Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2000 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	17 September - 1 October
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	South Korea
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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

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	4	4	0	0	131	100	+31	8
Hungary	4	2	1	1	119	106	+13	5
France	4	2	0	2	90	93	-3	4
Romania	4	1	1	2	99	101	-2	3
Angola	4	0	0	4	98	137	-39	0

September 17, 2000
Hungary	42 – 22	Angola
South Korea	25 – 18	France
September 19, 2000
France	22 – 23	Hungary
Romania	25 – 34	South Korea
September 21, 2000
Angola	25 – 35	Romania
Hungary	33 – 41	South Korea
September 23, 2000
Angola	27 – 29	France
Romania	21 – 21	Hungary
September 25, 2000
South Korea	31 – 24	Angola
France	21 – 18	Romania

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Norway	4	4	0	0	101	72	+29	8
Denmark	4	3	0	1	124	83	+41	6
Austria	4	2	0	2	131	90	+41	4
Brazil	4	1	0	3	100	133	-33	2
Australia	4	0	0	4	59	137	-78	0

September 17, 2000
Denmark	17 – 19	Norway
Australia	19 – 32	Brazil
September 19, 2000
Norway	28 – 18	Australia
Austria	26 – 30	Denmark
September 21, 2000
Brazil	26 – 45	Austria
Australia	12 – 38	Denmark
September 23, 2000
Brazil	16 – 30	Norway
Austria	39 – 10	Australia
September 25, 2000
Denmark	39 – 26	Brazil
Norway	24 – 21	Austria

Knockout stage

In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal final
	South Korea	35
	Brazil	24
					South Korea	29
					Denmark	31
	France	26
	Denmark	28
									Denmark	31
									Hungary	27
	Austria	27
	Hungary	28
					Hungary	28			Bronze medal final
					Norway	23
	Norway	28							South Korea	21
	Romania	16							Norway	22

Classification playoffs

5th – 8th place

	5th–8th place matches				5th place match
	Brazil	23
	France	32
					France	32
					Austria	33
					7th place match
	Austria	29		Brazil	33
	Romania	23			Romania	38

9th / 10th place

Angola v Australia

Angola	26 – 18	Australia

Rankings and statistics

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