Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games 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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Great Britain |
Venue(s) | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Dates | 28 July – 11 August |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Norway (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Montenegro |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | South Korea |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 1,908 (50.21 per match) |
Attendance | 185,189 (4,873 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Katarina Bulatović (53 goals) |
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 won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro 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 won the bronze medal.