The women's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches.

A total of 150 players, distributed among ten national teams, participated in this tournament.

[1] Lene RantalaCamilla AndersenTina BøttzauJanne KollingTonje KjærgaardKaren BrødsgaardKatrine FruelundMaja GrønbækChristina HansenAnette HoffmannLotte KiærskouKarin Mortensen Anja NielsenRikke PetersenMette Vestergaard Beatrix BaloghRita DeliÁgnes FarkasAndrea FarkasAnikó KántorBeatrix KökényAnita KulcsárDóra LőwyAnikó NagyIldikó PádárKatalin PálingerKrisztina PigniczkiBojana RadulovicsJudith SimicsBeáta Siti Kristine DuvholtTrine HaltvikHeidi TjugumSusann Goksør BjerkrheimAnn Cathrin EriksenKjersti GriniElisabeth HilmoMia HundvinTonje LarsenCecilie LegangerJeanette NilsenMarianne RokneBirgitte SættemMonica SandveElse-Marthe Sørlie For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams.

Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches.

The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.