London Handball Cup 2011
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Lyn Byl (#11, in blue) dives over the 6m line to shoot during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Angola at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23rd November 2011
Hosts Great Britain won their opening match of the women’s London Handball Cup against Angola 22-20 as they continued to gain experience ahead of next years Olympic Games. Held in the newly built Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London the tournament was part of the London Prepares series of test events.
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Ewa Palies (#17, in blue and red) scores during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Angola at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
The British women opened well taking a quick three goal lead before Angola managed to get into the game and pull even. Each time Angola appeared to be building a lead the British would draw them back and the team would then trade goals before one or the other would again start to create cushion. As the match entered the final few minutes the score was again close until goals first from Nina Heglund and then the last from Britt Goodwin with 27 seconds to go opened up too wide a gap for the Angolan’s to overcome in the time available.
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - China's Zhao Jiaqin (#21, in red and yellow) finds her route to goal blocked by the Slovakian defence during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London .(PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
Opened with China beating Slovakia 28-26 the tournament also involves Poland and Austria and will see the teams divided into two groups of three with the top two in each group going through to the semi final stages at the weekend.
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RESULTS
23rd November 2011
Slovakia v China 26-28
Great Britain v Angola 22-20
24th November 2011
China v Poland 30-30
Angola v Austria 35-33
25th November 2011
Austria v Great Britain 31-23
Poland v Slovakia 25-19
26th November 2011
Play-off for 5th and 6th place – Slovakia v Great Britain 22-17
Semi-final 1 – Poland v Angola 26-25
Semi-final 2 – Austria v China 29-26
27th November 2011
Bronze medal match – Angola v China 29-24
Final – Austria v Poland 23-22
FINAL STANDINGS
Gold Medal: Austria
Silver Medal: Poland
Bronze Medal: Angola
4th: China
5th : Slovakia
6th: Great Britain
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - British players, including Lyn Byl (with short hair by flag staff), Kelsi Fairbrother (with red hair) and Louise Jukes (on her left), sing the British National Anthem before the start of their opening match at the 2011 London Handball Cup against Angola at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Lyn Byl (#11, in blue) dives through the Angolan defence as she prepares to shoot during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Nina Heglund (in blue and red) prepares to pass during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Angola at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Nina Heglund (#5, in blue) finds her path to goal blocked by Angola's Rossana Quitongo (#20, in yellow and black), Joelma Viegas (centre, in yellow and black) and Nair Almeida (right, in yellow and black) during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's goalkeeper Jane Mayes (#66, in red and black) watches as the Angolan players pass the ball back and forward in front of her goal during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Holly Lam-Moores shoots during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Angola at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London .(PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Lynn McCafferty (right, in blue and red) tries to force her way through the Angolan defence during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London .(PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Britain's Britt Goodwin (#9) celebrates with team mates, including Kathryn Fudge (second from left) and Zoe van der Weel (#4) after her scoring gave the team a two goal lead with 27 seconds remaining in their match against Angola during the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - British players celebrate the teams 22-20 victory over Angola in the 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London .(PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - China's Luan Zheng (in red and yellow) tries to get past Slovakia's Martina Kosikova (in white and blue) during their 2011 London Handball Cup match at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London .(PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - China's Zhao Jiaqin (#21, in red and yellow) tries to pass during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Slovakia at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - China's Zhao Jiaqin (#21, in red and yellow) shoots during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Slovakia at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - China's Zhao Jiaqin (#21, in red and yellow) shoots during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against Slovakia at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Slovakia's Dagmar Stuparicova (#17, in white and blue) shoots during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against China at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Slovakia's Dagmar Stuparicova (#17, in white and blue) passes during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against China at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Slovakia's Alzbeta Tothova (in white and blue) shoots in the opening match of the 2011 London Handball Cup against China at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Slovakia's Alzbeta Tothova (in white and blue) shoots during the opening match of the 2011 London Handball Cup against China at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
23 NOV 2011 - LONDON, GBR - Slovakia's Ivan Trochtova (#2, in white and blue) rues a missed chance during the 2011 London Handball Cup match against China at The Handball Arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London (PHOTO (C) NIGEL FARROW)
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