2001 World Women's Handball Championship

2001 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Italy
Dates 4–16 December 2001
Teams 24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches 80
Goals scored 4154 (51.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Ausra Fridrikas (AUT) 87
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The 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, the 15th of its kind, was held between December 4 and December 16, 2001, and was hosted by Italy, with the final being played in Merano.

Results

Preliminary round

     Team advanced to the Knockout round
     Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 5 0 0 141 98 +43 10
 France 5 4 0 1 135 102 +33 8
 China 5 3 0 2 130 142 −12 6
 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 117 121 −4 3
 Ukraine 5 1 0 4 120 145 −25 2
 Macedonia 5 0 1 4 110 145 −35 1

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 5 5 0 0 135 116 +19 10
 Hungary 5 4 0 1 142 116 +26 8
 Spain 5 3 0 2 136 128 +8 6
 Angola 5 2 0 3 126 116 +10 4
 Romania 5 1 0 4 129 135 −6 2
 Congo 5 0 0 5 95 151 −56 0

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 0 142 107 +35 10
 Yugoslavia 5 3 1 1 168 122 +46 7
 Austria 5 3 1 1 146 129 +17 7
 South Korea 5 2 0 3 146 133 +13 4
 Japan 5 1 0 4 115 151 −36 2
 Greenland 5 0 0 5 77 152 −75 0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 5 0 0 175 91 +84 10
 Slovenia 5 4 0 1 147 114 +33 8
 Brazil 5 3 0 2 123 130 −7 6
 Italy 5 2 0 3 109 122 −13 4
 Tunisia 5 1 0 4 102 134 −32 2
 Uruguay 5 0 0 5 90 155 −65 0

Knockout round

Eight-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 C3   Austria  26
 D2   Slovenia  21  
   C3   Austria  26
 A1   Denmark  27  
 A1   Denmark  30
 D4   Angola  18
   A1   Denmark  20
 C1   Russia  26  
 A3   China  23
 B2   Hungary  24  
   B2   Hungary  23
 C1   Russia  30
 C1   Russia  24
 D4   Italy  19
   C1   Russia  30
 D1   Norway  25
 B3   Spain  25
 A2   France  32  
   A2   France  26
 D1   Norway  29  
 D1   Norway  29
 C4   South Korea  25 Bronze final
   D1   Norway  34  A1   Denmark  40
 C2   Yugoslavia  33  C2   Yugoslavia  42
 D3   Brazil  22
 C2   Yugoslavia  38  
   C2   Yugoslavia  32
 B1   Sweden  18
 B1   Sweden  23
 A4   Netherlands  21
Placement matches
 C3   Austria  33
 B2   Hungary  36   5th position match
   B2   Hungary  30
 A2   France  31
 A2   France  22
 B1   Sweden  21
7th position match
 C3   Austria  33
 B1   Sweden  31

Statistics

Top scorers

1  Ausra Fridrikas (AUT) 87
2  Leila Lejeune (FRA) 71
3  K.N. Morskova (ESP) 67
4  Kjersti Grini (NOR) 53
5  Åsa Eriksson (SWE) 50
6 Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMaja Savic (YUG)

 Chao Zhai (CHN)

 49
8  E. Tchaoussova (RUS)

Federal Republic of YugoslaviaBojana Petrovic (YUG)

 47
10  Barbara Strass (AUT)

Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSandra Kolakovic (YUG)

 45

Top Goalkeepers

# Player Sh Sa Rate
1  Cecilie Leganger (NOR) 297 128 43.1%
2  Jenny Lindblom (SWE) 301 119 39.5%
3  Valerie Nicolas (FRA) 252 86 34.1%
4 Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZlata Paplacko (YUG) 241 84 34.9%
5  N. Rusnachenko (AUT) 224 83 37.1%
6  Lene Rantala (DEN) 195 72 36.9%
7  Svetlana Bogdanova (RUS) 165 71 43.0%
8  Nada Tutnijc (SLO) 159 66 41.5%
8  Chana Masson (BRA) 197 66 33.5%
10  Verena Wolf (ITA) 201 63 31.3%

Final standings

1st  Russia
2nd  Norway
3rd  Yugoslavia
4  Denmark
5  France
6  Hungary
7  Austria
8  Sweden
9  Slovenia
10  Spain
11  China
12  Brazil
13  Angola
14  Netherlands
15  South Korea
16  Italy
17  Romania
18  Ukraine
19  Tunisia
20  Japan
21  Macedonia
22  Congo
23  Uruguay
24  Greenland

References


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