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2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011. On 18 December 2011, Norway successfully contested France 32–24 in the final. Norway was the second team to achieve a triple title cache all in the same tournament by winning the World Championship, European Championship and Olympic Games titles. Denmark had made this achievement previously. France lost, its second consecutive World Championship final (2009), to Russia. Norway automatically qualified for the 2012 Olympic Handball tournament and 2013 World Championship. When Norway vacated their European Championship and that tournament's second place team, Sweden, automatically qualifying for the Olympics. Spain successfully contested Denmark 24–18 in the final for the bronze and won their inaugural tournament medal. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Do Nascimento
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team. She is a world champion from 2013, the first in history Brazil won the title. Career Youth career She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo where she grew up. She started playing handball aged 10. Hypo NÖ She moved to Austria in 2004 to join Hypo NÖ, a club that is noted for having many Brazilian national team players. Here she won the Austrian championship and cup double 10 times in a row from 2004 to 2014. In 2008 she reached the final of the Champions League, where they lost to Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod. In 2013 she won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup with the club. In 2012, she was the first Brazilian handballer to be voted IHF World Player of the Year. Romania On 14 February 2014 she announced that she would leave Hypo NÖ, and together with Bárbara Arenhart she joined Romanian HCM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Women's Handball Championship was the 10th edition of the tournament. It took place in South Korea between 24 November to 4 December 1990. It was the first World Championship not played in a European country. The championship was held after the German reunification, although East and West Germany participated separately. Qualification ;Host nation * ;Qualified from the 1988 Summer Olympics * * * ;Qualified from the 1989 World Championship B * * * * * * * * * ;Qualified from the 1989 Asian Women's Handball Championship * ;Qualified from the 1989 Pan American Women's Handball Championship * ;Qualified from the 1989 African Women's Handball Championship * Main round Group 1 Results * * Results carried over from Preliminary Round Group 2 Results * Results carried over from Preliminary Round Finals Final standings References SourceInternational Handball Federation External links Official report {{W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7 to 19 December. It was the first European Championship hosted by two countries. Norway won their overall 5th gold medal, when they defeated first time finalist Sweden in the final. Romania claimed the bronze medal. Venues Three Danish and two Norwegian cities have been selected to host the 2010 Championship. The venues in Aalborg, Aarhus and Larvik were only used during the preliminary round. The fourth venue to be used in this round is located in Lillehammer, and was also one of the two venues in the main round. The other being MCH Indoor Arena in Herning, which was the only venue to be used in the final round. Competition format *Preliminary round: 16 teams were divided into four groups. They played each other in a single round robin system, so each team played three matches. A win was worth two points, while a draw was worth one point. The top three teams from each group advanced to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 African Women's Handball Championship
The 2010 African Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship. It was held in Cairo and Suez Egypt between 10 and 21 February 2010. Teams Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Ranking round Placement matches ---- Seventh place play-off Fifth place play-off Final round Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- Semifinals ---- Third place play-off Final Final standings Awards See also 2010 African Women's Handball Champions League References Goalzz.com: Women African Championship Handball in Egypt 2010 External links {{African Handball Championship African Women's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginásio José Corrêa
Ginásio Poliesportivo José Corrêa is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people for basketball and volleyball games. History The arena was used for some of the preliminary games of the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women. In December 2011, it was one of the venues of the World Women's Handball Championship. The arena also hosted the 2013 edition of the Intercontinental Basketball Cup. The arena has hosted two UFC events, UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields on October 9, 2013, and UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway on December 20, 2014. In May 2018, it hosted the 3 games of the preliminary round of the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barueri
Barueri ( or ) is a Brazilian municipality in the State of São Paulo located in the northwestern part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 276,982 (2020 est.) in an area of . Its boundaries are Santana de Parnaíba to the north, Osasco in the east, Carapicuíba in the Southeast, Jandira to the south and southwest, and Itapevi the west. The city is served by the trains of line 8 of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (literally ''São Paulo Metropolitan Railway Company''), ( CPTM). History ''Barueri'' means "Red flower that amazes" in a Tupi–Guarani language. According to historians, the history of Barueri dates back to November 11, 1560 with the establishment of ''Nossa Senhora Da Escada Chapel'' by jesuit missionary José de Anchieta and his further settlement. The hamlet grew to the point of the construction, in 1870 of the ''Sorocabana Railway'' that initiated its duties in 1875 turning Barueri into an important point of connectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Santos
Arena Santos is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Santos, São Paulo, Santos in São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, used for table tennis. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,000 people, and it was opened on 27 October 2010. Arena Santos was the location for some of the matches of the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship. References Indoor arenas in Brazil Sports venues in São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-sports-venue-stub Volleyball venues in Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos, São Paulo
Santos (, ''Saints''), officially Municipality of Estância Balneária de Santos, is a city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is located mostly on the São Vicente Island (São Paulo, Brazil), island of São Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São Vicente, São Paulo, São Vicente, and partially on the mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista. The population is 440,965 (2025 est.) in an area of . The city is home to the Coffee Museum, where world coffee prices were once negotiated. There is also a Soccer, football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pelé, who spent the majority of his career with Santos FC, Santos Futebol Clube. Its beachfront garden, in length, figures in ''Guinness World Records'' as the largest beachfront garden in the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Bernardo Do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo has the 16th largest gross domestic product (GDP) among Brazilian cities. History The city was founded by João Ramalho in 1553 and was known as Vila de Santo André da Borda do Campo de Piratininga, soon transferred to another nearby place, safer from hostile tribes. It is, however, historically perceived as the first Brazilian settlement built away from the sea. The original settlement was then resettled as São Bernardo, became a parish in 1812 and became a municipality in 1890. In 1938, it became a part of the Santo André, Brazil, Santo André district only to be separated again in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginásio Do Ibirapuera
Ginásio do Ibirapuera (), officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida is an indoor sporting arena located in , . The of the arena is 11,000 people and it was opened on 25 January 1957. It is used mostly for volleyball matches. Events Named after famous sports broadcaster and spor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
