2005 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, the 17th team handball world championship for women, is played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between December 5 and December 18, 2005.

The Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende have touted Russia as the tournament favourites, while reigning European champions Norway have been hit by injuries, with playmaker and captain Gro Hammerseng out along with back player Katja Nyberg.^[1] Olympic champions Denmark were also named as a favourite, with their coach Jan Pytlick retiring from the job after the Championship, while radio and TV commentators in Denmark did not mention the reigning World Champions France when naming their favourites. Hungary and South Korea have been mentioned, however, the latter coming off a runner-up position in the eight-team World Cup friendly tournament in Denmark in November.^[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Games played in Ice Palace.

Team 1	Top scorer	Team 2	Top scorer	Result
First matchday, 5 December
Netherlands	Pearl van der Wissel 8	Croatia	Svitland Pasicnik 6	29–27
Russia	Natalia Shipilova 7 (1 pen) Emilia Turey 7	Uruguay	Lucia Miranda 6	43–16
Japan	Mineko Tanaka 9	China	Li Wei Wei 11	27–33
Second matchday, 6 December
Uruguay	Ivanna Scavino 2 Jussara Castro 2 (2 pen)	Netherlands	Diane Roelofsen 6	8–29
China	Wang Chan Chan 4 Wu Wen Juan 4 (1 pen) Li Wei Wei 4	Russia	Ekaterina Marennikova 7	20–36
Croatia	Dijana Golubic 10	Japan	Mineko Tanaka 8 (2 pen)	31–30
Third matchday, 7 December
Japan	Mineko Tanaka 6 (2 pen) Hitomi Sakugawa Noriko Omae	Uruguay	Jussara Castro 6	44–22
Russia	Liudmila Bodnieva 8	Netherlands	Four players scored four goals	34–22
China	Li Wei Wei 10	Croatia	Svitlana Pasicnik 12	29–35
Fourth matchday, 9 December
Netherlands	Pearl van der Wissel 8	Japan	Mineko Tanaka 5 (1 pen) Akiko Kinjo 5	35–27
Russia	Liudmila Bodnieva 8	Croatia	Svitlana Pasicnik 9 (5 pen)	29–28
Uruguay	Alejandra Sancion 4 Jussara Castro 4 (1 pen) Ximena Dias 4	China	Wang Chan Chan 8	18–45
Fifth matchday, 10 December
Netherlands	Joyce Hilster 7	China	Li Wei Wei 10 (4 pen)	30–27
Japan	Akiko Kinjo 7 (6 pen)	Russia	Elena Polenova	24–34
Croatia	Antonela Pensa 9 (3 pen)	Uruguay	Jussara Castro 4 (1 pen)	44–9

Table:

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	176	110	10
Netherlands	5	4	1	145	123	8
Croatia	5	3	2	165	126	6
China	5	2	3	154	146	4
Japan	5	1	4	152	155	2
Uruguay	5	0	5	73	205	0

Group B

Games played in SCC Peterburgsky.

Team 1	Top scorer(s)	Team 2	Top scorer(s)	Result
First matchday, 5 December
Hungary	Fanni Kenyeres 13	Australia	Shelley Roy 5	57–9
Slovenia	Nataliya Derepasko 12 (4 pen)	South Korea	Kim Cha-Youn 7 Huh Young-Sook 7 (2 pen)	42–35
Norway	Marianne Rokne 8 (3 pen)	Angola	Ilda Bengue 8 (4 pen)	36–30
Second matchday, 6 December
Australia	Shelly Roy 5	Slovenia	Manuela Hrnjic 8	13–41
Angola	Marcelina Kiala 10	Hungary	Anita Görbicz 8 (2 pen)	30–34
South Korea	Moon Pil-Hee 7	Norway	Marianne Rokne 6 (2 pen) Karoline Dyhre Breivang 6	30–25
Third matchday, 7 December
Hungary	Anita Görbicz 7 (2 pen)	Slovenia	Nataliya Derepasko 7 (2 pen) Tatjana Oder 7 (1 pen)	27–27
Angola	Marcelina Kiala 12	South Korea	Huh Young-Sook 11 (1 pen)	32–35
Norway	Tonje Nøstvold 10	Australia	Shelley Roy 4 (2 pen)	47–10
Fourth matchday, 9 December
Australia	Lilly Maher 2 Shelley Roy 2 Ralene Boulton 2	Angola	Nair Almeida 7	8–47
Hungary	Ibolya Mehlmann 10	South Korea	Kim Cha-Youn 6	42–29
Slovenia	Natalia Derepasko 5 (4 pen) Anja Freser 5	Norway	Ragnhild Aamodt 5 Marianne Rokne 5 (3 pen)	22–29
Fifth matchday, 10 December
South Korea	Woo Sun-Hee 6 Lee Gong-Joo 6 Kim Cha-Youn 6	Australia	Shelley Roy Katia Boyd 3	44–14
Slovenia	Nataliya Derepasko 7 (2 pen)	Angola	Isabel Fernandes 6	27–28
Norway	Anette Hovind Johansen 4	Hungary	Anita Görbicz 7 (2 pen)	18–20

Table:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	180	113	9
South Korea	5	3	0	2	173	155	6
Norway	5	3	0	2	155	112	6
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	159	132	5
Angola	5	2	0	3	167	140	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	54	236	0

Group C

Games played in Yubileyny (Hall I).

Team 1	Top scorer	Team 2	Top scorer	Result
First matchday, 5 December
Austria	Tatjana Logvin 12 (2 pen)	Côte d'Ivoire	Alimata Dosso 5 Adeline Koudou 5	32–21
Poland	Dagmara Kowalska 6 (1 pen)	Germany	Nadine Krause 8 (2 pen)	21–33
Denmark	Josephine Touray 7	Brazil	Aline Silva dos Santos 6 (3 pen) Idalina Borges Mesquita 6	31–22
Second matchday, 6 December
Brazil	Idalina Borges Mesquita 8 (1 pen)	Poland	Magdalena Milot 6 Sabina Wlodek 6 (2 pen)	34–31
Germany	Grit Jurack 8	Austria	Tatjana Logvin 10	34–27
Côte d'Ivoire	Elodie Mambo 8 (2 pen)	Denmark	Katrine Fruelund 7 (4 pen)	21–42
Third matchday, 7 December
Poland	Karolina Kudlacz 5 (2 pen) Magdalena Milot 5	Austria	Gabriela Rotis Nagy 12	25–28
Brazil	Viviane Rodrigues Jaques 6 (1 pen)	Côte d'Ivoire	Elodie Mambo 10 (4 pen)	34–26
Denmark	Katrine Fruelund 7 (5 pen)	Germany	Nadine Krause 9 (3 pen)	27–26
Fourth matchday, 9 December
Poland	Sabina Wlodek 10 (1 pen)	Côte d'Ivoire	Elodie Mambo 8 (1 pen)	31–26
Germany	Nina Wörz 6 Nadine Krause 6	Brazil	Idalina Borges Mesquita 8 (1 pen)	32–24
Austria	Tatjana Logvin 15 (5 pen)	Denmark	Rikke Hørlykke Jørgensen 6	42–35
Fifth matchday, 10 December
Austria	Tatjana Logvin 15 (6 pen)	Brazil	Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento 9 (1 pen)	29–32
Côte d'Ivoire	Elodie Mambo 5 Alimata Dosso 5	Germany	Sabrina Neukamp 7 Anja Althaus 7	24–40
Denmark	Louise Mortensen 7	Poland	Sabina Wlodek 7 (4 pen)	33–28

Table:

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	168	139	8
Germany	5	4	1	165	123	8
Brazil	5	3	2	144	147	6
Austria	5	3	2	156	145	6
Poland	5	1	4	136	154	2
Côte D'Ivoire	5	0	5	118	179	0

Group D

Team 1	Top scorer	Team 2	Top scorer	Result
First matchday, 5 December
Ukraine	Olana Reznir 10 (5 pen)	Cameroon	Marthe Virginie Eke Bissono 10 (9 pen)	34–23
Romania	Valentina Neli Ardean Nilsei 7 (1 pen)	Argentina	Maria Emilia Acosta 4 Magdalena Decilio 4	31–15
France	Angélique Spincer 8 (5 pen)	Macedonia	Valentina Radulovik 10 (6 pen)	25–22
Second matchday, 6 December
Cameroon	Forsuh Perpetua Lemnwie 4	Romania	Ionela Gilca 7	19–50
Macedonia	Five players scored five goals	Ukraine	Anastasiya Borodina 7	29–29
Argentina	Mariana Sanguinetti 3	France	Angélique Spincer 7	11–33
Third matchday, 7 December
Ukraine	Anastasiya Borodina 6 Iryna Shutska 6	Romania	Simona Silvia Gorgila 7 (2 pen) Steluta Luca 7	27–30
Macedonia	Klara Boeva 13 (4 pen)	Argentina	Magdalena Decilio 6	32–15
France	Nina Kamto Njam 7	Cameroon	Forsuh Perpetua Lemwie 3 Ursula Ngoh Mbah 3 Marthe Virginie Eke Bissono 3 (2 pen)	33–17
Fourth matchday, 9 December
Cameroon	Loualine Shuri Ndeh 5 Carole Nanda Kouakam 5	Macedonia	Natalija Todorovska 21	24–44
Ukraine	Nataliya Lyapina 5 Olga Reznir 5 (4 pen)	Argentina	Magdalena Decilio 4	34–17
Romania	Cristina Varzaru 10	France	Sophie Herbrecht 6	28–26
Fifth matchday, 10 December
Argentina	Bibiana Ferrea 4	Cameroon	Marthe Virginie Eke Bissono 5 (2 pen)	21–20
Romania	Cristina Varzaru 7	Macedonia	Olga Bujanova 6 (3 pen) Julija Portjanko 6	29–22
France	Angélique Spincer 13 (6 pen)	Ukraine	Olena Reznir 11 (7 pen)	27–32

Table:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Romania	5	5	0	0	166	109	10
Ukraine	5	3	1	1	151	131	7
France	5	3	0	2	144	110	6
Macedonia	5	2	1	2	149	112	5
Argentina	5	1	0	4	79	150	2
Cameroon	5	0	0	5	103	182	0

Main round play

Group I

First round, 12 December
Croatia	Miranda Tatari 6 Svitlana Pasicnik 6 (1 pen)	Hungary	Timea Toth 8	26–27
Russia	Irina Bliznova 7	South Korea	Song Hai-Rim 6	32–27
Netherlands	Diane Lamein 6 (3 pen) Pearl van der Wissel 6	Norway	Kristine Lunde 11 (5 pen)	30–30
Second round, 13 December
South Korea	Huh Young-Sook 12 (7 pen)	Croatia	Nikica Pusic Svitlana Pasicnik 7 (4 pen)	38–34
Hungary	Ibolya Mehlmann 7 Anita Görbicz 7 (2 pen)	Netherlands	Saskia Mulder 6 (3 pen) Pearl van der Wissel 6	37–30
Norway	Marianne Rokne 6	Russia	Irina Bliznova 6	22–26
Third round, 15 December
Netherlands		South Korea
Russia		Hungary
Croatia		Norway

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	4	4	0	0	126	103	8
Russia	4	4	0	0	121	99	8
South Korea	4	2	0	2	124	133	4
Netherlands	4	1	1	2	111	128	3
Norway	4	0	1	3	95	106	1
Croatia	4	0	0	4	116	128	0

Hungary and Russia have qualified for the semi-final

Group II

First round, 12 December
Germany	Nadine Krause 8	France	Sophie Herbrecht 7	32–26
Brazil	Daniela de Oliveira Piedade 6 Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento 6	Romania	Simona Silvia Gogirla 11 (3 pen)	33–35
Denmark	Katrine Fruelund 8 (3 pen)	Ukraine	Anastasiya Borodina 9	28–28
Second round, 13 December
Romania	Valentina Neli Ardean Nilsei 12 (1 pen)	Germany	Grit Jurack 6 (1 pen) Nina Würz 6	37–26
Ukraine	Olena Reznir 12 (9 pen)	Brazil	Idalina Borges Mesquita 8 (1 pen)	32–33
France	Nina Kamto Ntijam 4 Sophie Herbrecht 4 (1 pen)	Denmark	Katrine Fruelund 6	19–22
Third round, 15 December
Brazil		France		35-23
Germany		Ukraine		29-26
Denmark		Romania		29-33

Table:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Romania	4	4	0	0	130	112	8
Denmark	4	3	1	0	108	95	7
Germany	4	2	0	2	116	114	4
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	119	118	3
Brazil	4	1	0	3	111	120	2
France	4	0	0	4	98	114	0

Romania and Denmark qualified for the semi-final

Seventh place match

Seventh place match, 17 December
South Korea		Brazil		28 - 29

Fifth place match

Fifth place match, 18 December
Netherlands		Germany		? - ?

Semifinals

17 December
Russia	Denmark	31-24 (16:9)
Romania	Hungary	26-24 (15:14)

Third place match

Third place match, 18 December
Hungary		Denmark		? - ?

Final

Final, 18 December
Russia		Romania		? - ?

Classification

2005 World Women's Handball Championship Classification
1	?
2	?
3	?
4	?
5	?
6	?
7	Brazil
8	South Korea

External links

General

XVII Women's World Championship Russia 2005 – At the official International Handball Federation website

References

^ Template:No icon "Frykter spillere skjuler skadene" – Aftenposten, 8 November 2005
^ Template:Da icon "Stemmerne i stuerne" – Berlingske Tidende, 5 December 2005