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2009 World Women's Handball Championship
2009 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
2009 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | World Women's Handball Championship |
| year | 2009 |
| other_titles | 第19届世界女子手球锦标赛 |
| image | 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.png |
| size | 250px |
| country | China |
| dates | 5–20 December |
| num_teams | 24 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 6 |
| cities | 6 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 4 |
| second_other | |
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| fourth_other | |
| matches | 110 |
| goals | 5968 |
| attendance | 103188 |
| top_scorer | AUT Katrin Engel (67 goals) |
| player | RUS Lyudmila Postnova |
| previous | 2007 World Women's Handball Championship |
| next | 2011 World Women's Handball Championship |
The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). China hosted the event from 5–20 December 2009. Russia successfully contested France in the final, their fourth title.
Venues
The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first was in South Korea 1990.
Six cities were on the short list to host the matches:
| Nanjing | Wuxi | Suzhou | {{location map+ | Jiangsu | float=center | width=330 | caption= | places= | Changzhou | Yangzhou | Zhangjiagang |
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| Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium | Wuxi Sports Center | Suzhou Sports Center | |||||||||
| Capacity: **13,000** | Capacity: **7,155** | Capacity: **6,000** | |||||||||
| [[File:奥体中心 - panoramio.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||
| Changzhou Olympic Sports Center | Yangzhou Sports Garden | Zhangjiagang Sports Center | |||||||||
| Capacity: **6,000** | Capacity: **5,500** | Capacity: **3,750** | |||||||||
| [[File:Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre.jpg | 180px]] |
Qualification
Host Nation
;Defending Champions
;Qualified from the 2008 Asian Championship
;Qualified from the 2008 European Championship
;Qualified from European play-offs European play-offs were played from 6–7 June 2009 (first leg) and 12–14 June 2009 (second leg). Qualified teams are marked in bold.
|}
;Qualified from the 2008 African Championship
;Qualified from the 2009 Pan-American Championship The 2009 Pan-American Championship took place from 23–27 June in Santiago, Chile. The three highest ranked teams qualified directly.
;Qualified from the 2009 Oceania Handball Nations Cup The 2009 Oceania Championship took place in Brisbane, Australia, from 25–30 May. The host team won the competition and thus qualified directly.
Squads
Main article: 2009 World Women's Handball Championship squads
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- (squad) Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 5 December 2009.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 15 July 2009 at the IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Teams placed first, second and third will qualify for the Main Round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main Round
Group I
Group II
President's Cup
Group I
Group II
23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
15th place game
13th place game
11th place game
9th place game
7th place game
5th place game
Final round
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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| **2009 Women's World Champions** |
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All Star Team
- Goalkeeper: Inna Suslina
- Left wing: Camilla Herrem
- Left back: Mariama Signaté
- Pivot: Begoña Fernández
- Centre back: Allison Pineau
- Right back: Marta Mangué
- Right wing: Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | **Katrin Engel** | **** | **67** | **112** | **60%** |
| 2 | Paula Gondo-Bredou | **65** | 95 | 68% | |
| 3 | Shio Fujii | **61** | 109 | 56% | |
| 4 | Mouna Chebbah | **58** | 113 | 51% | |
| 5 | Kim On-A | **53** | 89 | 60% | |
| 5 | Olha Nikolayenko | **53** | 98 | 54% | |
| 7 | N'Cho Elodie Mambo | **52** | 98 | 53% | |
| 7 | Elzira Tavares | **52** | 82 | 63% | |
| 9 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth | **50** | 80 | 63% | |
| 10 | Chantal Okoye Mbon | **48** | 70 | 69% | |
| 10 | Akie Uegaki | **48** | 107 | 45% |
Source: IHF.info
Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | **Odeth Tavares** | **** | **45%** | **31** | **69** |
| 2 | Anna Sedoykina | **44%** | 63 | 142 | |
| 3 | Mihaela Ciobanu | **42%** | 84 | 202 | |
| 4 | Tetyana Chukhno | **41%** | 39 | 96 | |
| 4 | Paula Ungureanu | **41%** | 101 | 246 | |
| 6 | Cléopatre Darleux | **40%** | 49 | 122 | |
| 6 | Darly de Paula | **40%** | 49 | 124 | |
| 6 | Cristina González | **40%** | 65 | 162 | |
| 6 | Natascha Schilk | **40%** | 55 | 136 | |
| 6 | Inna Suslina | **40%** | 73 | 181 |
Source: IHF.info
Other awards
- Most Valuable Player: Lyudmila Postnova Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
References
References
- "Russia again! Trefilow team defends title by beating France 25:22 in the final". [[International Handball Federation]].
- (7 May 2009). "19th World Women's Handball Championship will be held in Jiangsu". Chinese Handball Association.
- Michel Pape. "Women's World Championships". [[International Handball Federation]].
- (10 November 2009). "Big cities, giant arenas". IHF.
- "2009 Women's World Championship / Play Off". [[European Handball Federation]].
- (31 May 2009). "Australia wins Pacific Cup". Handball ACT.
- "2009 Pacific Cup Schedule & Results". Australian Handball Federation.
- (18 November 2009). "Provisional team lists available". IHF.
- (5 December 2009). "Teams Roasters - Official Release". jiangsu2009.cn.
- (15 July 2009). "Draw for 2009 Women's World Championship - Results". [[International Handball Federation.
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