goalkeeper16Mercedes Castellanos
Left Wing17Jennifer María Gutiérrez
Centre Back25Nerea Pena
Left Back27Lara González
Left Wing30Soledad López
Centre Back34Alicia Fernández
Right Back39Almudena María Rodríguez
Pivot44Ainhoa Hernández
Right Back62Paula Arcos
Left Back86Alexandrina Cabral
Right Back99Mireya González
CoachCarlos Viver
10AngolaANG11
Centre Back5Marilia Quizelete
Right Back/Right Wing6Juliana Machado
Centre Back8Helena Paulo
Left Wing9Natália Bernardo-Santos
Pivot10Albertina Kassoma
Goalkeeper12Helena Sousa
Right Wing13Natalia Fonseca
Goalkeeper16Teresa Almeida
Right Back17Wuta Dombaxi
Left Back20Stelvia Pascoal
Left Back21Magda Cazanga
Pivot25Liliana Venâncio
Right Back35Azenaide Carlos
Centre Back90Isabel Guialo
CoachFilipe Cruz
11BrazilBRA12
Right Back2Bruna de Paula
Right Wing3Alexandra Nascimento
Pivot7Tamires Tamires Morena
Centre Back9 Ana Paula
Goalkeeper12Babi Arenhart
Left Back18Duda Amorim
Left Wing20Larissa Araújo
Right Wing21Adriana Cardoso
Left Back22Samara Vieira
Right Back23Giulia Guarieiro
Right Back30Gabi Bitolo
Centre Back49Paty Matieli
Left Wing77Dayane Rocha
Goalkeeper87Renata Arruda
Pivot91Lívia Ventura
CoachJorge Dueñas
12JapanJPN13
Pivot3Kaho Sunami
Right Back4Yui Sunami
Left Back5Sayo Shiota
Centre Back9Aya Yokoshima
11Mana Horikawa
Goalkeeper12Minami Itano
Left Wing18Yuki Tanabe
Right Wing21Ayaka Ikehara
Left Back24Nozomi Hara
Centre Back25Mana Ohyama
Left Back27Haruno Sasaki
Pivot28Shiori Nagata
Goalkeeper30Sakura Kametani
Left Wing34Maharu Kondo
Right Back40Shio Fujii
Centre Back81Mayuko Ishitate
CoachUlrik Kirkely

Preliminary Round

Date25 July – 2 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in each group advance to quarter-finals.

Group A

Date25 July – 2 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in group advance to quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1NorwayNOR50010170-123
2NetherlandsNED4018169-143
3MontenegroMNE2034139-142
4Republic of KoreaKOR1133147-165
5AngolaANG1133130-156
6JapanJPN1042124-150
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #125 Jul 9:00NetherlandsNED32 – 21JapanJPN
Match #225 Jul 14:15MontenegroMNE33 – 22AngolaANG
Match #325 Jul 16:15NorwayNOR39 – 27Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #427 Jul 9:00JapanJPN29 – 26MontenegroMNE
Match #527 Jul 16:15NetherlandsNED43 – 36Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #627 Jul 19:30NorwayNOR30 – 21AngolaANG
Match #729 Jul 9:00NetherlandsNED37 – 28AngolaANG
Match #829 Jul 14:15Republic of KoreaKOR27 – 24JapanJPN
Match #929 Jul 16:15NorwayNOR35 – 23MontenegroMNE
Match #1031 Jul 9:00AngolaANG28 – 25JapanJPN
Match #1131 Jul 11:00MontenegroMNE28 – 26Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1231 Jul 21:30NorwayNOR29 – 27NetherlandsNED
Match #1302 Aug 9:00AngolaANG31 – 31Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1402 Aug 19:30NetherlandsNED30 – 29MontenegroMNE
Match #1502 Aug 21:30NorwayNOR37 – 25JapanJPN

Group B

Date25 July – 2 August 2021
FormatTop four teams in group advance to quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1SwedenSWE3117152-133
2ROCROC3117148-149
3FranceFRA2125139-135
4HungaryHUN2034142-149
5SpainESP2034135-142
6BrazilBRA1133133-141
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #125 Jul 11:00BrazilBRA24 – 24ROCROC
Match #225 Jul 19:30SwedenSWE31 – 24SpainESP
Match #325 Jul 21:30FranceFRA30 – 29HungaryHUN
Match #427 Jul 11:00BrazilBRA33 – 27HungaryHUN
Match #527 Jul 14:15SwedenSWE36 – 24ROCROC
Match #627 Jul 21:30SpainESP28 – 25FranceFRA
Match #729 Jul 11:00SpainESP27 – 23BrazilBRA
Match #829 Jul 19:30ROCROC38 – 31HungaryHUN
Match #929 Jul 21:30FranceFRA28 – 28SwedenSWE
Match #1031 Jul 14:15ROCROC28 – 27FranceFRA
Match #1131 Jul 16:15SwedenSWE34 – 31BrazilBRA
Match #1231 Jul 19:30HungaryHUN29 – 25SpainESP
Match #1302 Aug 11:00FranceFRA29 – 22BrazilBRA
Match #1402 Aug 14:15ROCROC34 – 31SpainESP
Match #1502 Aug 16:15HungaryHUN26 – 23SwedenSWE

Quarter-Finals

Date4 August 2021
FormatWinner of each match advances to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 Aug 9:30ROCROC32 – 26MontenegroMNE
Match #204 Aug 13:15NorwayNOR26 – 22HungaryHUN
Match #304 Aug 17:00SwedenSWE39 – 30Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #404 Aug 20:45FranceFRA32 – 22NetherlandsNED

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 2021
FormatWinner of each match advances to gold medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 17:00FranceFRA29 – 27SwedenSWE
Match #206 Aug 21:00ROCROC27 – 26NorwayNOR

Final Round

Date8 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 15:00FranceFRA30 – 25ROCROC
Match 3/408 Aug 11:00NorwayNOR36 – 19SwedenSWE