GF World Cup '06

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The 2006 GF Handball World Cup is an eight-team tournament in women's handball, held in Atletion, Århus, Denmark between 14 November and 19 November. This is the second instalment of the Handball World Cup, and the tournament is organised by the Danish Handball Association. It is an invitational tournament with no affiliation to the International Handball Federation, but five of the top eight women’s teams in the world will be competing at this event, including permanent representatives Sweden and Denmark. Defending champions Norway are not taking 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.

Results

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Denmark	2	1	1	0	33	27
Romania	2	1	1	0	33	27
Sweden	0	1	0	1	27	33
Poland	0	1	0	1	27	33

November 14, 2006

Romania	33–27	Poland
Denmark	33–27	Sweden

November 15, 2006

Romania	–	Sweden
Denmark	–	Poland

November 16, 2006

Poland	–	Sweden
Denmark	–	Romania

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Russia	2	1	1	0	38	34
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	25	24
Netherlands	0	1	0	1	24	25
Brazil	0	1	0	1	34	38

November 14, 2006

Ukraine	25–24	Netherlands
Russia	38–34	Brazil

November 15, 2006

Russia	–	Netherlands
Ukraine	–	Brazil

November 16, 2006

Russia	–	Ukraine
Netherlands	–	Brazil

Knockouts

November 18, 2006

Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2

November 19, 2006

Third Place Play-off
Final

References

• Template:Da icon Fint dansk afsæt i World Cup, from Danmarks Radio, retrieved 14 November 2006
• Template:Nl icon Knullige nederlaag handbalsters, from NOS, retrieved 14 November 2006

External links

• Tournament site