# Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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 | Lausanne | 1 | Greece |
| 2002 European Championship | 6–15 December 2002 | Denmark | 1 | Denmark |
| 2003 Pan American Games | 2–12 August 2003 | Santo Domingo | 1 | Brazil |
| African qualification tournament | 18–21 September 2003 | Luanda | 1 | Angola |
| Asian qualification tournament | 23–28 September 2003 | Japan | 1 | China |
| 2003 World Championship | 2–14 December 2003 | Croatia | 5 | France Hungary South Korea Ukraine Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

## 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 90 | +16 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 105 | −8 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Greece (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 124 | −50 | 0 | |
| 15 August 2004 14:30 | China | 24–28 | Hungary | Sports Pavilion Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 15 August 2004 14:30 | Li W. 8 | (11–14) | Kulcsár, Radulovics 8 | Sports Pavilion Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 15 August 2004 14:30 | 4× 11× | | 3× 11× | Sports Pavilion Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 15 August 2004 16:30 | Greece | 21–29 | Brazil | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 15 August 2004 16:30 | Gioupi 6 | (8–14) | Piedade 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 15 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 7× | | 3× 5× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 17 August 2004 14:30 | Ukraine | 26–21 | China | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 17 August 2004 14:30 | Rayhel 9 | (15-10) | Li W. 7 | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 17 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 5× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 17 August 2004 16:30 | Hungary | 33–20 | Greece | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 17 August 2004 16:30 | Kirsner, Siti 6 | (15–9) | Gioupi 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 17 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 8× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 19 August 2004 16:30 | Greece | 13–33 | China | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 19 August 2004 16:30 | three players 3 | (6–15) | Zhai 7 | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 19 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 7× | | 2× 4× | Sports Pavilion Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 19 August 2004 19:30 | Brazil | 19–21 | Ukraine | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 19 August 2004 19:30 | A. Silva 6 | (10–10) | Yatsenko, Lyapina 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 19 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 21 August 2004 16:30 | Ukraine | 29–20 | Greece | Sports Pavilion Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 21 August 2004 16:30 | Lyapina 7 | (15–10) | Gkolia 10 | Sports Pavilion Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 21 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 4× | | 2× 3× | Sports Pavilion Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 21 August 2004 21:30 | Brazil | 26–35 | Hungary | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 21 August 2004 21:30 | A. Silva 8 | (14–19) | Radulovics 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 21 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 5× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 23 August 2004 16:30 | China | 28–23 | Brazil | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 23 August 2004 16:30 | Zhai 10 | (11–13) | Nascimento 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 23 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 23 August 2004 19:30 | Hungary | 22–23 | Ukraine | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 23 August 2004 19:30 | Radulovics 9 | (12–8) | Lyapina 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 23 August 2004 19:30 | 2× 7× | | 3× 6× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 103 | +32 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 98 | +27 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 106 | −1 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 110 | −24 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Angola | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 131 | −34 | 1 | |
* 1 2 South Korea 29–29 Denmark
* 1 2 Spain 24–24 Angola
| 15 August 2004 19:30 | Spain | 24–24 | Angola | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 15 August 2004 19:30 | Puche 13 | (14–10) | Belezura, Dionísia 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 15 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 2× 6× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovački, Marić (SCG) |
| 15 August 2004 21:30 | Denmark | 35–26 | France | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 15 August 2004 21:30 | Brødsgaard 8 | (16–11) | Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 15 August 2004 21:30 | 4× 3× | | 2× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 17 August 2004 19:30 | South Korea | 29–29 | Denmark | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 17 August 2004 19:30 | Woo 8 | (14–13) | Kiærskou, Fruelund 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 17 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 7× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 17 August 2004 21:30 | France | 27–20 | Spain | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 17 August 2004 21:30 | Lejeune, Tervel 6 | (13–10) | Puche 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 17 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 19 August 2004 14:30 | Angola | 30–40 | South Korea | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 19 August 2004 14:30 | Ilda 11 | (12–19) | Oh 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 19 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 19 August 2004 21:30 | Spain | 21–23 | Denmark | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 19 August 2004 21:30 | Mangué 6 | (8–14) | Thomsen, Andersen 4 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 19 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 5× | | 4× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 21 August 2004 14:30 | Angola | 21–29 | France | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 21 August 2004 14:30 | Ilda 7 | (6–12) | Pecqueux-Rolland 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 21 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 21 August 2004 19:30 | South Korea | 36–21 | Spain | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 21 August 2004 19:30 | Woo, Lee S 7 | (20–7) | Gómez 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 21 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 23 August 2004 14:30 | France | 23–30 | South Korea | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 23 August 2004 14:30 | Wendling 8 | (13–18) | Lim 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 23 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 23 August 2004 21:30 | Denmark | 38–22 | Angola | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 23 August 2004 21:30 | Daugaard 7 | (19–8) | Ilda 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 23 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 5× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 26 August | 26 August | | | |
| Ukraine | 25 | | | |
| Ukraine | 25 | 27 August | 27 August | | |
| Spain | 23 | 27 August | 27 August | |
| Spain | 23 | Ukraine | 20 | |
| 26 August | 26 August | | Ukraine | 20 | |
| 26 August | 26 August | Denmark | 29 | |
| China | 28 | Denmark | 29 | |
| China | 28 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Denmark | 32 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Denmark | 32 | | | | Denmark (pen.) | 38 |
| 26 August | 26 August | | | | | Denmark (pen.) | 38 |
| 26 August | 26 August | | | | South Korea | 36 |
| France | 25 | | | | South Korea | 36 |
| France | 25 | 27 August | 27 August | | | |
| Hungary | 23 | 27 August | 27 August | | | |
| Hungary | 23 | France | 31 | | | |
| 26 August | 26 August | | France | 31 | | | |
| 26 August | 26 August | South Korea | 32 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| South Korea | 26 | South Korea | 32 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| South Korea | 26 | | | | 28 August | 28 August |
| Brazil | 24 | | | | 28 August | 28 August |
| Brazil | 24 | | | | Ukraine | 21 |
| | | | | | France | 18 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 28 August | 28 August |
| Spain | 27 |
| Spain | 27 | 29 August | 29 August |
| China | 23 | 29 August | 29 August |
| China | 23 | Spain | 29 |
| 28 August | 28 August | | Spain | 29 |
| 28 August | 28 August | Hungary | 38 |
| Hungary | 36 | Hungary | 38 |
| Brazil | 31 | | |
| Brazil | 31 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 29 August | 29 August |
| | | China | 25 |
| | | Brazil | 26 |

### Quarterfinals

| 26 August 2004 14:30 | Ukraine | 25–23 | Spain | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 26 August 2004 14:30 | three players 4 | (12–9) | Ortuno 6 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 26 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 26 August 2004 16:30 | France | 25–23 | Hungary | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 26 August 2004 16:30 | Lejeune 6 | (10–13) | Radulović 6 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 26 August 2004 16:30 | 4× 6× | | 4× 4× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 26 August 2004 19:30 | South Korea | 26–24 | Brazil | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 26 August 2004 19:30 | Lee S 7 | (16–9) | L. Silva 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 26 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 6× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 26 August 2004 21:30 | China | 28–32 | Denmark | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 26 August 2004 21:30 | Wang S. 7 | (14–18) | Fruelund 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 26 August 2004 21:30 | 4× 5× | | 2× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 28 August 2004 09:30 | Spain | 27–23 | China | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 28 August 2004 09:30 | García, Puche 5 | (16–10) | Wang S. 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 28 August 2004 09:30 | 4× 2× | | 3× 1× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY) |
| 28 August 2004 11:30 | Hungary | 36–31 | Brazil | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 28 August 2004 11:30 | Radulović 7 | (17–14) | Santos 9 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 28 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |

### Semifinals

| 27 August 2004 19:30 | France | 31–32 | South Korea | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 27 August 2004 19:30 | Pecqueux-Rolland, Cano 6 | (10–13) | Lee G 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 27 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 27 August 2004 21:30 | Ukraine | 20–29 | Denmark | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 27 August 2004 21:30 | Lyapina 5 | (11–13) | Fruelund 9 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 27 August 2004 21:30 | 4× 4× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |

### Ninth place game

| 26 August 2004 12:30 | Greece | 23–38 | Angola | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 26 August 2004 12:30 | Potari 6 | (11–18) | Ilda 8 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 26 August 2004 12:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |

### Seventh place game

| 29 August 2004 08:30 | China | 25–26 | Brazil | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 29 August 2004 08:30 | Li W. 7 | (10–13) | A. Silva 6 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 29 August 2004 08:30 | 4× 2× | | 3× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |

### Fifth place game

| 29 August 2004 14:30 | Spain | 29–38 | Hungary | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 29 August 2004 14:30 | Puche 7 | (15–22) | Radulović 10 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 29 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 6× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |

### Bronze medal game

| 28 August 2004 16:30 | Ukraine | 21–18 | France | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 28 August 2004 16:30 | Vergelyuk 6 | (10–10) | Lejeune 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 28 August 2004 16:30 | 4× 8× 1× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |

### Gold medal game

| 29 August 2004 10:45 | Denmark | 38–36 (ET) | South Korea | Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 29 August 2004 10:45 | Fruelund 15 | (14–14) | Lee S 9 | Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 29 August 2004 10:45 | 3× 1× | | 4× 4× | Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |||