Olympic Summer Games 2008 / handball

Handball at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Olympic Sports Center , National Indoor Stadium
Teams	24 (12 , 12 )
Nations	18th
Athletes	343 (171 , 172 )
date	August 9-24, 2008
decisions	2
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , a handball tournament was held for both women and men . A total of twelve teams were eligible to play in both tournaments. 15 athletes could be nominated per team; a total of 171 handball players and 172 handball players took part in Beijing.

The preliminary round games took place in the Olympic Sports Center with a seating capacity of 7,000. The finals were played by the best teams in the National Indoor Stadium in front of 19,000 spectators.

qualification

The following qualification criteria applied equally to women and men:

Host China and the world champions ( Germany for the men ) were automatically qualified for the finals. Then there were the continental champions of Africa , America , Asia and Europe . In the event that China was Asian champion, the respective runner-up moved up. Due to the poor performance of oceanic participants in past major events, this continent was not given an automatic launch site.

The remaining six starting places were distributed in spring 2008 at three qualifying tournaments with four teams each. The top two in each tournament qualified for the games. Eligible to participate in these tournaments were the second to seventh placed in the 2007 World Cup, as well as the best of the other teams in the respective continental championships. The remaining twelfth starting place in the qualifying tournament went to the continent that had done best at the World Cup. Oceania only got the chance to qualify if a team from this continent landed in the top twelve at the World Cup (which was not the case for the men), otherwise the quota that had become vacant was also distributed to one of the other continents.

Men

The twelve qualified teams:

China (host) Germany (world champion) Brazil (Pan American Champion) Egypt (African champions) Denmark (European Champion) South Korea (Winner Qualification Asia)

Poland (qualifying tournament 1) Iceland (qualifying tournament 1) France (qualifying tournament 2) Spain (qualifying tournament 2) Croatia (qualifying tournament 3) Russia (qualifying tournament 3)

Worldwide qualification

Tournament # 1	Tournament # 2	Tournament # 3
Poland	France	Croatia
Iceland	Spain	Russia
Sweden	Norway	Japan
Argentina	Tunisia	Algeria

Women

The twelve qualified teams:

China (host) Russia (world champion) Norway (European Champion) Brazil (Pan American Champion) Angola (African Champion)  Kazakhstan (Winner Qualification Asia)

Germany (qualifying tournament 1) Sweden (qualifying tournament 1) Romania (qualifying tournament 2) Hungary (qualifying tournament 2) South Korea (qualifying tournament 3) France (qualifying tournament 3)

Worldwide qualification

Tournament # 1	Tournament # 2	Tournament # 3
Germany	Romania	France
Sweden	Hungary	South Korea
Croatia	Japan	Ivory Coast
Cuba	Poland	Congo

Qualification tournament 1

The games took place in Leipzig .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	86:63	6-0
2	Sweden	81:69	4: 2
3	Croatia	69:71	2: 4
4th	Cuba	66:99	0: 6

March 28, 2008, 5:30 p.m.	Croatia	- Cuba	31:25 (18:15)
March 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m.	Germany	- Sweden	27:26 (15:13)
March 29, 2008, 1:30 p.m.	Sweden	- Cuba	31:20 (17: 9)
March 29, 2008, 3:40 p.m.	Germany	- Croatia	22:16 (7: 5)
March 30, 2008, 1:00 p.m.	Sweden	- Croatia	24:22 (11:11)
March 30, 2008, 3:10 p.m.	Cuba	- Germany	21:37 (14:20)

Men

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
France Luc Abalo Joël Abati Cédric Burdet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Michaël Guigou Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille Olivier Girault Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Christophe Kempé Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Cédric Paty Trainer: Claude Onesta	Iceland Arnór Atlason Bjarni Fritzson Logi Eldon Geirsson Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson Hreiðar Guðmundsson Róbert Gunnarsson Björgvin Páll Gustavsson Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson Ingimundur Ingimundarson Sverre Andreas Jakobsson Alexander Petersson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Sigfús Sigurðsson Ólafur Stefánsson Sturla Ásgeirsson Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson	Spain David Barrufet Ion Belaustegui David Davis Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Rubén Garabaya Juanín García José Javier Hombrados Demetrio Lozano Cristian Malmagro Carlos Prieto Albert Rocas Iker Romero Víctor Tomás Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor

Preliminary round

Group A

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	France	5	4th	1	0	148: 115	9
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	147: 128	7th
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	140: 115	6th
4th	Spain	5	3	0	2	152: 145	6th
5	Brazil	5	1	0	4th	129: 153	2
6th	China	5	0	0	5	104: 164	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 10	9 am	Croatia	-	Spain	31:29 (16:11)
August 10	14:00 clock	France	-	Brazil	34:26 (19:11)
August 10	7:00 p.m.	Poland	-	China	33:19 (21:10)
12. August	9 am	Brazil	-	Croatia	14:33 (9:18)
12. August	14:00 clock	China	-	France	19:33 (7:19)
12. August	3:45 p.m.	Spain	-	Poland	30:29 (16:17)
August 14th	10:45 a.m.	Poland	-	Brazil	28:25 (14:15)
August 14th	3:45 p.m.	China	-	Spain	22:36 (12:16)
August 14th	8:45 p.m.	France	-	Croatia	23:19 (11: 9)
August 16	9 am	Brazil	-	China	29:22 (14:10)
August 16	14:00 clock	France	-	Spain	28:21 (16:10)
August 16	7:00 p.m.	Croatia	-	Poland	24:27 (12:13)
18th of August	10:45 a.m.	Spain	-	Brazil	36:35 (20:17)
18th of August	3:45 p.m.	Croatia	-	China	33:22 (17:13)
18th of August	8:45 p.m.	Poland	-	France	30:30 (16:13)

Group B

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	5	3	0	2	122: 129	6th
2	Denmark	5	2	2	1	137: 131	6th
3	Iceland	5	2	2	1	151: 146	6th
4th	Russia	5	2	1	2	136: 131	5
5	Germany	5	2	1	2	126: 130	5
6th	Egypt	5	0	2	3	127: 132	2

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 10	10:45 a.m.	Russia	-	Iceland	31:33 (16:19)
August 10	3:45 p.m.	Germany	-	South Korea	27:23 (10:13)
August 10	8:45 p.m.	Denmark	-	Egypt	23:23 (10:11)
12. August	10:45 a.m.	Egypt	-	Russia	27:28 (14:14)
12. August	7:00 p.m.	South Korea	-	Denmark	31:30 (13:14)
12. August	8:45 p.m.	Iceland	-	Germany	33:29 (17:14)
August 14th	9 am	Germany	-	Egypt	25:23 (14:14)
August 14th	14:00 clock	South Korea	-	Iceland	22:21 (10: 9)
August 14th	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Russia	25:24 (10:10)
August 16	10:45 a.m.	Egypt	-	South Korea	22:24 (11: 8)
August 16	3:45 p.m.	Russia	-	Germany	24:24 (11:10)
August 16	8:45 p.m.	Denmark	-	Iceland	32:32 (18:17)
18th of August	9 am	Iceland	-	Egypt	32:32 (14:17)
18th of August	14:00 clock	Russia	-	South Korea	29:22 (17:12)
18th of August	7:00 p.m.	Germany	-	Denmark	21:27 (12:15)

Final round

	Quarter final				Semi final				Final
	August 20, 2008, noon
	France	27 (13)
					August 22, 2008, 6 p.m.
	Russia	24 (10)
					France	25 (12)
	August 20, 2008, 6 p.m.
					Croatia	23 (11)
	Croatia	26 (14)
									August 24, 2008, 3:45 p.m.
	Denmark	24 (12)
									France	28 (15)
	August 20, 2008, 2:15 p.m.
									Iceland	23 (10)
	Iceland	32 (19)
					August 22, 2008, 8:15 p.m.
	Poland	30 (14)
					Iceland	36 (17)			Game for third place
	August 20, 2008, 8:15 p.m.
					Spain	30 (15)
	South Korea	24 (13)							Croatia	29 (14)
	Spain	29 (14)							Spain	35 (12)
									August 24, 2008, 1.30 p.m.

Placement games 5–8

The French team celebrates their semi-final victory against Croatia

	5th-8th space				5th / 6th space
	August 22, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
	Russia	28 (17)
	Denmark	27 (14)
					August 24, 2008, 10:15 am
					Russia	28 (15)
					Poland	29 (14)
					7th / 8th space
	August 22, 2008, 2:15 p.m.				August 24, 2008, 8:00 a.m.
	Poland	29 (15)			Denmark	37 (15)
	South Korea	26 (14)			South Korea	26 (13)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Aug. 24, 2008, 1:30 p.m.	Croatia	Spain	29:35 (14:12)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Aug. 24, 2008, 3:45 p.m.	France	Iceland	28:23 (15:10)

The half-time results are in brackets.

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Thierry Omeyer	France
Left winger:	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland
Back left:	Daniel Narcisse	France
Back center:	Snorri Guðjónsson	Iceland
Back right:	Ólafur Stefánsson	Iceland
Right winger:	Albert Rocas	Spain
Circle:	Bertrand Gille	France

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates	FT	7m
1	Juanín García	Spain	8th	49	33	16
2	Snorri Guðjónsson	Iceland	8th	48	27	21st
3	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland	8th	43	43	0
4th	Lars Christiansen	Denmark	8th	42	34	8th
5	Michael Kraus	Germany	5	38	33	5
6th	Mariusz Jurasik	Poland	8th	37	37	0
	Nikola Karabatić	France	8th	37	35	2
8th	Jesper Nøddesbo	Denmark	8th	36	36	0
	Constantine Igropulo	Russia	8th	36	25th	11
10	Bertrand Gille	France	8th	35	35	0
	Daniel Narcisse	France	8th	35	35	0
	Albert Rocas	Spain	8th	35	31	4th

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters

Women

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	NOR	Ragnhild Aamodt , Karoline Dyhre Breivang , Marit Malm Frafjord , Kari Aalvik Grimsbø , Gro hammer Seng , Kari Mette Johansen , Tonje Larsen , Katrine Lunde , Kristine Lunde , Katja Nyberg , Tonje Nøstvold , Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren , Gøril Snorroeggen , Else Martha Sørlie Lybekk Trainer: Marit Breivik
2	RUS	Jekaterina Andrjuschina , Irina Blisnowa , Jelena Dmitrieva , Anna Karejewa , Yekaterina Marennikowa , Jelena Poljonowa , Irina Poltorazkaja , Lyudmila Postnowa , Oxana Romenskaja , Natalya Schipilowa , Marija Sidorowa , Inna Suslina , Emilija Turei , Jana Uskowa Coach: Yevgeny Trefilov
3	COR	An Jung-hwa , Bae Min-hee , Choi Im-jeong , Hong Jeong-ho , Huh Soon-young , Kim Cha-youn , Kim Nam-sun , Kim On-a , Lee Min-hee , Moon Pil-hee , Oh Seong-ok , Oh Young-ran , Park Chung-hee , Song Hai-rim Trainer: Lim Young-chul

Preliminary round

Group A

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	154: 106	10
2	Romania	5	4th	0	1	150: 112	8th
3	People's Republic of China	5	2	0	3	122: 135	4th
4th	France	5	2	0	3	121: 128	4th
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109: 137	3
6th	Angola	5	0	1	4th	109: 147	1

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 9	9 am	France	-	Angola	32:21 (13:14)
August 9	14:00 clock	Romania	-	Kazakhstan	31:19 (13:10)
August 9	7:00 p.m.	Norway	-	China	30:23 (13:12)
August 11th	9 am	Kazakhstan	-	France	18:21 (8:10)
August 11th	14:00 clock	Angola	-	Norway	17:31 (6:14)
August 11th	7:00 p.m.	China	-	Romania	20:34 (11:17)
13 August	10:45 a.m.	Romania	-	France	34:26 (17:13)
13 August	3:45 p.m.	China	-	Angola	32:24 (14:12)
13 August	7:00 p.m.	Norway	-	Kazakhstan	35:19 (14:10)
15th of August	9 am	Kazakhstan	-	China	29:26 (14:10)
15th of August	3:45 p.m.	Romania	-	Angola	28:23 (16: 7)
15th of August	7:00 p.m.	France	-	Norway	24:34 (12:15)
17th August	10:45 a.m.	Angola	-	Kazakhstan	24:24 (16:14)
17th August	14:00 clock	Norway	-	Romania	24:23 (12:11)
17th August	3:45 p.m.	France	-	China	18:21 (10: 9)

Group B

space	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Russia	5	4th	1	0	148: 125	9
2	South Korea	5	3	1	1	155: 127	7th
3	Hungary	5	2	1	2	129: 142	5
4th	Sweden	5	2	0	3	123: 137	4th
5	Brazil	5	1	1	3	124: 137	3
6th	Germany	5	1	0	4th	123: 133	2

date	Local time	encounter			Result
August 9	10:45 a.m.	Hungary	-	Sweden	30:24 (15:14)
August 9	3:45 p.m.	Russia	-	South Korea	29:29 (16:13)
August 9	8:45 p.m.	Germany	-	Brazil	24:22 (11:12)
August 11th	10:45 a.m.	Brazil	-	Hungary	28:28 (12:17)
August 11th	3:45 p.m.	South Korea	-	Germany	30:20 (12: 9)
August 11th	8:45 p.m.	Sweden	-	Russia	24:28 (12:14)
13 August	9 am	Russia	-	Brazil	28:19 (12:10)
13 August	14:00 clock	South Korea	-	Sweden	31:23 (18:13)
13 August	8:45 p.m.	Germany	-	Hungary	24:25 (14:12)
15th of August	10:45 a.m.	Brazil	-	South Korea	33:32 (17:12)
15th of August	14:00 clock	Germany	-	Sweden	26:27 (13:13)
15th of August	8:45 p.m.	Hungary	-	Russia	24:33 (15:16)
17th August	9 am	Sweden	-	Brazil	25:22 (14:11)
17th August	7:00 p.m.	Russia	-	Germany	30:29 (16:14)
17th August	8:45 p.m.	Hungary	-	South Korea	22:33 (11:19)

Final round

	Quarter final				Semi final				Final
	August 19, 2008, noon
	Norway	31 (16)
					August 21, 2008, 6 p.m.
	Sweden	24 (10)
					Norway	29 (14)
	August 19, 2008, 6 p.m.
					South Korea	28 (15)
	People's Republic of China	23 (12)
									August 23, 2008, 3:45 p.m.
	South Korea	31 (16)
									Norway	34 (18)
	August 19, 2008, 2:15 p.m.
									Russia	27 (13)
	Hungary	34 (16)
					August 21, 2008, 8:15 p.m.
	Romania	30 (14)
					Hungary	20 (9)			Game for third place
	August 19, 2008, 8:15 p.m.
					Russia	22 (14)
	Russia	32 (12; 12; 4; 4)							South Korea	33 (13)
	France	31 (16; 8; 4; 3)							Hungary	28 (15)
									August 23, 2008, 1.30 p.m.

Placement games 5–8

	5th-8th space				5th / 6th space
	August 21, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
	Sweden	19 (7)
	People's Republic of China	20 (8)
					August 23, 2008, 10:15 am
					People's Republic of China	23 (10)
					France	31 (15)
					7th / 8th space
	August 21, 2008, 2:15 p.m.				August 23, 2008, 8:00 a.m.
	Romania	34 (13; 14; 4; 3)			Sweden	30 (15)
	France	36 (12; 15; 4; 5)			Romania	34 (17)

The half-time results are in brackets. In the case of extra time, the scores after the end of the regular season, the goals of the 1st extra time and possibly the 2nd extra time are shown there.

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen	Norway
Left winger:	Orsolya Vérten	Hungary
Back left:	Lyudmila Postnova	Russia
Back center:	Oh Seong-ok	South Korea
Back right:	Irina Blisnova	Russia
Right winger:	Ramona Maier	Romania
Circle:	Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk	Norway

Remarkable

• As there were inconsistencies in the Asian qualification, both tournaments were repeated. Surprisingly, at the first tournament for women, Kazakhstan and for men Kuwait prevailed against the highly-favored teams from South Korea.

Medal table handball

Medal table handball
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	France	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
3	Iceland	-	1	-	1
	Russia	-	1	-	1
5	Spain	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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1. ↑ http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news.php?GID=1&wahl=12978
2. ↑ http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news.php?wahl=4872&GID=2
3. ↑ Qualification tournaments will be rescheduled! ( Memento from December 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )