View source for Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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{{short description|Handball at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| tourney_name = 1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Spain
| dates = 30 July – 8 August
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 4
| venues = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]]<br>[[Palau Sant Jordi]]
| cities =
| champion_other = {{hbw|KOR|1984}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{hbw|NOR}}
| third_other = {{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
| fourth_other = {{hbw|GER}}
| matches = 18
| goals = 802
| attendance =
| top_scorer = [[Natalya Morskova]] (EUN)<br>(41 goals)
| player =
| updated =
| previous = Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| next = Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
}}
{{HandballAt1992SummerOlympics}}
The '''women's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics''' was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.<ref name="SR">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/HAN/womens-handball.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020756/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/HAN/womens-handball.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>
==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Mean of qualification !! Date !! Host !! Vacancies !! Qualified
|-
| Host nation || 17 October 1986 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]] || align=center|1 || {{hbw|ESP}}
|-
| [[1990 World Women's Handball Championship|1990 World Championship]] || 24 November – 4 December 1990 || {{KOR}} || align=center|4 || {{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]<br>{{hbw|GER}}<br>{{hbw|AUT}}<br>{{hbw|NOR}}
|-
| [[1991 Asian Women's Handball Championship|1991 Asian Championship]] || 22–31 August 1991 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroshima]] || align=center|1 || {{hbw|KOR|1984}}
|-
| [[1991 African Women's Handball Championship|1991 African Championship]] || 6–13 September 1991 || {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Cairo]] || align=center|1 || {{hbw|NGR}}
|-
| [[1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship|1991 Pan American Championship]] || 30 September – 6 October 1991 || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maringá]] || align=center|1 || {{hbw|USA}}
|-
! colspan=3|Total !! 8 !!
|}
==Squads==
{{main|Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads}}
== Preliminary round ==
=== Group A ===
<section begin=AStandings />{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=
|winpoints=2
|team_order=EUN, GER, USA, NGR
|win_EUN=3 |draw_EUN=0 |loss_EUN=0 |gf_EUN=77 |ga_EUN=56
|win_GER=2 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=1 |gf_GER=86 |ga_GER=61
|win_USA=1 |draw_USA=0 |loss_USA=2 |gf_USA=55 |ga_USA=76
|win_NGR=0 |draw_NGR=0 |loss_NGR=3 |gf_NGR=56 |ga_NGR=81
|name_EUN={{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
|name_GER={{hbw|GER}}
|name_NGR={{hbw|NGR}}
|name_USA={{hbw|USA}}
|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=5P |result4=7P
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1  |text_Q=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|col_5P=blue1  |text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|col_7P=yellow1|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
}}<section end=AStandings />
<section begin=A1 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 30 July 1992
|time       = 10:00
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|GER}}
|team2      = {{hbw|NGR}}
|score      = 32–17
|HT         = 14–9
|goals1     = [[Kerstin Knüpfer|Mühlner]] 9
|goals2     = [[Auta Olivia Sana|Sana]] 7
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat     = NOR
}}<section end=A1 />
<section begin=A2 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 30 July 1992
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
|team2      = {{hbw|USA}}
|score      = 23–16
|HT         = 14–9
|goals1     = [[Natalya Morskova|Morskova]] 8
|goals2     = [[Carol Peterka|Peterka]] 4
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Gallego, Lamas
|refnat     = ESP
}}<section end=A2 />
----
<section begin=A3 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 1 August 1992
|time       = 10:00
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|NGR}}
|team2      = [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]] {{flagdeco|IOC}}
|score      = 18–26
|HT         = 5–15
|goals1     = [[Auta Olivia Sana|Sana]] 8
|goals2     = [[Tetyana Horb|Horb]], [[Natalya Morskova|Morskova]] 5
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Goto, Shimada
|refnat     = JPN
}}<section end=A3 />
<section begin=A4 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 1 August 1992
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|USA}}
|team2      = {{hbw|GER}}
|score      = 16–32
|HT         = 6–16
|goals1     = [[Leora Jones|Jones]] 7
|goals2     = [[Silke Gnad|Fittinger]], [[Elena Grölz|Leonte]] 8
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Convents, Xhonneux
|refnat     = BEL
}}<section end=A4 />
----
<section begin=A5 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 3 August 1992
|time       = 10:00
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|USA}}
|team2      = {{hbw|NGR}}
|score      = 23–21
|HT         = 12–9
|goals1     = [[Leora Jones|Jones]] 8
|goals2     = [[Agustina Nkechi Abi|Abi]] 10
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Christensen, Jørgensen
|refnat     = DEN
}}<section end=A5 />
<section begin=A6 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 3 August 1992
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
|team2      = {{hbw|GER}}
|score      = 28–22
|HT         = 14–13
|goals1     = [[Natalya Morskova|Morskova]] 14
|goals2     = [[Carola Ciszewski|Ciszewski]] 5
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Rudin, Schill
|refnat     = SUI
}}<section end=A6 />
=== Group B ===
<section begin=BStandings />{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=
|winpoints=2
|team_order=KOR, NOR, AUT, ESP
|win_KOR=2 |draw_KOR=1 |loss_KOR=0 |gf_KOR=82 |ga_KOR=61
|win_NOR=2 |draw_NOR=0 |loss_NOR=1 |gf_NOR=55 |ga_NOR=60
|win_AUT=1 |draw_AUT=1 |loss_AUT=1 |gf_AUT=64 |ga_AUT=62
|win_ESP=0 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=3 |gf_ESP=50 |ga_ESP=68 |status_ESP=H
|name_AUT={{hbw|AUT}}
|name_ESP={{hbw|ESP}}
|name_KOR={{hbw|KOR|1984}}
|name_NOR={{hbw|NOR}}
|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=5P |result4=7P
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1  |text_Q=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|col_5P=blue1  |text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|col_7P=yellow1|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
}}<section end=BStandings />
<section begin=B1 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 30 July 1992
|time       = 11:30
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|AUT}}
|team2      = {{hbw|ESP}}
|score      = 20–16
|HT         = 9–4
|goals1     = [[Jasna Kolar-Merdan|Kolar]] 5
|goals2     = [[Raquel Vizcaíno|Vizcaíno]] 6
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Johansson, Kjellkvist
|refnat     = SWE
}}<section end=B1 />
<section begin=B2 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 30 July 1992
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|team2      = {{hbw|KOR|1984}}
|score      = 16–27
|HT         = 11–13
|goals1     = [[Siri Eftedal|Eftedal]] 4
|goals2     = [[Lim O-kyeong|Lim]] 9
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Szajna, Wróblewski
|refnat     = POL
}}<section end=B2 />
----
<section begin=B3 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 1 August 1992
|time       = 11:30
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|ESP}}
|team2      = {{hbw|NOR}}
|score      = 16–20
|HT         = 7–9
|goals1     = [[Raquel Vizcaíno|Vizcaíno]] 6
|goals2     = [[Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim|Goksør]], [[Cathrine Svendsen|Svendsen]] 5
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Guterman <small>([[Lithuania|LTU]])</small>, Taranukhin <small>([[Russia|RUS]])</small>
|refnat     =
}}<section end=B3 />
<section begin=B4 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 1 August 1992
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|KOR|1984}}
|team2      = {{hbw|AUT}}
|score      = 27–27
|HT         = 12–12
|goals1     = [[Lim O-kyeong|Lim]], [[Oh Seong-ok|Oh]] 6
|goals2     = [[Jasna Kolar-Merdan|Kolar]] 11
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Thomas, Thomas
|refnat     = GER
}}<section end=B4 />
----
<section begin=B5 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 3 August 1992
|time       = 11:30
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|team2      = {{hbw|AUT}}
|score      = 19–17
|HT         = 9–10
|goals1     = [[Tonje Sagstuen|Sagstuen]], [[Cathrine Svendsen|Svendsen]] 4
|goals2     = [[Edit Matei|Matei]] 7
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Lelong, Tancrez
|refnat     = FRA
}}<section end=B5 />
<section begin=B6 />{{Handballbox
|date       = 3 August 1992
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{hbw-rt|KOR|1984}}
|team2      = {{hbw|ESP}}
|score      = 28–18
|HT         = 15–7
|goals1     = [[Lee Mi-young (handballer)|Lee M.]] 7
|goals2     = ''three players'' 4
|stadium    = [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|referee    = Jug, Jeglič
|refnat     = SLO
}}<section end=B6 />
== Playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|3rdplace=yes
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|team-width=180
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Gold medal
|Consol=Bronze medal
<!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- Semifinals -->
|6 August|{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}|23|{{hbw|NOR}}|24
|6 August|{{hbw|KOR|1984}}|26|{{hbw|GER}}|25
<!-- Final -->
|8 August|{{hbw|NOR}}|21|{{hbw|KOR|1984}}|28
<!-- Bronze match -->
|8 August|{{hbw|GER}}|20|{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}|24
}}
=== Semifinals ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 August 1992
|time=14:00
|team1=[[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]] {{flagdeco|IOC}}
|score= 23–24
|report=
|team2={{hbw|NOR}}
|goals1=[[Natalya Morskova|Morskova]] 8
|goals2=[[Heidi Sundal|Sundal]], [[Cathrine Svendsen|Svendsen]] 6
|HT=11–12
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium= [[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|attendance=
|referee=Jug, Jeglič
|refnat=SLO
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 August 1992
|time=16:00
|team1={{hbw-rt|KOR|1984}}
|score= 26–25
|report=
|team2={{hbw|GER}}
|goals1=[[Lim O-kyeong|Lim]], [[Nam Eun-young|Nam]] 5
|goals2=[[Silvia Schmitt|Schmitt]] 7
|HT=17–13
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=[[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|attendance=
|referee=Christensen, Jørgensen
|refnat=DEN
}}
=== Seventh place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=7 August 1992
|time=09:00
|team1={{hbw-rt|ESP}}
|score= 26–17
|report=
|team2={{hbw|NGR}}
|goals1=[[Cristina Gómez Arquer|Gómez]] 7
|goals2=[[Agustina Nkechi Abi|Abi]], [[Justina Anyiam|Anyiam]] 4
|HT=14–5
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=[[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|attendance=
|referee=Goto, Shimada
|refnat=JPN
}}
=== Fifth place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=7 August 1992
|time=11:00
|team1={{hbw-rt|USA}}
|score= 17–26
|report=
|team2={{hbw|AUT}}
|goals1=[[Sharon Cain|Cain]] 5
|goals2=[[Edit Matei|Matei]] 7
|HT=6–11
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=[[Palau d'Esports de Granollers]], [[Granollers]]
|attendance=
|referee=Convents, Xhonneux
|refnat=BEL
}}
=== Bronze medal game ===
{{handballbox
|bg=#DDAA77
|date=8 August 1992
|time=10:00
|team1={{hbw-rt|GER}}
|score= 20–24
|report=
|team2={{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
|goals1=[[Elena Grölz|Leonte]], [[Birgit Wagner|Wagner]] 6
|goals2=[[Natalya Morskova|Morskova]] 6
|HT=9–10
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=[[Palau Sant Jordi]], [[Barcelona]]
|attendance=
|referee=Johansson, Kjellkvist
|refnat=SWE
}}
=== Gold medal game ===
{{handballbox
|bg=gold
|date=8 August 1992
|time=12:00
|team1={{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|score= 21–28
|report=
|team2={{hbw|KOR|1984}}
|goals1=[[Heidi Sundal|Sundal]] 7
|goals2=[[Lim O-kyeong|Lim]] 8
|HT=8–16
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=[[Palau Sant Jordi]], [[Barcelona]]
|attendance=
|referee=Thomas, Thomas
|refnat=GER
}}
== Rankings and statistics ==
{|
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.5em;"|
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;
|+ Final rankings
|- bgcolor="gold"
|align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|KOR|1984}}
|- bgcolor="silver"
|align="center"| 2 || {{hbw|NOR}}
|- bgcolor="#cc9966"
|align="center"| 3 || {{flagdeco|IOC}} [[Soviet Union women's national handball team|Unified Team]]
|-
|align="center"| 4 || {{hbw|GER}}
|-
|align="center"| 5 || {{hbw|AUT}}
|-
|align="center"| 6 || {{hbw|USA}}
|-
|align="center"| 7 || {{hbw|ESP}}
|-
|align="center"| 8 || {{hbw|NGR}}
|}
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Top goalscorers
! Player !! Games !! Goals !! Attempts
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 1. [[Natalya Morskova]] (EUN) || 5 || 41 || 61
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 2. [[Lim O-kyeong]] (KOR) || 5 || 30 || 43
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 3. [[Jasna Kolar-Merdan]] (AUT) || 4 || 23 || 40
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 3. [[Lee Mi-Young (handballer)|Lee Mi-Young]] (KOR) || 5 || 23 || 36
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 5. [[Silvia Schmitt]] (GER) || 5 || 22 || 41
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 6. [[Heidi Sundal]] (NOR) || 5 || 21 || 32
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 7. [[Oh Seong-ok]] (KOR) || 5 || 20 || 44
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 8. [[Auta Olivia Sana]] (NGR) || 3 || 19 || 36
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| 8. [[Maryna Bazanova]] (EUN) || 5 || 19 || 26
|}
|-
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
<!-- This is the way the team was set up in the pdf, the positions are unknown -->
{| style="text-align:center;background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;width:100%;"
|+ style="padding-bottom:0.95em;"| '''All-star team'''
|style="padding:0.25em;" colspan="3"|[[Marianna Racz]] (AUT)
|-
|style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Maryna Bazhanova]] (EUN) ||style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Silvia Schmitt]] (GER) ||style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Natalya Morskova]] (EUN)
|-
|style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Lee Mi-Young (handballer)|Lee Mi-Young]] (KOR) ||style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Lim O-Kyeong]] (KOR) ||style="padding:0.25em;"| [[Heidi Sundal]] (NOR)
|}
|}
==References==
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{{Handball at the Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Women's tournament]]
[[Category:Women's handball in Spain]]
[[Category:1992 in women's handball|Olymp]]
[[Category:1992 in Spanish women's sport]]
[[Category:Women's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]