Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls handball tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing was held from 20 to 25 August. Games were played at the Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium.

Girls' handball
at the II Summer Youth Games
Tournament details
Host country China
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–25 August
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored639 (53.25 per match)

South Korea won their first title after defeating Russia 32-31 in the final.[1] Sweden captured the bronze, by winning against Brazil 23-16.[2]

Competition schedule

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G Group stage P Placement matches ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Date
Event
Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25
Women G G G G P ½ B F

Qualification

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified Group
Host Nation   Vancouver 10 February 2010 1   China B
2013 European Youth Championship   Gdańsk/Gdynia 15–25 August 2013 2   Sweden B
  Russia A
2013 Asian Youth Games   Nanjing 16–24 August 2013 1   South Korea A
2013 African Youth Nations Championship   Oyo 22–31 August 2013 1   Angola A
2014 Pan American Youth Championship   Fortaleza 20–28 April 2014 1   Brazil B
Oceania Qualification Event - Cancelled 0
TOTAL 6

Competition format

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The six teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of three, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Rosters

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 2 2 0 0 70 52 +18 4 Semifinals
2   South Korea 2 1 0 1 70 59 +11 2
3   Angola 2 0 0 2 44 73 −29 0 5th place game
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 August
14:00
Angola   21–34   Russia Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden)
Paulino 8 (12–20) three players 4
  1×  Report   3× 

21 August
14:00
South Korea   39–23   Angola Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan)
Kang D. 7 (20–11) Da Costa 6
  3×  Report   4× 

22 August
14:00
Russia   36–31   South Korea Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Wang, Li (China)
Frolova 9 (16–16) Yu 7
  3×    1× 

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 2 2 0 0 71 38 +33 4 Semifinals
2   Brazil 2 1 0 1 56 50 +6 2
3   China (H) 2 0 0 2 32 71 −39 0 5th place game
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
20 August
16:00
China   14–39   Sweden Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France)
Suo 5 (8–20) three players 7
  7×  Report  

21 August
14:00
Brazil   32–18   China Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland)
Costa, Fernandes 5 (14–6) Liu 6
  1×  Report   3× 

22 August
14:00
Sweden   32–24   Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan)
Mellegård 7 (16–11) Carneiro, De Paula 6
  2×  Report   4×  1× 

Knockout stage

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Fifth place game

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24 August
9:00
Angola   31–18   China Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan)
Paulino 8 (14–6) Shi 5
Report   4× 
25 August
9:00
China   22–22   Angola Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Wang, Li (China)
Lin, Suo 7 (9–11) Paulino 9
  1×  Report   1× 

Angola win 53-40 on aggregate

Semifinals

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24 August
13:00
South Korea   25–24   Sweden Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland)
Kang E. 6 (11–10) Ekenman-Fernis 10
  2×  1×  Report   5× 

24 August
15:30
Russia   30–22   Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Liu, Li (China)
Golikova, Vernigorova 5 (17–7) De Paula 6
  3×  Report   1× 

Bronze medal game

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25 August
13:00
Sweden   23–16   Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan)
four players 4 (11–5) Arruda 5
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Gold medal game

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25 August
18:00
South Korea   32–31   Russia Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden)
Kang K. 12 (17–14) Golikova, Markova 7
  5×  Report   7× 

Final ranking

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Rank Team
    South Korea
    Russia
    Sweden
4   Brazil
5   Angola
6   China

References

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  1. ^ "South Korea and Slovenia claim handball titles on ninth day of Nanjing 2014". insidethegames.biz. 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Sweden win bronze medal". olympics.org. 25 August 2014.