The women's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Spain |
| Venue(s) | Palau d'Esports de Granollers Palau Sant Jordi |
| Dates | 30 July – 8 August |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (2nd title) |
| Runner-up |  Norway |
| Third place |  Unified Team |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 802 (44.56 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Natalya Morskova (EUN) (41 goals) |
Qualification edit
| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 17 October 1986 |  Lausanne |
1 | Spain
|
| 1990 World Championship | 24 November – 4 December 1990 |  South Korea |
4 | Unified Team Germany Austria Norway
|
| 1991 Asian Championship | 22–31 August 1991 |  Hiroshima |
1 | South Korea
|
| 1991 African Championship | 6–13 September 1991 |  Cairo |
1 |  Nigeria
|
| 1991 Pan American Championship | 30 September – 6 October 1991 |  Maringá |
1 |  United States
|
| Total | 8 | |||
Squads edit
Preliminary round edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unified Team
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Germany
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 4 | |
| 3 | United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Nigeria
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 0 | Seventh place game |
Source: [citation needed]
| 30 July 1992 10:00 |
Germany
|
32–17 | Nigeria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| Mühlner 9 | (14–9) | Sana 7 | ||
| 30 July 1992 15:00 |
Unified Team
|
23–16 | United States
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Morskova 8 | (14–9) | Peterka 4 | ||
| 1 August 1992 10:00 |
Nigeria
|
18–26 | Unified Team
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| Sana 8 | (5–15) | Horb, Morskova 5 | ||
| 1 August 1992 15:00 |
United States
|
16–32 | Germany
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| Jones 7 | (6–16) | Fittinger, Leonte 8 | ||
| 3 August 1992 10:00 |
United States
|
23–21 | Nigeria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Jones 8 | (12–9) | Abi 10 | ||
| 3 August 1992 16:30 |
Unified Team
|
28–22 | Germany
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| Morskova 14 | (14–13) | Ciszewski 5 | ||
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Norway
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Austria
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Spain (H)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 July 1992 11:30 |
Austria
|
20–16 | Spain
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| Kolar 5 | (9–4) | Vizcaíno 6 | ||
| 30 July 1992 16:30 |
Norway
|
16–27 | South Korea
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| Eftedal 4 | (11–13) | Lim 9 | ||
| 1 August 1992 11:30 |
Spain
|
16–20 | Norway
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Vizcaíno 6 | (7–9) | Goksør, Svendsen 5 | ||
| 1 August 1992 16:30 |
South Korea
|
27–27 | Austria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Lim, Oh 6 | (12–12) | Kolar 11 | ||
| 3 August 1992 11:30 |
Norway
|
19–17 | Austria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| Sagstuen, Svendsen 4 | (9–10) | Matei 7 | ||
| 3 August 1992 15:00 |
South Korea
|
28–18 | Spain
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| Lee M. 7 | (15–7) | three players 4 | ||
Playoffs edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals | Gold medal | |||||
| 6 August | ||||||
| Unified Team | 23 | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| Norway | 24 | |||||
| Norway | 21 | |||||
| 6 August | ||||||
| South Korea | 28 | |||||
| South Korea | 26 | |||||
| Germany | 25 | |||||
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| Germany | 20 | |||||
| Unified Team | 24 | |||||
Semifinals edit
| 6 August 1992 14:00 |
Unified Team
|
23–24 | Norway
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| Morskova 8 | (11–12) | Sundal, Svendsen 6 | ||
| 6 August 1992 16:00 |
South Korea
|
26–25 | Germany
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Lim, Nam 5 | (17–13) | Schmitt 7 | ||
Seventh place game edit
| 7 August 1992 09:00 |
Spain
|
26–17 | Nigeria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| Gómez 7 | (14–5) | Abi, Anyiam 4 | ||
Fifth place game edit
| 7 August 1992 11:00 |
United States
|
17–26 | Austria
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| Cain 5 | (6–11) | Matei 7 | ||
Bronze medal game edit
| 8 August 1992 10:00 |
Germany
|
20–24 | Unified Team
|
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| Leonte, Wagner 6 | (9–10) | Morskova 6 | ||
Gold medal game edit
| 8 August 1992 12:00 |
Norway
|
21–28 | South Korea
|
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Sundal 7 | (8–16) | Lim 8 | ||
Rankings and statistics edit
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References edit
- ^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.