2009 World Women's Handball Championship

2009 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
第19届世界女子手球锦标赛 (Chinese)

Host country	China
Dates	5–20 December
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (4th title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Katrin Engel (AUT)
Best player	Lyudmila Postnova (RUS)
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The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship took place from 5 to 20 December 2009 in China. It was the 19th edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the second that took place outside of Europe.^[1] Russia won their fourth title.

Venues

The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu.^[1] It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first being South Korea 1990.^[2]

Six cities have been selected to host the matches:^[3]

City	Stadium	Capacity	Matches
Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium	13,000	Semifinals and finals
Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center	6,000	Preliminary round Group C, Placement matches 5th to 12th
Wuxi	Wuxi Sports Center	7,155	Preliminary round Group A, Main round Group 2, President's Cup
Changzhou	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center	6,000	Preliminary round Group D
Yangzhou	Yangzhou Sports Garden	5,500	Main round Group 1
Zhangjiagang	Zhangjiagang Sports Center	3,750	Preliminary round Group B, President's Cup

Qualification

Host Nation

China

Defending Champions

Russia

Qualified from the 2008 Asian Championship

Qualified from the 2008 European Championship

Norway
Spain

Qualified from European play-offs

European play-offs were played on 6 and 7 June 2009 (first leg) and between 12 and 14 June 2009 (second leg).^[4] Qualified teams are marked in bold.

Team 1	Result	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg
Slovakia	43 – 55	Hungary	21 – 22	22 – 33
Sweden	52 – 45	Montenegro	24 – 17	28 – 28
Serbia	43 – 51	Germany	24 – 29	19 – 22
Croatia	51 – 55	France	27 – 23	24 – 32
Belarus	63 – 70	Romania	31 – 32	32 – 38
Macedonia	57 – 62	Austria	32 – 28	25 – 34
Portugal	43 – 79	Denmark	21 – 38	22 – 41
Ukraine	57 – 48	Netherlands	27 – 21	30 – 27

Qualified from the 2008 African Championship

Qualified from the 2009 Pan-American Championship

The 2009 Pan-American Championship took place between 23 and 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, between 25 and 30 May. The host team won the competition and thus qualified directly.^[5]^[6]

Australia

Squads

Main article: 2009 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players,^[7] 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 5 December 2009.^[8]

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 15 July 2009 at the IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.^[9] Teams placed first, second and third will qualify for the Main Round.

	Team advances to the Main Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	139	114	+25	8
France	5	3	2	117	104	+13	6
Germany	5	3	2	142	136	+6	6
Sweden	5	3	2	129	121	+8	6
Brazil	5	2	3	132	134	−2	4
Congo	5	0	5	116	166	−50	0

5 December 2009 17:00	France	20 – 22	Brazil	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 150 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Dembele 6	(9 – 13)	Rodrigues 7
	1× 3×	(Report)	5× 4×

5 December 2009 19:00	Sweden	28 – 19	Congo	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 300 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Flognman, Wikensten 5	(9 – 9)	Itoua Atsono, Okoye Mbon 4
	2× 3×	(Report)	3×

5 December 2009 21:00	Germany	26 – 27	Denmark	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 700 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Mietzner 9	(10 – 15)	Augustesen, L. Mortensen, Troelsen 6
	4× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

6 December 2009 17:00	Congo	23 – 36	Germany	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 100 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Essopondo, Itoua Atsono, Okoye Mbon 4	(10 – 15)	Neukamp 8
	6× 3×	(Report)	2× 3×

6 December 2009 19:00	Brazil	23 – 26	Sweden	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 350 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Rodrigues 6	(8 – 14)	Ahlm 5
	4× 3× 1×	(Report)	7× 4×

6 December 2009 21:00	Denmark	24 – 16	France	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 150 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Dalby 8	(11 – 8)	Pineau 4
	5× 4×	(Report)	2× 2×

7 December 2009 17:00	Germany	32 – 30	Brazil	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 250 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Neukamp 8	(19 – 12)	Pinheiro 10
	4× 3×	(Report)	6× 3×

7 December 2009 19:00	Denmark	37 – 24	Congo	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 300 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Kastrup, L. Pedersen 7	(20 – 12)	Okoye Mbon 7
	7× 2×	(Report)	6× 3×

7 December 2009 21:00	France	23 – 21	Sweden	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 200 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Signate 4	(9 – 13)	Boson 5
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 4×

9 December 2009 17:00	France	29 – 22	Congo	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 100 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Limal 5	(14 – 9)	Bassarila, Okoye Mbon 7
	6× 3×	(Report)	4× 3×

9 December 2009 19:00	Brazil	21 – 28	Denmark	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 402 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Amorim, da Costa, Rodrigues 4	(9 – 14)	Troelsen 6
	4× 2×	(Report)	4× 3×

9 December 2009 21:00	Sweden	27 – 33	Germany	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 200 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Isakson, Gulldén 5	(12 – 18)	Mietzner 9
	5× 4×	(Report)	3× 4×

10 December 2009 17:00	Congo	28 – 36	Brazil	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 100 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Itoua Atsono 8	(13 – 19)	da Costa 13
	4× 4×	(Report)	7× 3× 1×

10 December 2009 19:00	Germany	15 – 29	France	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 300 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Mietzner 5	(10 – 10)	Mendy 6
	4× 3×	(Report)	6× 2×

10 December 2009 21:00	Sweden	27 – 23	Denmark	Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi Attendance: 350 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Ahlm 7	(14 – 10)	Mortensen L. 7
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	175	74	+101	10
Austria	5	3	2	175	106	+69	6
Angola	5	3	2	145	96	+49	6
Ukraine	5	3	2	151	106	+45	6
Thailand	5	1	4	73	192	−119	2
Australia	5	0	5	52	197	−145	0

5 December 2009 17:00	Angola	39 – 9	Australia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Behi, Farah (TUN)
	Wuta, Natália 6	(22 – 6)	Sørensen 4
	3×	(Report)	3× 3×

5 December 2009 19:00	Austria	52 – 11	Thailand	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 250 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Plach 8	(24 – 7)	Sila, Thanawat 3
	2×	(Report)	3× 3×

5 December 2009 21:00	Russia	27 – 18	Ukraine	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 250 Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
	Turey 5	(11 – 10)	Nikolayenko 5
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 2×

6 December 2009 17:00	Australia	10 – 45	Austria	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Sørensen, M. Kelly, Brunsberg 2	(5 – 22)	Spiridon 8
	1× 2×	(Report)	2×

6 December 2009 19:00	Ukraine	20 – 28	Angola	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Maria, Minore (ARG)
	Tsybulenko 6	(10 – 14)	Elzira 9
	3× 4×	(Report)	5× 3×

6 December 2009 21:00	Thailand	8 – 45	Russia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Thanawat 5	(6 – 19)	Zhilinskayte 8
	5× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

7 December 2009 17:00	Ukraine	41 – 13	Thailand	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 150 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Boklashchuk, Tsybulenko 6	(21 – 8)	Suphasanan 4
	1× 2×	(Report)	3× 1×

7 December 2009 19:00	Angola	21 – 28	Austria	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 900 Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
	Elzira 10	(12 – 16)	Engel 14
	1× 4× 1×	(Report)	4× 3×

7 December 2009 21:00	Russia	48 – 8	Australia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 80 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Turey 8	(27 – 3)	Sørensen 3
	1×	(Report)	2× 2×

9 December 2009 17:00	Angola	36 – 16	Thailand	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 60 Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
	Azenaide 9	(21 – 5)	Thanawat 7
	2× 2×	(Report)	2× 3×

9 December 2009 19:00	Australia	7 – 40	Ukraine	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 750 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Sørensen, Thomas 2	(4 – 19)	Shkliaruk 6
	5× 3×	(Report)	1× 1×

9 December 2009 21:00	Austria	19 – 32	Russia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 200 Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Engel 6	(10 – 17)	Turey 7
	5× 4×	(Report)	3× 3×

10 December 2009 17:00	Thailand	25 – 18	Australia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 50 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Phonsen	(13 – 10)	Sørensen 7
	1× 3×	(Report)	2× 3×

10 December 2009 19:00	Austria	31 – 32	Ukraine	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Subke, Engel 8	(17 – 15)	Nykolayenko 10
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

10 December 2009 21:00	Russia	23 – 21	Angola	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 120 Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Postnova 5	(11 – 12)	Elzira 8
	3× 4×	(Report)	4× 4×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	5	0	0	164	102	+62	10
Romania	5	4	0	1	182	117	+65	8
Hungary	5	3	0	2	160	123	+37	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	144	156	−12	3
Tunisia	5	1	1	3	137	155	−18	3
Chile	5	0	0	5	81	215	−134	0

5 December 2009 17:15	Romania	51 – 17	Chile	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Stanca 10	(20 – 7)	Feuchtmann 6
	1× 3×	(Report)	3× 5×

5 December 2009 19:15	Norway	34 – 19	Japan	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 750 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Riegelhuth, Herrem 7	(15 – 9)	Uegaki 8
	1× 3×	(Report)	5× 2× 1×

5 December 2009 21:15	Hungary	33 – 25	Tunisia	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Tóth 9	(15 – 11)	Khouildi 8
	7× 3× 1×	(Report)	7× 3×

6 December 2009 17:15	Chile	14 – 48	Hungary	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Canessa 6	(6 – 24)	Zácsik, Juhasz 8
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 3×

6 December 2009 19:15	Tunisia	25 – 36	Norway	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Chebbah 7	(14 – 18)	Johansen, Løke 6
	1× 3×	(Report)	3×

6 December 2009 21:15	Japan	28 – 37	Romania	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Uegaki 8	(17 – 17)	Puşcaşu 9
	1× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

7 December 2009 17:15	Japan	31 – 31	Tunisia	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 250 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Fujii 10	(16 – 14)	Elghaoui, Chebbah 7
	5× 3× 1×	(Report)	6× 4× 1×

7 December 2009 19:15	Norway	44 – 15	Chile	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Riegelhuth 9	(21 – 7)	Feuchtmann 3
	2×	(Report)	4× 2×

7 December 2009 21:15	Romania	31 – 25	Hungary	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Lecuşanu 12	(16 – 7)	Tóth 7
	1× 3×	(Report)	6× 3×

9 December 2009 17:15	Chile	19 – 38	Japan	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Canessa, Feuchtmann, Flores 6	(13 – 19)	Fujii, Takahashi, Uegaki 6
	3×	(Report)

9 December 2009 19:15	Hungary	19 – 25	Norway	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 700 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Bulath, Vérten 3	(11 – 11)	Riegelhuth 6
	1× 3×	(Report)	2×

9 December 2009 21:15	Romania	39 – 22	Tunisia	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Puşcaşu 7	(23 – 10)	Khouildi 6
	2× 2×	(Report)	2× 1×

10 December 2009 17:15	Tunisia	34 – 16	Chile	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 100 Referees: Chen, Lu (CHN)
	Msaad, Chebbah 8	(21 – 7)	Musalem 6
	2× 2×	(Report)	3× 3×

10 December 2009 19:15	Norway	25 – 24	Romania	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Nøstvold, Riegelhuth 5	(14 – 12)	Neagu 9
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 2×

10 December 2009 21:15	Hungary	35 – 28	Japan	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou Attendance: 300 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Tóth 8	(15 – 14)	Fujii 8
	3× 3×	(Report)	1× 3×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	0	147	84	+63	10
South Korea	5	4	0	1	170	115	+55	8
China	5	3	0	2	123	109	+14	6
Ivory Coast	5	1	1	3	114	140	−26	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	96	148	−52	2
Argentina	5	0	1	4	88	142	−54	1

5 December 2009 15:30	South Korea	39 – 21	Kazakhstan	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Jung J. 8	(17 – 14)	Yegunova 6
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 4×

5 December 2009 17:30	Spain	29 – 18	Ivory Coast	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 300 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailam (KUW)
	Aguilar, Benzal 6	(13 – 9)	Mambo, Gondo-Bredou 4
	4× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

5 December 2009 19:30	China	26 – 15	Argentina	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Wei Q., Li Y. 6	(12 – 6)	Decilio 7
	6× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

6 December 2009 15:30	Ivory Coast	26 – 35	South Korea	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 300 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Gondo-Bredou 6	(13 – 15)	Kim O. 8
	5× 3×	(Report)	4× 3×

6 December 2009 17:30	Argentina	15 – 33	Spain	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Decilio 5	(9 – 14)	Aguilar 9
	7× 3×	(Report)	4× 3×

6 December 2009 19:30	Kazakhstan	13 – 25	China	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Yakovleva 5	(7 – 9)	Li W. 7
	3× 2×	(Report)	1× 2×

7 December 2009 14:30	Ivory Coast	19 – 19	Argentina	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailam (KUW)
	Kuyo, Mambo, Karamoko 4	(11 – 10)	Mendoza 7
	5× 3× 1×	(Report)	3× 4×

7 December 2009 16:30	South Korea	33 – 25	China	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Woo S., Kim O., Moon P. 7	(17 – 13)	Li W. 8
	1× 3×	(Report)	4× 3×

7 December 2009 18:30	Spain	30 – 12	Kazakhstan	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Mangué 6	(12 – 5)	Yefimova 3
	1× 3×	(Report)	4× 2×

9 December 2009 14:30	Kazakhstan	22 – 30	Ivory Coast	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Kozlova 7	(13 – 13)	Mambo 10
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

9 December 2009 16:30	China	12 – 27	Spain	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 2,000 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Liu X. 4	(9 – 11)	Mangué 7
	4× 3×	(Report)	3×

9 December 2009 18:30	South Korea	36 – 15	Argentina	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailam (KUW)
	Lee S., Nam H., Park H., Yoo H. 5	(19 – 10)	Bianchi 4
	3× 3×	(Report)	6× 3×

10 December 2009 14:30	Argentina	24 – 28	Kazakhstan	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 100 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mendoza 7	(11 – 12)	Pikalova 7
	7× 3×	(Report)	7× 3×

10 December 2009 16:30	China	35 – 21	Ivory Coast	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Wei Q. 8	(18 – 11)	Mambo, Gondo-Bredou 5
	2× 2×	(Report)	2× 3×

10 December 2009 18:30	Spain	28 – 27	South Korea	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, Changzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Aguilar 8	(15 – 15)	Jung J., Myoung B. 6
	5× 3×	(Report)	2× 4×

Main Round

	Team advances to the Semifinals

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	1	137	106	+31	8
Russia	5	4	1	142	111	+31	8
Denmark	5	3	2	129	127	+2	6
Germany	5	2	3	117	137	−20	4
Austria	5	1	4	120	147	−27	2
Angola	5	1	4	115	132	−17	2

December 12, 2009 17:00	Germany	22 – 34	Russia	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Neukamp 8	(13 – 16)	Turey 6
	5× 3×	(Report)	3× 4×

December 12, 2009 19:00	France	33 – 24	Angola	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Goudjo, Deroin, Signate 4	(15 – 9)	Viegas, Elzira 5
	2× 4×	(Report)	7× 4×

December 12, 2009 21:00	Denmark	30 – 27	Austria	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
	Mortensen L. 8	(15 – 16)	Engel, Spiridon 6
	2× 2×	(Report)	2× 3×

December 13, 2009 17:00	Austria	26 – 29	Germany	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Subke 7	(14 – 12)	Müller 7
	5× 4× 1×	(Report)	6× 3×

December 13, 2009 19:00	Russia	23 – 24	France	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
	Khmyrova 7	(14 – 12)	Baudouin, Limal 5
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

December 13, 2009 21:00	Angola	28 – 23	Denmark	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Elzira, Luísa, Azenaide 6	(14 – 14)	Troelsen 9
	5× 5×	(Report)	6× 4×

December 15, 2009 17:00	Germany	25 – 21	Angola	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Müller, Sabrina Neukamp 4	(12 – 13)	Azenaide 8
	2× 3×	(Report)	8× 4× 1×

December 15, 2009 19:00	France	35 – 20	Austria	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Baudouin 10	(19 – 12)	Engel 11
	6× 3×	(Report)	7× 4× 1×

December 15, 2009 21:00	Denmark	25 – 30	Russia	Yangzhou Sports Garden, Yangzhou Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Moretensen L. 8	(12 – 13)	Postnova 8
	4× 4×	(Report)	4× 2×

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	4	0	1	138	114	+24	8
Spain	5	3	1	1	126	112	+14	7
South Korea	5	2	2	1	150	142	+8	6
Romania	5	2	1	2	154	129	+25	5
Hungary	5	1	2	2	118	126	−8	4
China	5	0	0	5	96	159	−63	0

December 12, 2009 17:15	Romania	40 – 19	China	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 1,500 Referees: J. Bonaventura, C. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Puşcaşu, Vărzaru 6	(21 – 12)	Lan X. 5
	3×	(Report)	2× 3×

December 12, 2009 19:15	Norway	27 – 28	South Korea	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Nøstvold 5	(14 – 13)	Yu 7
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 2×

December 12, 2009 21:15	Hungary	21 – 21	Spain	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Zácsik 5	(8 – 10)	Martín 6
	6× 3× 1×	(Report)	3× 2×

December 13, 2009 17:15	South Korea	28 – 28	Hungary	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Bonaventura J., Bonaventura C. (FRA)
	Kim O., Lee E. 5	(11 – 17)	Zácsik 8
	2× 3×	(Report)	7× 4×

December 13, 2009 19:15	China	19 – 34	Norway	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 800 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
	Li W. 5	(10 – 18)	Riegelhuth 7
	3× 3×	(Report)	1× 2×

December 13, 2009 21:15	Spain	26 – 25	Romania	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Mangué 8	(14 – 12)	Amariei 6
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 2×

December 15, 2009 17:15	Hungary	25 – 21	China	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Zácsik 8	(14 – 10)	Li W. 9
	2× 2×	(Report)	4× 3×

December 15, 2009 19:15	Norway	27 – 24	Spain	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Riegelhuth 7	(8 – 14)	Aguilar 6
	5× 2×	(Report)	4× 3×

December 15, 2009 21:15	Romania	34 – 34	South Korea	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Vărzaru, Lecuşanu 6	(13 – 19)	Jung J. 9
	1× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

President's Cup

Placement matches for teams eliminated after preliminary round.

Group President's Cup 1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	5	5	0	203	112	+91	10
Brazil	5	4	1	184	115	+69	8
Ukraine	5	3	2	180	120	+60	6
Congo	5	2	3	142	148	−6	4
Thailand	5	1	4	99	184	−85	2
Australia	5	0	5	80	209	−129	0

12 December 2009 19:00	Brazil	45 – 12	Australia	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 100 Referees: Chen, Lu (CHN)
	da Silva F., da Silva R. 9	(20 – 7)	Sørensen, Brunberg 3
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 3×

12 December 2009 15:00	Congo	30 – 38	Ukraine	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 98 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Itoua Atsono 9	(16 – 20)	Tsybulenko, Manaharova 7
	1× 3×	(Report)	3× 3× 1×

12 December 2009 17:00	Sweden	49 – 18	Thailand	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 150 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Skogsberg 12	(19 – 8)	Suphasanan 6
	1× 3×	(Report)	7× 3×

13 December 2009 17:00	Ukraine	30 – 36	Brazil	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 200 Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Lyapina 6	(20 – 20)	Pinheiro 10
	5× 3×	(Report)	6× 3×

13 December 2009 19:00	Australia	21 – 66	Sweden	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 35 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Sørensen 6	(8 – 26)	Boson 12
	6× 3×	(Report)	1×

13 December 2009 15:00	Thailand	24 – 32	Congo	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 25 Referees: Chen, Lu (CHN)
	Thanawat 10	(11 – 12)	Mavoungou 7
	2× 3×	(Report)	4× 2×

14 December 2009 15:00	Congo	33 – 22	Australia	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 25 Referees: Chen S., Lu M. (CHN)
	Okoko, Itoua Atsono 6	(14 – 9)	Hudson-Gofers 7
	1× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

14 December 2009 17:00	Brazil	44 – 19	Thailand	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 200 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	da Silva 8	(27 – 9)	Suphasanan 6
	1× 2×	(Report)	3× 3×

14 December 2009 19:00	Sweden	34 – 31	Ukraine	Wuxi Sport Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 25 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Wikensten	(16 – 17)	Nikolayenko 10
	3× 3×	(Report)	5× 4×

Group President's Cup 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	5	4	1	0	169	118	+51	9
Japan	5	3	1	1	158	123	+35	7
Ivory Coast	5	2	1	2	135	131	+4	5
Argentina	5	2	1	2	112	119	−7	5
Kazakhstan	5	2	0	3	119	146	−27	4
Chile	5	0	0	5	96	154	−58	0

12 December 2009 19:00	Tunisia	32 – 22	Argentina	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Toumi 8	(13 – 12)	Decilio 10
	2× 2×	(Report)	4× 3× 1×

12 December 2009 17:00	Chile	19 – 28	Ivory Coast	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailan (KUW)
	Feuchtmann 5	(12 – 15)	Gondo-Bredou
	5× 3× 1×	(Report)	2× 3×

12 December 2009 15:00	Japan	33 – 17	Kazakhstan	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Fujii 9	(15 – 11)	Kozlova 5
	1× 3×	(Report)	1× 3×

13 December 2009 15:00	Ivory Coast	27 – 39	Tunisia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Gondo-Bredou 10	(16 – 14)	Chebbah 10
	1× 4× 1×	(Report)	2× 3×

13 December 2009 19:00	Argentina	25 – 24	Japan	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Magdalena Decilio 6	(15 – 12)	Fujii 8
	2× 3×	(Report)	2× 4×

13 December 2009 17:00	Kazakhstan	32 – 26	Chile	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Kubrina 7	(18 – 18)	Flores 8
	2× 2×	(Report)	1× 3×

14 December 2009 19:00	Chile	16 – 22	Argentina	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailam (KUW)
	Letelier 4	(7 – 10)	Criveli, Bianchi 4
	4× 3×	(Report)	7× 3×

14 December 2009 17:00	Tunisia	33 – 20	Kazakhstan	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Chebbah 10	(15 – 10)	Suyazova 4
	1× 3×	(Report)	3×

14 December 2009 15:00	Japan	32 – 31	Ivory Coast	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Takahashi, Kamimachi, Uegaki, Fujii 5	(16 – 11)	Gondo-Bredou 14
	3× 3×	(Report)	5× 3×

Placement Matches

13-24: Final placement matches for Presidents Cup.
5-12: Placement matches for teams eliminated after main round.

23rd / 24th Place

December 15, 2009 16:30	Australia	21 – 32	Chile	Wuxi Sports Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 43 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Sørensen 4	(6 – 14)	Musalem 8
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 4×

21st / 22nd Place

December 15, 2009 14:00	Thailand	27 – 23	Kazakhstan	Wuxi Sports Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 25 Referees: Chen S., Liu M. (CHN)
	Thanawat 8	(13 – 13)	Pikalova 6
	2× 2×	(Report)	2× 3×

19th / 20th Place

December 15, 2009 19:00	Congo	26 – 35	Argentina	Wuxi Sports Center Gym, Wuxi Attendance: 200 Referees: Beji, Farah (TUN)
	Okoye Mbon 9	(9 – 18)	Bianchi 11
	5× 3× 1×	(Report)	8× 3×

17th / 18th Place

December 15, 2009 14:00	Ukraine	34 – 29	Ivory Coast	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Liu S., Liu F. (CHN)
	Nikolayenko 11	(13 – 11)	Gondo-Bredou, Dosso 7
	2× 2×	(Report)	4× 4×

15th / 16th Place

December 15, 2009 16:30	Brazil	31 – 29	Japan	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Lima 6	(19 – 17)	Fujii 9
	3× 4×	(Report)	4× 3×

13th / 14th Place

December 15, 2009 19:00	Sweden	33 – 31 (ET)	Tunisia	Zhangjiagang Sports Center Gym, Zhangjiagang Attendance: 100 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailam (KUW)
	Gullden 8	(12 – 10 , 26 – 26)	Toumi 9
	2× 3×	(Report)	2× 3×

11th / 12th Place

December 17, 2009 16:00	Angola	26 – 25	China	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Guseva, Vartanian (RUS)
	Azenaide 8	(14 – 14)	Li W. 6
	1× 4×	(Report)	3×

9th / 10th Place

December 17, 2009 13:30	Austria	25 – 41	Hungary	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 200 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Engel, Spiridon 7	(15 – 17)	Tóth
	2× 3×	(Report)	1× 3×

7th / 8th Place

December 17, 2009 18:30	Germany	35 – 25	Romania	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Bonaventura C., Bonaventura J. (FRA)
	Althaus 6	(20 – 13)	Amariei 7
	3× 3×	(Report)	1× 2×

5th / 6th Place

December 17, 2009 21:00	Denmark	33 – 31	South Korea	Suzhou Sports Center Gym, Suzhou Attendance: 500 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Augustesen 10	(20 – 15)	Kim O. 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Final round

Semifinals

December 18, 2009 18:30	France	27 – 23	Spain	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Ayglon, Signate 5	(12 – 10)	Mangué 9
	6× 4×	(Report)

December 18, 2009 21:15	Norway	20 – 28	Russia	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Frafjord, Riegelhuth 4	(12 – 17)	Postnova 6
	2×	(Report)	4× 3×

Bronze Final

December 20, 2009 16:30	Spain	26 – 31	Norway	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Alberto, Mangué, Aguilar 5	(9 – 15)	Frafjord 7
	6× 3×	(Report)	7× 3×

Final

December 20, 2009 19:00	France	22 – 25	Russia	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Signate 8	(11 – 14)	Dmitriyeva 8
	3× 4×	(Report)	5× 2×

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

	Russia
	France
	Norway
4	Spain
5	Denmark
6	South Korea
7	Germany
8	Romania
9	Hungary
10	Austria
11	Angola
12	China
13	Sweden
14	Tunisia
15	Brazil
16	Japan
17	Ukraine
18	Ivory Coast
19	Argentina
20	Congo
21	Thailand
22	Kazakhstan
23	Chile
24	Australia

2009 Women's World Champions

Russia
Fourth 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: Inna Suslina (RUS)
Left wing: Camilla Herrem (NOR)
Left back: Mariama Signate (FRA)
Pivot: Begoña Fernández (ESP)
Centre back: Allison Pineau (FRA)
Right back: Marta Mangué (ESP)
Right wing: Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth (NOR)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Odeth Tavares	Angola	45%	31	69
2	Anna Sedoykina	Russia	44%	63	142
3	Mihaela Ciobanu	Spain	42%	84	202
4	Tetyana Chukhno	Ukraine	41%	39	96
4	Paula Ungureanu	Romania	41%	101	246
6	Cléopatre Darleux	France	40%	49	122
6	Darly de Paula	Brazil	40%	49	124
6	Cristina González	Spain	40%	65	162
6	Natascha Schilk	Austria	40%	55	136
6	Inna Suslina	Russia	40%	73	181

Source: IHF.info

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Katrin Engel	Austria	67	112	60%
2	Paula Gondo-Bredou	Ivory Coast	65	95	68%
3	Shio Fujii	Japan	61	109	56%
4	Mouna Chebbah	Tunisia	58	113	51%
5	Kim On-A	South Korea	53	89	60%
5	Olha Nikolayenko	Ukraine	53	98	54%
7	N'Cho Elodie Mambo	Ivory Coast	52	98	53%
7	Elzira Tavares	Angola	52	82	63%
9	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth	Norway	50	80	63%
10	Chantal Okoye Mbon	Congo	48	70	69%
10	Akie Uegaki	Japan	48	107	45%

Source: IHF.info

Other awards

Most Valuable Player: Lyudmila Postnova (RUS)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

References

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↑ "Big cities, giant arenas". IHF. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
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