Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament facts for kids

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Women's handball
at the XXXIII Olympiad
Tournament details

Host country	France
Dates	25 July – 10 August
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	South Paris Arena 6 Pierre Mauroy Stadium (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (3rd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches	38
Goals scored	2010 (52.89 per match)
Attendance	344,552 (9,067 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nathalie Hagman (41 goals)
Best player	Katrine Lunde
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The women's handball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the handball event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 10 August 2024. The preliminary round games were played at the South Paris Arena 6 in Paris and the final games at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.

Norway won their third title after a win over France. Denmark captured the bronze medal with a victory over Sweden.

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament was as follows.

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Thu 25	Fri 26	Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10
G			G		G		G		G			¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	France
2022 European Championship	4–20 November 2022	Slovenia Macedonia Montenegro	1	Denmark
2023 Asian Qualification Tournament	17–23 August 2023	Hiroshima	1	South Korea
2023 African Qualification Tournament	11–14 October 2023	Luanda	1	Angola
2023 Pan American Games	24–29 October 2023	Viña del Mar	1	Brazil
2023 World Championship	29 November – 17 December 2023	Denmark Norway Sweden	1	Norway
2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments	11–14 April 2024	Debrecen	2	Hungary Sweden
		Torrevieja	2	Netherlands Spain
		Neu-Ulm	2	Germany Slovenia
Total			12

Draw

The draw was held on 16 April 2024.

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 14 April 2024.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Norway Hungary	Netherlands Germany	Slovenia Spain	Sweden France	Denmark Brazil	Angola South Korea

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 26 April 2024.

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	Mariana García María Paolantoni
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Germany	Tanja Kuttler Maike Merz

Referees
Hungary	Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss
Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

25 July 2024 09:00	Slovenia	19–27	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,686 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gros, Stanko 5	(11–14)	Friis, Østergaard 5
	6× 1×		5× 1×

25 July 2024 16:00	Germany	22–23	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,765 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Döll 6	(10–11)	Kang K., Ryu 6
	2×		2× 1×

25 July 2024 21:00	Norway	28–32	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mørk, Oftedal 7	(17–15)	Hagman 8
	3× 1×		5× 1× 1×

28 July 2024 11:00	South Korea	23–30	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,819 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Woo 7	(12–14)	Mavsar 7
	2× 1×		1×

28 July 2024 14:00	Sweden	31–28	Germany	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,815 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Carlson 7	(19–12)	three players 5
	4×		3×

28 July 2024 16:00	Denmark	18–27	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,815 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Østergaard 5	(8–14)	Brattset Dale, Kristiansen 6
	3×		1×

30 July 2024 09:00	Germany	41–22	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,852 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Lott, Smits 7	(16–9)	Gros 6
	4× 1×		4× 1×

30 July 2024 11:00	Norway	26–20	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,852 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Skogrand 5	(13–11)	Ryu 6
	2× 1×		1×

30 July 2024 21:00	Sweden	23–25	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,724 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Hagman 6	(14–14)	four players 4
	4×		3× 1×

1 August 2024 11:00	South Korea	21–27	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,653 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Kang K. 5	(11–16)	Lindqvist 5
	2×

1 August 2024 19:00	Germany	27–28	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,722 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Behrend 6	(12–15)	Højlund 7
	3×		4×

1 August 2024 21:00	Slovenia	22–29	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,722 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Gros, Mavsar 5	(10–15)	three players 4
	4× 1×		2× 1×

3 August 2024 16:00	Slovenia	23–27	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,801 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Omoregie 9	(14–11)	Hagman 5
	2×		1×

3 August 2024 19:00	Norway	30–18	Germany	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,714 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Reistad 8	(14–8)	three players 3
	3×		2×

3 August 2024 21:00	Denmark	28–20	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,714 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hansen, Jørgensen 6	(12–8)	Woo 5
	4× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

25 July 2024 11:00	Netherlands	34–31	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,686 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Malestein, Polman 8	(19–18)	Nenganga, H. Paulo 6
	1× 1×		3×

25 July 2024 14:00	Spain	18–29	Brazil	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,765 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	López 5	(10–15)	De Paula, Matieli 6
	5×		5×

25 July 2024 19:00	Hungary	28–31	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,808 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Kuczora 8	(12–15)	Nze Minko 6
	1×		2× 1×

28 July 2024 09:00	Brazil	24–25	Hungary	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,819 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	three players 4	(15–12)	Simon 5
	2× 1×		3×

28 July 2024 19:00	Angola	26–21	Spain	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,748 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Nenganga 7	(14–15)	Campos 6
	4× 1×		3× 1×

28 July 2024 21:00	France	32–28	Netherlands	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,748 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Valentini 10	(17–14)	Malestein 7
	2×		2×

30 July 2024 14:00	Netherlands	29–24	Spain	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,834 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Van Wetering 5	(14–12)	Arcos 6
	1× 1×		2× 1×

30 July 2024 16:00	Hungary	31–31	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,834 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Klujber 9	(15–16)	Kassoma 9
	2× 1×		2×

30 July 2024 19:00	France	26–20	Brazil	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,724 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Foppa 7	(14–11)	De Paula 7
	2×		3×

1 August 2024 09:00	Netherlands	31–24	Brazil	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,653 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Van Wetering 6	(17–13)	Bitolo 7
	1×		3× 1×

1 August 2024 14:00	Spain	24–27	Hungary	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,816 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Cabral 6	(12–14)	Klujber 6
	2× 1×		3×

1 August 2024 16:00	Angola	24–38	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,816 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	three players 5	(14–18)	Kanor 7
	2× 1×		1×

3 August 2024 09:00	Hungary	26–30	Netherlands	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,841 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Győri-Lukács, Klujber 5	(16–19)	Abbingh 7
	4× 1×		3×

3 August 2024 11:00	Spain	24–32	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,841 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Cabral 5	(9–17)	Toublanc 6
	4× 1×		1×

3 August 2024 14:00	Brazil	30–19	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,801 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Bitolo 7	(14–6)	Pascoal 4
	2× 1×		1× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

6 August

Norway	32
		8 August
Brazil	15
		Norway	25
6 August
		Denmark	21
Denmark	29
				10 August
Netherlands	25
				Norway	29
6 August
				France	21
Hungary	32
		8 August
Sweden (ET)	36
		Sweden	28
6 August
		France (ET)	31	Bronze medal
France	26
				10 August
Germany	23
				Denmark	30

				Sweden	25

Quarterfinals

6 August 2024 09:30	Denmark	29–25	Netherlands	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,372 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Friis, Hansen 6	(11–10)	Housheer, Van Wetering 7
	5× 1×		5×

6 August 2024 13:30	France	26–23	Germany	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,548 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Horacek 7	(13–10)	Bölk 7
	1× 1×		2×

6 August 2024 17:30	Hungary	32–36 (ET)	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,408 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Klujber 11	(15–16)	Koppang 7
	3× 1×		4×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–7

6 August 2024 21:30	Norway	32–15	Brazil	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 21,522 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Jacobsen 6	(16–8)	De Paula, Guarieiro 3
	1×		2× 1×

Semifinals

8 August 2024 16:30	Sweden	28–31 (ET)	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 24,688 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Hagman 6	(12–10)	Horacek 8
	3×		5× 1×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 3–6

8 August 2024 21:30	Norway	25–21	Denmark	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 15,975 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Brattset Dale 4	(11–8)	Jørgensen 4
	3× 1×		3× 1×

Bronze medal game

10 August 2024 10:00	Denmark	30–25	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 13,179 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Højlund 5	(15–13)	Hagman 5
	4× 1×		3× 1×

Gold medal game

10 August 2024 15:00	Norway	29–21	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,664 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Reistad 8	(15–13)	Kanor 5
	3×		1×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Norway
2	France
3	Denmark
4	Sweden
5	Netherlands
6	Hungary
7	Brazil
8	Germany
9	Angola
10	South Korea
11	Slovenia
12	Spain

All Star Team

The all-star team was announced on 10 August 2024.

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Laura Glauser
Right wing	Alicia Toublanc
Right back	Katrin Klujber
Centre back	Stine Bredal Oftedal
Left back	Estelle Nze Minko
Left wing	Emma Friis
Pivot	Kari Brattset Dale
MVP	Katrine Lunde

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Nathalie Hagman	41	59	69
2	Tamara Horacek	40	55	73
3	Katrin Klujber	38	66	58
4	Angela Malestein	34	52	65
5	Emma Friis	31	44	70
6	Dione Housheer	30	58	52
	Kristina Jørgensen		55	55
	Estelle Nze Minko		49	61
	Jamina Roberts		53	57
10	Kari Brattset Dale	29	37	78

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Katrine Lunde	42	79	188
2	Evelina Eriksson	38	30	80
3	Johanna Bundsen	36	93	257
	Gabriela Moreschi		70	193
	Althea Reinhardt		52	143
	Silje Solberg-Østhassel		32	88
7	Sandra Toft	35	46	133
8	Hatadou Sako	34	31	91
9	Laura Glauser	32	63	197
9	Yara ten Holte	32	53	167

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 goalkeepers

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Norway Veronica Kristiansen Maren Nyland Aardahl Stine Skogrand Nora Mørk Stine Bredal Oftedal (c) Silje Solberg-Østhassel (GK) Kari Brattset Dale Kristine Breistøl Vilde Ingstad Katrine Lunde (GK) Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Camilla Herrem Sanna Solberg-Isaksen Henny Reistad Thale Rushfeldt Deila Head coach: Þórir Hergeirsson	France Laura Glauser (GK) Méline Nocandy Alicia Toublanc Chloé Valentini Coralie Lassource Grâce Zaadi Cléopatre Darleux Laura Flippes Orlane Kanor Tamara Horacek Pauletta Foppa Estelle Nze Minko (c) Oriane Ondono Lucie Granier Sarah Bouktit Léna Grandveau Hatadou Sako (GK) Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz	Denmark Sandra Toft (c) (GK) Sarah Iversen Helena Elver Anne Mette Hansen Kathrine Heindahl Line Haugsted Althea Reinhardt (GK) Mette Tranborg Kristina Jørgensen Trine Østergaard Louise Burgaard Mie Højlund Emma Friis Rikke Iversen Michala Møller Head coach: Jesper Jensen

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