# Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls handball tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing was held from 20 to 25 August. Games were played at the Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium.
South Korea won their first title after defeating Russia 32-31 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze, by winning against Brazil 23-16.

## Competition schedule

| G | Group stage | P | Placement matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Mon 25 |
| Women | G | G | G | G | P | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified | Group |
| Host Nation | Vancouver | 10 February 2010 | 1 | China | B |
| 2013 European Youth Championship | Gdańsk/Gdynia | 15–25 August 2013 | 2 | Sweden | B |
| 2013 European Youth Championship | Gdańsk/Gdynia | 15–25 August 2013 | 2 | Russia | A |
| 2013 Asian Youth Games | Nanjing | 16–24 August 2013 | 1 | South Korea | A |
| 2013 African Youth Nations Championship | Oyo | 22–31 August 2013 | 1 | Angola | A |
| 2014 Pan American Youth Championship | Fortaleza | 20–28 April 2014 | 1 | Brazil | B |
| Oceania Qualification Event | - | Cancelled | 0 | | |
| TOTAL | | | 6 | | |

## Competition format

The six teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of three, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 2 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 0 | 5th place game |
| 20 August 14:00 | Angola | 21–34 | Russia | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| 20 August 14:00 | Paulino 8 | (12–20) | three players 4 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| 20 August 14:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| 21 August 14:00 | South Korea | 39–23 | Angola | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 21 August 14:00 | Kang D. 7 | (20–11) | Da Costa 6 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 21 August 14:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 22 August 14:00 | Russia | 36–31 | South Korea | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| 22 August 14:00 | Frolova 9 | (16–16) | Yu 7 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| 22 August 14:00 | 2× 3× | | 3× 1× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 2 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 0 | 5th place game |
| 20 August 16:00 | China | 14–39 | Sweden | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France) |
| 20 August 16:00 | Suo 5 | (8–20) | three players 7 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France) |
| 20 August 16:00 | 3× 7× | Report | 3× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France) |
| 21 August 14:00 | Brazil | 32–18 | China | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 21 August 14:00 | Costa, Fernandes 5 | (14–6) | Liu 6 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 21 August 14:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 22 August 14:00 | Sweden | 32–24 | Brazil | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan) |
| 22 August 14:00 | Mellegård 7 | (16–11) | Carneiro, De Paula 6 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan) |
| 22 August 14:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 4× 1× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan) |

## Knockout stage
### Fifth place game

| 24 August 9:00 | Angola | 31–18 | China | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 24 August 9:00 | Paulino 8 | (14–6) | Shi 5 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 24 August 9:00 | | Report | 2× 4× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan) |
| 25 August 9:00 | China | 22–22 | Angola | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| 25 August 9:00 | Lin, Suo 7 | (9–11) | Paulino 9 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
| 25 August 9:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Wang, Li (China) |
Angola win 53-40 on aggregate

### Semifinals

| 24 August 13:00 | South Korea | 25–24 | Sweden | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 24 August 13:00 | Kang E. 6 | (11–10) | Ekenman-Fernis 10 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 24 August 13:00 | 2× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 5× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland) |
| 24 August 15:30 | Russia | 30–22 | Brazil | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Liu, Li (China) |
| 24 August 15:30 | Golikova, Vernigorova 5 | (17–7) | De Paula 6 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Liu, Li (China) |
| 24 August 15:30 | 4× 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Liu, Li (China) |

### Bronze medal game

| 25 August 13:00 | Sweden | 23–16 | Brazil | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan) |
| 25 August 13:00 | four players 4 | (11–5) | Arruda 5 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan) |
| 25 August 13:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan) |

### Gold medal game

| 25 August 18:00 | South Korea | 32–31 | Russia | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| 25 August 18:00 | Kang K. 12 | (17–14) | Golikova, Markova 7 | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |
| 25 August 18:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden) |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Russia |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Angola |
| 6 | China |