1997 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1997 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997. It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first title. Denmark's only defeat in the championship was by Macedonia. Host Cities The matches were held in the cities of Berlin, Hanover, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Sindelfingen, Neubrandenburg and Rotenburg an der Fulda. The semi-finals and finals were held in the Berlin in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. Squads Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Final round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals For places 1-4 For places 5-8 Finals Final standings World champions * Lene Rantala * Anne Dorthe Tanderup * Helle Simonsen * Camilla Andersen * Tina Bottzau * Anette Hoffman * Lone Mathiesen * Janne Kolling * Merete Moller * Anja Andersen ...
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World Women's Handball Championship
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team. The biggest winners are Russia and Norway with four titles each. Nine teams participated in the first championship, this number has grown in steps to 32 (from 2021). In 1977 a B-tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. The B- and C-tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993. From 1993 it has been held every other year. Between 1978 and 1990 it was held every fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament (introduced for women handball in 1976). The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in Nove ...
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Lone Mathiesen
Lone Mathiesen (born 28 January 1972) is a former Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ... handball player and World champion. She was part of the team that won the 1997 World Championship. External linksProfile at eurohandball.com 1972 births Living people Danish female handball players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub ...
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Tonje Sagstuen
Tonje Sagstuen (born 17 November 1971 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 12, 2008) Tonje Sagstuen played 217 games for the national team during her career, scoring 593 goals. In 2012, she became the new editor-in-chief of ''

Han Sun-hee
Han Sun-Hee (born June 9, 1973) is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion. She played for the Korean team and received a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 23, 2008) She received a silver medal at the in

Indira Kastratović
Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović ( mk, Индира Кастратовиќ; born 2 October 1970) is a Macedonian handball player. She is considered as one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history and one of the best right backs in the world. In the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship she helped the Macedonian women's handball team to reach 7th place by scoring 71 goals the most at that years championship. She played for Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje almost her entire career and was one of their best players. She reached the final at two occasions and won the champions league with Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje in 2002 scoring 10 goals in the final game. She's married to the handball coach Zoran Kastratović. She is of Bosnian origin. Achievements As player *Kometal Gjorce Petrov ** Macedonian League: 12 ***Winner: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 **Macedonian Cup: 12 ***Winner: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 20 ...
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Ulrik Wilbek
Ulrik Wilbek (born 13 April 1958, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a former Danish team handball coach and current politician, and mayor of Viborg. He is the most successful Danish team handball coach ever, having won 2 European championships with the men and 2 European championships, 1 World championship and 1 Olympic gold medal with the women. He was the head coach for the Danish men's national handball team from 2005-2014."Denmark"
''European Handball Federation'' (Retrieved on January 27, 2008) He led the Danish team to win the in Norway, the

Karina Jespersen
Karina may refer to: People *Karina (name), a female given name (including a list of people with the given name) *Karina (American singer) (born 1991) *Karina (Spanish singer) (born 1946) *Karina (Venezuelan singer) (born 1968) *Elda Neyis Mosquera (alias Karina, born 1963), Colombian guerrilla commander Other uses *Karina, Sierra Leone *Kalina people, an indigenous people of South America *Karina station, a light rail station in San Jose, California *"Karina", a song by Menahan Street Band on the album ''Make the Road by Walking'' *MV Karina, a passenger ship *Karina, an assassin hero in the game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' See also *Carina (other) Carina may refer to: Places Australia * Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura Serbia * Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District Pe ... * Kareena, a given name {{disambiguation, hn ...
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Susanne Munk Lauritsen
Susanne Munk Wilbek (born Munk Lauritsen, ) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 25 February 2008) Susanne Lauritsen is married to handball coach

Tonje Kjaergaard
Tonje is a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name that originated from Old Norse as a short form of Antona and a variant of Torny that is in use in Denmark, Greenland, Norway and Sweden. Origin It has several origins: * Norwegian dialectal variant form of Tone and Torny * Short form of Antonie ( Tonja) Notable people * Tonje Angelsen (born 1990), Norwegian high jumper * Tonje Berglie (born 1992), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Enkerud (born 1994), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Hessen Schei (born 1971), Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter. * Tonje Kjærgaard (born 1975), Danish handball player * Tonje Kristiansen (born 1967), Norwegian sailor * Tonje Larsen (born 1975), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Løseth (born 1991), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Haug Lerstad (born 1996), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Nøstvold (born 1985), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Sagstuen (born 1971), Norwegian handball player * Tonje Strø ...
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Gitte Madsen
Gitte Madsen (born 24 March 1969 in Herning, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 12, 2008)

References

* 1969 births
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Gitte Sunesen
Gitte Sunesen (born 11 December 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and World champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 12, 2008) She is World champion from 1997.

References

1971 births
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