The GF World Cup '08 was held in
Ă…rhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Ă…rhus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
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Denmark
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, from October 14 to October 19. It is an invitational women's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
tournament organized by the
Danish Handball Association
The Danish Handball Federation ( da, Dansk HĂĄndbold Forbund or ''DHF'') is the national sport governing bo ...
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Competition
Group A
All times are Central European Summer Time
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(UTC+2
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Group B
All times are Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time ...
(UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in:
As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
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Knockout Rounds
Semifinals
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Bronze Match
Final
All-Star Team
*Goalkeeper:
Katrine Lunde Haraldsen
Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievem ...
*Left Wing:
Henriette Rønde Mikkelsen
*Left Back:
Tonje Larsen
Tonje Larsen (born 26 January 1975, in Tønsberg) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World champion and three times European champion. As a club player she is several times Norw ...
*Center Back:
Kristine Lunde
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen (born 30 March 1980) is a retired Norway, Norwegian team handball, handballer who played for the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World Champion and three times Euro ...
*Right Back: Grit Jurack
*Right Wing: Josephine Touray
*Line Player: Marit Malm Frafjord
*MVP:
Tonje Larsen
Tonje Larsen (born 26 January 1975, in Tønsberg) is a retired Norwegian handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. She is Olympic champion, World champion and three times European champion. As a club player she is several times Norw ...
References
Danish Handball Association Official Website
{{GF World Cup
2008 in handball
2008 in Danish sport
GF World Cup
International handball competitions hosted by Denmark