Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball
at the XXXII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	25 July – 8 August 2021
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Yoyogi National Stadium
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	23x15px ROC
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches	38
Goals scored	2176 (57.26 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Template:Hbwicon Nora Mørk; (52 goals)
Best player	Template:Hbwicon Anna Vyakhireva
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The women's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the handball event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 8 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.^[2]

The final was a rematch of the previous between France and Russia. After Russia won 22–19 in the 2016 final France got the upper hand with a 30–25 win this time.^[3] Norway won the bronze medal after winning 36–19 against Sweden.^[4] France became the first nation since 1984 to win both the men's and women's tournaments

The medals for the competition were presented by Kristin Kloster Aasen, Norway; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Anna Rapp, Sweden; IHF Treasurer.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.^[5] <templatestyles src="Olympic schedule legend/styles.css"/>

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6	Sat 7		Sun 8
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Qualification

Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Draw

The draw was held on 1 April 2021.^[6]^[7]

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 21 March 2021.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Netherlands Spain	23x15px ROC Montenegro	Norway Hungary	Sweden Japan	France South Korea	Angola Brazil

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.^[9]

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	María Paolantoni Mariana García
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
Egypt	Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies

Referees
Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Russia	Viktoriia Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Rosters

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+9).^[10]^[11]

Group A

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25 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	32–21	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Abbingh 7	(18–10)	Fujii 5
	2×	Report	3× 1×

25 July 2021 14:15	Montenegro	33–22	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Radičević 12	(13–12)	Kamalandua 6
	3× 2×	Report	5×

25 July 2021 16:15	Norway	39–27	South Korea	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Brattset Dale 11	(18–10)	Sim 5
	5×	Report	2× 1×

27 July 2021 09:00	Japan	29–26	Montenegro	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Hara, Ikehara 6	(14–13)	Brnović 6
	8× 1× 1×	Report	3× 2×

27 July 2021 16:15	South Korea	36–43	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Ryu 10	(15–19)	Abbingh 6
	2× 1×	Report	7× 2×

27 July 2021 19:30	Angola	21–30	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Guialo, Kassoma 6	(10–15)	Solberg-Isaksen 7
	4×	Report	3× 2×

29 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	37–28	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Van Wetering 7	(17–15)	Guialo 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	5×

29 July 2021 14:15	Japan	24–27	South Korea	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kondo 7	(11–12)	Ryu 9
	3× 1×	Report	3×

29 July 2021 16:15	Montenegro	23–35	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Radičević 6	(13–13)	Mørk, Reistad 7
	3× 2×	Report	3×

31 July 2021 09:00	Angola	28–25	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	three players 5	(15–13)	Hara 6
	2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

31 July 2021 11:00	Montenegro	28–26	South Korea	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Radičević 6	(13–11)	Lee 10
	4× 2×	Report	3×

31 July 2021 21:30	Norway	29–27	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Mørk 9	(16–13)	Smits 7
	2×	Report	3×

2 August 2021 09:00	South Korea	31–31	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jung, Kang E. 7	(16–17)	Guialo 8
		Report	7×

2 August 2021 19:30	Netherlands	30–29	Montenegro	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Van der Heijden 5	(17–12)	Radičević 8
	5× 1×	Report	3× 2×

2 August 2021 21:30	Norway	37–25	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Frafjord 6	(16–11)	Ohyama, Yokoshima 5
	3×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

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25 July 2021 11:00	ROC 23x15px	24–24	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Ilyina 6	(14–12)	De Paula 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 1×

25 July 2021 19:30	Spain	24–31	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Pena 7	(9–13)	Hansson 6
	3× 1×	Report	2×

25 July 2021 21:30	Hungary	29–30	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Vámos 7	(12–15)	Zaadi 10
	3×	Report	4× 1×

27 July 2021 11:00	Brazil	33–27	Hungary	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Belo, Vieira 7	(17–11)	Schatzl 7
	4× 1×	Report	3×

27 July 2021 14:15	Sweden	36–24	23x15px ROC	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Strömberg 8	(15–9)	Vedekhina 5
	1×	Report	4× 1×

27 July 2021 21:30	France	25–28	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Coatanea, Pineau 5	(12–12)	Martín 6
	3× 2×	Report	5× 2×

29 July 2021 11:00	Spain	27–23	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Pena 7	(13–13)	De Paula 8
	1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

29 July 2021 19:30	Hungary	31–38	23x15px ROC	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Klujber 9	(17–22)	Dmitrieva 7
	5× 1×	Report	5× 1×

29 July 2021 21:30	Sweden	28–28	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Strömberg 7	(16–17)	Foppa 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 1×

31 July 2021 14:15	ROC 23x15px	28–27	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Ilyina 9	(15–17)	Pineau 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

31 July 2021 16:15	Brazil	31–34	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Do Nascimento 7	(13–15)	Hansson, Roberts 6
	4× 1×	Report	5×

31 July 2021 19:30	Hungary	29–25	Spain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Klujber, Vámos 6	(14–11)	Gutiérrez Bermejo, Martín 5
	5× 1×	Report	2×

2 August 2021 11:00	France	29–22	Brazil	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lassource, Pineau 4	(17–11)	Do Nascimento 6
	2×	Report	2×

2 August 2021 14:15	Spain	31–34	23x15px ROC	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	López 7	(17–18)	Vyakhireva 7
	1× 1×	Report	2×

2 August 2021 16:15	Hungary	26–23	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	five players 4	(15–15)	Carlson, Hagman 5
	1× 1×	Report	5×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

4 August

Norway	26
		6 August
Hungary	22
		Norway	26
4 August
		23x15px ROC	27
Montenegro	26
				8 August
23x15px ROC	32
				23x15px ROC	25
4 August
				France	30
France	32
		6 August
Netherlands	22
		France	29
4 August
		Sweden	27	Bronze medal
Sweden	39
				8 August
South Korea	30
				Norway	36

				Sweden	19

Quarterfinals

4 August 2021 09:30	Montenegro	26–32	23x15px ROC	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Radičević 10	(15–17)	Vyakhireva 8
	1× 1×	Report	7×

4 August 2021 13:15	Norway	26–22	Hungary	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Brattset Dale 7	(12–10)	Zácsik 5
		Report	2×

4 August 2021 17:00	Sweden	39–30	South Korea	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	three players 6	(21–13)	Kang K. 8
	3× 1×	Report	4×

4 August 2021 20:45	France	32–22	Netherlands	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Flippes 6	(19–11)	Malestein 5
	1×	Report	4×

Semifinals

6 August 2021 17:00	France	29–27	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Zaadi 7	(15–14)	Carlson, Westberg 6
	6× 1×	Report	4× 1× 1×

6 August 2021 21:00	Norway	26–27	23x15px ROC	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mørk 10	(11–14)	Vyakhireva 9
	4× 1×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Bronze medal game

8 August 2021 11:00	Norway	36–19	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Brattset Dale, Mørk 8	(19–7)	Carlson, Westberg 4
	3× 1×	Report	3×

Gold medal game

8 August 2021 15:00	ROC 23x15px	25–30	France	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Vedekhina 7	(13–15)	Foppa, Pineau 7
	5× 1×	Report	5× 1×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[12]
	France
	23x15px ROC
	Norway
4	Sweden
5	Netherlands
6	Montenegro
7	Hungary
8	South Korea
9	Spain
10	Angola
11	Brazil
12	Japan

All Star Team

The all-star team was announced on 8 August 2021.^[13]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Katrine Lunde
Left wing	Template:Hbwicon Polina Kuznetsova
Left back	Jamina Roberts
Centre back	Grâce Zaadi
Right back	Template:Hbwicon Anna Vyakhireva
Right wing	Laura Flippes
Pivot	Pauletta Foppa
MVP	Template:Hbwicon Anna Vyakhireva

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Template:Hbwicon Nora Mørk	52	72	72
2	Template:Hbwicon Jovanka Radičević	46	57	81
3	Template:Hbwicon Anna Vyakhireva	43	70	61
4	Template:Hbwicon Jamina Roberts	39	59	66
5	Template:Hbwicon Yekaterina Ilyina	35	49	71
6	Template:Hbwicon Pauletta Foppa	34	42	81
6	Template:Hbwicon Carin Strömberg	34	62	55
8	Template:Hbwicon Grâce Zaadi	33	55	60
	Template:Hbwicon Kari Brattset Dale		43	77
	Template:Hbwicon Daria Dmitrieva		54	61

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Template:Hbwicon Katrine Lunde	37,5	45	120
2	Template:Hbwicon Minami Itano	36,7	18	49
3	Template:Hbwicon Silje Solberg	35,5	61	172
4	Template:Hbwicon Sakura Hauge	33,7	56	166
5	Template:Hbwicon Cléopatre Darleux	32,8	43	131
6	Template:Hbwicon Silvia Navarro	32,6	44	135
7	Template:Hbwicon Jessica Ryde	32,2	39	121
8	Template:Hbwicon Amandine Leynaud	30,1	50	166
9	Template:Hbwicon Blanka Bíró	28,2	50	177
10	Template:Hbwicon Rinka Duijndam	27,4	23	84

Source: IHF

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Méline Nocandy Blandine Dancette Pauline Coatanea Chloé Valentini Allison Pineau Coralie Lassource (c) Grâce Zaadi Deuna Amandine Leynaud (GK) Kalidiatou Niakaté Cléopatre Darleux (GK) Océane Sercien-Ugolin Laura Flippes Béatrice Edwige Pauletta Foppa Estelle Nze Minko Alexandra Lacrabère Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz	Republic of China Anna Sedoykina (GK) Polina Kuznetsova Polina Gorshkova Daria Dmitrieva (c) Anna Sen Anna Vyakhireva Polina Vedekhina Vladlena Bobrovnikova Kseniya Makeyeva Elena Mikhaylichenko Olga Fomina Ekaterina Ilina Yulia Managarova Antonina Skorobogatchenko Victoriya Kalinina (GK) Head coach: Alexey Alekseev	Norway Henny Reistad Veronica Kristiansen Marit Malm Frafjord Stine Skogrand Nora Mørk Stine Bredal Oftedal (c) Silje Solberg (GK) Kari Brattset Dale Katrine Lunde (GK) Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Camilla Herrem Sanna Solberg-Isaksen Kristine Breistøl Marta Tomac Vilde Johansen Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

References

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