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)
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
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Venues

Two Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:

Skopje	Skopje Ohrid Host cities	Ohrid
SRC Kale		Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall

Format

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

Group A

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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

Group B

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

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

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

Group I

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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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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)
		Report

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22 August 2007 21:00	Macedonia	21 – 27	France	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL)
		(11–11)
		Report

Group II

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

11th/12th

25 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

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

7th/8th

24 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

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

Final round

	Semifinal				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

24 August 2007 18:30	Sweden	32 – 29	Denmark	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1200 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
		(17–14)
		Report

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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)
		Report

Bronze medal match

26 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

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

Final standings

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

• 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)

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