Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.[1]

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates26 July – 3 August
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches18
Goals scored901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lim O-kyeong
(41 goals)
Next

Qualification

Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
1994 European Championship17–25 September 1994 Germany1 Germany*
1995 Pan American Games15–24 March 1995 Mar del Plata1 United States
1995 Asian Championship6–8 May 1995 Seoul1 China*
African qualification tournament9 August 1995 Abidjan1 Angola
1995 World Championship5–17 December 1995 Austria
 Hungary
4 South Korea
 Hungary
 Denmark
 Norway
Total8

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 89 62 +27 6 Semifinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 81 70 +11 4
3  China 3 1 0 2 71 83 12 2 Fifth place game
4  United States (H) 3 0 0 3 64 90 26 0 Seventh place game
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
26 July 1996
10:00
Hungary  29–19  China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Mátéfi 11 (14–11) Shi 5
26 July 1996
14:30
Denmark  29–19  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
A. Andersen 8 (13–9) Hires 8

28 July 1996
12:00
China  21–33  Denmark Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Shi 6 (9–19) Madsen 7
28 July 1996
14:30
United States  24–30  Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Hires 8 (8–19) Németh 6

30 July 1996
10:00
Hungary  22–27  Denmark Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Mátéfi 7 (12–14) C. Andersen 7
30 July 1996
16:30
China  31–21  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
Zhai 11 (16–11) Hires 6

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 83 60 +23 6 Semifinals
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 79 66 +13 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 70 73 3 2 Fifth place game
4  Angola 3 0 0 3 49 82 33 0 Seventh place game
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 July 1996
12:00
Norway  30–18  Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
Grini 10 (15–7) Barbosa 4
26 July 1996
16:30
South Korea  33–20  Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Lim 7 (17–12) Erler, Luca 4

28 July 1996
10:00
Angola  19–25  South Korea Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Webba 7 (8–15) three players 5
28 July 1996
16:30
Germany  23–28  Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Ritskiavitchius 8 (11–15) Grini 10

30 July 1996
12:00
Germany  27–12  Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Jurack, Waelzer 5 (10–6) Webba 5
30 July 1996
14:30
South Korea  25–21  Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Lim 9 (12–10) Grini 7

Playoffs

Bracket

 
SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Denmark23
 
3 August
 
 Norway19
 
 Denmark (OT)37
 
1 August
 
 South Korea33
 
 South Korea39
 
 
 Hungary25
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
3 August
 
 
 Norway18
 
 
 Hungary20

Semifinals

1 August 1996
11:45
Denmark  23–19  Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
A. Andersen 9 (12–6) Grini, Larsen 4

1 August 1996
16:15
South Korea  39–25  Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Hong 9 (19–10) Mátéfi 5

Seventh place game

1 August 1996
10:00
United States  23–24  Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Cain 8 (11–11) Barbosa 6

Fifth place game

1 August 1996
14:30
Germany  26–28  China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Heinz 7 (12–16) Shi 12

Bronze medal game

3 August 1996
15:30
Norway  18–20  Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Grini 8 (9–7) four players 3

Gold medal game

3 August 1996
17:15
Denmark  37–33 (ET)  South Korea Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
A. Andersen 11 (13–17) Lim 15

FT: 29–29 ET: 2–2, 6–3

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1 Denmark
2 South Korea
3 Hungary
4 Norway
5 China
6 Germany
7 Angola
8 United States
Top goalscorers
PlayerGamesGoalsAttempts
1. Lim O-kyeong54158
2. Kjersti Grini53974
3. Eszter Mátéfi53558
4. Anja Andersen53355
5. Shi Wei43163
6. Zhai Chao42952
7. Chryssandra Hires42655
8. Oh Seong-ok52447
All-star team
Susanne Lauritsen (DEN)
Kjersti Grini (NOR)Anja Andersen (DEN)Hong Jeong-ho (KOR)
Kim Eun-mi (KOR)Erzsébet Kocsis (HUN)Lim O-kyeong (KOR)

References

  1. "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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