The 2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held at Skopje and Ohrid, Macedonia from August 13–26, 2007.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Macedonia |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | August 13–26 |
Teams | 20 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Germany |
Third place | Denmark |
Fourth place | Croatia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 82 |
Top scorer(s) | Jongmin An (75) |
Best player | Uwe Gensheimer |
Venues
editTwo Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:
Format
editFor the preliminary round, 20 teams were allocated into 4 groups where the top 3 from each group advanced to the next round. In the main round, the remaining 12 teams were divided into 2 groups of 6. The top 2 teams from each group moved on to the semifinals and the winners battled in the championship game.
Preliminary round
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | 63 | 8 |
Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
Macedonia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | 20 | 4 |
Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | 2 | 4 |
Angola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
All times are local (UTC 2).
13 August 2007 16:00 |
Portugal | 28 – 32 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
(14–17) | ||||
Report |
13 August 2007 21:00 |
Macedonia | 39 – 16 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
(15–7) | ||||
Report |
14 August 2007 17:00 |
Portugal | 39 – 24 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SVN) |
(19–13) | ||||
Report |
14 August 2007 21:00 |
Sweden | 44 – 19 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
(21–8) | ||||
Report |
15 August 2007 14:30 |
Sweden | 30 – 27 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
(13–12) | ||||
Report |
16 August 2007 17:00 |
Kuwait | 29 – 28 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
(11–11) | ||||
Report |
16 August 2007 21:00 |
Portugal | 31 – 29 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
(15–11) | ||||
Report |
17 August 2007 19:00 |
Sweden | 37 – 13 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
(21–8) | ||||
Report |
18 August 2007 17:00 |
Sweden | 40 – 29 | Portugal | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
(16–13) | ||||
Report |
18 July 2007 21:00 |
Macedonia | 27 – 25 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
(14–15) | ||||
Report |
Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | 63 | 8 |
Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | 20 | 4 |
Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | 2 | 4 |
Chile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group C
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | 63 | 8 |
Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | 20 | 4 |
Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | 2 | 4 |
Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group D
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 112 | 19 | 8 |
Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 116 | 17 | 6 |
South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 139 | −6 | 4 |
Brazil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 129 | −11 | 2 |
Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 143 | −19 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Main round
editGroup I
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 125 | 30 | 8 |
Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 110 | 42 | 8 |
Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 139 | 7 | 6 |
France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 130 | 10 | 4 |
Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 139 | −12 | 4 |
Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 190 | −77 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
20 August 2007 17:00 |
Kuwait | 20 – 36 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
(12–16) | ||||
Report |
20 August 2007 19:00 |
Sweden | 25 – 28 | Egypt | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
(14–12) | ||||
Report |
20 August 2007 21:00 |
Macedonia | 20 – 28 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3300 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
(10–14) | ||||
Report |
21 August 2007 17:00 |
France | 27 – 30 | Sweden | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
(16–15) | ||||
Report |
21 August 2007 19:00 |
Germany | 40 – 20 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 600 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
(20–7) | ||||
Report |
21 August 2007 21:00 |
Egypt | 29 – 32 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
(11–11) | ||||
Report |
22 August 2007 17:00 |
Kuwait | 29 – 43 | Egypt | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
(14–24) | ||||
Report |
22 August 2007 19:00 |
Sweden | 26 – 24 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
(15–11) | ||||
Report |
22 August 2007 21:00 |
Macedonia | 21 – 27 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
(11–11) | ||||
Report |
Group II
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 129 | 29 | 9 |
Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 144 | 10 | 8 |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 139 | 6 | 6 |
Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 138 | −7 | 4 |
Russia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 139 | 148 | −9 | 3 |
South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 181 | −29 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Placement matches
edit11th/12th
edit25 August 2007 13:30 |
South Korea | 39 – 37 (ET) | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD) |
(15–15) | ||||
Report | ||||
FT: 31-31 ET: 8-6 |
9th/10th
edit24 August 21:00 |
Macedonia | 23 – 30 | Russia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1300 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
(11–18) | ||||
Report |
7th/8th
edit24 August 16:00 |
Slovenia | 25 – 28 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 250 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW) |
(13–15) | ||||
Report |
5th/6th
edit24 August 18:30 |
Egypt | 26 – 32 | Spain | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
(12–15) | ||||
Report |
Final round
editSemifinal | Final | |||||
24 August 2007– Ohrid | ||||||
Sweden | 32 | |||||
26 August 2007 – Ohrid | ||||||
Denmark | 29 | |||||
Sweden | 31 | |||||
24 August 2007 – Ohrid | ||||||
Germany | 29 | |||||
Croatia | 22 | |||||
Germany | 29 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
26 August 2007 – Ohrid | ||||||
Croatia | 26 | |||||
Denmark | 27 |
Semifinals
edit24 August 2007 18:30 |
Sweden | 32 – 29 | Denmark | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1200 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
(17–14) | ||||
Report |
24 August 2007 21:00 |
Croatia | 22 – 29 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
(11–13) | ||||
Report |
Bronze medal match
edit26 August 2007 14:30 |
Croatia | 26 – 27 | Denmark | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
(13–15) | ||||
Report |
Gold medal match
edit26 August 2007 17:00 |
Sweden | 31 – 29 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 |
(13–18) | ||||
Report |
Final standings
editRank | Team |
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Sweden | |
Germany | |
Denmark | |
4 | Croatia |
5 | Spain |
6 | Egypt |
7 | France |
8 | Slovenia |
9 | Russia |
10 | Macedonia |
11 | South Korea |
12 | Kuwait |
13 | Argentina |
14 | Slovakia |
15 | Portugal |
16 | Brazil |
17 | Tunisia |
18 | Bulgaria |
19 | Angola |
20 | Chile |
All-star team
edit- Goalkeeper: Johan Sjöstrand (SWE)
- Left wing: Karim El Din Shoukry (EGY)
- Left back: Alen Blažević (CRO)
- Pivot: Henrik Toft Hansen (DEN)
- Centre back: Martin Strobel (GER)
- Right back: Johan Jakobsson (SWE)
- Right wing: Ivan Čupić (CRO)