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2001 World Women's Handball Championship

2001 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

Field	Value
country	Italy
dates	4–16 December
num_teams	24
confederations	1
venues	4
cities	4
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	80
goals	4154
top_scorer	AUT Ausra Fridrikas
(87 goals)
previous	1999 World Women's Handball Championship
next	2003 World Women's Handball Championship

(87 goals) The 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, the 15th of its kind, was held from 4 to 16 December 2001, and was hosted by Italy, with the final being played in Merano.

Russia won their first title, beating Norway in the final.

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies
Host nation			1
[1999 World Championship](1999-world-women-s-handball-championship)	29 November – 12 December 1999
1
[2000 African Championship](2000-african-women-s-handball-championship)	23 April – 1 May 2000		3

[2000 Asian Handball Championship](2000-asian-women-s-handball-championship)	10–17 August 2000	CHN Shanghai	3

[2000 Pan American Championship](2000-pan-american-women-s-handball-championship)	31 October – 5 November 2000	BRA Aracaju	3

[2000 European Championship](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship)	8–17 December 2000		5

European qualification	25 November 2000 – 26 May 2001	Various	8

Squads

Main article: 2001 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Each team consists of up to 12 players for each match.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout round

Bracket

|11 December||30||18 |11 December||26||21 |11 December||24||19 |11 December||23||24 |11 December||25||32 |11 December||29||25 |11 December||22||38 |11 December||23||21 |13 December||27||26 |13 December||30||23 |13 December||26||29 |13 December||32||18 |15 December||20||26 |15 December| (ET)|34||33 |16 December||30||25 |16 December||40| (ET)|42

|15 December||33||36 |15 December||22||21 |16 December||30||31 |16 December||33||31

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Rank		Team



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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	AUT Ausra Fridrikas	87	157	55.4
2	FRA Leila Lejeune	71	122	58.2
3	ESP Natalia Morskova	67	98	68.4
4	NOR Kjersti Grini	53	85	62.4
5	SWE Åsa Eriksson	50	86	58.1
6	FRY Maja Savić	49	71	69.0
CHN Zhai Chao	88	55.7
8	RUS Elena Tchaoussova	47	72	65.3
FRY Bojana Petrović	84	56.0
10	AUT Barbara Strass	45	66	68.2
FRY Sandra Kolaković	69	65.2

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Saves	Shots	%
1	NOR Cecilie Leganger	128	297	43.1
2	SWE Jenny Lindblom	119	301	39.5
3	FRA Valérie Nicolas	86	252	34.1
4	FRY Zlata Paplacko	84	241	34.9
5	AUT Nataliya Rusnachenko	83	224	37.1
6	DEN Lene Rantala	72	195	36.9
7	RUS Svetlana Bogdanova	71	165	43.0
8	SLO Nada Tutnijc	66	159	41.5
BRA Chana Masson	197	33.5
10	ITA Verena Wolf	63	201	31.3

Source: IHF

All Star team

Left wing	YUG	Maja Savić

Medalists

References

"Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". [[Handball-Bundesliga]].
Georgy Kudinov. (18 December 2001). "Русские женщины умеют делать подарки". Sport-Express.
"Women Handball World Championship 2001 in Italy - Sud Tirol 04-16.12 Winner Russia".

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