{"history":[],"article":{"id":"6e642ca5-d5cc-4826-aba8-d9b2b2dc8cdd","title":"Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament","slug":"handball-at-the-2008-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament","content":":::summary\n**Tourney Name:** 2008 Women's Olympic handball tournament \n**Country:** China \n**Dates:** 9–23 August \n**Num Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 4 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Count:** 1 \n**Matches:** 42 \n**Top Scorer:** [🇷🇴](https://bliptext.com/articles/romania) [Ramona Maier](https://bliptext.com/articles/ramona-maier) (56 goals) \n**Previous:** Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament \n**Next:** Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament \n:::\n\n# \nThe **women's [handball](https://bliptext.com/articles/team-handball) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** is being held from August 9 to August 23, at the [Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-sports-centre-gymnasium) and [National Indoor Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-indoor-stadium) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing).\nTwelve nations are represented in the women's tournament.\nThe four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches.\nThe losers of quarterfinal matches will compete in the 5th-8th classification matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.\nThree time consecutive defending Champion [Denmark](https://bliptext.com/articles/denmark-women-s-national-handball-team) were not part of the 2008 Olympics Handball Tournament, as they did not qualify from the **2007 [World Women's Handball Championship](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-women-s-handball-championship)**.\n\n# Qualification\nOlympic Qualifying Tournaments:\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Seeding\nThe draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Group stage\n\n## Group A\n

\n\n## Group B\n

\n\n# Medal Round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-8))\n\n## Quarterfinals\n

\n\n## Classification\n

\n\n## Semifinals\n

\n\n## 7th–8th place\n

\n\n## 5th–6th place\n

\n\n## Bronze medal match\n

\n\n## Gold medal match\n

\n\n# Rankings and statistics\n\n## All Star Team\nChosen by team officials and IHF experts: [IHF.info](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Top Goalkeepers\n\n## Top goalscorers","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:39.866Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:39.866Z","search_vector":"'2008':4 'handbal':1 'olymp':6 'summer':5 'tournament':9 'women':7","search_content":" \n**Tourney Name:** 2008 Women's Olympic handball tournament \n**Country:** China \n**Dates:** 9–23 August \n**Num Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 4 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Count:** 1 \n**Matches:** 42 \n**Top Scorer:** [🇷🇴](https://bliptext.com/articles/romania) [Ramona Maier](https://bliptext.com/articles/ramona-maier) (56 goals) \n**Previous:** Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament \n**Next:** Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament \n \n\n# \nThe **women's [handball](https://bliptext.com/articles/team-handball) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** is being held from August 9 to August 23, at the [Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-sports-centre-gymnasium) and [National Indoor Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-indoor-stadium) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing).\nTwelve nations are represented in the women's tournament.\nThe four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches.\nThe losers of quarterfinal matches will compete in the 5th-8th classification matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.\nThree time consecutive defending Champion [Denmark](https://bliptext.com/articles/denmark-women-s-national-handball-team) were not part of the 2008 Olympics Handball Tournament, as they did not qualify from the **2007 [World Women's Handball Championship](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-women-s-handball-championship)**.\n\n# Qualification\nOlympic Qualifying Tournaments:\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Seeding\nThe draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Group stage\n\n## Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Medal Round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+8](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-8))\n\n## Quarterfinals\n \n \n \n \n\n## Classification\n \n \n\n## Semifinals\n \n \n\n## 7th–8th place\n \n\n## 5th–6th place\n \n\n## Bronze medal match\n \n\n## Gold medal match\n \n\n# Rankings and statistics\n\n## All Star Team\nChosen by team officials and IHF experts: [IHF.info](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Top Goalkeepers\n\n## Top goalscorers","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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