Girls' handball
at the II Summer Youth Games
Tournament details
Host country China
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–25 August
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored639 (53.25 per match)

The girls handball tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing was held from 20 to 25 August. Games were played at the Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium.

South Korea won their first title after defeating Russia 32-31 in the final.[1] Sweden captured the bronze, by winning against Brazil 23-16.[2]

Competition schedule

GGroup stage PPlacement matches ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25
WomenGGGGP½BF

Qualification

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualifiedGroup
Host NationCanada Vancouver10 February 20101 ChinaB
2013 European Youth ChampionshipPoland Gdańsk/Gdynia15–25 August 20132 SwedenB
 RussiaA
2013 Asian Youth GamesChina Nanjing16–24 August 20131 South KoreaA
2013 African Youth Nations ChampionshipRepublic of the Congo Oyo22–31 August 20131 AngolaA
2014 Pan American Youth ChampionshipBrazil Fortaleza20–28 April 20141 BrazilB
Oceania Qualification Event-Cancelled0
TOTAL6

Competition format

The six teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of three, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 2 2 0 0 70 52 +18 4 Semifinals
2  South Korea 2 1 0 1 70 59 +11 2
3  Angola 2 0 0 2 44 73 −29 0 5th place game
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 August
14:00		 Angola  21–34  Russia Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden)
Paulino 8 (12–20) three players 4
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21 August
14:00		 South Korea  39–23  Angola Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan)
Kang D. 7 (20–11) Da Costa 6
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22 August
14:00		 Russia  36–31  South Korea Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Wang, Li (China)
Frolova 9 (16–16) Yu 7
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 71 38 +33 4 Semifinals
2  Brazil 2 1 0 1 56 50 +6 2
3  China (H) 2 0 0 2 32 71 −39 0 5th place game
Source: Nanjing 2014
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
20 August
16:00		 China  14–39  Sweden Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (France)
Suo 5 (8–20) three players 7
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21 August
14:00		 Brazil  32–18  China Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland)
Costa, Fernandes 5 (14–6) Liu 6
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22 August
14:00		 Sweden  32–24  Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (Japan)
Mellegård 7 (16–11) Carneiro, De Paula 6
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Knockout stage

Fifth place game

24 August
9:00		 Angola  31–18  China Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (Japan)
Paulino 8 (14–6) Shi 5
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25 August
9:00		 China  22–22  Angola Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Wang, Li (China)
Lin, Suo 7 (9–11) Paulino 9
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Angola win 53-40 on aggregate

Semifinals

24 August
13:00		 South Korea  25–24  Sweden Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Brunner, Salah (Switzerland)
Kang E. 6 (11–10) Ekenman-Fernis 10
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24 August
15:30		 Russia  30–22  Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Liu, Li (China)
Golikova, Vernigorova 5 (17–7) De Paula 6
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Bronze medal game

25 August
13:00		 Sweden  23–16  Brazil Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Shimairi, Ota (Japan)
four players 4 (11–5) Arruda 5
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Gold medal game

25 August
18:00		 South Korea  32–31  Russia Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
Referees: Engberg, Laurell (Sweden)
Kang K. 12 (17–14) Golikova, Markova 7
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Final ranking

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sweden
4 Brazil
5 Angola
6 China

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea and Slovenia claim handball titles on ninth day of Nanjing 2014". insidethegames.biz. 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sweden win bronze medal". olympics.org. 25 August 2014.
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