Beijing 2008 Olympic Handball Tournaments
Welcome to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing!
Dear Handball Friends,
Olympic Games are indeed something special, something unique.
Keeping with these attributes we chose to include an exclusive area on our Website, entirely dedicated to the handball tournaments at the Beijing 2008 Games. During the Olympic Games we will provide you with the latest Olympic handball news, match results and exclusive background information.
Join in the spirit of the Games with this ‘Beijing Web Special’.
Handball at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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[2008-08-24]
France turn dream into reality -Omeyer and Karabatic secure first Olympic gold
FRA - ISL 28:23 (15:10)
The great favourites turned their dream into reality in Beijing. France outclassed Iceland 28:23 in a one-sided Olympic final. The French team burst into endless cheer after...
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[2008-08-24]
Finalists predominant in Men's Olympic All-Star Team
The best teams provide the best players, who have gained a place in the Men's All-Star Team. 6 positions out of seven are taken by players from France or Iceland. Spain's right-wing Alberto Rocas is...
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[2008-08-24]
Third Olympic bronze for Spain, Croatia left empty-handed for the first time
CRO-ESP 29:35 (14:12) A considerable improvement in the second half secured Spain's Olympic bronze medal after a finally clear win over title holders Croatia. This Beijing victory means the third...
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[2008-08-24]
Keeper Szmal secures fifth place for Poland, Denmark overrun Korea
Places fifth to eight of the Men's Tournament are complete. Poland secured a close win over Russia in their match for fifth place. Denmark soared to a clear win over Korea to come off seventh.
RUS -...
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[2008-08-23]
Norway's women soar to first Olympic gold
NOR - RUS 34:27 (18:13) Following two silver medals (1988, 1992) and one bronze medal (2000) Norway's women finally made it to gain their first Olympic gold at the Beijing Games! When the final...
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[2008-08-23]
All-Star Team of the Women's Olympic Tournament established
The nations' ranking of the 2008 Olympic All-Star Team is 2x each finalists Norway and Russia, and one player each from Hungary, Korea and Romania. Team officials and IHF experts contributed to elect...
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[2008-08-23]
Korea gain the bronze and their sixth Olympic medal
KOR - HUN 33:28 (13:15) They threw their coach up into the air, cried tears of joy and danced across the field in cheer: A final spurt full of energy brought Korea the bronze medal after an exciting...
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[2008-08-23]
France came off fifth while Romania secured seventh place
FRA - CHN 31:23 (15:10) The Frenchwomen who had been defeated by a whisker in their quarter-final against Russia, secured a clear 31:23 (15:10) win over host China to achieve their second best Olympic...
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[2008-08-22]
Men's Semi-Final: Ice-cold Icelanders to storm Olympic final
Two teams, who have never been competing in an Olympic final, will meet in Sunday's Olympic handball final of the Beijing Games. After France's victory over title holders Croatia, Iceland provided...
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[2008-08-22]
Men's Semi-Final: France debut in the Olympic final
FRA - CRO 25:23 (12:11)
While Croatia missed their third qualification for the Olympic final, France will play their first Olympic final ever. The 2006 European champions secured a well-deserved win...
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[2008-08-22]
Men's Placement Round: Eastern Europe to compete for fifth place
The match for fifth place in the Men's Tournament on Sunday will see an Eastern European duel, Russia versus Poland. Continental champions Denmark and Korea will play the match for seventh place. This...
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[ 2008-08-22]
Korea withdraw appeal against Disciplinary Commission Decision
During the meeting of the IHF Jury headed by Peter Mühlematter and with members Christophe Yapo and Ulrich Strombach dealing with the appeal from the Korean delegation against the decision of the...
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[ 2008-08-21]
Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission
The IHF Disciplinary Commission dealt with a protest filed by the Korean delegation regarding the result of the match NOR-KOR. The Korean delegation requested to annul the last goal of the match and...
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[ 2008-08-21]
Ice-cold Russians win hard fight against Hungary
Second semi-final: Hungary - Russia 20:22 (9:14)
In a match that was by affected by hard fights and a struggling defense in the second halftime, Russia went through to the final - with a narrow...
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[ 2008-08-21]
Korean delegation announces protest
against the game evaluation of the semifinal match Norway-Korea (updated)
The Korean delegation has verbally
announced an official protest against the game evaluation of the semifinal
match Norway-Korea. According to IHF-regulations, a written protest together
with a...
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[2008-08-21]
Placement Round: France and China victories
France and Chine will compete for fifth place on Saturday while Romania and Sweden will meet in the match for seventh place. This is the outcome of Thursday's placement-round matches.
SWE - CHN...
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[2008-08-20]
Spain to join France, Croatia and Iceland in Men's semi-finals
The men's semi-finals have been established whereas the European champions and the Vice-World champions have been dropped off in the fight for the medals. While France overcame Russia as expected,...
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[2008-08-20]
Croatia's dream of defending their Olympic title is going on
CRO - DEN 26:24 (14:12)While Croatia's dream of winning their third Olympic title after 1996 and 2004, the European champions will be without Olympic medal. A lightning start and full concentration in...
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[2008-08-20]
Vice-World Champions kissed goodbye to Olympic medal
ISL - POL 33:30 (19:14)
Following World Champions Germany, who dropped off in the preliminaries, runners-up Poland had also to quit. A great fighting spirit and brilliant goalkeeper Bjorgvin...
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[2008-08-20]
Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission
The IHF Disciplinary Commission dealt with a protest from the French
delegation about two special situations during the match FRA-RUS this
morning. The french delegation requested to replay the...
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[2008-08-20]
Narcisse shot brought France to the semi-finals
FRA - RUS 27:24 (13:10)
Olympic favourites France had more work to do than expected to secure their qualification to the semi-finals since Russia put up great resistance. "We knew Russia was a tough...
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[2008-08-19]
Russia earn a last-minute win to join Norway, Korea and Hungary in the semi-finals
The quarter-finals were running as expected although Hungary's clear victory over Romania came as a surprise. World champions Russia were forced into two periods of extra-time to prevail against....
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[2008-08-19]
Korea's final spurt brought win in Asia duel
China - Korea 23:31 (12:16)It was indeed not the most exciting or the best match of the Olympic Tournament but the noisiest, that's for sure. Both camps of supporters fought a battle of fan chants in...
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[2008-08-19]
Görbicz and Palinger made Hungary advance to semi-finals
HUN - ROU 34:30 (16:14)
When the final whistle of the second quarter-final was blown all Hungarian players pounced on their goalkeeper and they knew why: Plenty of her brilliant saves made Katalin...
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[2008-08-19]
Norway earn easy win in Vikings' duel
NOR - SWE 31:24 (16:10)
Their royal couple did not bring luck for the Swedish girls this time. Favourites Norway imposed themselves in the Vikings' duel to be the first side in the Olympic...
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[2008-08-18]
Men's Quarter-finals established
A thrilling final matchday of the men's preliminary round came to an end to provide the composition of the men's quarter-finals. To everybody's great surprise Germany was dropped off after their...
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[2008-08-18]
More about Men's Matchday 5
Germany - Denmark 21:27 (12:15)The World champions have to pack their bags after the preliminaries already. European champions Denmark prevailed against Germany in this all-or-nothing game thanks to...
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[2008-08-18]
Men's Matchday 5
Iceland - Egypt 32:32 (14:17) Iceland secured their spot in the quarter-finals while Egypt experienced the same old story. They kept well up with the other teams but could not gain any single win. "We...
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[2008-08-17]
All qualifiers of Women's Quarter-finals established
The Women's preliminaries were completed to establish the qualifiers of the quarter-finals.
Another sensation was happening on the last matchday of Group A: China beat France to qualify for the...
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[2008-08-17]
More about Women's Matchday 5
Norway - Romania 24:23 (12:11)Norway is the sole team of the Women's Tournament to advance to the quarter-finals without a single point lost. A hard fought match for the top position in Group A saw...
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[2008-08-17]
Women's Matchday 5
Sweden - Brazil 25:22 (14:11) In front of Sweden's King Gustav and Queen Silvia the Swedish ladies booked their ticket to the quarter-finals ranking fourth of Group B. "It's a great day for Swedish...
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[2008-08-16]
Summary of Men's Matchday 4
Group A has already established three qualifiers for the quarter-finals. France continued their successful appearance overcoming Spain to remain unbeaten. Poland and Croatia join them in the next...
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[2008-08-16]
Men's Matchday 4
Brazil - China 29:22 (14:10) Pan-American champions soared to a clear win over China in the dual of the two teams who had yet been without any point. "The victory will make us self-confident in the...
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[2008-08-15]
Women's Matchday 4 - Field of qualifiers for the quarter-finals taking up shape
The field of qualifiers for the Women's Olympic quarter-finals is taking up shape, five participants out of eight have already been established. In Group A Norway and Romania made impressing...
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[2008-08-15]
Women's Matchday 4 - FRA-NOR 24:34 (12:15)
Norway impressed once again to underline its favourite position even in their apparently most difficult match of the tournament so far, while the French team broke down completely in the second half....
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[2008-08-15]
More about Women's Matchday 4
Brazil - Korea 33:32 (17:12) Last matchday of preliminary round group B will be a real final, as Brazil's first and narrow win over Korea raised the South Americans hopes to qualify for the...
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[2008-08-15]
Women's Matchday 4 - KAZ - CHN 29:26 (14:10)
Olympic newcomer Kazakhstan is still alive: In their Asian duel with the host team, which was the crucial match for the Kazakhstan side, they clearly overcame China to equalise with coach Kang's team...
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[2008-08-14]
Summary of Men's Matchday 3
In Group B all teams are really close whereas Group A already established the first qualifier to the quarter-finals: France gained a victory over Croatia in the clash to remain the sole team without...
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[2008-08-14]
More about Men's Matchday 3
Korea - Iceland 22:21 (10:9) Korea has caused a thrilling atmosphere in Group B, as their win left them as well as Iceland and Germany with 4:2 points each on their account. Iceland had to be blamed...
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[2008-08-14]
Men's Matchday 3
Germany – Egypt 25:23 (14:14) After a very tough, high-tensioned and exiting match, Germany took their second victory in this tournament. The chances for reaching the quarterfinals are now good....
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[2008-08-13]
Summary of Women's Matchday 3
First decision have been made in the Women's Tournament: Norway and Romania secured three victories in three matches to book their ticket to the quarter-finals. France, too, despite their defeat to...
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[2008-08-13]
More about Women's Matchday 3
Korea - Sweden 31:23 (18:13) The Korean women take great leaps at high speed to advance to the quarter-finals. A draw and two victories made the Asians remain unbeaten while the Swedes are still...
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[2008-08-13]
Women's Matchday 3
Russia - Brazil 28:19 (12:10) World Champions Russia got into Olympic shape although it took 30 min to move into high gear. With 5:1 points the Russians are on their way to the quarter-finals, while...
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[2008-08-12]
More about Men's Matchday 2
China - France 19:33 (7:19)As expected the men's host team conceded their second Olympic defeat while France were warming up for the crucial encounters to find out who is top in Group A. After their...
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[2008-08-12]
Men's Matchday 2
Brazil - Croatia 14:33 (9:18)
The decision in the unequal match was made after 23 minutes when Croatia reached 13:6. "We knew we had been drawn to a tough group and that we would not have a chance...
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[2008-08-11]
Summary of Women's Matchday 2
Wheat got already separated from the chaff in Group A of the Women's Olympic Tournament: While France, Norway and Romania secured a second victory, Angola, Kazahkstan and China are still waiting for...
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[2008-08-11]
Celebrities visit Olympic handball matches
Celebrities have come to the Beijing Olympic Sport Gymnasium in a never-ending stream today. First former US secretary of state and Noble Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger watched the women's match...
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[2008-08-11]
More about Women's Matchday 2
Angola - Norway 17:31 (6:14) The African champions experienced a little fiasco against the European champions. Angola will have to make great efforts to get back into WCh shape the showed at the 2007...
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[2008-08-11]
IHF Executive Committee approves structural changes of the IHF Head Office
At their last meeting on 17 July 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia, on the fringes of the Women's Youth World Championship, the Executive Committee of the International Handball Federation approved the...
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[2008-08-11]
Exciting beginning of Women's Matchday 2
Kazakhstan - France 18:21 (8:10) France had difficulties with the ‘outsiders' from Kazakhstan, who had well recovered from their clear opening defeat against Romania. Paule Baudoin contributed two...
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[2008-08-10]
Men's Tournament - Summary of Matchday 1
A big surprise closed the first matchday of the men's tournament: Egypt wrung a draw out of Denmark in Group B. Clear victories were secured by France and Poland in Group A, where Croatia overcame...
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[2008-08-10]
Men's Tournament - Matchday 1
Group B
Iceland - Russia 33:31(14:15) Thanks to brilliant Snorri Gudjonsson Iceland gained a good starting position in view of the quarter-finals. From 12 shots Gudjonsson scored 12 goals against...
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[2008-08-10]
CRO-ESP clash kicked-off Men's Tournament
The Olympic champions managed a perfect opening in a high-class match of two world-class teams. The fast paced game marked by many body contacts, which was the remake of the 2005 WCh final, saw...
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[2008-08-09]
Women's Tournament - Summary of Matchday 1
The Women's Olympic Tournament kicked-off on Saturday with five favourites securing victories and one splashy surprise. While World Champions Russia lost a point despite their clear lead, Romania,...
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[2008-08-09]
Women's Tournament - More about Matchday 1
Group A: Romania - Kazakhstan 31:19 (18:9)
Romania claimed an opening victory as expected: The 2004 WCh-fourth-ranked did not allow much to the Olympic newcomer. "We had reckoned on this win ",...
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[2008-08-09]
Women's Tournament - Matchday 1
Group A:
France - Angola 32:21 (13:14) France secured their opening victory thanks to a clearly improved performance in the second half. The opening match saw African champions Angola keeping up well...
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[2008-08-08]
Gigantic show opened Beijing Games
A gigantic show including both traditional and modern acts, the entry of the athletes and the exciting lighting of the Olympic flame marked the long awaited opening of the XXIX Beijing Games on Friday...
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[2008-08-08]
Referees and delegates preparation for the Games in full swing
Like the teams the handball referees have to undertake intensive preparation for the Olympic Games. All the 15 couples the IHF had appointed for Beijing had been given a DVD focusing on special issues...
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[2008-08-07]
2007 World Handball Players Of The Year: Gro Hammerseng (NOR) + Nikola Karabatic (FRA)
The readers of the World Handball Magazine and the IHF Web Site visitors had once more cast their vote and decided: Gro Hammerseng (NOR/Ikast-Bording) and Nikola Karabatic (FRA/THW Kiel) were...
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[2008-08-06]
Greeting by IOC-President Dr Jacques Rogge
Dear Handball Friends, From 8 August 2008 and for two weeks, we will celebrate a unique moment, a moment when sport becomes the focus of the world's sports community and far beyond: the Games of...
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[2008-08-06]
Beijing getting ready for season's highlight
The handball tournaments are to venture into new dimensions at the coming Olympic Games in Beijing: For the first time ever the women's tournament is played with twelve teams instead of ten. Six men's...
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[2008-06-25]
Beijing 2008 Olympic Handball Tournaments - Match Schedule released
In cooperation with the Beijing Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Handball Federation finalised the match schedule for...
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[2008-06-16]
Result of the Draw for Beijing 2008 Olympic Handball Tournaments
As announced earlier, the official draw of the preliminary round groups for the Beijing Olympic Handball Tournaments was held today at 15:00pm (local time), at the Swiss Hall, Swissôtel, Hong Kong...
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