GF World Cup '06

The GF World Cup '06 was an eight-team tournament in women's handball, held in Atletion, Århus, Denmark between 14 November and 19 November 2006. It was the second installment of the Handball World Cup, and the tournament was organised by the Danish Handball Association. It was an invitational tournament with no affiliation to the International Handball Federation, but five of the top eight women's teams in the world competed at this event, including permanent representatives Sweden and Denmark. Defending champions Norway did not take part. The tournament is said to be the world's most prestigious non-IHF handball tournament for women, and most matches in the tournament were broadcast live on Eurosport. [1] Defending world champions Russia won the tournament, after a last-minute victory over Romania in the final, a replay of the 2005 World Championship final.

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Results

In both groups, the semi-finalists were determined before the final round of games.

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Romania 3 3 0 86 77 +9 6
 Denmark 3 2 1 85 72 +13 4
 Sweden 3 1 2 71 84 −13 2
 Poland 3 0 3 76 85 −9 0
Source:

14 November 2006

Romania  33–27  Poland
Denmark  33–27  Sweden

15 November 2006

Romania  28–20  Sweden
Denmark  28–26  Poland

16 November 2006

Poland  23–24  Sweden
Denmark  24–25  Romania

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 112 93 +19 6
 Ukraine 3 2 1 91 88 +3 4
 Netherlands 3 1 2 87 91 −4 2
 Brazil 3 0 3 90 108 −18 0
Source:

14 November 2006

Ukraine  25–24  Netherlands
Russia  38–34  Brazil

15 November 2006

Russia  41–32  Netherlands
Ukraine  39–31  Brazil

16 November 2006

Russia  33–27  Ukraine
Netherlands  31–25  Brazil

Semi finals

18 November 2006

Romania  27–25  Ukraine
Russia  32–28  Denmark

3rd/4th place

19 November 2006

Ukraine  20–24  Denmark

Final

19 November 2006

Romania  28–29  Russia

References
  1. "Russia begin with victory". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
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