Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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.

2004 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–29 August
Teams	10 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Top scorer(s)	Bojana Radulović (54 goals)
Best player	Katrine Fruelund
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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 Tsyhytsia Galyna Markushevska Lyudmyla Shevchenko Iryna Honcharova Nataliya Lyapina Anastasiya Borodina Larysa Zaspa Oxana Rayhel

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	5 September 1997	Lausanne	1	Greece
2002 European Championship	6–15 December 2002	Denmark	1	Denmark
2003 Pan American Games	2–12 August 2003	Santo Domingo	1	Brazil
African qualification tournament	18–20 September 2003	Luanda	1	Angola
Asian qualification tournament[1]	23–28 September 2003	Japan	1	China
2003 World Championship	2–14 December 2003	Croatia	5	France  Hungary  South Korea  Ukraine  Spain
Total			10

Rosters

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	4	4	0	0	99	82	+17	8	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	4	3	0	1	118	93	+25	6
3	China	4	2	0	2	106	90	+16	4
4	Brazil	4	1	0	3	97	105	−8	2
5	Greece (H)	4	0	0	4	74	124	−50	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	135	103	+32	7[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	0	125	98	+27	7[a]
3	France	4	2	0	2	105	106	−1	4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	86	110	−24	1[b]
5	Angola	4	0	1	3	97	131	−34	1[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. South Korea 29–29 Denmark
2. Spain 24–24 Angola

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

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

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17 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	29–29	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Woo 8	(14–13)	Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
	3× 7×		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
	3× 4×		3× 3×

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

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

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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×		3× 4×

21 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	36–21	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
	Woo, Lee S 7	(20–7)	Gómez 5
	3× 3×		3× 4×

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

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal
	26 August
	Ukraine	25
					27 August
	Spain	23
					Ukraine	20
	26 August
					Denmark	29
	China	28
									29 August
	Denmark	34
									Denmark (pen.)	38
	26 August
									South Korea	36
	France	25
					27 August
	Hungary	23
					France	31
	26 August
					South Korea	32			Bronze medal
	South Korea	26
									28 August
	Brazil	24
									Ukraine	21
									France	18

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 August
	Spain	27
					29 August
	China	23
					Spain	29
	28 August
					Hungary	38
	Hungary	36
	Brazil	31
					Seventh place
					29 August
					China	25
					Brazil	26

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

5–8th place semifinals

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

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

Semifinals

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

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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×		3× 2×

Ninth place game

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×		3× 2×

Seventh place game

29 August 2004 08:30	China	25–26	Brazil	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
	Li W. 7	(10–13)	A. Silva 6
	4× 2×		3× 3×

Fifth place game

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×		3× 6×

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

29 August 2004 10:45	Denmark	38–36 (ET)	South Korea	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Fruelund 15	(14–14)	Lee S 9
	3× 1×		4× 4×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 4–4, 5–5 Pen: 4–2

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking Rank Team  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) Source: IHF

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Bojana Radulovics  Hungary 54 96 56 2 Katrine Fruelund  Denmark 50 73 68 3 Lee Sang-eun  South Korea 44 60 73 4 Aline Silva  Brazil 40 70 57 5 Ilda Bengue  Angola 38 60 63 6 Woo Sun-hee  South Korea 37 50 74 7 Leila Lejeune  France 36 72 50 8 Nataliya Lyapina  Ukraine 35 46 76 9 Montserrat Puche  Spain 34 47 72 10 Li Weiwei  China 32 62 52 Chao Zhai  China 70 46

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Rikke Schmidt  Denmark 44 86 195 2 Nataliya Borysenko  Ukraine 43 59 136 3 Darly de Paula  Brazil 40 34 85 Katalin Palinger  Hungary 97 240 5 Odete Tavares  Angola 39 28 71 6 Karin Mortensen  Denmark 37 36 97 Eugenia Sánchez  Spain 64 172 8 Valerie Nicolas  France 36 57 157 9 Chana Masson  Brazil 35 76 217 Oh Yong-ran  South Korea 78 224

References

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

1. "2003年アテネオリンピックアジア予選 兵庫／神戸大会" [Asian qualification tournament for Athens 2004 Olympic Games – Hyōgo/Kobe]. JHA (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.