Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	Palau d'Esports de Granollers; Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	30 July – 8 August
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Unified Team
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	802 (44.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Natalya Morskova (EUN); (41 goals)
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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.^[1]

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	17 October 1986	Lausanne	1	Spain
1990 World Championship	24 November – 4 December 1990	South Korea	4	Unified Team Germany Austria Norway
1991 Asian Championship	22–31 August 1991	Hiroshima	1	South Korea
1991 African Championship	6–13 September 1991	Cairo	1	Nigeria
1991 Pan American Championship	30 September – 6 October 1991	Maringá	1	United States
Total			8

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unified Team	3	3	0	77	56	21	6	Semifinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	86	61	25	4	Semifinals
3	United States	3	1	2	55	76	−21	2	Fifth place game
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	56	81	−25	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 July 1992 10:00	Germany	32–17	Nigeria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Mühlner 9	(14–9)	Sana 7

30 July 1992 15:00	Unified Team	23–16	United States	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Morskova 8	(14–9)	Peterka 4

1 August 1992 10:00	Nigeria	18–26	Unified Team	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
	Sana 8	(5–15)	Horb, Morskova 5

1 August 1992 15:00	United States	16–32	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
	Jones 7	(6–16)	Fittinger, Leonte 8

3 August 1992 10:00	United States	23–21	Nigeria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Jones 8	(12–9)	Abi 10

3 August 1992 16:30	Unified Team	28–22	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Morskova 14	(14–13)	Ciszewski 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	82	61	21	5	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	55	60	−5	4	Semifinals
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	64	62	2	3	Fifth place game
4	Spain (H)	3	0	0	3	50	68	−18	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

30 July 1992 11:30	Austria	20–16	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	Kolar 5	(9–4)	Vizcaíno 6

30 July 1992 16:30	Norway	16–27	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
	Eftedal 4	(11–13)	Lim 9

1 August 1992 11:30	Spain	16–20	Norway	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
	Vizcaíno 6	(7–9)	Goksør, Svendsen 5

1 August 1992 16:30	South Korea	27–27	Austria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Lim, Oh 6	(12–12)	Kolar 11

3 August 1992 11:30	Norway	19–17	Austria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Sagstuen, Svendsen 4	(9–10)	Matei 7

3 August 1992 15:00	South Korea	28–18	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Lee M. 7	(15–7)	three players 4

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals		Gold medal

6 August

Unified Team	23
		8 August
Norway	24
		Norway	21
6 August
		South Korea	28
South Korea	26

Germany	25
		Bronze medal

		8 August

		Germany	20

		Unified Team	24

Semifinals

6 August 1992 14:00	Unified Team	23–24	Norway	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
	Morskova 8	(11–12)	Sundal, Svendsen 6

6 August 1992 16:00	South Korea	26–25	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Lim, Nam 5	(17–13)	Schmitt 7

Seventh place game

7 August 1992 09:00	Spain	26–17	Nigeria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
	Gómez 7	(14–5)	Abi, Anyiam 4

Fifth place game

7 August 1992 11:00	United States	17–26	Austria	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
	Cain 5	(6–11)	Matei 7

Bronze medal game

8 August 1992 10:00	Germany	20–24	Unified Team	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
	Leonte, Wagner 6	(9–10)	Morskova 6

Gold medal game

8 August 1992 12:00	Norway	21–28	South Korea	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Sundal 7	(8–16)	Lim 8

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1	South Korea
2	Norway
3	Unified Team
4	Germany
5	Austria
6	United States
7	Spain
8	Nigeria

Top goalscorers
Player	Games	Goals	Attempts
1. Natalya Morskova (EUN)	5	41	61
2. Lim O-kyeong (KOR)	5	30	43
3. Jasna Kolar-Merdan (AUT)	4	23	40
3. Lee Mi-Young (KOR)	5	23	36
5. Silvia Schmitt (GER)	5	22	41
6. Heidi Sundal (NOR)	5	21	32
7. Oh Seong-ok (KOR)	5	20	44
8. Auta Olivia Sana (NGR)	3	19	36
8. Maryna Bazanova (EUN)	5	19	26

**All-star team**
Marianna Racz (AUT)
Maryna Bazhanova (EUN)	Silvia Schmitt (GER)	Natalya Morskova (EUN)
Lee Mi-Young (KOR)	Lim O-Kyeong (KOR)	Heidi Sundal (NOR)

References

^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[SR-1] "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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