2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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2008 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Macedonia
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
DatesJuly 21–August 3
Teams20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played82
Goals scored4,535 (55.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Camilla Dalby (DEN) (65 goals)
Best player Gwon Han-na (KOR)
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The 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and took place in Macedonia from 21 July to 3 August 2008.

Germany won the gold-medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.[1]

Hosting rights and draw[edit]

Macedonia won the rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007.[2] The draw for the 2008 edition was held on May 18, 2008 at SRC Kale in Skopje with the twenty teams being drawn in four groups of five.[3][4] Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Chile.[5]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 4 3 0 1 125 101 +24 6 Main Round
2  Hungary 4 2 1 1 104 108 −4 5
3  Romania 4 2 0 2 113 113 0 4
4  Iceland 4 1 2 1 101 104 −3 4
5  Slovenia 4 0 1 3 96 113 −17 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
21 July 2008
18:00
Hungary  23–23  Iceland SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 50
Kovacsics 10 (10–10) Sigurdardottir 7
Report

21 July 2008
21:00
Slovenia  26–29  Germany SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Koren, Krhlikar 6 (13–15) Nadgornaja 5
Report

22 July 2008
19:00
Iceland  26–26  Slovenia SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Stefansdottir 6 (13–10) Mavsar 6
Report

22 July 2008
21:00
Romania  30–38  Germany SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Tacalie 10 (17–15) Nadgornaja 10
Report

23 July 2008
21:00
Hungary  27–26  Romania SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Hornyak, Dekai 6 (14–12) Dinca, Marin 7
Report

24 July 2008
19:00
Germany  23–24  Iceland SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Nadgornaja 6 (13–11) Stefansdottir 6
Report

24 July 2008
21:00
Slovenia  24–33  Hungary SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Vidic 10 (12–16) Tamas, Kovacsics 7
Report

25 July 2008
21:00
Iceland  28–32  Romania SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Jonsdottir 7 (13–15) Marin 8
Report

26 July 2008
19:00
Germany  35–21  Hungary SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Muller 8 (17–12) Lerant 5
Report

26 July 2008
21:00
Romania  25–20  Slovenia SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 250
Marin 9 (9–11) Toplak, Varlec, Koren 4
Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 3 1 0 128 104 +24 7 Main Round
2  Montenegro 4 3 1 0 121 110 +11 7
3  Angola 4 2 0 2 102 99 +3 4
4  Japan 4 1 0 3 113 118 −5 2
5  Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 89 112 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
21 July 2008
18:00
Montenegro  31–23  Angola SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 100
Miljanic 6 (15–13) Mungongo 6
Report

21 July 2008
21:00
Kazakhstan  27–31  Japan SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 350
Yerchkova 8 (13–13) Tarui 6
Report

22 July 2008
19:00
Japan  30–31  Montenegro SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 300
Tarui 9 (16–13) Toskovic 9
Report

22 July 2008
21:00
Denmark  32–25  Angola SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 600
Dalby 10 (16–17) Carlos 8
Report

23 July 2008
21:00
Kazakhstan  22–33  Denmark SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 800
Yerchkova 6 (10–16) Dalby, Kelsa 7
Report

24 July 2008
19:00
Angola  26–24  Japan SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 800
Varela 7 (15–11) Tarui 10
Report

24 July 2008
21:00
Montenegro  30–28  Kazakhstan SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 900
Milacic, Suzana Lazovic 5 (18–15) Batyrbekova 7
Report

25 July 2008
21:00
Japan  28–34  Denmark SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 800
Torigai 11 (10–16) Dalby, Kristiansen 7
Report

26 July 2008
19:00
Angola  28–12  Kazakhstan SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 700
Mungongo 7 (15–6) Yerchkova, Karamergenova 3
Report

26 July 2008
21:00
Denmark  29–29  Montenegro SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 1500
Dalby 11 (21–15) Knezevic, Jovovic 6
Report

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 4 3 1 0 149 92 +57 7 Main Round
2  South Korea 4 3 1 0 140 100 +40 7
3  Brazil 4 2 0 2 116 107 +9 4
4  North Macedonia (H) 4 1 0 3 105 112 −7 2
5  Australia 4 0 0 4 58 159 −101 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
21 July 2008
18:00
Croatia  33–25  Brazil Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 100
Covic, Pavic 6 (16–11) Alencar 7
Report

21 July 2008
21:00
North Macedonia  33–16  Australia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2100
Petkovska 7 (16–9) Smiljanic 7
Report

22 July 2008
19:00
Australia  18–53  Croatia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Potocki 7 (8–24) Grmoja 10
Report

22 July 2008
21:00
South Korea  37–32  Brazil Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 300
Gwon 8 (22–9) Rocha 8
Report

23 July 2008
21:00
North Macedonia  27–35  South Korea Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 1500
Gorgievska 8 (10–19) Lee, Choi 7
Report

24 July 2008
19:00
Brazil  34–12  Australia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 300
Franca 12 (18–6) Potocki 6
Report

24 July 2008
21:00
Croatia  34–20  North Macedonia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 3000
Niksic 7 (16–6) Grozdanovska 5
Report

25 July 2008
21:00
Australia  12–39  South Korea Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 500
Potocki 5 (7–18) Jang 9
Report

26 July 2008
19:00
South Korea  29–29  Croatia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2000
Gwon 11 (11–15) Milanovic-Litre 6
Report

26 July 2008
21:00
Brazil  27–25  North Macedonia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 3000
Franca 7 (11–13) Gorgievska 9
Report

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 4 3 1 0 121 77 +44 7 Main Round
2  Spain 4 3 1 0 90 67 +23 7
3  Argentina 4 2 0 2 86 90 −4 4
4  Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 92 109 −17 2
5  Algeria 4 0 0 4 68 114 −46 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
21 July 2008
19:00
France  39–23  Chinese Taipei Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 1000
Goiorani 9 (21–11) Yu-Ting 9
Report

21 July 2008
21:15
Argentina  31–18  Algeria Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 1500
Pepe 8 (13–13) Khellil 5
Report

22 July 2008
19:00
Algeria  18–34  France Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 500
Khellil 8 (8–15) Dancette 9
Report

22 July 2008
21:00
Spain  27–19  Chinese Taipei Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 800
Lujan Suarez 6 (14–10) Yu-Ting 5
Report

23 July 2008
21:00
Spain  22–14  Argentina Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 1500
Canon Garcia 6 (17–9) Kunshek 3
Report

24 July 2008
19:00
Chinese Taipei  28–18  Algeria Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 600
Yu-Ting 10 (14–6) Ait Ahmed 5
Report

24 July 2008
21:00
France  28–16  Argentina Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 1500
Goiorani 9 (12–9) Aguirre Tenebaun, Almerares, Kunschek 3
Report

25 July 2008
21:00
Algeria  14–22  Spain Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 300
Khellil, Saddiki 3 (8–13) Lujan Suarez 5
Report

26 July 2008
19:00
Chinese Taipei  22–25  Argentina Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 700
Yu-Ting 7 (9–12) Mendoza 10
Report

26 July 2008
21:00
Spain  20–20  France Vinica Sports Room, Vinica
Attendance: 1600
Lujan Suarez, Mateo Camacho, Pena Abaurrea 4 (12–10) Deroin 7
Report

Main round[edit]

Group I[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 1 0 150 125 +25 9
 Germany 5 3 0 2 163 135 +28 6
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 136 153 –17 6
 Montenegro 5 2 1 2 154 149 +5 5
 Romania 5 2 0 3 139 149 –10 4
 Angola 5 0 0 5 125 156 –31 0
28 July 2008
17:00
Hungary  31–25  Angola SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 150
Kovacsics 10 (17–15) Carlos 8
Report

28 July 2008
19:00
Romania  24–30  Denmark SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 400
Marin 6 (11–14) Dalby 9
Report

28 July 2008
21:00
Germany  29–31  Montenegro SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 400
Nadgornaja 8 (17–9) Knezevic 9
Report

29 July 2008
17:00
Denmark  34–23  Hungary SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Augustesen 11 (14–12) Dravai 5
Report

29 July 2008
19:00
Angola  28–37  Germany SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 250
Quitongo, Varela 7 (10–21) Garcia-Almendaris 9
Report

29 July 2008
21:00
Montenegro  30–34  Romania SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 500
Stojanovic 8 (14–19) Tacalie 10
Report

31 July 2008
17:00
Romania  25–24  Angola SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Marin 6 (12–8) Guialo 6
Report

31 July 2008
19:00
Hungary  34–33  Montenegro SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 300
Tamas 8 (9–16) Jovovic 11
Report

31 July 2008
21:00
Germany  24–25  Denmark SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 500
Urbannek 8 (14–12) Dalby 7
Report

Group II[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 0 121 101 +20 9
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 170 143 +27 7
 Croatia 5 3 1 1 140 125 +15 7
 France 5 2 1 2 129 141 –12 5
 Brazil 5 1 0 4 138 148 –10 2
 Argentina 5 0 0 5 101 141 –40 0
28 July 2008
17:00
South Korea  36–26  Argentina Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Gwon 8 (18–15) Kunschek 6
Report

28 July 2008
19:00
Brazil  27–28  France Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Oliveira, Franca 5 (12–14) Goiorani 6
Report

28 July 2008
21:00
Croatia  20–24  Spain Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 500
Covic 6 (9–13) Berenguer 9
Report

29 July 2008
17:00
France  28–45  South Korea Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Deroin 7 (12–24) Joo, Choi 12
Report

29 July 2008
19:00
Argentina  22–25  Croatia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 300
Mendoza 7 (13–14) Covic, Maruscec 5
Report

29 July 2008
21:00
Spain  27–24  Brazil Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 500
Martin Berenguer 11 (12–14) Terense 6
Report

31 July 2008
17:00
Brazil  30–23  Argentina Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Franca 9 (12–12) Mendoza 6
Report

31 July 2008
19:00
South Korea  23–28  Spain Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 300
Kyungjin 7 (9–16) Lujan Suarez 9
Report

31 July 2008
21:00
Croatia  33–25  France Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 500
Milic 7 (18–13) Deroin 8
Report

Placement round[edit]

Group I[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iceland 3 3 0 0 114 87 +27 6
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 83 86 –3 3
 North Macedonia 3 1 1 1 79 90 –11 3
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 82 95 –13 0
28 July 2008
19:00
Iceland  39–31  Kazakhstan SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 500
Stefansdottir, Jonsdottir 7 (21–12) Goncharova 7
Report

28 July 2008
21:00
North Macedonia  25–25  Algeria SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 1500
Gorgievska 11 (12–17) Khelli, Khellil 6
Report

29 July 2008
19:00
Algeria  29–36  Iceland SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 1000
Ait Ahmed 10 (16–19) Knutsdottir 8
Report

29 July 2008
21:00
Kazakhstan  26–27  North Macedonia SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 1500
Goncharova, Yerchkova 6 (13–12) Sterjova 8
Report

31 July 2008
19:00
Kazakhstan  25–29  Algeria SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 500
Karamergenova 6 (11–16) Ait Ahmed 10
Report

31 July 2008
21:00
Iceland  39–27  North Macedonia SRC "26 April", Gevgelija
Attendance: 1500
Knutsdottir 9 (20–12) Grozdanovska 6
Report

Group II[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 98 77 +21 6
 Slovenia 3 2 0 1 109 71 +38 4
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 75 91 –16 2
 Australia 3 0 0 3 61 104 –43 0
28 July 2008
19:00
Japan  35–31  Slovenia Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Attendance: 500
Ishino 8 (15–12) Mavsar 8
Report

28 July 2008
21:00
Chinese Taipei  29–25  Australia Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Attendance: 700
Tzu-Han 10 (11–10) Potocki 14
Report

29 July 2008
19:00
Australia  22–33  Japan Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Attendance: 400
Potocki 11 (10–16) Matsumoto 9
Report

29 July 2008
21:00
Slovenia  36–22  Chinese Taipei Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Attendance: 600
Mavsar 7 (16–7) Yu-Ting, Yi-Chi 5
Report

31 July 2008
19:00
Japan  30–24  Chinese Taipei Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Yasojima 6 (17–8) Yu-Ting 11
Report

31 July 2008
21:00
Slovenia  42–14  Australia Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
Attendance: 300
Vidic 8 (24–6) Potocki, Smiljanic 5
Report

Placement matches[edit]

19th/20th[edit]

2 August 2008
09:30
Australia  22–32  Kazakhstan SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Potocki 9 (13–15) Yerchkova 7
Report

17th/18th[edit]

2 August 2008
11:15
North Macedonia  25–26  Chinese Taipei SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 300
Sterjova, Gorgievska 5 (15–12) Yu-Ting 10
Report

15th/16th[edit]

2 August 2008
13:30
Slovenia  33–27  Algeria SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Vidic 7 (17–12) Khelli, Ait Ahmed 7
Report

13th/14th[edit]

2 August 2008
16:00
Iceland  27–26  Japan SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 65
Stefansdottir 7 (15–12) Tarui 8
Report

11th/12th[edit]

3 August 2008
09:30
Argentina  24–29  Angola SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 40
Roses 8 (13–13) Mungongo 8
Report

9th/10th[edit]

3 August 2008
16:00
Romania  31–33  Brazil SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 50
Marin 8 (12–16) Alencar 9
Report

7th/8th[edit]

3 August 2008
11:15
France  42–35  Montenegro SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Deroin 10 (17–14) Stojanovic 7
Report

5th/6th[edit]

3 August 2008
13:30
Hungary  28–24  Croatia SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 200
Szolosi 7 (12–15) Covic 8
Report

Final round[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
 Denmark32
 
3 August
 
 South Korea28
 
 Denmark23
 
2 August
 
 Germany25
 
 Spain22
 
 
 Germany28
 
Third place
 
 
3 August
 
 
 South Korea29
 
 
 Spain22

Semi-finals[edit]

2 August 2008
18:30
Denmark  32–28  South Korea Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 1,000
Augustesen 10 (16–14) Gwong 8
Report

2 August 2008
21:00
Spain  22–28  Germany Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 1,000
Berenguer 7 (12–12) Garcia-Almendaris 8
Report

Third-place game[edit]

3 August 2008
17:30
South Korea  29–22  Spain Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 1,000
Choe, Lee 6 (14–8) Berenguer 8
Report

Final[edit]

3 August 2008
20:00
Denmark  23–25  Germany Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 2,500
Thorsgard 6 (13–13) Muller 7
Report

Ranking and awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION 2008: GERMANY". ihf. 4 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  2. ^ "XXXI Ordinary IHF Congress in Madrid - Awarding of 5 world championships". ihf. 28 April 2007. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Draw for the 2008 Women's Junior World Championships in FYRO Macedonia to be held on Sunday". ihf. 13 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Result of the draw for the 2008 Women's Junior World Championship in FYRO Macedonia". ihf. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ^ "2008 WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN FYRO MACEDONIA: URUGUAY WITHDRAWS FROM THE COMPETITION". ihf. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ "All Star Team". worldhandballmkd2008.com @ web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

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