Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2004 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	14 August – 29 August
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Bojana Radulović (HUN)
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Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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 Tsygitsa Galyna Markushevska Lyudmyla Shevchenko Iryna Honcharova Nataliya Lyapina Anastasiya Borodina Larysa Zaspa Oxana Rayhel

Group play

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Points
Ukraine	4	4	0	0	99	82	+7	8
Hungary	4	3	1	0	118	93	+25	6
China	4	2	2	0	106	90	+16	4
Brazil	4	1	3	0	97	105	−8	2
Greece	4	0	4	0	74	124	−40	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

15 August 2004 14:30	China	24 – 28	Hungary	Sports Pavilion Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY)
	Li Weiwei 8	(11-14)	Kulcsár, Radulovics 8
	11× 4×		11× 3×

15 August 2004 16:30	Greece	21 - 29	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Gioupi 6	(8-14)	Piedade 7
	7× 3×		5× 3×

17 August 2004 14:30	Ukraine	26 – 21	China	Sports Pavilion Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Rayhel 9	(15-10)	Li Weiwei 7
	5× 3×		4× 3×

17 August 2004 16:30	Hungary	33 - 20	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	Kirsner, Siti 6	(15-9)	Gioupi 8
	4× 3×		8× 3× 1×

19 August 2004 16:30	Greece	13 – 33	China	Sports Pavilion Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	3 players with 3	(6 – 15)	Zhai 7
	7× 3×		4× 2×

19 August 2004 19:30	Brazil	19 - 21	Ukraine	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	A. Silva 6	(10-10)	Yatsenko, Lyapina 5
	4× 3×		4× 3×

21 August 2004 16:30	Ukraine	29 - 20	Greece	Sports Pavilion Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	Lyapina 7	(15-10)	Gkolia 10
	4× 3×		3× 2×

21 August 2004 21:30	Brazil	26 - 35	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	A. Silva 8	(14-19)	Radulovics 10
	4× 3×		5× 3×

23 August 2004 16:30	China	28 - 23	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Zhai 10	(11-13)	Nascimento 5
	3× 3×		4× 3×

23 August 2004 19:30	Hungary	22 - 23	Ukraine	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Radulovics 9	(12-8)	Lyapina 8
	7× 2×		6× 3× 1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	4	3	1	0	135	103	+22	7
Denmark	4	3	1	0	125	98	+27	7
France	4	2	2	0	105	106	−1	4
Spain	4	0	3	1	86	110	−14	1
Angola	4	0	3	1	97	131	−34	1

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

15 August 2004 19:30	Spain	24 – 24	Angola	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	Puche 13	(14-10)	Belezura, Dionísia 5
	4× 3×		6× 2×

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35 - 26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16-11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	3× 4×		3× 2×

17 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	29 - 29	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Woo 8	(14-13)	Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
	7× 3×		3× 3×

17 August 2004 21:30	France	27 - 20	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lejeune, Tervel 6	(13-10)	Puche 5
	4× 3×		3× 3×

19 August 2004 14:30	Angola	30 – 40	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Ilda 11	(12-19)	Oh 10
	1× 3×		3× 3×

19 August 2004 21:30	Spain	21 - 23	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Mangué 6	(8-14)	Thomsen, Andersen 4
	5× 3×		1× 4×

21 August 2004 14:30	Angola	21 - 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Ilda 7	(6-12)	Pecqueux-Rolland 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

21 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	36 - 21	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Woo, Lee S 7	(20-7)	Gomėz 5
	3× 3×		4× 3×

23 August 2004 14:30	France	23 - 30	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Wendling 8	(13-18)	Lim 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

23 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	38 - 22	Angola	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Daugaard 7	(19-8)	Ilda 8
	2× 3×		5× 3×

Medal Round

All times are East European Time (UTC+2)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Ukraine

25

B4

Spain

23

A1

Ukraine

20

B2

Denmark

29

B2

Denmark

32

A3

China

28

Denmark (Pen.)

34 (4)

South Korea

34 (2)

A2

Hungary

23

B3

France

25

B3

France

31

Bronze medal game

B1

South Korea

32

B1

South Korea

26

Ukraine

21

A4

Brazil

24

4

France

18

Playoffs and Classification rounds

Women's 9th/10th place play off

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

Women's Quarter Finals

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 14:30	Ukraine	25 – 23	Spain	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	3 players with 4	(12-9)	Ortuno 6
	4× 3×		2× 3×

26 August 2004 16:30	France	25 - 23	Hungary	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Lejeune 6	(10-13)	Radulovics 6
	6× 4×		4× 4×

26 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	26 – 24	Brazil	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Lee S 7	(16-9)	L. Silva 7
	6× 3×		6× 3×

26 August 2004 21:30	China	28 – 32	Denmark	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Wang 7	(14-18)	Fruelund 7
	5× 4×		3× 2×

Women's Semi Finals

27 August 2004 19:30	France	31 - 32	South Korea	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Pecqueux-Rolland, Cano 6	(10-13)	Lee G 7
	4× 3×		3× 3×

27 August 2004 21:30	Ukraine	20 – 29	Denmark	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lyapina 5	(11-13)	Fruelund 9
	4× 4×		2× 3×

Women's 5th/8th classification

28 August 2004 09:30	Spain	27 – 23	China	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Aly Hassan, Yasser (EGY)
	García, Puche 5	(16-10)	Wang Shasha 7
	2× 4×		1× 3×

28 August 2004 11:30	Hungary	36 – 31	Brazil	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Radulovics 7	(17-14)	Santos 9
	2× 3×		3× 3×

Women's 7th/8th place play off

29 August 2004 08:30	China	25 – 26	Brazil	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Li Weiwei 7	(10-13)	Silva 6
	2× 4×		3× 3×

Women's 5th/6th place play off

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

Women's Bronze Medal Match

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

Women's Final

29 August 2004 10:45	Denmark	38 - 36 (ET)	South Korea	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Fruelund 15	(14-14)	Lee S 9
	1× 3×		4× 4×
	FT: 25-25 ET: 29-29, 34-34

Rankings and Statistics

Classification
	Denmark
	South Korea
	Ukraine
4	France
5	Hungary
6	Spain
7	Brazil
8	China
9	Angola
10	Greece

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper:  Rikke Schmidt (DEN)
• Left wing:  Line Daugaard (DEN)
• Left back:  Katrine Fruelund (DEN)
• Pivot:  Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (FRA)
• Centre back:  Lee Sang-Eun (KOR)
• Right back:  Maryna Vergelyuk (UKR)
• Right wing:  Woo Sun-Hee (KOR)

References

• "2004 Athens Olympic Games – Official results book" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 25 July 2009.