| Tourney Name: | Girls' handball at the II Summer Youth Games |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | 20–25 August |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Goals: | 639 |
| Previous: | Handball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament |
The girls handball tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing was held from 20 to 25 August. Games were played at the Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium.
South Korea won their first title after defeating Russia 32-31 in the final.[1] Sweden captured the bronze, by winning against Brazil 23-16.[2]
| G | Group stage | P | Placement matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | ||||
| Women | G | G | G | G | P | ½ | B | F | |
See main article: article and Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 10 February 2010 | 1 | B | |||
| 15–25 August 2013 | 2 | B | ||||
| A | ||||||
| 16–24 August 2013 | 1 | A | ||||
| 22–31 August 2013 | 1 | A | ||||
| 20–28 April 2014 | 1 | B | ||||
| Oceania Qualification Event | - | Cancelled | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 6 |
The six teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of three, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
See main article: article.
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Angola win 53-40 on aggregate
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| Rank | width=170 | Team |
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| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 |