The women's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 150 players, distributed among ten national teams, participated in this tournament.^[1]

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2000 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17 September – 1 October
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	1,763 (53.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kjersti Grini (61 goals)
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For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	131	100	+31	8	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	4	2	1	1	119	106	+13	5
3	France	4	2	0	2	90	93	−3	4
4	Romania	4	1	1	2	99	101	−2	3
5	Angola	4	0	0	4	98	137	−39	0	Ninth place game

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17 September 2000 14:30	Hungary	42–22	Angola	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS)
	Radulović 11	(18–13)	Bengue 8
	2× 2×		3× 8×

17 September 2000 21:30	South Korea	25–18	France	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Lee S. 10	(15–3)	Lejeune 7
	3× 3×		3× 3×

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19 September 2000 16:30	France	22–23	Hungary	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Pecqueux-Rolland 6	(14–12)	Radulović 9
	3× 3×		2× 4×

19 September 2000 19:30	Romania	25–34	South Korea	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Dobrin, Luca 5	(9–16)	Lee S., Oh S. 8
	3× 2×		2× 2×

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21 September 2000 16:30	Angola	25–35	Romania	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
	Bengue 11	(11–16)	Dobrin 10
	2× 6×		3× 10× 1×

21 September 2000 21:30	Hungary	33–41	South Korea	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Balogh 8	(19–16)	Lee S. 18
	3× 6×		4× 1×

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23 September 2000 14:30	Angola	27–29	France	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Bengue 7	(11–16)	Pecqueux-Rolland 7
	3× 6×		3× 4× 1×

23 September 2000 21:30	Romania	21–21	Hungary	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Drăgănescu 7	(12–10)	Ág. Farkas 6
	3× 5×		3× 3× 1×

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25 September 2000 16:30	South Korea	31–24	Angola	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS)
	Kim H. 6	(14–16)	Bengue 10
	3× 2×		2× 1×

25 September 2000 21:30	France	21–18	Romania	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
	Myaro, Pecqueux-Rolland 6	(11–10)	Luca 7
	3× 7×		3× 3×

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	101	72	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	0	1	124	83	+41	6
3	Austria	4	2	0	2	131	90	+41	4
4	Brazil	4	1	0	3	100	133	−33	2
5	Australia (H)	4	0	0	4	59	137	−78	0	Ninth place game

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17 September 2000 16:30	Denmark	17–19	Norway	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	four players 3	(7–10)	Bjerkrheim, Grini 4
	3× 4×		3× 2×

17 September 2000 19:30	Australia	19–32	Brazil	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Edland, Kahmke 4	(7–15)	Roese, L. Silva 6
	3× 4×		3× 4×

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19 September 2000 14:30	Norway	28–18	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	Grini 13	(12–11)	Boulton, Shinfield 4
	3× 4×		3× 4×

19 September 2000 21:30	Austria	26–30	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Fridrikas 11	(13–16)	Andersen, Kiærskou 7
	3× 1×		2× 3×

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21 September 2000 14:30	Brazil	26–45	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	L. Silva 8	(14–21)	Fridrikas 11
	3× 7×		3× 2×

21 September 2000 19:30	Australia	12–38	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	Kahmke 5	(6–18)	Andersen, Roslyng 7
	1× 2×		3× 3×

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23 September 2000 16:30	Brazil	16–30	Norway	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	S. Oliveira 4	(7–18)	Grini 7
	2× 5×		3× 1×

23 September 2000 19:30	Austria	39–10	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
	Logwin 8	(17–6)	three players 2
	2× 4× 1×		3× 2×

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25 September 2000 14:30	Denmark	39–26	Brazil	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
	Kiærskou 9	(19–12)	Sales 9
	3× 1×		3× 4×

25 September 2000 19:30	Norway	24–21	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Grini 8	(12–7)	Fridrikas 8
	4× 5×		4× 3×