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
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goals =
attendance =
top_scorer =
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updated =The women's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics is being held from August 9 to August 23, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. 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)

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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]