2009 World Women's Handball Championship

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Host country China
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates5–20 December
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
2009 World Women's Handball Championship
第19届世界女子手球锦标赛 (in Chinese)
Tournament details
Host country China
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates5–20 December
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Russia (4th title)
Runners-up France
Third place Norway
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored5,968 (54.25 per match)
Attendance103,188 (938 per match)
Top scorer(s)Austria Katrin Engel (67 goals)
Awards
Best playerRussia Lyudmila Postnova
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The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). China hosted the event from 5–20 December 2009. Russia successfully contested France in the final, their fourth title.[1]

The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu.[2] It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first was in South Korea 1990.[3]

Six cities were on the short list to host the matches:[4]

Nanjing Wuxi Suzhou
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Wuxi Sports Center Suzhou Sports Center
Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 7,155 Capacity: 6,000
Changzhou Yangzhou Zhangjiagang
Changzhou Olympic Sports Center Yangzhou Sports Garden Zhangjiagang Sports Center
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 3,750

Qualification

Host Nation

Defending Champions
Qualified from the 2008 Asian Championship
Qualified from the 2008 European Championship
Qualified from European play-offs

European play-offs were played from 6–7 June 2009 (first leg) and 12–14 June 2009 (second leg).[5] Qualified teams are marked in bold.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovakia  43–55  Hungary 21–22 22–33
Sweden  52–45  Montenegro 24–17 28–28
Serbia  43–51  Germany 24–29 19–22
Croatia  51–55  France 27–23 24–32
Belarus  63–70  Romania 31–32 32–38
Macedonia  57–62  Austria 32–28 25–34
Portugal  43–79  Denmark 21–38 22–41
Ukraine  57–48  Netherlands 27–21 30–27
Qualified from the 2008 African Championship
Qualified from the 2009 Pan-American Championship

The 2009 Pan-American Championship took place from 23–27 June in Santiago, Chile. The three highest ranked teams qualified directly.

Qualified from the 2009 Oceania Handball Nations Cup

The 2009 Oceania Championship took place in Brisbane, Australia, from 25–30 May. The host team won the competition and thus qualified directly.[6][7]

Squads

Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players,[8] 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 5 December 2009.[9]

Preliminary round

Main Round

President's Cup

Final round

Semifinals

18 December 2009
18:30
France  27–23  Spain Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Ayglon, Signaté 5 (12–10) Mangué 9
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18 December 2009
21:15
Norway  20–28  Russia Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Frafjord, Riegelhuth 4 (12–17) Postnova 6
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Bronze medal game

20 December 2009
16:30
Spain  26–31  Norway Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Alberto, Mangué, Aguilar 5 (9–15) Frafjord 7
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Final

20 December 2009
19:00
France  22–25  Russia Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Signaté 8 (11–14) Dmitriyeva 8
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Ranking and statistics

References

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