# Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 150 players, distributed among ten national teams, participated in this tournament.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Denmark (DEN) Lene Rantala Camilla Andersen Tina Bøttzau Janne Kolling Tonje Kjærgaard Karen Brødsgaard Katrine Fruelund Maja Grønbæk Christina Hansen Anette Hoffmann Lotte Kiærskou Karin Mortensen Anja Nielsen Rikke Petersen Mette Vestergaard | Hungary (HUN) Beatrix Balogh Rita Deli Ágnes Farkas Andrea Farkas Anikó Kántor Beatrix Kökény Anita Kulcsár Dóra Lőwy Anikó Nagy Ildikó Pádár Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Bojana Radulovics Judith Simics Beáta Siti | Norway (NOR) Kristine Duvholt Trine Haltvik Heidi Tjugum Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim Ann Cathrin Eriksen Kjersti Grini Elisabeth Hilmo Mia Hundvin Tonje Larsen Cecilie Leganger Jeanette Nilsen Marianne Rokne Birgitte Sættem Monica Sandve Else-Marthe Sørlie |

## Qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 24 September 1993 | Monte Carlo | 1 | Australia |
| 1998 European Championship | 21–30 January 2000 | Netherlands | 1 | Denmark |
| 1999 Pan American Games | 31 July – 7 August 1999 | Winnipeg | 1 | Brazil |
| African qualification tournament | 15–18 October 1999 | Cotonou | 1 | Angola |
| 1999 World Championship | 29 November – 12 December 1999 | Denmark Norway | 5 | Norway France Austria Romania Hungary |
| 1999 Asian Championship | 24–29 January 2000 | Kumamoto | 1 | South Korea |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

## Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 100 | +31 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 106 | +13 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 93 | −3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Romania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 101 | −2 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Angola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 137 | −39 | 0 | Ninth place game |
| 17 September 2000 14:30 | Hungary | 42–22 | Angola | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 17 September 2000 14:30 | Radulović 11 | (18–13) | Bengue 8 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 17 September 2000 14:30 | 2× 2× | | 3× 8× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 17 September 2000 21:30 | South Korea | 25–18 | France | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 17 September 2000 21:30 | Lee S. 10 | (15–3) | Lejeune 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 17 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 3× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 19 September 2000 16:30 | France | 22–23 | Hungary | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 19 September 2000 16:30 | Pecqueux-Rolland 6 | (14–12) | Radulović 9 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 19 September 2000 16:30 | 3× 3× | | 2× 4× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 19 September 2000 19:30 | Romania | 25–34 | South Korea | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS) |
| 19 September 2000 19:30 | Dobrin, Luca 5 | (9–16) | Lee S., Oh S. 8 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS) |
| 19 September 2000 19:30 | 3× 2× | | 2× 2× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS) |
| 21 September 2000 16:30 | Angola | 25–35 | Romania | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 21 September 2000 16:30 | Bengue 11 | (11–16) | Dobrin 10 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 21 September 2000 16:30 | 2× 6× | | 3× 10× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 21 September 2000 21:30 | Hungary | 33–41 | South Korea | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 21 September 2000 21:30 | Balogh 8 | (19–16) | Lee S. 18 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 21 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 6× | | 4× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 23 September 2000 14:30 | Angola | 27–29 | France | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 23 September 2000 14:30 | Bengue 7 | (11–16) | Pecqueux-Rolland 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 23 September 2000 14:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 4× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 23 September 2000 21:30 | Romania | 21–21 | Hungary | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 23 September 2000 21:30 | Drăgănescu 7 | (12–10) | Ág. Farkas 6 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 23 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 5× | | 3× 3× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 25 September 2000 16:30 | South Korea | 31–24 | Angola | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 25 September 2000 16:30 | Kim H. 6 | (14–16) | Bengue 10 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 25 September 2000 16:30 | 3× 2× | | 2× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS) |
| 25 September 2000 21:30 | France | 21–18 | Romania | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 25 September 2000 21:30 | Myaro, Pecqueux-Rolland 6 | (11–10) | Luca 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 25 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 7× | | 3× 3× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 72 | +29 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 83 | +41 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 90 | +41 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 133 | −33 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Australia (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 137 | −78 | 0 | Ninth place game |
| 17 September 2000 16:30 | Denmark | 17–19 | Norway | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |
| 17 September 2000 16:30 | four players 3 | (7–10) | Bjerkrheim, Grini 4 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |
| 17 September 2000 16:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 2× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |
| 17 September 2000 19:30 | Australia | 19–32 | Brazil | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 17 September 2000 19:30 | Edland, Kahmke 4 | (7–15) | Roese, L. Silva 6 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 17 September 2000 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 19 September 2000 14:30 | Norway | 28–18 | Australia | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 19 September 2000 14:30 | Grini 13 | (12–11) | Boulton, Shinfield 4 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 19 September 2000 14:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 19 September 2000 21:30 | Austria | 26–30 | Denmark | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| 19 September 2000 21:30 | Fridrikas 11 | (13–16) | Andersen, Kiærskou 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| 19 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 1× | | 2× 3× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| 21 September 2000 14:30 | Brazil | 26–45 | Austria | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 21 September 2000 14:30 | L. Silva 8 | (14–21) | Fridrikas 11 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 21 September 2000 14:30 | 3× 7× | | 3× 2× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 21 September 2000 19:30 | Australia | 12–38 | Denmark | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 21 September 2000 19:30 | Kahmke 5 | (6–18) | Andersen, Roslyng 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 21 September 2000 19:30 | 1× 2× | | 3× 3× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 23 September 2000 16:30 | Brazil | 16–30 | Norway | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 23 September 2000 16:30 | S. Oliveira 4 | (7–18) | Grini 7 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 23 September 2000 16:30 | 2× 5× | | 3× 1× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 23 September 2000 19:30 | Austria | 39–10 | Australia | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 23 September 2000 19:30 | Logwin 8 | (17–6) | three players 2 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 23 September 2000 19:30 | 2× 4× 1× | | 3× 2× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 25 September 2000 14:30 | Denmark | 39–26 | Brazil | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 25 September 2000 14:30 | Kiærskou 9 | (19–12) | Sales 9 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 25 September 2000 14:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 4× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA) |
| 25 September 2000 19:30 | Norway | 24–21 | Austria | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 25 September 2000 19:30 | Grini 8 | (12–7) | Fridrikas 8 | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 25 September 2000 19:30 | 4× 5× | | 4× 3× | Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 28 September | 28 September | | | |
| South Korea | 35 | | | |
| South Korea | 35 | 29 September | 29 September | | |
| Brazil | 24 | 29 September | 29 September | |
| Brazil | 24 | South Korea | 29 | |
| 28 September | 28 September | | South Korea | 29 | |
| 28 September | 28 September | Denmark | 31 | |
| France | 26 | Denmark | 31 | |
| France | 26 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Denmark (OT) | 28 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Denmark (OT) | 28 | | | | Denmark | 31 |
| 28 September | 28 September | | | | | Denmark | 31 |
| 28 September | 28 September | | | | Hungary | 27 |
| Austria | 27 | | | | Hungary | 27 |
| Austria | 27 | 29 September | 29 September | | | |
| Hungary (OT) | 28 | 29 September | 29 September | | | |
| Hungary (OT) | 28 | Hungary | 28 | | | |
| 28 September | 28 September | | Hungary | 28 | | | |
| 28 September | 28 September | Norway | 23 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Norway | 28 | Norway | 23 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Norway | 28 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Romania | 16 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Romania | 16 | | | | South Korea | 21 |
| | | | | | Norway | 22 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 30 September | 30 September |
| Brazil | 23 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1 October | 1 October |
| France | 32 | 1 October | 1 October |
| France | 32 | France | 32 |
| 30 September | 30 September | | France | 32 |
| 30 September | 30 September | Austria (OT) | 33 |
| Austria | 29 | Austria (OT) | 33 |
| Romania | 23 | | |
| Romania | 23 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 1 October | 1 October |
| | | Brazil | 33 |
| | | Romania (OT) | 38 |

### Quarterfinals

| 28 September 2000 14:30 | South Korea | 35–24 | Brazil | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 28 September 2000 14:30 | Kim H. 9 | (19–12) | Sales 8 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 28 September 2000 14:30 | 3× 2× | | 2× 4× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 28 September 2000 16:30 | Austria | 27–28 (ET) | Hungary | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| 28 September 2000 16:30 | Logwin 9 | (12–14) | Ág. Farkas 8 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| 28 September 2000 16:30 | 3× 8× 1× | | 4× 7× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |
| The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE) |||
| 28 September 2000 19:30 | France | 26–28 (ET) | Denmark | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 28 September 2000 19:30 | Myaro 11 | (8–13) | Andersen 7 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 28 September 2000 19:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |||
| 28 September 2000 21:30 | Norway | 28–16 | Romania | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 28 September 2000 21:30 | Grini 9 | (12–8) | Tănase 4 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 28 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 5× | | 3× 5× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 30 September 2000 09:30 | Brazil | 23–32 | France | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 September 2000 09:30 | A. Silva 9 | (9–16) | Pecqueux-Rolland 12 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 September 2000 09:30 | 3× 2× | | 2× 5× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 September 2000 11:30 | Austria | 29–23 | Romania | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 30 September 2000 11:30 | Fridrikas 8 | (12–12) | Drăgănescu 6 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 30 September 2000 11:30 | 3× 3× | | 1× 4× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |

### Semifinals

| 29 September 2000 19:30 | South Korea | 29–31 | Denmark | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 29 September 2000 19:30 | Lee S., Oh S. 7 | (11–20) | Hoffmann 8 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 29 September 2000 19:30 | 3× 5× | | 3× 4× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 29 September 2000 21:30 | Hungary | 28–23 | Norway | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 29 September 2000 21:30 | Radulović 10 | (16–10) | Grini 13 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 29 September 2000 21:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 3× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |

### Ninth place game

| 28 September 2000 12:30 | Angola | 26–18 | Australia | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 28 September 2000 12:30 | Mufuca 9 | (12–6) | Edland 6 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |
| 28 September 2000 12:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY) |

### Seventh place game

| 1 October 2000 09:30 | Brazil | 33–38 (ET) | Romania | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 1 October 2000 09:30 | Sales 9 | (15–17) | Tănase 11 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| 1 October 2000 09:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |
| The Dome, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN) |||

### Fifth place game

| 1 October 2000 11:30 | France | 32–33 (ET) | Austria | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 1 October 2000 11:30 | Ludwig 9 | (8–13) | Logwin 12 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| 1 October 2000 11:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |
| The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY) |||

### Bronze medal game

| 1 October 2000 14:30 | South Korea | 21–22 | Norway | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 1 October 2000 14:30 | Oh S. 7 | (13–12) | Grini 7 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 1 October 2000 14:30 | 4× 6× 1× | | 3× 1× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |

### Gold medal game

| 1 October 2000 16:30 | Denmark | 31–27 | Hungary | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |
| 1 October 2000 16:30 | Hoffmann 11 | (14–16) | Radulović 9 | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |
| 1 October 2000 16:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 1× | The Dome, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA) |

## Rankings and statistics
### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Denmark |
| | Hungary |
| | Norway |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Austria |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Romania |
| 8 | Brazil |
| 9 | Angola |
| 10 | Australia |

### All star team

| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Heidi Tjugum |
| Right wing | Janne Kolling |
| Right back | Bojana Radulovics |
| Line player | Veronique Pecqueux-Rolland |
| Central back | Oh Seong Ok |
| Left back | Kjersti Grini |
| Left wing | Anette Hoffmann |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Kjersti Grini | 61 | 96 | 63.5 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-eun | 59 | 83 | 71.1 |
| 3 | Ausra Fridrikas | 57 | 84 | 67.9 |
| 4 | Bojana Radulović | 55 | 101 | 54.5 |
| 5 | Maria de Sales | 43 | 98 | 43.9 |
| 6 | Camilla Andersen | 40 | 81 | 49.4 |
| 7 | Ilda Bengue | 39 | 62 | 62.9 |
| 7 | Tanja Logwin | 39 | 72 | 52.4 |
| 9 | Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland | 38 | 43 | 88.4 |
| 10 | Ágnes Farkas | 37 | 77 | 48.1 |