Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Dates | 28 July – 11 August |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 1,908 (50.21 per match) |
Attendance | 185,189 (4,873 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (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
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() | ||
2010 European Championship | 7–19 December 2010 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 | 12–21 October 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 Pan American Games | 15–23 October 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 World Championship | 2–18 December 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 12 |
- † Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
Seeding
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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Rosters
Group stage
Group A
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 115 | +30 | 8 | |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 125 | +26 | 7 | |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 123 | +14 | 5 | |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 142 | −10 | 2 | |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 166 | −75 | 0 |
28 July 2012 09:30 | Russia ![]() | 30 – 27 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 130 | +6 | 7 | |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 114 | +5 | 7 | |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 120 | −2 | 5 | |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 121 | −8 | 2 | |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 131 | −23 | 0 |
28 July 2012 11:15 | Spain ![]() | 27 – 31 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616[31] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
Nørgaard 10 | (10–17) | Nijtam 6 | ||
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 19 | ||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 21 | ||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 31 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 23 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 26 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 23 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 26 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 27 | ||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 23 | B2 | ![]() | 29 | |||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 22 | B3 | ![]() | 31 |
Quarter-finals
7 August 2012 10:00 | Brazil ![]() | 19 – 21 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559[35] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
Signaté 5 | (13–13) | Popović, Bulatović 6 | ||
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Semi-finals
9 August 2012 17:00 | Norway ![]() | 31 – 25 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,087[37] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
Alberto 6 | (13–13) | Bulatović 9 | ||
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Bronze medal match
11 August 2012 17:00 | South Korea ![]() | 29 – 31 (ET) | ![]() | 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
11 August 2012 20:30 | Norway ![]() | 26 – 23 | ![]() | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,739[39] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Sulland 10 | (13–10) | Bulatović 10 | ||
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Rankings and statistics
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Points | GD |
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![]() | ![]() | 11 | +9 |
![]() | ![]() | 9 | +13 |
![]() | ![]() | 11 | +9 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | –1 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | +21 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | +13 |
7 | ![]() | 8 | +27 |
8 | ![]() | 7 | +25 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | –8 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | –10 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | –23 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | –75 |
All-star team
- Goalkeeper:
Kari Aalvik Grimsbo
- Left wing:
Jo Hyo-bi
- Left back:
Bojana Popović
- Central back:
Marta Mangué
- Right back:
Katarina Bulatović
- Right wing:
Alexandra do Nascimento
- Line player:
Heidi Løke
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Top goalkeepers
Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
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1 | Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | ![]() | 42% | 67 | 161 |
2 | Cléopatre Darleux | ![]() | 41% | 18 | 44 |
3 | Amandine Leynaud | ![]() | 38% | 61 | 161 |
4 | Silvia Navarro | ![]() | 37% | 96 | 258 |
Mayssa Pessoa | ![]() | 37% | 21 | 57 | |
Anna Sedoykina | ![]() | 37% | 34 | 92 | |
7 | Ivana Jelčić | ![]() | 35% | 62 | 177 |
8 | Sonja Barjaktarović | ![]() | 34% | 55 | 161 |
Ju Hui | ![]() | 34% | 99 | 292 | |
10 | Karin Mortensen | ![]() | 33% | 27 | 82 |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Katarina Bulatović | ![]() | 53 | 93 | 57% |
2 | Bojana Popović | ![]() | 46 | 77 | 60% |
3 | Ryu Eun-hee | ![]() | 43 | 92 | 47% |
4 | Alexandra do Nascimento | ![]() | 37 | 55 | 67% |
5 | Marta Mangué | ![]() | 34 | 67 | 51% |
6 | Nely Carla Alberto | ![]() | 33 | 58 | 57% |
Linn Jørum Sulland | ![]() | 33 | 66 | 50% | |
8 | Jo Hyo-bi | ![]() | 32 | 52 | 62% |
Ann Grete Nørgaard | ![]() | 32 | 52 | 62% | |
10 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | ![]() | 31 | 39 | 79% |
Andrea Penezić | ![]() | 31 | 55 | 56% | |
Jovanka Radičević | ![]() | 31 | 51 | 61% |
References
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