2007 World Women's Handball Championship

2007 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	December 2 – December 16
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	11 (in 11 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches	92
Goals scored	5084 (55.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grit Jurack (GER)
Best player	Katja Nyberg (NOR)
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The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship took place in France from 2 December to 16 December 2007. It was the 18th team handball world championship for women. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia won, with Norway as runner-up.

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A (Pau)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Croatia	35 : 25	Kazakhstan
France	37 : 12	Argentina
December 3, 2007
Argentina	18 : 35	Croatia
Kazakhstan	20 : 31	France
December 4, 2007
Argentina	22 : 26	Kazakhstan
France	28 : 26	Croatia

Group B (Saint-Brieuc)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Brazil	36 : 9	Australia
Russia	27 : 22	Macedonia
December 3, 2007
Australia	7 : 40	Russia
Macedonia	26 : 22	Brazil
December 4, 2007
Macedonia	30 : 13	Australia
Russia	31 : 31	Brazil

Group C (Lyon)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Austria	32 : 19	Dominican Republic
Norway	32 : 26	Angola
December 3, 2007
Dominican Republic	19 : 42	Norway
Angola	33 : 22	Austria
December 4, 2007
Norway	33 : 20	Austria
Angola	41 : 20	Dominican Republic

Group D (Toulon)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Poland	29 : 23	Tunisia
Romania	31 : 29	China
December 3, 2007
Tunisia	21 : 39	Romania
China	20 : 27	Poland
December 4, 2007
China	27 : 30	Tunisia
Romania	38 : 33	Poland

Group E (Nîmes)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Spain	29 : 24	Congo
Hungary	35 : 31	Japan
December 3, 2007
Congo	20 : 33	Hungary
Japan	29 : 36	Spain
December 4, 2007
Japan	28 : 32	Congo
Hungary	26 : 26	Spain

Group F (Nantes)

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

Source:


December 2, 2007
Germany	26 : 21	Ukraine
South Korea	50 : 12	Paraguay
December 3, 2007
Paraguay	12 : 45	Germany
Ukraine	25 : 26	South Korea
December 4, 2007
Germany	32 : 26	South Korea
Ukraine	43 : 17	Paraguay

Main round

Group M I (Metz)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	4	0	1	147	124	+23	8
Russia	5	4	0	1	149	116	+33	8
Angola	5	3	0	2	149	152	−3	6
France	5	3	0	2	130	133	−3	6
Croatia	5	0	1	4	137	156	−19	1
Macedonia	5	0	1	4	121	152	−31	1

Source:


December 6, 2007
15:00	Croatia	25 : 30	Russia
19:00	France	27 : 29	Angola
21:20	Macedonia	22 : 34	Norway
December 8, 2007
15:00	Macedonia	23 : 29	France
17:00	Croatia	28 : 34	Angola
19:15	Norway	22 : 21	Russia
December 9, 2007
14:30	Macedonia	25 : 33	Angola
16:30	Norway	35 : 29	Croatia
19:00	Russia	31 : 20	France
December 11, 2007
16:30	Angola	27 : 40	Russia
19:15	France	26 : 24	Norway
21:15	Macedonia	29 : 29	Croatia

Group M II (Dijon)

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

Source:


December 6, 2007
14:30	Romania	31 : 27	South Korea
18:30	Spain	25 : 30	Germany
20:30	Poland	26 : 28	Hungary
December 8, 2007
14:30	Germany	30 : 30	Hungary
16:30	Poland	33 : 37	South Korea
18:30	Spain	19 : 32	Romania
December 9, 2007
14:30	Spain	28 : 26	South Korea
16:30	Hungary	34 : 31	Romania
18:30	Germany	35 : 32	Poland
December 11, 2007
16:30	South Korea	31 : 26	Hungary
18:30	Romania	32 : 24	Germany
20:30	Spain	29 : 30	Poland

Finals

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

December 13, 2007 - 18:00 (Paris)

Norway	35
		December 15, 2007 - 17:30 (Paris)
South Korea	24
		Norway	33
December 13, 2007 - 13:00 (Paris)
		Germany	30
Angola	33
				December 16, 2007 - 16:30 (Paris)
Germany	36
				Norway	24
December 13, 2007 - 20:30 (Paris)
				Russia	29
Romania	34
		December 15, 2007 - 15:00 (Paris)
France	31
		Romania	20
December 13, 2007 - 15:30 (Paris)
		Russia	30	Bronze-final
Hungary	35
				December 16, 2007 - 14:00 (Paris)
Russia	36
				Germany (ET)	36

				Romania	35

President's Cup

Group I (Beauvais)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	2	2	0	74	38	+36	4
Austria	2	1	1	44	58	−14	2
Kazakhstan	2	0	2	39	61	−22	0

Source:


December 6, 2007
18:30	Kazakhstan	19 : 36	Brazil
December 7, 2007
18:30	Kazakhstan	20 : 25	Austria
December 8, 2007
14:30	Brazil	38 : 19	Austria

Group II (Beauvais)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	2	2	0	62	54	+8	4
Tunisia	2	1	1	50	47	+3	2
Congo	2	0	2	44	55	−11	0

Source:


December 6, 2007
20:30	Tunisia	24 : 16	Congo
December 7, 2007
20:30	Tunisia	26 : 31	Ukraine
December 8, 2007
16:30	Congo	28 : 31	Ukraine

Group III (Plaisir)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	52	29	+23	4
Dominican Republic	2	1	1	46	35	+11	2
Australia	2	0	2	23	57	−34	0

Source:


December 6, 2007
18:30	Argentina	31 : 9	Australia
December 7, 2007
18:30	Argentina	21 : 20	Dominican Republic
December 8, 2007
14:30	Australia	14 : 26	Dominican Republic

Group IV (Plaisir)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	66	30	+36	4
China	2	1	1	45	44	+1	2
Paraguay	2	0	2	22	59	−37	0

Source:


December 6, 2007
20:30	China	22 : 30	Japan
December 7, 2007
20:30	China	23 : 14	Paraguay
December 8, 2007
16:30	Japan	36 : 8	Paraguay

Placement Matches

19th-24th Place (Plaisir)


December 9, 2007
12:00	23/24	Australia	14 : 16	Paraguay
14:30	21/22	Dominican Republic	16 : 35	China
17:00	19/20	Argentina	20 : 31	Japan

13th-18th Place (Beauvais)


December 9, 2007
12:00	17/18	Kazakhstan	26 : 27	Congo
14:30	15/16	Austria	23 : 30	Tunisia
17:00	13/14	Brazil	21 : 24	Ukraine

9th-12th Place (Paris)


December 14, 2007
18:15	11/12	Macedonia	31 : 33	Poland
20:45	9/10	Croatia	30 : 25	Spain

5th-8th Place (Paris)


December 15, 2007
10:00		South Korea	41 : 33	Angola
12:30		France	32 : 27	Hungary
December 16, 2007
09:00	7/8	Angola	37 : 36	Hungary
11:30	5/6	South Korea	25 : 26	France

Ranking and Statistics

Final Ranking

	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
22	Dominican Republic
23	Paraguay
24	Australia

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

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%

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia	Norway	Germany

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