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The 1997 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997. It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first title.
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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.
Group A
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
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
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
MKD : 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 24:30 (11:19)CZE : DEN 27:41 (12:23) RUS : MKD 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 : DEN 25:23 (15:8)CHN : SLO 34:35 (19:17) MKD : CZE 24:24 ( 9:12) DEN : RUS 22:22 (12:12)Eighth finals
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 33:37 (33:37 - 27:27 - 29:29 - 15:13) RUS : CIV 28:20 (11:11)Quarter finals
GER : MKD 24:19 (13:7) POL : RUS 19:24 ( 8:13) DEN : CRO 25:21 (14:7) KOR : NOR 21:27 (12:15)Semi-finals
For places 1-4GER : NOR 23:25 ( 9:11) DEN : RUS 32:22 (19:12) For places 5-8KOR : MKD 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 : POL 36:34 (30:30 - 18:12)World champions
Lene RantalaAnne Dorthe Tanderup Helle SimonsenCamilla Andersen Tina BottzauAnette Hoffman Lone MathiesenJanne Kolling Merete MollerAnja Andersen Gitte SunesenGitte Madsen Tonje KjaergaardSusanne Munk Lauritsen Maybrit NielsenKarina Jespersen Trainer: Ulrik WilbekTop scorers
1. Indira Kastratovic (MKD) 71 2. Sun-Lee Man (KOR) 63 3. Tonje Sagstuen (NOR) 59 4. Roxana Stanisor (ROM) 575. Aleksandra Pawelska (POL) 556. Grit Jurack (GER) 547. Valentina Radulovic (MKD) 52, Klaudija Subalo (CRO) 529. Anja Andersen (DEN) 5110. Monika Ludmilova (CZE) 50All Star Team
References
1997 World Women's Handball Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA