The women's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the handball event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 8 August 2021. All games were played at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
The final was a rematch of the previous between France and Russia. After Russia won 22–19 in the 2016 final France got the upper hand with a 30–25 win this time. Norway won the bronze medal after winning 36–19 against Sweden. France became the first nation since 1984 to win both the men's and women's tournaments
The medals for the competition were presented by Kristin Kloster Aasen, Norway; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Anna Rapp, Sweden; IHF Treasurer.
Schedule The schedule was as follows.
Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification
Draw The draw was held on 1 April 2021.
Seeding The seeding was revealed on 21 March 2021.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Referees The referee pairs were announced on 21 April 2021.
Referees Youcef BelkhiriSid Ali Hamidi María PaolantoniMariana García Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Mads HansenJesper Madsen Yasmina El-SaiedHeidy El-Saied Charlotte BonaventuraJulie Bonaventura Robert SchulzeTobias Tönnies
Referees Gjorgji NachevskiSlave Nikolov Duarte SantosRicardo Fonseca Viktoriia AlpaidzeTatiana Berezkina Bojan LahDavid Sok Koo Bon-okLee Se-ok Óscar RaluyÁngel Sabroso Mirza KurtagicMattias Wetterwik Arthur BrunnerMorad Salah
Rosters
Group stage All times are local (UTC+9).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
All Star Team The all-star team was announced on 8 August 2021.
Position Player Goalkeeper Katrine Lunde Left wing Polina Kuznetsova Left back Jamina Roberts Centre back Grâce Zaadi Right back Anna Vyakhireva Right wing Laura Flippes Pivot Pauletta Foppa MVP Anna Vyakhireva
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Nora Mørk 52 72 72 2 Jovanka Radičević 46 57 81 3 Anna Vyakhireva 43 71 61 4 Jamina Roberts 39 59 66 5 Yekaterina Ilyina 35 49 71 6 Pauletta Foppa 34 42 81 Carin Strömberg 62 55 8 Kari Brattset Dale 33 43 77 Daria Dmitrieva 55 60 Grâce Zaadi 56 59 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Katrine Lunde 37,8 45 119 2 Minami Itano 36,7 18 49 3 Silje Solberg 35,8 62 173 4 Sakura Hauge 33,7 56 166 5 Cléopatre Darleux 32,8 43 131 Jessica Ryde 39 119 7 Silvia Navarro 32,6 44 135 8 Amandine Leynaud 30,3 50 165 9 Anna Sedoykina 28,7 50 174 10 Blanka Bíró 28,2 50 177 Source: IHF
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMéline NocandyBlandine DancettePauline CoataneaChloé ValentiniAllison PineauCoralie Lassource (c)Grâce Zaadi DeunaAmandine Leynaud (GK)Kalidiatou NiakatéCléopatre Darleux (GK)Océane Sercien-UgolinLaura FlippesBéatrice EdwigePauletta FoppaEstelle Nze MinkoAlexandra LacrabèreHead coach: Olivier KrumbholzAnna Sedoykina (GK)Polina KuznetsovaPolina GorshkovaDaria Dmitrieva (c)Anna SenAnna VyakhirevaPolina VedekhinaVladlena BobrovnikovaKseniya MakeyevaElena MikhaylichenkoOlga FominaEkaterina IlinaYulia ManagarovaAntonina SkorobogatchenkoVictoriya Kalinina (GK)
Head coach: Alexey AlekseevHenny ReistadVeronica KristiansenMarit Malm FrafjordStine SkograndNora MørkStine Bredal Oftedal (c)Silje Solberg (GK)Kari Brattset DaleKatrine Lunde (GK)Marit Røsberg JacobsenCamilla HerremSanna Solberg-IsaksenKristine BreistølMarta TomacVilde Johansen
Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson
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