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The 2006 GF Handball World Cup was an eight-team tournament in women's handball, held in Atletion, Århus, Denmark between 14 November and 19 November. It was the second installment of the Handball World Cup, and the tournament was organised by the Danish Handball Association. It was an invitational tournament with no affiliation to the International Handball Federation, but five of the top eight women’s teams in the world competed at this event, including permanent representatives Sweden and Denmark. Defending champions Norway did not take part. The tournament is said to be the world’s most prestigious non-IHF handball tournament for women, and most matches in the tournament were broadcast live on Eurosport. [1] Defending world champions Russia won the tournament, after a last-minute victory over Romania in the final, a replay of the 2005 World Championship final.

Results

In both groups, the semi-finalists were determined before the final round of games.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA
Romania Romania 6 3 3 0 86 77
Denmark Denmark 4 3 2 1 85 72
Sweden Sweden 2 3 1 2 71 84
Poland Poland 0 3 0 3 76 85

November 14, 2006

Romania Romania 33–27 Poland Poland
Denmark Denmark 33–27 Sweden Sweden

November 15, 2006

Romania Romania 28–20 Sweden Sweden
Denmark Denmark 28–26 Poland Poland

November 16, 2006

Poland Poland 23–24 Sweden Sweden
Denmark Denmark 24–25 Romania Romania

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA
Russia Russia 6 3 3 0 112 93
Ukraine Ukraine 4 3 2 1 91 88
Netherlands Netherlands 2 3 1 2 87 91
Brazil Brazil 0 3 0 3 90 108

November 14, 2006

Ukraine Ukraine 25–24 Netherlands Netherlands
Russia Russia 38–34 Brazil Brazil

November 15, 2006

Russia Russia 41–32 Netherlands Netherlands
Ukraine Ukraine 39–31 Brazil Brazil

November 16, 2006

Russia Russia 33–27 Ukraine Ukraine
Netherlands Netherlands 31–25 Brazil Brazil

Knockouts

Semi finals

November 18, 2006

Romania Romania 27–25 Ukraine Ukraine
Russia Russia 32–28 Denmark Denmark

3rd/4th place

November 19, 2006

Ukraine Ukraine 20–24 Denmark Denmark

Final

November 19, 2006

Romania Romania 28–29 Russia Russia

References

Further references and notes

  1. ^ Russia begin with victory, Eurosport.com, retrieved 15 November 2006