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Handball, Women

Date28 July – 11 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationCopper Box, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants171 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

Apart from the fact that host nation Great Britain was granted a place in the competition, the field at the Olympics could be considered the strongest possible. The other eleven nations had ranked 1 through 11 at the 2011 World Championships in Brazil. Winner there had been Norway, which were also the reigning Olympic and European champions, and expected to do well again in London.

But the Norwegian women struggled in the group stage. They lost to France and Spain (respectively silver and bronze medallists at the last World Championships), tied South Korea, only qualifying for the quarter-finals in fourth place. The other pool saw Brazil (5th at the last Worlds) in the lead - despite a loss to Russia - followed by Croatia, Russia and Montenegro. In the quarter-finals, Norway regained its former strength and put the Brazilians aside 21-19. The real story of that day, however, was the match between France and Montenegro. The score was level at 22-22 when Camille Ayglon fouled Majda Mehmedović with just 2 seconds left to place. Katarina Bulatović converted the penalty shot to send the Montenegrins into the semis. Spain was the next opponent of the tiny nation (625,000 inhabitants). With a four-point lead in the second half, things were not quite as close this time, although the Spanish came to within one point at the final whistle.

In the final, Montenegro encountered Norway, which had beaten South Korea with relative ease (31-25). The Montenegrin women gave the defending Olympic champions a stiff challenge, and with 9 minutes to go, the score was 20-20. The Norwegians then pushed on, aided by a suspension of Bulatović, to open up a three point gap: 26-23. For the fifth time in ten tournaments, the reigning Olympic champion defended its title. Montenegro won its first ever Olympic medal in a team sport, while third place was taken by Spain - their first in the women’s event - after two-overtimes against South Korea.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1NorwayNORGold1
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 2Ida AlstadHeidi LøkeTonje NøstvoldKaroline Dyhre BreivangKristine Lunde-BorgersenKari Mette JohansenMarit Malm FrafjordLinn Jørum SullandKatrine Lunde-HaraldsenLinn-Kristin Riegelhuth KorenGøril SnorroeggenAmanda KurtovićCamilla HerremKaroline Næss (DNS)
2MontenegroMNESilver3
Marina VukčevićRadmila MiljanićJova RadičevićAna ĐokićMarija JovanovićAna Radović 4Anđela BulatovićSonja BarjaktarovićMaja SavićBojana PopovićSuzana LazovićKatarina BulatovićMajda MehmedovićMilena KneževićJasna Tošković (DNS)
3SpainESPBronze5
Marta LópezAndrea BarnoCarmen MartínNely AlbertoBeatriz FernándezVerónica CuadradoMarta ManguéMacarena AguilarSilvia NavarroJessica AlonsoEli PinedoBegoña FernándezVanesa AmorósPatricia ElorzaMicaela Ciobanu
4Republic of KoreaKOR6
Ju Hui 7U Seon-HuiKim On-AJeong Yu-RaGwon Han-Na 8Kim Cha-Yeon 9Lee Mi-GyeongYu Eun-HuiMun Gyeong-HaKim Jeong-SimSim Hae-InChoi Im-JeongJeong Ji-HaeJo Hyo-BiLee Eun-Bi
5FranceFRA10
Blandine DancetteNina KantoCamille AyglonAllison PineauClaudine MendyPaule BaudouinSophie HerbrechtAmandine LeynaudCléopâtre DarleuxSiraba DembéléAudrey DeroinRaphaëlle TervelMariama SignateAlexandra LacrabèreMarie-Paule Gnabouyou (DNS)
6BrazilBRA11
Chana DaraAlexandra NascimentoSamira RochaDani PiedadeFernanda da Silva Ana PaulaJéssica QuintinoSilvia PinheiroMayssa PessoaDuda AmorimFrancine Cararo May DeoniseJaqueline Anastácio (DNS)
7CroatiaCRO12
Jelena Grubišić 13Miranda TatariDijana JovetićAndrea Šerić 14Anita Gaće 15Nikica Pušić-KoroljevićLidija HorvatKristina FranićAndrea PenezićIvana JelčićIvana LovrićMaja ZebićVesna Milanović Litre 16Sonja BašićMaida Arslanagić (DNS)
8Russian FederationRUS17
Lyudmila PostnovaLyudmila BodniyevaYekaterina DavydenkoOlga LevinaAnna SedoykinaNataliya ShipilovaMariya SidorovaNadezhda MuravyovaViktoriya ZhilinskayteYekaterina MarennikovaIrina BliznovaEmiliya TureyTatyana KhmyrovaOlga Chernoivanenko-FominaYekaterina Vetkova (DNS)
9DenmarkDEN18
Mette Melgaard SallSusan ThorsgaardCamilla DalbyChristina KrogshedeKarin MortensenMarianne BondePernille Holst LarsenChristina PedersenLine JørgensenTrine TroelsenAnn Grete NørgaardBerit KristensenRikke SkovLouise BurgaardMie Augustesen (DNS)
10AngolaANG
Neyde BarbosaJoelma ViegasCarolina MoraisNair AlmeidaIsabel GuialoIsabel FernandesLuísa KialaCristina BrancoNatália BernardoAzenaide CarlosAna BarrosMarcelina KialaMarta SantosMagda CazangaEdith Mbunga (DNS)
11SwedenSWE19
Ulrika ÅgrenTina FlognmanMatilda BosonHanna FogelströmTherese HelgessonJamina RobertsAnnika Wiel FredénGabriella KainJohanna AhlmCecilia GrubbströmLinnea TorstensonJohanna WibergIsabelle GulldénAngelica WallénAnna-Maria Johansson
12Great BritainGBR20
Sarah HargreavesHolly Lam-MooresZoe van der WeelNina HeglundLynn McCaffertyLouise JukesBritt GoodwinKelsi FairbrotherLyn BylYvonne LeutholdEwa PaliesKathryn FudgeJane MayesMarie GerbronLaura Innes (DNS)

Preliminary Round

Date28 July – 5 August 2012

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1BrazilBRA4018137-122
2CroatiaCRO4018145-115
3Russian FederationRUS3117151-125
4MontenegroMNE2125137-123
5AngolaANG1042132-142
6Great BritainGBR005091-166
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #128 Jul 9:30Sedoykina / Sidorova / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS30 – 27Barbosa / Branco / Viegas / Morais / Almeida / Guialo / Fernandes / Kiala / Bernardo / Carlos / Barros / Kiala / Santos / CazangaANG
Match #228 Jul 14:30Chana / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Ana Paula / Pinheiro / Amorim / May / DeoniseBRA24 – 23Grubišić / Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / BašićCRO
Match #328 Jul 19:30Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Radović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE31 – 19Hargreaves / Mayes / Lam-Moores / van der Weel / Heglund / McCafferty / Jukes / Goodwin / Fairbrother / Byl / Leuthold / Palies / Fudge / GerbronGBR
Match #430 Jul 9:30Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Pušić-Koroljević / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Lovrić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / Bašić / GrubišićCRO28 – 23Barbosa / Branco / Viegas / Morais / Almeida / Guialo / Fernandes / Kiala / Bernardo / Carlos / Barros / Kiala / Santos / CazangaANG
Match #530 Jul 14:30Sedoykina / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS37 – 16Hargreaves / Mayes / Lam-Moores / van der Weel / Heglund / McCafferty / Jukes / Goodwin / Fairbrother / Byl / Leuthold / Palies / Fudge / GerbronGBR
Match #630 Jul 19:30Chana / Pessoa / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Ana Paula / Pinheiro / Amorim / Cararo / May / DeoniseBRA27 – 25Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Radović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE
Match #701 Aug 11:15Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Radović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE30 – 25Barbosa / Branco / Viegas / Morais / Almeida / Guialo / Fernandes / Kiala / Bernardo / Carlos / Barros / Kiala / Santos / CazangaANG
Match #801 Aug 16:15Chana / Pessoa / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Ana Paula / Quintino / Pinheiro / Amorim / Cararo / MayBRA30 – 17Hargreaves / Lam-Moores / van der Weel / Heglund / McCafferty / Jukes / Goodwin / Fairbrother / Byl / Leuthold / Palies / Fudge / GerbronGBR
Match #901 Aug 21:15Grubišić / Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Pušić-Koroljević / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Lovrić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / BašićCRO30 – 28Sedoykina / Sidorova / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS
Match #1003 Aug 9:30Barbosa / Branco / Viegas / Morais / Almeida / Guialo / Fernandes / Kiala / Bernardo / Carlos / Barros / Kiala / Santos / CazangaANG31 – 25Hargreaves / Mayes / Lam-Moores / van der Weel / McCafferty / Jukes / Goodwin / Fairbrother / Byl / Leuthold / Palies / Fudge / GerbronGBR
Match #1103 Aug 14:30Grubišić / Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Pušić-Koroljević / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / BašićCRO27 – 26Vukčević / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Radović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / MehmedovićMNE
Match #1203 Aug 19:30Sedoykina / Sidorova / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS31 – 27Chana / Pessoa / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Ana Paula / Pinheiro / Amorim / Cararo / May / DeoniseBRA
Match #1305 Aug 11:15Chana / Pessoa / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Quintino / Pinheiro / Amorim / Cararo / May / DeoniseBRA29 – 26Barbosa / Branco / Viegas / Morais / Almeida / Guialo / Fernandes / Kiala / Bernardo / Carlos / Barros / Kiala / Santos / CazangaANG
Match #1405 Aug 16:15Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE25 – 25Sedoykina / Sidorova / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS
Match #1505 Aug 21:15Grubišić / Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Pušić-Koroljević / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Lovrić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / BašićCRO37 – 14Hargreaves / Mayes / Lam-Moores / van der Weel / Heglund / McCafferty / Jukes / Goodwin / Fairbrother / Byl / Leuthold / Palies / Fudge / GerbronGBR

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1FranceFRA4109125-103
2Republic of KoreaKOR3117136-130
3SpainESP3117119-114
4NorwayNOR2125118-120
5DenmarkDEN1042113-121
6SwedenSWE0050108-131
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #128 Jul 11:15Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Choi / Ju / MunKOR31 – 27Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Martín / Navarro / PinedoESP
Match #228 Jul 16:15Mortensen / Melgaard Sall / Thorsgaard / Dalby / Krogshede / Holst Larsen / Jørgensen / Troelsen / Nørgaard / Kristensen / Skov / BurgaardDEN21 – 18Fredén / Boson / Ågren / Torstenson / Grubbström / Roberts / Johansson / Helgesson / Gulldén / Fogelström / Flognman / Ahlm / WibergSWE
Match #328 Jul 21:15Leynaud / Darleux / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Herbrecht / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA24 – 23Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR
Match #430 Jul 11:15Jeong / Jo / Yu / Kim / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / JuKOR25 – 24Mortensen / Pedersen / Melgaard Sall / Thorsgaard / Dalby / Krogshede / Bonde / Holst Larsen / Jørgensen / Troelsen / Nørgaard / Kristensen / Skov / BurgaardDEN
Match #530 Jul 16:15Leynaud / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Herbrecht / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA18 – 18Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Cuadrado / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Martín / Navarro / PinedoESP
Match #630 Jul 21:15Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR24 – 21Kain / Fredén / Boson / Ågren / Wallén / Torstenson / Grubbström / Roberts / Johansson / Gulldén / Fogelström / Flognman / Ahlm / WibergSWE
Match #701 Aug 9:30Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR27 – 27Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / Ju / MunKOR
Match #801 Aug 14:30Leynaud / Darleux / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Herbrecht / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA29 – 17Kain / Fredén / Boson / Ågren / Wallén / Torstenson / Grubbström / Roberts / Johansson / Gulldén / Fogelström / Flognman / Ahlm / WibergSWE
Match #901 Aug 19:30Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Elorza / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Martín / Navarro / PinedoESP24 – 21Mortensen / Pedersen / Melgaard Sall / Thorsgaard / Dalby / Krogshede / Bonde / Holst Larsen / Jørgensen / Troelsen / Nørgaard / Kristensen / Skov / BurgaardDEN
Match #1003 Aug 11:15Leynaud / Darleux / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Herbrecht / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA24 – 21Jeong / Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / Ju / MunKOR
Match #1103 Aug 16:15Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Elorza / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Martín / Navarro / PinedoESP25 – 24Kain / Boson / Ågren / Torstenson / Grubbström / Roberts / Johansson / Gulldén / Fogelström / Flognman / Ahlm / WibergSWE
Match #1203 Aug 21:15Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR24 – 23Pedersen / Melgaard Sall / Thorsgaard / Dalby / Krogshede / Holst Larsen / Jørgensen / Troelsen / Nørgaard / Kristensen / Skov / BurgaardDEN
Match #1305 Aug 9:30Kim / Jo / Yu / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / Ju / MunKOR32 – 28Kain / Fredén / Boson / Ågren / Torstenson / Grubbström / Roberts / Johansson / Gulldén / Fogelström / Flognman / Ahlm / WibergSWE
Match #1405 Aug 14:30Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Elorza / Fernández / Fernández / López / Mangué / Navarro / PinedoESP25 – 20Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR
Match #1505 Aug 19:30Leynaud / Darleux / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Herbrecht / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA30 – 24Mortensen / Pedersen / Melgaard Sall / Thorsgaard / Dalby / Krogshede / Bonde / Holst Larsen / Jørgensen / Troelsen / Nørgaard / Kristensen / Skov / BurgaardDEN

Quarter-Finals

Date
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Aug 10:00Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR21 – 19Chana / Dara / Nascimento / Rocha / Piedade / da Silva / Ana Paula / Pinheiro / Amorim / Cararo / May / DeoniseBRA
Match #207 Aug 13:30Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Lee / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / Ju / MunKOR24 – 23Sedoykina / Sidorova / Postnova / Bodniyeva / Davydenko / Levina / Shipilova / Muravyova / Zhilinskayte / Marennikova / Bliznova / Turey / Khmyrova / Chernoivanenko-FominaRUS
Match #307 Aug 17:00Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Navarro / PinedoESP25 – 22Grubišić / Jelčić / Tatari / Jovetić / Šerić / Gaće / Pušić-Koroljević / Horvat / Franić / Penezić / Lovrić / Zebić / Milanović Litre / BašićCRO
Match #407 Aug 20:30Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE23 – 22Leynaud / Dancette / Kanto / Ayglon / Pineau / Mendy / Baudouin / Dembélé / Deroin / Tervel / Signate / LacrabèreFRA

Semi-Finals

Date
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 17:00Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR31 – 25Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Lee / Gwon / Jeong / Sim / U / Lee / Choi / Ju / MunKOR
Match #209 Aug 20:30Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Miljanić / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE27 – 26Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Fernández / Fernández / Mangué / Navarro / PinedoESP

Final Round

Date
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 17:00Sulland / Johansen / Grimsbø / Frafjord / Kurtović / Lunde-Haraldsen / Herrem / Alstad / Nøstvold / Løke / Snorroeggen / Riegelhuth Koren / Breivang / Lunde-BorgersenNOR26 – 23Vukčević / Barjaktarović / Radičević / Đokić / Jovanović / Bulatović / Savić / Popović / Lazović / Bulatović / Mehmedović / KneževićMNE
Match 3/411 Aug 20:30Aguilar / Alberto / Alonso / Amorós / Barno / Ciobanu / Cuadrado / Fernández / Fernández / López / Mangué / Navarro / PinedoESP31 – 29Kim / Jo / Yu / Kim / Gwon / Jeong / U / Lee / Choi / JuKOR