2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

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.

2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Macedonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesAugust 13–26
Teams20 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up Germany
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played82
Top scorer(s)South Korea Jongmin An (75)
Best playerGermany Uwe Gensheimer
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Venues

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Two Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:

Skopje
 
Ohrid
 
SRC Kale
Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall
 

Format

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For 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

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Group A

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Team 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)
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13 August 2007
21:00
Macedonia   39 – 16   Angola Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
(15–7)
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14 August 2007
17:00
Portugal   39 – 24   Angola Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 100
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SVN)
(19–13)
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14 August 2007
21:00
Sweden   44 – 19   Kuwait Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 150
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
(21–8)
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15 August 2007
14:30
Sweden   30 – 27   Macedonia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 3200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
(13–12)
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16 August 2007
17:00
Kuwait   29 – 28   Angola Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 100
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
(11–11)
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16 August 2007
21:00
Portugal   31 – 29   Macedonia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2800
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
(15–11)
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17 August 2007
19:00
Sweden   37 – 13   Angola Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 100
Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA)
(21–8)
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18 August 2007
17:00
Sweden   40 – 29   Portugal Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 150
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
(16–13)
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18 July 2007
21:00
Macedonia   27 – 25   Kuwait Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2800
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
(14–15)
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Group B

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Team 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

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Group I

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Team 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)
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20 August 2007
19:00
Sweden   25 – 28   Egypt Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
(14–12)
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20 August 2007
21:00
Macedonia   20 – 28   Germany Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 3300
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
(10–14)
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21 August 2007
17:00
France   27 – 30   Sweden Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
(16–15)
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21 August 2007
19:00
Germany   40 – 20   Kuwait Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 600
Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL)
(20–7)
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21 August 2007
21:00
Egypt   29 – 32   Macedonia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 3200
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
(11–11)
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22 August 2007
17:00
Kuwait   29 – 43   Egypt Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
(14–24)
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22 August 2007
19:00
Sweden   26 – 24   Germany Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA)
(15–11)
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22 August 2007
21:00
Macedonia   21 – 27   France Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL)
(11–11)
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Group II

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Team 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

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11th/12th

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25 August 2007
13:30
South Korea   39 – 37 (ET)   Kuwait Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 150
Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD)
(15–15)
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FT: 31-31 ET: 8-6

9th/10th

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24 August
21:00
Macedonia   23 – 30   Russia Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 1300
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
(11–18)
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7th/8th

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24 August
16:00
Slovenia   25 – 28   France Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 250
Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
(13–15)
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5th/6th

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24 August
18:30
Egypt   26 – 32   Spain Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 400
Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA)
(12–15)
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Final round

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SemifinalFinal
 
      
 
24 August 2007– Ohrid
 
 
  Sweden32
 
26 August 2007 – Ohrid
 
  Denmark29
 
  Sweden31
 
24 August 2007 – Ohrid
 
  Germany29
 
  Croatia22
 
 
  Germany29
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2007 – Ohrid
 
 
  Croatia26
 
 
  Denmark27

Semifinals

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24 August 2007
18:30
Sweden   32 – 29   Denmark Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
(17–14)
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24 August 2007
21:00
Croatia   22 – 29   Germany Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
(11–13)
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Bronze medal match

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26 August 2007
14:30
Croatia   26 – 27   Denmark Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 500
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
(13–15)
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Gold medal match

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26 August 2007
17:00
Sweden   31 – 29   Germany Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Attendance: 2000
(13–18)
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Final standings

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Rank Team
    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

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