Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Handball competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics for women took place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex for the preliminary competition. From the quarter-final stage onwards the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena.

The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups: Group A: Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, and Ukraine Group B: Angola, Denmark, France, South Korea, and Spain

Group stage
All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A


Group B


All-Star Team
Source: IHF
 * Goalkeeper: Rikke Schmidt
 * Left wing: Line Daugaard
 * Left back: Katrine Fruelund
 * Pivot: 🇫🇷 Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (FRA)
 * Centre back: 🇰🇷 Lee Sang-eun (KOR)
 * Right back: 🇺🇦 Maryna Vergelyuk (UKR)
 * Right wing: 🇰🇷 Woo Sun-hee (KOR)