- Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament
Infobox International Handball Competition
tourney_name = 2008 Women's Olympic handball tournament
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country = China
dates =9 August -23 August
num_teams = 12
confederations = 5
venues = 2
cities = 1
champion_other = hbw|NOR
count =
second_other = hbw|RUS
third_other = hbw|KOR
fourth_other = hbw|HUN
matches =
goals =
attendance =
top_scorer =
player =
updated =The women's handball tournament at the2008 Summer Olympics is being held fromAugust 9 toAugust 23 , at theOlympic Sports Centre Gymnasium andNational Indoor Stadium inBeijing . Twelve nations are represented in the women's tournament.The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches will compete in the 5th-8th classification matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.
Qualifying
All times are
China Standard Time (UTC+8 )handballbox
date=August 9
time=09:00
team1=hbw-rt|FRA
score= 32–21
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A01.shtml#HBW400A01 (Report)]
team2=hbw|ANG
goals1= Herbrecht 8
goals2= Bengue, De Almeida 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS) ----handballbox
date=August 9
time=14:00
team1=hbw-rt|ROU
score= 31–19
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A02.shtml#HBW400A02 (Report)]
team2=hbw|KAZ
goals1= Elisei 6
goals2= Ajiderskaya 10
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA) ----handballbox
date=August 9
time=19:00
team1=hbw-rt|NOR
score= 30–23
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A03.shtml#HBW400A03 (Report)]
team2=hbw|CHN
goals1= Hammerseng 7
goals2= Li W 8
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY) ----handballbox
date=August 11
time=09:00
team1=hbw-rt|KAZ
score= 18–21
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A04.shtml#HBW400A04 (Report)]
team2=hbw|FRA
goals1= Ajiderskaya 7
goals2= Lacrabere 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP) ----handballbox
date=August 11
time=14:00
team1=hbw-rt|ANG
score= 17–31
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A05.shtml#HBW400A05 (Report)]
team2=hbw|NOR
goals1= De Almeida 5
goals2= Riegelhuth 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Liu S (CHN), Liu F (CHN)----handballbox
date=August 11
time=19:00
team1=hbw-rt|CHN
score= 20–34
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A06.shtml#HBW400A06 (Report)]
team2=hbw|ROU
goals1=Wei 6
goals2=Amariei 9
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee=Liudownyk (UKR), Vakula (UKR) ----handballbox
date=August 13
time=10:45
team1=hbw-rt|ROU
score= 34–26
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A07.shtml#HBW400A07 (Report)]
team2=hbw|FRA
goals1=Maier 11
goals2= Tervel 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)----handballbox
date=August 13
time=15:45
team1=hbw-rt|CHN
score= 32–24
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A08.shtml#HBW400A08 (Report)]
team2=hbw|ANG
goals1= Liu 7
goals2= De Almeida 8
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)----handballbox
date=August 13
time=19:00
team1=hbw-rt|NOR
score= 35–19
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A09.shtml#HBW400A09 (Report)]
team2=hbw|KAZ
goals1= Lybekk, Nyberg 5
goals2= Vassilyeva 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)----handballbox
date=August 15
time=09:00
team1=hbw-rt|KAZ
score= 29–26
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A10.shtml#HBW400A10 (Report)]
team2=hbw|CHN
goals1= Pikalova 8
goals2= Li W 11
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Lemme (GER), Ullrich (GER)----handballbox
date=August 15
time=15:45
team1=hbw-rt|ROU
score= 28–23
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A11.shtml#HBW400A11 (Report)]
team2=hbw|ANG
goals1= Maier 7
goals2= De Almeida 8
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)----handballbox
date=August 15
time=19:00
team1=hbw-rt|FRA
score= 24–34
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A12.shtml#HBW400A12 (Report)]
team2=hbw|NOR
goals1= Baudoin 6
goals2= Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)----handballbox
date=August 17
time=10:45
team1=hbw-rt|ANG
score= 24–24
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A13.shtml#HBW400A13 (Report)]
team2=hbw|KAZ
goals1= Bengue 6
goals2= Ajiderskaya, Kubrina, Portova 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)----handballbox
date=August 17
time=14:00
team1=hbw-rt|NOR
score= 24–23
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A14.shtml#HBW400A14 (Report)]
team2=hbw|ROU
goals1= Johansen, Lybekk 4
goals2= Amariei, Stanca 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)----handballbox
date=August 17
time=15:45
team1=hbw-rt|FRA
score= 18–21
report= [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/HB/C73/HBW400A15.shtml#HBW400A15 (Report)]
team2=hbw|CHN
goals1= Ayglon 5
goals2= Wu 5
stadium=Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
attendance=
referee= Liudowyk (UKR), Vakula (UKR)Group B
Top Goalscorers
References
External links
* [http://www.beijing2008.com Beijing 2008 Olympic Games]
* [http://www.ihf.info International Handball Federation]
* [http://www.eurohandball.com European Handball Federation]
* [http://teamhandballnews.com/page18.html Team Handball News 2008 Women's Olympic Qualification Summary]
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