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The women's
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IHF.info
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London was held from 28 July to 11 August. The preliminaries and quarter-finals were held at the Copper Box and the semi-finals and final took place at the Basketball Arena.
Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a knockout round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics, there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarterfinals.
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro
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in the final. Montenegro's silver was the first Olympic medal for the country as an independent nation, and the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
won the bronze medal.
Qualification
:† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.Seeding
Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.Rosters
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Gold medal match
Rankings and statistics
Final ranking
All-star team
* Goalkeeper: Kari Aalvik Grimsbo * Left wing: Jo Hyo-bi * Left back:Bojana Popović
Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the 2000's, despite not being given any official recognition. A ...
* Central back: Marta Mangué
* Right back: Katarina Bulatović
* Right wing: Alexandra do Nascimento
* Line player: Heidi Løke
Chosen by team officials and IHF expertsIHF.info
Top goalkeepers
Top goalscorers
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament W Women's handball in the United Kingdom 2012 in women's handball 2012 in English women's sport Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics