1997 World Women's Handball Championship

1997 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship Germany 30 November - 14 December 1997 24 DEN 1 NOR GER RUS 80 4083 MKDIndira Kastratović 71 goalshttp://www.bundesligainfo.de/Archiv/TTF/Weltmeister_Halle.php Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle) bundesligainfo.de Handball-Bundesliga 2018-07-27 de GERFranziska Heinzhttp://www.fernuni-hagen.de/universitaet/stimmen/heinz.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20150105020604/http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/universitaet/stimmen/heinz.shtml live 2015-01-05 Stimmen zur FernUni - Franziska Heinz de 1995 World Women's Handball Championship 1999 World Women's Handball Championship The 1997 IHF World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997.https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/WomenWorldCh/ger97.pdf 1997 World Women's Handball Championship International Handball Federation January 21, 2025 It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first World Championship title. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/webfeature/jernharde Dengang det blev sjovt at se kvindehåndbold Danmarks Radio 5 December 2015 Casper Helweg Christiansen Morten Top 22 November 2018 da Denmark's only defeat in the championship was by Macedonia. The tournament was also remembered for a tragic incident in the stands during one match of the semi-final matches, between Denmark and Russia (32-22), when a fight broke out between a Danish and a German spectator. The fight developed into the German taking out a knife and stabbing the Dane. Another Danish spectator tried to intervene, but was stabbed himself. Both Danes soon died, and the German was soon arrested by the police. He admitted to the stabbing during the police interrogation, and said that he committed it while under the influence of alcohol.https://sport.tv2.dk/2012-12-13-dyster-1997-tragedie-ulmer-under-dansk-skaebneopgoer Dyster 1997-tragedie ulmer under dansk skæbneopgør TV2 Danmark Kristian Bech Josefsen 13 December 2012 28 January 2025 DA Dark 1997 tragedy looms behind crucial Danish match Host Cities The matches were held in the cities of Berlin, Hanover, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Sindelfingen, Neubrandenburg and Rotenburg an der Fulda. The semi-finals and finals were held in the Berlin in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. Squads 1997 World Women's Handball Championship squads Group stage Group A main WDL Q 2 GER GER POL POL AUT AUT ANG ANG JPN JPN BRA BRA 5 0 0 153 92 4 0 1 129 114 3 0 2 132 115 1 1 3 126 143 1 1 3 105 130 0 0 5 104 155 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete GER JPN 32–17 16–7 AUT BRA 36–23 18–12 POL ANG 29–24 15–10 JPN AUT 16–24 8–13 BRA POL 19–32 7–15 ANG GER 20–32 11–12 JPN BRA 25–21 10–9 GER POL 29–19 14–9 AUT ANG 29–22 13–9 GER BRA 32–18 17–6 ANG JPN 30–30 15–16 POL AUT 26–25 14–11 BRA ANG 23–30 12–17 POL JPN 23–17 12–10 AUT GER 18–28 10–14 Group B main WDL Q 2 CRO CRO NOR NOR FRA FRA BLR BLR CAN CAN UZB UZB 5 0 0 146 90 4 0 1 155 93 3 0 2 140 95 2 0 3 122 125 0 1 4 77 139 0 1 4 83 181 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete CRO CAN 27–14 16–6 NOR BLR 34–21 14–12 FRA UZB 39–17 17–8 UZB CRO 15–45 10–19 CAN NOR 15–32 7–17 BLR FRA 17–30 10–15 CAN BLR 13–30 7–10 NOR UZB 44–13 20–5 CRO FRA 21–20 7–13 CRO BLR 28–19 12–9 UZB CAN 18–18 10–8 FRA NOR 19–23 10–9 BLR UZB 35–20 14–9 FRA CAN 32–17 18–7 NOR CRO 22–25 11–13 Group C main WDL Q 2 KOR KOR HUN HUN ROM ROM CIV CIV ALG ALG URU URU 5 0 0 160 101 4 0 1 156 102 3 0 2 153 124 2 0 3 121 129 1 0 4 101 146 0 0 5 74 163 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete ROM ALG 44–23 25–9 HUN URU 36–12 19–7 KOR CIV 30–24 18–12 URU ROM 15–34 9–14 CIV HUN 21–33 6–17 ALG KOR 16–35 5–18 ROM HUN 26–30 14–19 ALG CIV 20–21 9–12 KOR URU 35–11 15–4 ROM CIV 28–26 12–10 URU ALG 18–29 5–15 HUN KOR 29–30 17–16 CIV URU 29–18 15–6 HUN ALG 28–13 16–5 KOR ROM 30–21 13–12 Group D main WDL Q 2 RUS RUS MKD MKD Macedonia DEN DEN CZE CZE SLO SLO CHN CHN 4 1 0 128 111 3 1 1 124 115 3 1 1 161 114 2 1 2 136 145 1 0 4 136 158 0 0 5 118 160 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete MKD Macedonia SLO 26–22 11–11 RUS CZE 27–24 10–12 DEN CHN 38–16 17–9 SLO RUS 27–30 11–15 CHN MKD Macedonia 24–30 11–19 CZE DEN 27–41 12–23 RUS MKD Macedonia 22–19 9–8 CZE CHN 30–25 14–13 DEN SLO 37–24 22–09 SLO CZE 28–31 10–18 RUS CHN 27–19 16–7 MKD Macedonia DEN 25–23 15–8 CHN SLO 34–35 19–17 MKD Macedonia CZE 24–24 9–12 DEN RUS 22–22 12–12 Final round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 20 130 B1 CRO 30 A4 ANG 22 D3 DEN 30 C2 HUN 25 B3 FRA 20 A2 POL 30 D1 RUS 28 C4 CIV 20 C3 ROM 33 D2 MKD Macedonia 37 A1 GER 33 B4 BLR 23 A3 AUT 18 B2 NOR 24 C1 KOR 29 D4 CZE 26 B1 CRO 21 D3 DEN 25 A2 POL 19 D1 RUS 24 D2 MKD Macedonia 19 A1 GER 24 B2 NOR 27 C1 KOR 21 D3 DEN 32 D1 RUS 22 A1 GER 23 B2 NOR 25 D3 DEN 33 B2 NOR 20 D1 RUS 25 A1 GER 27 Round of 16 FRA POL 20–30 11–16 GER BLR 33–23 16–8 AUT NOR 18–24 12–6 CRO ANG 30–22 14–8 KOR CZE 29–26 16–10 DEN HUN 30–25 19–12 ROM MKD Macedonia 33–37 33–37 - 27–27 - 29–29 - 15–13 RUS CIV 28–20 11–11 Quarterfinals GER MKD Macedonia 24–19 13–7 POL RUS 19–24 8–13 DEN CRO 25–21 14–7 KOR NOR 21–27 12–15 Semifinals For places 1-4 GER NOR 23–25 9–11 DEN RUS 32–22 19–12 For places 5-8 KOR MKD Macedonia 34–26 22–12 POL CRO 19–20 8–9 Finals Place 1-2 NOR DEN 20–33 11–14 Place 3-4 GER RUS 27–25 16–12 Place 5-6 KOR CRO 33–32 28–28 - 14–15 Place 7-8 MKD Macedonia POL 36–34 30–30 - 18–12 Final standings 1 DNK 2 NOR 3 DEU 4 RUS 5 KOR 6 HRV 7 MKD Macedonia 8 POL 9 HUN 10 FRA 11 AUT 12 ROU 13 CZE 14 CIV 15 ANG 16 BLR 17 JPN 18 SLO 19 DZA 20 CAN 21 UZB 22 CHN 23 BRA 24 URY World champions Lene Rantala Anne Dorthe Tanderup Helle Simonsen Camilla Andersen Tina Bøttzau Anette Hoffman Lone Mathiesen Janne Kolling Merete Møller Anja Andersen Gitte Sunesen Gitte Madsen Tonje Kjaergaard Susanne Munk Lauritsen Maybrit Nielsen Karina Jespersen Trainer: Ulrik Wilbek Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals 1 Indira Kastratović MKD Macedonia 71 2 Han Sun-hee KOR 63 3 Tonje Sagstuen NOR 59 4 Roxana Stănișor ROU 57 5 Aleksandra Pawelska POL 55 6 Grit Jurack GER 547 Valentina Radulović MKD Macedonia 52Klaudija Bubalo CRO 9 Anja Andersen DEN 51 10 Monika Ludmilová CZE 50 All Star Team Goalkeeper: Susanne Munk Wilbek Left Wing: Han Sun-hee Left Back: Franziska Heinz Center Back: Camilla Andersen Pivot: Natalia Deriougina Right Back: Tonje Sagstuen Right Wing: Natalia Malakhova References External links International Handball Federation Category:1997 in German women's sport Category:1997 in women's handball Category:November 1997 sports events in Germany Category:December 1997 sports events in Germany Category:International handball competitions hosted by Germany Category:Women's handball in Germany 1997