Women's handball world championship 1999

14th Women's Handball World Championship 1999
14th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Norway (1st title)
venue	Norway Denmark
Opening game	November 29, 1999
Endgame	December 12, 1999
Top scorer	Grit Jurack and Carmen Amariei (67 goals each)
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The 14th women's handball world championship was held from November 29 to December 12, 1999 in Norway and Denmark . A total of 24 teams initially competed against each other in four groups in a preliminary round. This was followed by elimination games with round of 16 , quarter-finals , semi-finals and finals as well as placement games for places 3 to 8. World champions 1999 Norway became after a 25:24 victory in the final against France .

game schedule

Preliminary round

The first four teams in each group qualified for the round of 16. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison between these 2 or more teams was the first decision criterion for table formation.

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	124: 101	8: 2
2	Norway	137: 88	8: 2
3	Poland	126: 114	7: 3
4th	Belarus	127: 123	5: 5
5	Czech Republic	124: 121	2: 8
6th	Australia	75: 166	0:10

	Poland	- Australia	29: 19 (16: 9)
	Norway	- Belarus	29: 13 (13: 9)
	Netherlands	- Czech Republic	25: 21 (15:11)
	Belarus	- Poland	29: 29 (15:14)
	Czech Republic	- Norway	21: 30 (10:13)
	Australia	- Netherlands	16: 26 (9:14)
	Belarus	- Czech Republic	24: 22 (13: 7)
	Norway	- Australia	38: 11 (17: 5)
	Poland	- Netherlands	22: 20 (8:11)
	Australia	- Belarus	14: 37 (7:19)
	Poland	- Czech Republic	27: 24 (13:13)
	Netherlands	- Norway	24: 18 (12: 9)
	Czech Republic	- Australia	36: 15 (18: 7)
	Netherlands	- Belarus	29: 24 (13:13)
	Norway	- Poland	22: 19 (12: 9)

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Austria	144: 125	8: 2
2	France	124: 98	8: 2
3	Ukraine	138: 109	6: 4
4th	Romania	146: 110	6: 4
5	Ivory Coast	110: 142	2: 8
6th	Cuba	103: 181	0:10

	Austria	- Ukraine	26: 25 (11:12)
	Romania	- Cuba	37: 19 (19: 7)
	France	- Ivory Coast	31: 19 (14:10)
	Ivory Coast	- Romania	15: 33 (5:18)
	Cuba	- Austria	27:37 (13:15)
	Ukraine	- France	16:18 (7:11)
	Austria	- Ivory Coast	32: 24 (19: 8)
	Ukraine	- Cuba	41: 19 (21:12)
	France	- Romania	22: 20 (10:12)
	Ivory Coast	- Ukraine	20: 29 (8:14)
	France	- Cuba	34: 21 (14:14)
	Romania	- Austria	30: 27 (18:15)
	Cuba	- Ivory Coast	17: 32 (6:13)
	Romania	- Ukraine	26: 27 (11:17)
	Austria	- France	22: 19 (10:10)

Group C

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	159: 84	10-0
2	Germany	137: 100	7: 3
3	Macedonia	136: 107	6: 4
4th	Angola	113: 120	4: 6
5	Japan	118: 124	3: 7
6th	Argentina	52: 180	0:10

	Macedonia	- Japan	27: 25 (15:10)
	Germany	- Argentina	34: 9 (15: 5)
	Denmark	- Angola	31: 12 (15: 7)
	Argentina	- Macedonia	10: 33 (3:10)
	Angola	- Germany	20: 20 (10:10)
	Japan	- Denmark	15: 28 (8:13)
	Germany	- Macedonia	23:18 (12: 8)
	Angola	- Japan	22: 22 (8:10)
	Denmark	- Argentina	42: 5 (18: 3)
	Germany	- Japan	32: 22 (12:10)
	Argentina	- Angola	13: 37 (4: 19)
	Macedonia	- Denmark	24: 27 (11:11)
	Japan	- Argentina	34: 15 (17: 6)
	Macedonia	- Angola	34: 22 (17:11)
	Denmark	- Germany	31: 28 (13:13)

Group D

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	162: 109	10-0
2	South Korea	151: 115	8: 2
3	Russia	159: 122	6: 4
4th	Brazil	104: 123	3: 7
5	China	120: 140	3: 7
6th	Congo	91: 178	0:10

	South Korea	- China	29: 19 (15: 8)
	Hungary	- Brazil	22: 13 (10: 5)
	Russia	- Congo	42: 20 (19:14)
	Brazil	- South Korea	20: 27 (10:14)
	Congo	- Hungary	17: 39 (10:17)
	China	- Russia	21: 38 (10:17)
	Brazil	- Congo	30: 20 (16: 8)
	South Korea	- Russia	30: 24 (16: 10)
	Hungary	- China	34: 25 (15:10)
	South Korea	- Congo	36: 19 (20:10)
	China	- Brazil	24: 24 (12: 10)
	Russia	- Hungary	25: 34 (8:22)
	Congo	- China	15: 31 (11:11)
	Russia	- Brazil	30: 17 (15: 8)
	Hungary	- South Korea	33: 29 (17:16)

Final round

Round of 16

Macedonia	- South Korea	28: 27 (15:12)
Ukraine	- Norway	19: 24 (11:12)
Austria	- Belarus	28: 17 (15:17)
Poland	- France	21: 18 (9:14)
Denmark	- Brazil	30: 23 (15:14)
Netherlands	- Romania	16: 26 (3: 9)
Hungary	- Angola	38: 18 (16: 9)
Russia	- Germany	19:22 (7: 8)

Quarter finals

Norway	- Hungary	24: 21 (15:11)
Romania	- Macedonia	33: 21 (21: 9)
Germany	- Austria	13: 24 (3:15)
Denmark	- France	17: 19 n. V. (7: 9/13: 13)

Placement games

The losers in the quarterfinals competed against each other in two games. The winners of the two games played for 5th place the next day, the two losers for 7th place.

Hungary	- Germany	39: 25 (21:10)
Denmark	- Macedonia	30: 25 (16:13)

Semifinals

Romania	- France	17: 18 (8: 9)
Austria	- Norway	18: 30 (6:12)

Game for 7th place

Macedonia	- Germany	26: 37 (15:19)

Play for 5th place

Denmark	- Hungary	27: 35 (13:20)

3rd place match

Romania	- Austria	28: 31 a.d. (14: 14/26: 26)

final

France	- Norway	24: 25 n.2 V. (10: 8/18: 18/21: 21)

The half-time results are in brackets. In the event of overtime, the scores after the end of regular playing time and after the end of the 1st overtime are also shown there.

Final placements

rank	team
	Norway
	France
	Austria
04th	Romania
05	Hungary
06th	Denmark
07th	Germany
08th	Macedonia
09	South Korea
10	Netherlands
11	Poland
12	Russia
13	Ukraine
14th	Belarus
15th	Angola
16	Brazil
17th	Japan
18th	People's Republic of China
19th	Czech Republic
20th	Ivory Coast
21st	Cuba
22nd	Republic of the Congo
23	Australia
24	Argentina

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	Gates
1	Grit Jurack	67
1	Carmen Amariei	67
3	Ausra Fridrikas	66
4th	Indira Kastratović	62
5	Kjersti Grini	59
6th	Tatjana Logwin	49
7th	Svetlana Minevskaia	46
8th	Rita Deli	45
9	Mariana Abramova	40
9	Steluţa Luca	40

Web links

• Previous Women's World Champions - Indoor: 1999 - Norway / Denmark. (PDF) International Handball Federation (IHF)(English, French, German).