2001 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, the 15th of its kind, was held between December 4 and December 16, 2001, and was hosted by Italy, with the final being played in Merano.

2001 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates4–16 December
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runner-up Norway
Third place FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches80
Goals scored4154 (51.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ausra Fridrikas
(87 goals)
Best player Ausra Fridrikas
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Qualification
Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Italy
1999 World Championship 29 November – 12 December 1999  Denmark
 Norway		 1  Norway
2000 African Championship 23 April – 1 May 2000  Algeria 3  Angola
 Congo
 Tunisia
2000 Asian Handball Championship 10–17 August 2000 Shanghai 3  South Korea
 Japan
 China
2000 Pan American Championship 31 October – 5 November 2000 Aracaju 3  Brazil
 Uruguay
 Greenland
2000 European Championship 8–17 December 2000  Romania 5  Hungary
 Ukraine
 Russia
 Romania
 France
European qualification 25 November 2000 – 26 May 2001 Various 8  Austria
 Denmark
 Macedonia
 Netherlands
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
 FR Yugoslavia

Results

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 5 5 0 0 141 98 +43 10 Round of 16
2  France 5 4 0 1 135 102 +33 8
3  China 5 3 0 2 130 142 −12 6
4  Netherlands 5 1 1 3 117 121 −4 3
5  Ukraine 5 1 0 4 120 145 −25 2
6  Macedonia 5 0 1 4 110 145 −35 1
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 5 5 0 0 135 116 +19 10 Round of 16
2  Hungary 5 4 0 1 142 116 +26 8
3  Spain 5 3 0 2 136 128 +8 6
4  Angola 5 2 0 3 126 116 +10 4
5  Romania 5 1 0 4 129 135 −6 2
6  Congo 5 0 0 5 95 151 −56 0
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 0 142 107 +35 10 Round of 16
2  FR Yugoslavia 5 3 1 1 168 122 +46 7
3  Austria 5 3 1 1 146 129 +17 7
4  South Korea 5 2 0 3 146 133 +13 4
5  Japan 5 1 0 4 115 151 −36 2
6  Greenland 5 0 0 5 77 152 −75 0
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 5 5 0 0 175 91 +84 10 Round of 16
2  Slovenia 5 4 0 1 147 114 +33 8
3  Brazil 5 3 0 2 123 130 −7 6
4  Italy 5 2 0 3 109 122 −13 4
5  Tunisia 5 1 0 4 102 134 −32 2
6  Uruguay 5 0 0 5 90 155 −65 0
Source:

Knockout round
Eight-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
C3  Austria 26
D2  Slovenia 21  
  C3  Austria 26
A1  Denmark 27  
A1  Denmark 30
D4  Angola 18
  A1  Denmark 20
C1  Russia 26  
A3  China 23
B2  Hungary 24  
  B2  Hungary 23
C1  Russia 30
C1  Russia 24
D4  Italy 19
  C1  Russia 30
D1  Norway 25
B3  Spain 25
A2  France 32  
  A2  France 26
D1  Norway 29  
D1  Norway 29
C4  South Korea 25 Bronze final
  D1  Norway 34 A1  Denmark 40
C2  FR Yugoslavia 33 C2  FR Yugoslavia 42
D3  Brazil 22
C2  FR Yugoslavia 38  
  C2  FR Yugoslavia 32
B1  Sweden 18
B1  Sweden 23
A4  Netherlands 21
Placement matches
C3  Austria 33
B2  Hungary 36   5th position match
  B2  Hungary 30
A2  France 31
A2  France 22
B1  Sweden 21
7th position match
C3  Austria 33
B1  Sweden 31

Statistics

Top scorers
1  Ausra Fridrikas (AUT) 87
2  Leila Lejeune (FRA) 71
3  Natalia Morskova (ESP) 67
4  Kjersti Grini (NOR) 53
5  Åsa Eriksson (SWE) 50
6 Maja Savić (YUG)

 Chao Zhai (CHN)

 49
8  Elena Tchaoussova (RUS)

Bojana Petrović (YUG)

 47
10  Barbara Strass (AUT)

Sandra Kolaković (YUG)

 45

Top Goalkeepers
# Player Sh Sa Rate
1  Cecilie Leganger (NOR) 297 128 43.1%
2  Jenny Lindblom (SWE) 301 119 39.5%
3  Valérie Nicolas (FRA) 252 86 34.1%
4 Zlata Paplacko (YUG) 241 84 34.9%
5  Nataliya Rusnachenko (AUT) 224 83 37.1%
6  Lene Rantala (DEN) 195 72 36.9%
7  Svetlana Bogdanova (RUS) 165 71 43.0%
8  Nada Tutnijc (SLO) 159 66 41.5%
8  Chana Masson (BRA) 197 66 33.5%
10  Verena Wolf (ITA) 201 63 31.3%

Final standings
 Russia
 Norway
 FR Yugoslavia
4  Denmark
5  France
6  Hungary
7  Austria
8  Sweden
9  Slovenia
10  Spain
11  China
12  Brazil
13  Angola
14  Netherlands
15  South Korea
16  Italy
17  Romania
18  Ukraine
19  Tunisia
20  Japan
21  North Macedonia
22  Congo
23  Uruguay
24  Greenland

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Russia
  Norway
  FR Yugoslavia

References
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