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 Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Wuxi Sports Center Suzhou Sports Center Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 7,155 Capacity: 6,000 Changzhou Yangzhou Zhangjiagang Changzhou Olympic Sports Center Yangzhou Sports Garden Zhangjiagang Sports Center Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 3,750
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
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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
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
2009 Women's World Champions RussiaFourth title
Team roster: Inna Suslina, Lyudmila Postnova, Tatiana Dronina, Yelena Dmitriyeva, Olga Levina,Marina Yartseva, Ksenia Makeeva, Maya Petrova, Anna Sedoykina, Yekaterina Andryushina, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Ekaterina Vetkova, Victoria Zhilinskayte, Oxana Koroleva, Emiliya Turey and Tatiana Khmyrova.Head coach: Evgeny Trefilov.
All Star Team Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Pivot: Centre back: Right back: Right wing: Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 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 RankNameTeam%SavesShots 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: Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
References
External links
2009 WC Qualification (Format and Results)