2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

2008 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Macedonia
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	July 21–August 3
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	82
Goals scored	4,535 (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

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

Group I

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

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

Group I

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

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	98	77	+21	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	109	71	+38	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	75	91	–16	2
Australia	3	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

19th/20th

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

17th/18th

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

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

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

11th/12th

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

9th/10th

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

7th/8th

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

5th/6th

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

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

2 August

Denmark	32
		3 August
South Korea	28
		Denmark	23
2 August
		Germany	25
Spain	22

Germany	28
		Third place

		3 August

		South Korea	29

		Spain	22

Semi-finals

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

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

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

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Denmark
	South Korea
4	Spain
5	Hungary
6	Croatia
7	France
8	Montenegro
9	Brazil
10	Romania
11	Angola
12	Argentina
13	Iceland
14	Japan
15	Slovenia
16	Algeria
17	Chinese Taipei
18	North Macedonia
19	Kazakhstan
20	Australia

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Sandra Toft (DEN)
Left wing: Elisabeth Garcia-Almendaris (GER)
Left back: Nadja Nadgornaja (GER)
Pivot: Gwon Han-na (KOR)
Centre back: Camilla Dalby (DNK)
Right back: Carmen Martín (ESP)
Right wing: Sandra Bosnjak (CRO)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts^[6]

Other awards

Most Valuable Player: Gwon Han-na (KOR)
Top Goalscorer: Camilla Dalby (DEN) 65 goals

References

^ "WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION 2008: GERMANY". ihf. 4 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "All Star Team". worldhandballmkd2008.com @ web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

External links

"Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
"XVI Women's Junior World Championship 2008 – Tournament Summary" (PDF). ihf.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
"WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

[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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