2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Handball tournament in Macedonia in 2008
International handball competition
2008 Junior World Championship Host country Macedonia Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities) Dates July 21–August 3 Teams 20 (from 5 confederations) Champions Germany (1st title) Runner-up Denmark Third place South Korea Fourth place Spain 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 )
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
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.
Group B
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.
Group C
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
Group D
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.
Main round
Group I
Group II
Placement round
Group I
Group II
Placement matches
19th/20th
17th/18th
15th/16th
13th/14th
11th/12th
9th/10th
7th/8th
5th/6th
Final round
Semi-finals
Third-place game
Final
Ranking and awards
Final ranking
All Star Team
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts[6]
Other awards
References
External links