Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Handball competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics for women took place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex for the preliminary competition. From the quarter-final stage onwards the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena.

The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups:
Group A: Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, and Ukraine
Group B: Angola, Denmark, France, South Korea, and Spain

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Denmark (DEN)
Louise Bager Nørgaard
Rikke Skov
Henriette Mikkelsen
Mette Vestergaard
Rikke Hørlykke
Camilla Thomsen
Karin Mortensen
Lotte Kiærskou
Trine Jensen
Katrine Fruelund
Rikke Petersen-Schmidt
Kristine Andersen
Karen Brødsgaard
Line Daugaard
Josephine Touray 		 South Korea (KOR)
Oh Yong-ran
Woo Sun-hee
Huh Soon-young
Lee Gong-joo
Jang So-hee
Kim Hyun-ok
Kim Cha-youn
Oh Seong-ok
Huh Young-sook
Moon Kyeong-ha
Lim O-kyeong
Lee Sang-eun
Myoung Bok-hee
Choi Im-jeong
Moon Pil-hee 		 Ukraine (UKR)
Nataliya Borysenko
Ganna Burmystrova
Tetyana Shynkarenko
Maryna Vergelyuk
Olena Yatsenko
Ganna Siukalo
Olena Radchenko
Olena Tsyhytsia
Galyna Markushevska
Lyudmyla Shevchenko
Iryna Honcharova
Nataliya Lyapina
Anastasiya Borodina
Larysa Zaspa
Oxana Rayhel

Qualification

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 5 September 1997 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Greece
2002 European Championship 6–15 December 2002  Denmark 1  Denmark
2003 Pan American Games 2–12 August 2003 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1  Brazil
African qualification tournament 18–20 September 2003 Angola Luanda 1  Angola
Asian qualification tournament[1] 23–28 September 2003  Japan 1  China
2003 World Championship 2–14 December 2003  Croatia 5  France
 Hungary
 South Korea
 Ukraine
 Spain
Total 10

Rosters

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 4 4 0 0 99 82 +17 8 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 4 3 0 1 118 93 +25 6
3  China 4 2 0 2 106 90 +16 4
4  Brazil 4 1 0 3 97 105 −8 2
5  Greece (H) 4 0 0 4 74 124 −50 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
15 August 2004
14:30 		China  24–28  Hungary Sports Pavilion
Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY)
Li W. 8 (11–14) Kulcsár, Radulovics 8
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15 August 2004
16:30 		Greece  21–29  Brazil Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Gioupi 6 (8–14) Piedade 7
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17 August 2004
14:30 		Ukraine  26–21  China Sports Pavilion
Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
Rayhel 9 (15-10) Li W. 7
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17 August 2004
16:30 		Hungary  33–20  Greece Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG)
Kirsner, Siti 6 (15–9) Gioupi 8
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19 August 2004
16:30 		Greece  13–33  China Sports Pavilion
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
three players 3 (6–15) Zhai 7
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19 August 2004
19:30 		Brazil  19–21  Ukraine Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG)
A. Silva 6 (10–10) Yatsenko, Lyapina 5
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21 August 2004
16:30 		Ukraine  29–20  Greece Sports Pavilion
Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG)
Lyapina 7 (15–10) Gkolia 10
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21 August 2004
21:30 		Brazil  26–35  Hungary Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
A. Silva 8 (14–19) Radulovics 10
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23 August 2004
16:30 		China  28–23  Brazil Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Zhai 10 (11–13) Nascimento 5
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23 August 2004
19:30 		Hungary  22–23  Ukraine Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR)
Radulovics 9 (12–8) Lyapina 8
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 3 1 0 135 103 +32 7[a] Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 4 3 1 0 125 98 +27 7[a]
3  France 4 2 0 2 105 106 −1 4
4  Spain 4 0 1 3 86 110 −24 1[b]
5  Angola 4 0 1 3 97 131 −34 1[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b South Korea 29–29 Denmark
  2. ^ a b Spain 24–24 Angola
15 August 2004
19:30 		Spain  24–24  Angola Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG)
Puche 13 (14–10) Belezura, Dionísia 5
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15 August 2004
21:30 		Denmark  35–26  France Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
Brødsgaard 8 (16–11) Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
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17 August 2004
19:30 		South Korea  29–29  Denmark Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
Woo 8 (14–13) Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
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17 August 2004
21:30 		France  27–20  Spain Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Lejeune, Tervel 6 (13–10) Puche 5
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19 August 2004
14:30 		Angola  30–40  South Korea Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Ilda 11 (12–19) Oh 10
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19 August 2004
21:30 		Spain  21–23  Denmark Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY)
Mangué 6 (8–14) Thomsen, Andersen 4
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21 August 2004
14:30 		Angola  21–29  France Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
Ilda 7 (6–12) Pecqueux-Rolland 8
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21 August 2004
19:30 		South Korea  36–21  Spain Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
Woo, Lee S 7 (20–7) Gómez 5
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23 August 2004
14:30 		France  23–30  South Korea Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
Wendling 8 (13–18) Lim 8
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23 August 2004
21:30 		Denmark  38–22  Angola Sports Pavilion, Athens
Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
Daugaard 7 (19–8) Ilda 8
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
26 August
 
 
 Ukraine25
 
27 August
 
 Spain23
 
 Ukraine20
 
26 August
 
 Denmark29
 
 China28
 
29 August
 
 Denmark34
 
 Denmark (pen.)38
 
26 August
 
 South Korea36
 
 France25
 
27 August
 
 Hungary23
 
 France31
 
26 August
 
 South Korea32 Bronze medal
 
 South Korea26
 
28 August
 
 Brazil24
 
 Ukraine21
 
 
 France18
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
 Spain27
 
29 August
 
 China23
 
 Spain29
 
28 August
 
 Hungary38
 
 Hungary36
 
 
 Brazil31
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 August
 
 
 China25
 
 
 Brazil26

Quarterfinals

26 August 2004
14:30 		Ukraine  25–23  Spain Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
three players 4 (12–9) Ortuno 6
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26 August 2004
16:30 		France  25–23  Hungary Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
Lejeune 6 (10–13) Radulovics 6
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26 August 2004
19:30 		South Korea  26–24  Brazil Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
Lee S 7 (16–9) L. Silva 7
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26 August 2004
21:30 		China  28–32  Denmark Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
Wang S. 7 (14–18) Fruelund 7
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5–8th place semifinals

28 August 2004
09:30 		Spain  27–23  China Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY)
García, Puche 5 (16–10) Wang S. 7
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28 August 2004
11:30 		Hungary  36–31  Brazil Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Radulovics 7 (17–14) Santos 9
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Semifinals

27 August 2004
19:30 		France  31–32  South Korea Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR)
Pecqueux-Rolland, Cano 6 (10–13) Lee G 7
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27 August 2004
21:30 		Ukraine  20–29  Denmark Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Lyapina 5 (11–13) Fruelund 9
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Ninth place game

26 August 2004
12:30 		Greece  23–38  Angola Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Potari 6 (11–18) Ilda 8
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Seventh place game

29 August 2004
08:30 		China  25–26  Brazil Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
Li W. 7 (10–13) A. Silva 6
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Fifth place game

29 August 2004
14:30 		Spain  29–38  Hungary Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Puche 7 (15–22) Radulovics 10
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Bronze medal game

28 August 2004
16:30 		Ukraine  21–18  France Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena
Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
Vergelyuk 6 (10–10) Lejeune 7
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Gold medal game

29 August 2004
10:45 		Denmark  38–36 (ET)  South Korea Helliniko Indoor Arena
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Fruelund 15 (14–14) Lee S 9
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FT: 25–25 ET: 4–4, 5–5 Pen: 4–2

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ukraine
4  France
5  Hungary
6  Spain
7  Brazil
8  China
9  Angola
10  Greece

All-Star Team

Source: IHF

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Bojana Radulovics  Hungary 54 96 56
2 Katrine Fruelund  Denmark 50 73 68
3 Lee Sang-eun  South Korea 44 60 73
4 Aline Silva  Brazil 40 70 57
5 Ilda Bengue  Angola 38 60 63
6 Woo Sun-hee  South Korea 37 50 74
7 Leila Lejeune  France 36 72 50
8 Nataliya Lyapina  Ukraine 35 46 76
9 Montserrat Puche  Spain 34 47 72
10 Li Weiwei  China 32 62 52
Chao Zhai  China 70 46

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Rikke Schmidt  Denmark 44 86 195
2 Nataliya Borysenko  Ukraine 43 59 136
3 Darly de Paula  Brazil 40 34 85
Katalin Palinger  Hungary 97 240
5 Odete Tavares  Angola 39 28 71
6 Karin Mortensen  Denmark 37 36 97
Eugenia Sánchez  Spain 64 172
8 Valerie Nicolas  France 36 57 157
9 Chana Masson  Brazil 35 76 217
Oh Yong-ran  South Korea 78 224

References

  • "2004 Athens Olympic Games – Official results book" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  1. ^ "2003年アテネオリンピックアジア予選 兵庫／神戸大会" [Asian qualification tournament for Athens 2004 Olympic Games – Hyōgo/Kobe]. JHA (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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