1999 World Women's Handball Championship

1999 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark; Norway
Dates	November 29 – December 12
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Austria
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches	80
Goals scored	3980 (49.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carmen Amariei-Lungu (ROM) Grit Jurack (GER)
Best player	Ausra Fridrikas (AUT)
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The 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, the 14th of its kind, was held between November 29 and December 12, 1999, and was jointly hosted by Denmark and Norway, with the finals being played in Lillehammer, Norway.

Group stage

	Team advanced to the Knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	124	101	+23	8
Norway	5	4	0	1	137	88	+49	8
Poland	5	3	1	1	126	114	+12	7
Belarus	5	2	1	2	127	123	+4	5
Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	124	121	+3	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	75	166	−91	0

Source:

29 November 16:30	Poland	29 - 19	Australia	Oslo, Norway Attendance: 600 Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
		(16 - 9)

29 November 18:00	Norway	29 - 13	Belarus	Oslo, Norway Attendance: 6400 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(13 - 9)

29 November 21:00	Netherlands	25 - 21	Czech Republic	Oslo, Norway Attendance: 793 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
		(15 - 11)

30 November 17:00	Belarus	29 - 29	Poland	Gjøvik, Norway Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
		(15 - 14)

30 November 19:00	Czech Republic	21 - 30	Norway	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 2700 Referees: Ehrmann, Künzig (GER)
		(10 - 13)

30 November 21:00	Australia	16 - 26	Netherlands	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 300 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(9 - 14)

2 December 17:00	Belarus	24 - 22	Czech Republic	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 800 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(13 - 7)

2 December 19:00	Norway	38 - 11	Australia	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 3220 Referees: Ehrmann, Künzig (GER)
		(17 - 5)

2 December 21:00	Poland	22 - 20	Netherlands	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 500 Referees: Chong, Lim (KOR)
		(8 - 11)

4 December 13:00	Australia	14 - 37	Belarus	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 500 Referees: Chong, Lim (KOR)
		(7 - 19)

4 December 16:00	Poland	27 - 24	Czech Republic	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 1250 Referees: Ehrmann, Künzig (GER)
		(13 - 13)

4 December 17:00	Netherlands	24 - 18	Norway	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 4000 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
		(12 - 9)

5 December 14:00	Czech Republic	36 - 15	Australia	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 650 Referees: Besses, Benmila (ALG)
		(18 - 7)

5 December 15:00	Netherlands	29 - 24	Belarus	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 2160 Referees: Ehrmann, Künzig (GER)
		(13 - 13)

4 December 18:00	Norway	22 - 19	Poland	Stavanger, Norway Attendance: 4682 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(12 - 9)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	5	4	1	144	125	+19	8
France	5	4	1	124	98	+26	8
Ukraine	5	3	2	138	109	+29	6
Romania	5	3	2	146	110	+36	6
Ivory Coast	5	1	4	110	142	−32	2
Cuba	5	0	5	103	181	−78	0

Source:

30 November 13:30	Austria	26 - 25	Ukraine	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 520 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinzki (HUN)
		(11 - 12)

30 November 15:15	Romania	37 - 19	Cuba	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 510 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(19 - 7)

30 November 17:00	France	31 - 19	Ivory Coast	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 740 Referees: Malik de Tchara, Al Lail (ARG)
		(14 - 10)

1 December 14:30	Ivory Coast	15 - 33	Romania	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 688 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinzki (HUN)
		(5 - 18)

1 December 16:15	Cuba	27 - 37	Austria	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 724 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (SRB)
		(13 - 15)

1 December 18:00	Ukraine	16 - 18	France	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 890 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(7 - 11)

2 December 13:30	Austria	32 - 24	Ivory Coast	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 905 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(19 - 8)

2 December 15:15	Ukraine	41 - 19	Cuba	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 916 Referees: Malik de Tchara, Al Lail (ARG)
		(21 - 12)

2 December 17:00	France	22 - 20	Romania	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 940 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (SRB)
		(10 - 12)

4 December 12:00	Ivory Coast	20 - 29	Ukraine	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 467 Referees: Malik de Tchara, Al Lail (ARG)
		(8 - 14)

4 December 13:45	France	34 - 21	Cuba	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 612 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(14 - 14)

4 December 15:30	Romania	30 - 27	Austria	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 6724 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(18 - 15)

5 December 14:00	Cuba	17 - 32	Ivory Coast	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 407 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (SRB)
		(6 - 13)

5 December 16:00	Romania	26 - 27	Ukraine	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 523 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(11 - 17)

5 December 18:00	Austria	22 - 19	France	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 434 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(10 - 10)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	0	159	84	+75	10
Germany	5	3	1	1	137	100	+37	7
Macedonia	5	3	0	2	136	107	+29	6
Angola	5	1	2	2	113	120	−7	4
Japan	5	1	1	3	118	124	−6	3
Argentina	5	0	0	5	52	180	−128	0

Source:

30 November 16:30	Macedonia	27 - 25	Japan	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(15 - 10)

30 November 19:30	Germany	33 - 9	Argentina	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 650 Referees: Silva, Righeto (BRA)
		(15 - 5)

30 November 20:40	Denmark	31 - 12	Angola	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 2500 Referees: Goulao, Macau (POR)
		(15 - 7)

1 December 16:30	Argentina	10 - 33	Macedonia	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 600 Referees: Goulao, Macau (POR)
		(3 - 10)

1 December 18:30	Angola	20 - 20	Germany	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 1500 Referees: Kohout, Dolejs (CZE)
		(10 - 10)

1 December 20:40	Japan	15 - 28	Denmark	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 3000 Referees: Silva, Righeto (BRA)
		(8 - 13)

2 December 16:30	Germany	23 - 18	Macedonia	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(12 - 8)

2 December 18:30	Angola	22 - 22	Japan	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 800 Referees: Goulao, Macau (POR)
		(8 - 10)

2 December 20:40	Denmark	42 - 5	Argentina	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 3000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejs (CZE)
		(18 - 3)

4 December 16:30	Germany	32 - 22	Japan	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 500 Referees: Silva, Righeto (BRA)
		(12 - 10)

4 December 18:30	Argentina	13 - 37	Angola	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 1300 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(4 - 19)

4 December 20:40	Macedonia	24 - 27	Denmark	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 3000 Referees: Goulao, Macau (POR)
		(11 - 11)

5 December 14:00	Japan	34 - 15	Argentina	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 500 Referees: Silva, Righeto (BRA)
		(17 - 6)

5 December 16:00	Macedonia	34 - 22	Angola	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 2000 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(17 - 11)

5 December 18:00	Denmark	31 - 28	Germany	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 3000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejs (CZE)
		(13 - 13)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	162	109	+53	10
South Korea	5	4	0	1	151	115	+36	8
Russia	5	3	0	2	159	122	+37	6
Brazil	5	1	1	3	104	123	−19	3
China	5	1	1	3	120	140	−20	3
Congo	5	0	0	5	91	178	−87	0

Source:

30 November 13:30	South Korea	29 - 19	China	Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 1636 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
		(15 - 8)

30 November 15:30	Hungary	22 - 13	Brazil	Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 430 Referees: Nilsson, Hagen (SWE)
		(10 - 5)

30 November 17:30	Russia	42 - 20	Congo	Lillehammer, Norway Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(19 - 14)

1 December 14:00	Brazil	20 - 27	South Korea	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 412 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(10 - 14)

1 December 16:00	Congo	17 - 39	Hungary	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 476 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
		(10 - 17)

1 December 18:00	China	21 - 38	Russia	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 697 Referees: Benmila, Besses (ALG)
		(10 - 17)

2 December 13:30	Brazil	30 - 20	Congo	Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 650 Referees: Nilsso, Hagen (SWE)
		(16 - 8)

2 December 15:30	South Korea	30 - 24	Russia	Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 1570 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
		(16 - 10)

2 December 17:30	Hungary	34 - 25	China	Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 560 Referees: Besses, Benmila (ALG)
		(15 - 10)

4 December 11:00	South Korea	36 - 19	Congo	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 700 Referees: Nilsson, Hagen (SWE)
		(20 - 10)

4 December 13:30	China	24 - 24	Brazil	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 250 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(12 - 10)

4 December 15:00	Russia	25 - 34	Hungary	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 250 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(8 - 22)

5 December 14:00	Congo	15 - 31	China	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 200 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
		(11 - 11)

5 December 16:00	Russia	30 - 17	Brazil	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 150 Referees: Nilsson, Hagen (SWE)
		(15 - 8)

5 December 18:00	Hungary	33 - 29	South Korea	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 250 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(17 - 16)

Knockout stage

Brackets

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Austria

28

A4

Belarus

27

B1

Austria

24

D3

Russia

19

C2

Germany

13

C2

Germany

22

B1

Austria

18

B3

Ukraine

19

A2

Norway

30

A2

Norway

24

A2

Norway

24

D1

Hungary

38

D1

Hungary

21

C4

Angola

18

A2

Norway (OT)

25

C3

North Macedonia

28

B2

France

24

D2

South Korea

27

C3

North Macedonia

21

A1

Netherlands

16

B4

Romania

33

B4

Romania

26

B4

Romania

17

A3

Poland

21

B2

France

18

B2

France

28

B2

France (OT)

19

Third place

C1

Denmark

30

C1

Denmark

17

B1

Austria (OT)

31

D4

Brazil

23

B4

Romania

28

Round of 16

7 December 12:30	Netherlands	16-26	Romania	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 180 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
		(3 - 9)

7 December 15:00	Austria	28 - 27	Belarus	Bergen, Norway Attendance: 1752 Referees: Kohout, Dolejs (CZE)
		(15 - 17)

7 December 15:00	Hungary	38-18	Angola	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 350 Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
		(16 - 9)

7 December 16:30	Macedonia	28 – 27	South Korea	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 2040 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(15 - 12)

7 December 17:30	Poland	21 - 28	France	Bergen, Norway Attendance: 1762 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(9 - 14)

7 December 17:30	Russia	19 - 22	Germany	Gjøvik, Norway Attendance: 431 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
		(7 - 8)

7 December 19:00	Ukraine	19 - 24	Norway	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 3120 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (SRB)
		(11 - 12)

7 December 20:40	Denmark	30 - 23	Brazil	Kolding, Denmark Attendance: 3000 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(15 - 14)

Quarter-Finals

9 December 15:30	Romania	33 - 21	Macedonia	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 100 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(21 - 9)

9 December 18:00	Germany	13 - 24	Austria	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(3 - 15)

9 December 19:00	Norway	24 - 21	Hungary	Trondheim, Norway Attendance: 4038 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(15 - 11)

9 December 20:40	Denmark	17 - 19	France	Hamar, Norway Attendance: 1000 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
		(7 - 9 / 13 - 13)

Final round

Semi-Finals

11 December 16:30	Romania	17 - 18	France	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 6000 Referees: Marjan Nachevski, Dragan Nachevski (MKD)
		(8 - 9)

11 December 19:00	Austria	18 - 30	Norway	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 8200 Referees: Kohout, Dolejs (CZE)
		(6 - 12)

Placement Matches

11 December 11:30	Hungary	39 - 25	Germany	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 700 Referees: Forbord, Jorstad (NOR)
		(21 - 10)

11 December 14:00	Denmark	30 - 25	Macedonia	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 2300 Referees: Maric, Gardinovacki (SRB)
		(16 - 13)

7th/8th

12 December 10:30	Macedonia	26 - 37	Germany	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 500 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(15 - 19)

5th/6th

12 December 13:00	Denmark	27 - 35	Hungary	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 4100 Referees: Malik de Tchara, Al Lail (ARG)
		(13 - 20)

Bronze Match

12 December 15:30	Romania	28 - 31	Austria	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 7900 Referees: Maric, Gardinovacki (SRB)
		(14 - 14 / 26 - 26)

Final

12 December 18:00	France	24 - 25	Norway	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway Attendance: 11200 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(10 - 8 / 18 - 18 / 21 - 21)

Rankings and Statistics

Classification
	Norway
	France
	Austria
4	Romania
5	Hungary
6	Denmark
7	Germany
8	Macedonia
9	South Korea
10	Netherlands
11	Poland
12	Russia
13	Ukraine
14	Belarus
15	Angola
16	Brazil
17	Japan
18	China
19	Czech Republic
20	Ivory Coast
21	Cuba
22	Congo
23	Australia
24	Argentina

1999 Women's World Champions

Norway
First Title

Team Roster

Cecilie Leganger, Heidi Tjugum, Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim, Else-Marthe Sørlie, Kjersti Grini, Trine Haltvik, Tonje Larsen, Elisabeth Hilmo, Kristine Duvholt, Mette Davidsen, Jeanette Nilsen, Ann Cathrin Eriksen, Mia Hundvin, Sahra Hausmann, Birgitte Sættem and Marianne Rokne.
Head Coach: Marit Breivik.

All Star Team

Left wing:	Dóra Lőwy (HUN)
Pivot:	Tonje Kjærgaard (DEN)
Right wing:	Kristine Duvholt (NOR)
Left back:	Ausra Fridrikas (AUT)
Playmaker:	Nodjialem Myaro (FRA)
Right back:	Indira Kastratovic (MKD)
Goalkeeper:	Cecilie Leganger (NOR)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Save %
1	Cecilie Leganger	Norway	49%
2	Heidi Tjugum	Norway	43%
3	Gitte Sunesen	Denmark	47%
4	Luminita Hutupan	Romania	46%
5	Valérie Nicolas	France	44%
6	Jokelyn Tienstra	Netherlands	43%
7	Andrea Farkas	Hungary	41%
8	Tanja Dshandshgava	Austria	40%

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Grit Jurack	Germany	67
1	Carmen Amariei	Romania	67
3	Ausra Fridrikas	Austria	66
4	Indira Kastratovic	Macedonia	62
5	Kjersti Grini	Norway	59
6	Tanja Logvin	Austria	49
7	Svetlana Minevskaia	Belarus	46
8	Rita Deli	Hungary	45
9	Marina Abramova	Macedonia	40
9	Steluţa Luca	Romania	40

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External links

International Handball Federation

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