en 2007 World Women's Handball Championship

2007 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	11 (in 11 host cities)
Dates	2–16 December
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	5,084 (55.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grit Jurack
Best player	Katja Nyberg
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The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 December 2007. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia successfully contested Norway in the final, regaining the title after having lost it at the 2005 final.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity	Matches
Beauvais	L'Elispace	2,800	IHF President Cup
Dijon	Palais des Sports de Dijon	3,900	Main Tour
Lyon	Palais des Sports de Gerland	5,100	Preliminary round
Metz	Arènes de Metz	4,800	Main Tour
Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	4,500	Preliminary round
Nîmes	Le Parnasse	4,000	Preliminary round
Paris	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	14,000	Final
Pau	Palais des Sports de Pau	6,500	Preliminary round
Plaisir	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin	1,260	IHF President Cup
Saint-Brieuc	Salle Steredenn	2,400	Preliminary round
Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon	4,200	Preliminary round

Source: IHF.info

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	France
2005 World Championship	5–18 December 2005	Saint Petersburg	1	Russia
2006 African Championship	12–20 January 2006	Tunisia	3	Angola Tunisia Congo
2006 Asian Championship	1–5 July 2006	Guangzhou	4	South Korea China Japan Kazakhstan
2006 European Championship	7–17 December 2006	Sweden	3	Norway Germany Hungary
2007 Pan American Championship	31 May – 4 June 2007	Santo Domingo	4	Brazil Argentina Dominican Republic Paraguay
2007 Oceania Championship	5–6 June 2007	Sydney	1	Australia
European qualification	28 November 2006 – 10 June 2007	Various	7	Austria Croatia Ukraine Macedonia Poland Romania Spain

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Paris on 20 June 2007.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	96	58	+38	6	Main round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	96	71	+25	4	Main round
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	71	88	−17	2
4	Argentina	3	0	3	52	98	−46	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

2 December 2007 17:00	Croatia	35–25	Kazakhstan	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 6,500
		(16–12)
		Report

2 December 2007 19:00	France	37–12	Argentina	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 6,500
		(18–8)
		Report

3 December 2007 18:30	Argentina	18–35	Croatia	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 6,100
		(7–16)
		Report

3 December 2007 20:30	Kazakhstan	20–31	France	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 6,500
		(12–17)
		Report

4 December 2007 18:30	Argentina	22–26	Kazakhstan	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 5,000
		(12–14)
		Report

4 December 2007 20:30	France	28–26	Croatia	Palais des Sports de Pau, Pau Attendance: 6,500
		(14–11)
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	98	60	+38	5	Main round
2	Macedonia	3	2	0	1	78	62	+16	4	Main round
3	Brazil	3	1	1	1	89	66	+23	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	29	106	−77	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2007 15:00	Brazil	36–9	Australia	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,400
		(21–6)
		Report

2 December 2007 17:00	Russia	27–22	Macedonia	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Polenova 6	(12–14)	Oholanga Loki, Radulović 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

3 December 2007 18:30	Australia	7–40	Russia	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Hudson-Gofers 2	(4–22)	Dmitriyeva 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

3 December 2007 20:30	Macedonia	26–22	Brazil	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,500
		(10–11)
		Report

4 December 2007 18:30	Macedonia	30–13	Australia	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,300
		(12–9)
		Report

4 December 2007 20:30	Russia	31–31	Brazil	Salle Steredenn, Saint-Brieuc Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Bliznova 10	(13–16)	Silva 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	107	65	+42	6	Main round
2	Angola	3	2	1	100	74	+26	4	Main round
3	Austria	3	1	2	74	85	−11	2
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	58	115	−57	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2007 14:30	Austria	32–19	Dominican Republic	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,800
		(18–9)
		Report

2 December 2007 16:30	Norway	32–26	Angola	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,800
		(18–14)
		Report

3 December 2007 19:15	Dominican Republic	19–42	Norway	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,800
		(9–18)
		Report

3 December 2007 21:15	Angola	33–22	Austria	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 4,800
		(16–11)
		Report

4 December 2007 19:15	Norway	33–20	Austria	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 5,000
		(19–13)
		Report

4 December 2007 21:15	Angola	41–20	Dominican Republic	Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 5,000
		(20–10)
		Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	108	83	+25	6	Main round
2	Poland	3	2	1	89	81	+8	4	Main round
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	74	95	−21	2
4	China	3	0	3	76	88	−12	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2007 15:00	Poland	29–23	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 4,200
		(16–11)
		Report

2 December 2007 17:00	Romania	31–29	China	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 4,200
		(15–16)
		Report

3 December 2007 18:30	Tunisia	21–39	Romania	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 2,100
		(11–17)
		Report

3 December 2007 20:30	China	20–27	Poland	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 2,100
		(10–15)
		Report

4 December 2007 18:30	China	27–30	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 3,500
		(14–14)
		Report

4 December 2007 20:30	Romania	38–33	Poland	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon Attendance: 3,800
		(18–20)
		Report

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	94	77	+17	5	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	91	79	+12	5	Main round
3	Congo	3	1	0	2	76	90	−14	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	88	103	−15	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2007 16:00	Spain	29–24	Congo	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 3,100
		(13–12)
		Report

2 December 2007 18:00	Hungary	35–31	Japan	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 3,400
		(19–16)
		Report

3 December 2007 18:30	Congo	20–33	Hungary	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 3,000
		(9–18)
		Report

3 December 2007 20:30	Japan	29–36	Spain	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 3,000
		(17–15)
		Report

4 December 2007 18:30	Japan	28–32	Congo	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 2,500
		(13–15)
		Report

4 December 2007 20:30	Hungary	26–26	Spain	Le Parnasse, Nîmes Attendance: 3,500
		(13–14)
		Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	103	59	+44	6	Main round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	102	69	+33	4	Main round
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	89	69	+20	2
4	Paraguay	3	0	3	41	138	−97	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2007 16:00	Germany	26–21	Ukraine	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,500
		(17–12)
		Report

2 December 2007 18:00	South Korea	50–12	Paraguay	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,500
		(25–6)
		Report

3 December 2007 18:30	Paraguay	12–45	Germany	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,000
		(6–25)
		Report

3 December 2007 20:30	Ukraine	25–26	South Korea	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,500
		(13–15)
		Report

4 December 2007 18:00	Germany	32–26	South Korea	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,500
		(14–12)
		Report

4 December 2007 20:00	Ukraine	43–17	Paraguay	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,500
		(19–6)
		Report

President's Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	74	38	+36	4	13th place game
2	Austria	2	1	1	44	58	−14	2	15th place game
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	39	61	−22	0	17th place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 December 2007 18:30	Kazakhstan	19–36	Brazil	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,200
		(9–19)
		Report

7 December 2007 18:30	Kazakhstan	20–25	Austria	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,300
		(10–13)
		Report

8 December 2007 14:30	Brazil	38–19	Austria	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,000
		(19–10)
		Report

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	62	54	+8	4	13th place game
2	Tunisia	2	1	1	50	47	+3	2	15th place game
3	Congo	2	0	2	44	55	−11	0	17th place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 December 2007 20:30	Tunisia	24–16	Congo	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,300
		(10–6)
		Report

7 December 2007 20:30	Tunisia	26–31	Ukraine	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,500
		(12–17)
		Report

8 December 2007 16:30	Congo	28–31	Ukraine	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,000
		(14–14)
		Report

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	52	29	+23	4	19th place game
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	46	35	+11	2	21st place game
3	Australia	2	0	2	23	57	−34	0	23rd place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 December 2007 18:30	Argentina	31–9	Australia	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,200
		(15–8)
		Report

7 December 2007 18:30	Argentina	21–20	Dominican Republic	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,000
		(11–13)
		Report

8 December 2007 14:30	Australia	14–26	Dominican Republic	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,000
		(7–12)
		Report

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	66	30	+36	4	19th place game
2	China	2	1	1	45	44	+1	2	21st place game
3	Paraguay	2	0	2	22	59	−37	0	23rd place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 December 2007 20:30	China	22–30	Japan	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,200
		(13–14)
		Report

7 December 2007 20:30	China	23–14	Paraguay	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,000
		(13–6)
		Report

8 December 2007 16:30	Japan	36–8	Paraguay	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,000
		(23–4)
		Report

23rd place game

9 December 2007 12:00	Australia	14–16	Paraguay	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,200
		(8–9)
		Report

21st place game

9 December 2007 14:30	Dominican Republic	16–35	China	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,200
		(11–17)
		Report

19th place game

9 December 2007 17:00	Argentina	20–31	Japan	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin, Plaisir Attendance: 1,200
		(10–19)
		Report

17th place game

9 December 2007 12:00	Kazakhstan	26–27 (ET)	Congo	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 500
		(11–10)
		Report
	FT: 21–21 ET: 5–6

15th place game

9 December 2007 14:30	Austria	23–30	Tunisia	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,000
		(10–15)
		Report

13th place game

9 December 2007 17:00	Brazil	21–24	Ukraine	L'Elispace, Beauvais Attendance: 2,400
		(8–11)
		Report

Main round

Group M I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	147	124	+23	8^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	149	116	+33	8^[a]
3	Angola	5	3	0	2	149	152	−3	6^[b]
4	France (H)	5	3	0	2	130	133	−3	6^[b]
5	Croatia	5	0	1	4	137	156	−19	1^[c]	Ninth place game
6	Macedonia	5	0	1	4	121	152	−31	1^[c]	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Norway 22–21 Russia
^ ^a ^b France 27–29 Angola
^ ^a ^b Macedonia 29–29 Croatia

6 December 2007 15:00	Croatia	25–30	Russia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Milanović-Litre, Pasičnik 4	(10–16)	five players 4
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

6 December 2007 19:00	France	27–29	Angola	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500
		(16–11)
		Report

6 December 2007 21:20	Macedonia	22–34	Norway	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,200
		(9–16)
		Report

8 December 2007 15:00	Macedonia	23–29	France	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,800
		(11–12)
		Report

8 December 2007 17:00	Croatia	28–34	Angola	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,000
		(16–16)
		Report

8 December 2007 19:15	Norway	22–21	Russia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Lybekk, Nyberg 5	(7–9)	Polenova 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

9 December 2007 14:30	Macedonia	25–33	Angola	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,800
		(14–17)
		Report

9 December 2007 16:30	Norway	35–29	Croatia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,500
		(15–14)
		Report

9 December 2007 19:00	Russia	31–20	France	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Polenova 7	(15–9)	Ayglon 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

11 December 2007 16:30	Angola	27–40	Russia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Bengue 6	(11–21)	Levina 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

11 December 2007 19:15	France	26–24	Norway	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,800
		(11–10)
		Report

11 December 2007 21:15	Macedonia	29–29	Croatia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 4,200
		(13–15)
		Report

Group M II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	5	4	0	1	164	137	+27	8	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	151	145	+6	7
3	Hungary	5	2	2	1	144	144	0	6
4	South Korea	5	2	0	3	147	150	−3	4
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	127	144	−17	3	Ninth place game
6	Poland	5	1	0	4	154	167	−13	2	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 December 2007 14:30	Romania	31–27	South Korea	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 3,000
		(14–15)
		Report

6 December 2007 18:30	Spain	25–30	Germany	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,500
		(8–14)
		Report

6 December 2007 20:30	Poland	26–28	Hungary	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,500
		(13–11)
		Report

8 December 2007 14:30	Germany	30–30	Hungary	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,700
		(14–17)
		Report

8 December 2007 16:30	Poland	33–37	South Korea	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,800
		(19–20)
		Report

8 December 2007 18:30	Spain	19–32	Romania	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,700
		(6–19)
		Report

9 December 2007 14:30	Spain	28–26	South Korea	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 3,000
		(13–12)
		Report

9 December 2007 16:30	Hungary	34–31	Romania	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 3,400
		(14–16)
		Report

9 December 2007 18:30	Germany	35–32	Poland	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,800
		(22–12)
		Report

11 December 2007 16:30	South Korea	31–26	Hungary	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,800
		(12–9)
		Report

11 December 2007 18:30	Romania	32–24	Germany	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,800
		(16–12)
		Report

11 December 2007 20:30	Spain	29–30	Poland	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon Attendance: 2,800
		(14–15)
		Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

13 December

Norway	35
		15 December
South Korea	24
		Norway	33
13 December
		Germany	30
Angola	33
				16 December
Germany	36
				Norway	24
13 December
				Russia	29
Romania (OT)	34
		15 December
France	31
		Romania	20
13 December
		Russia	30	Third place
Hungary	35
				16 December
Russia	36
				Germany (OT)	36

				Romania	35

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

15 December

South Korea	41
		16 December
Angola	33
		South Korea	25
15 December
		France	26
France	32

Hungary	27
		Seventh place

		16 December

		Angola	37

		Hungary	36

Quarterfinals

13 December 2007 13:00	Angola	33–36	Germany	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Kiala 13	(14–18)	Jurack 11
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

13 December 2007 15:30	Hungary	35–36	Russia	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Görbicz 9	(22–20)	Andryushina, Shipilova 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

13 December 2007 18:00	Norway	35–24	South Korea	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Hammerseng 10	(16–12)	Lee S. 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

13 December 2007 20:30	Romania	34–31 (ET)	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Maier 10	(8–14)	Borg, Herbrecht 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 3–3, 7–4

5–8th place semifinals

15 December 2007 10:00	South Korea	41–33	Angola	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Woo 11	(23–12)	Kiala 9
	3× 8× 2×	Report	3× 2×

15 December 2007 12:30	France	32–27	Hungary	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Cano, Pecqueux-Rolland 5	(16–15)	Tóth 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Semifinals

15 December 2007 15:00	Romania	20–30	Russia	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Meiroșu 5	(8–17)	Postnova 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 5×

15 December 2007 17:30	Norway	33–30	Germany	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Lybekk 8	(19–16)	Jurack 12
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Eleventh place game

14 December 2007 18:15	Macedonia	31–33	Poland	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Todorovska 11	(17–14)	Malczewska 7
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Ninth place game

14 December 2007 20:45	Croatia	30–25	Spain	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Pasičnik 6	(18–9)	Mangué 7
	2× 4×	Report	4× 4× 1×

Seventh place game

16 December 2007 09:00	Angola	37–36	Hungary	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Kiala 9	(17–20)	Görbicz 13
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

Fifth place game

16 December 2007 11:30	South Korea	25–26	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Woo 7	(13–12)	four players 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Third place game

16 December 2007 14:00	Germany	36–35 (ET)	Romania	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
	Jurack 12	(11–18)	Meiroșu 12
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×
	FT: 32–32 ET: 4–3

Final

16 December 2007 16:30	Norway	24–29	Russia	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Hammerseng 5	(12–16)	Kareyeva, Polenova 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 7×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Norway
	Germany
4	Romania
5	France
6	South Korea
7	Angola
8	Hungary
9	Croatia
10	Spain
11	Poland
12	Macedonia
13	Ukraine
14	Brazil
15	Tunisia
16	Austria
17	Congo
18	Kazakhstan
19	Japan
20	Argentina
21	China^[A]
22	Dominican Republic
23	Paraguay
24	Australia

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics through other tournaments
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 Women's World Champions

Russia
Third Title

Team roster

Inna Suslina, Polina Vyakhireva, Irina Poltoratskaya, Oxana Romenskaya, Liudmila Postnova, Anna Kareeva, Ekaterina Andryushina, Yana Uskova, Yelena Polenova, Emilia Turey, Natalia Shipilova, Maria Sidorova, Olga Levina, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Elena Dmitrieva and Irina Bliznova.
Head coach: Evgeny Trefilov.

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Valérie Nicolas (FRA)
Left wing: Polina Vyakhireva (RUS)
Left back: Gro Hammerseng (NOR)
Pivot: Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă (ROM)
Centre back: Anita Görbicz (HUN)
Right back: Grit Jurack (GER)
Right wing: Yana Uskova (RUS)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Terese Pedersen	Norway	48%	45	93
2	Mariia Makarenko	Ukraine	43%	23	54
3	Inna Suslina	Russia	42%	99	237
4	Darly Zoqbi	Brazil	41%	36	88
5	Valentina Kogan	Argentina	40%	49	124
	Amandine Leynaud	France		33	82
	Chana Franciela Masson	Brazil		50	126
	Clara Woltering	Germany		74	187
9	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen	Norway	39%	98	251
9	Luminiţa Dinu	Romania	39%	105	272

Source: IHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Grit Jurack	Germany	85	137	62%
2	Anita Görbicz	Hungary	80	136	59%
3	Marcelina Kiala	Angola	72	162	44%
4	Ramona Maier	Romania	60	94	64%
5	Sophie Herbrecht	France	59	119	50%
6	Nair Almeida	Angola	57	108	54%
	Tímea Tóth	Hungary		112	51%
	Woo Sun-hee	South Korea		87	66%
9	Ilda Bengue	Angola	56	93	60%
10	Marta Mangué	Spain	55	82	67%

Source: IHF

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia	Norway	Germany

Notes

^ China directly qualified as the host of Olympics.

External links

[table_hth_NOR0.65087951656938-1] Norway 22–21 Russia

[table_hth_ANG0.65087951656938-2] France 27–29 Angola

[table_hth_CRO0.65087951656938-3] Macedonia 29–29 Croatia

[China-4] China directly qualified as the host of Olympics.

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