Handball World Championship 2007

18th Women's Handball World Championship 2007
18th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Russia (3rd title)
venue	France
Opening game	0December 2, 2007
Endgame	December 16, 2007
Games	92
Gates	5,084   (∅: 55.26 per game)
Top scorer	Grit Jurack (85 goals)
Best player	Katja Nyberg
yellow cards	557  (∅: 6.05 per game)
Time penalties	653  (∅: 7.1 per game)
Red cards	22  (∅: 0.24 per game)
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The 18th women's handball world championship was held from December 2nd to 16th, 2007 in France . A total of 24 teams competed against each other in groups in the preliminary round and the main round. This was followed by the final round with quarter-finals , semi-finals and finals as well as placement games for the remaining places.

The world championship was held in a total of eleven cities. The knockout games took place in the Palais Omnisports in Paris-Bercy.

The team of Russia became world champions with a 29:24 victory in the final against Norway.

Venues

city	Hall	capacity	Games
Paris	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	17000	Final round
Pau	Palais des sports	6500	Preliminary round
Lyon	Palais des sports de Gerland	5100	Preliminary round
Metz	Les Arènes	4300	Main round
Nantes	Palais des sports de Beaulieu	4460	Preliminary round
Toulon	Palais des sports	4200	Preliminary round
Nîmes	Le Parnasse	3400	Preliminary round
Dijon	Palais des sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy	3300	Main round
Beauvais	L'Elispace	2800	President's Cup
Saint-Brieuc	Salle Steredenn	2400	Preliminary round
Plaisir	Palais des sports Pierre de Coubertin	1260	President's Cup

Europe (12 participants)
France	host
Russia	Defending champion
Germany	Qualified by EM 2006
Hungary
Norway
Play-offs (seven places) 2/3 and 9./10. June 2007
Netherlands	24:27, 25:28	Croatia
Spain	33:25, 27:29	Turkey
Sweden	16:25, 24:24	Romania
Poland	27:23, 27:29	Serbia
Slovenia	26:27, 24:28	Austria
Macedonia	26:21, 21:25	Belarus
Denmark	30:30, 24:28	Ukraine

Asia (4 participants)
People's Republic of China	Qualified through the 2006 Asian Cup
Japan
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Panamerica (4 participants)
Brazil	Qualified through the 2007 Pan American Championship
Dominican Republic
Argentina
Paraguay
Africa (3 participants)
Angola	Qualified by the African Championship
Republic of the Congo
Tunisia
Oceania (1 participant)
Australia	Qualified through Oceania Qualifier

Preliminary round

Group A

The group A games took place in Pau .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	France	97:58	6-0
2	Croatia	96:71	4: 2
3	Kazakhstan	71:88	2: 4
4th	Argentina	52:99	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Croatia	- Kazakhstan	35:25 (16:12)
December 2, 2007, 7:00 p.m.	France	- Argentina	38:12 (18: 8)
December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Argentina	- Croatia	18:35 (7:16)
December 3, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	- France	20:31 (12:16)
December 4, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Argentina	- Kazakhstan	22:26 (12:14)
December 4, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	France	- Croatia	28:26 (14:12)

Group B

Group B played their games in Saint-Brieuc .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Russia	98:60	5: 1
2	Macedonia	78:62	4: 2
3	Brazil	89:64	3: 3
4th	Australia	29: 106	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 3 p.m.	Brazil	- Australia	36: 9 (21: 6)
December 2, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Russia	- Macedonia	27:22 (12:14)
December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Australia	- Russia	7:40 (4:22)
December 3, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	- Brazil	26:22 (10:11)
December 4, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Macedonia	- Australia	30:13 (12: 9)
December 4, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Russia	- Brazil	31:31 (13:16)

Group C

Lyon hosted the Group C games.

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Norway	107: 065	6-0
2	Angola	100: 074	4: 2
3	Austria	074: 085	2: 4
4th	Dominican Republic	058: 115	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Austria	- Dominik. Rep.	32:19 (18: 9)
December 2, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Norway	- Angola	32:26 (18:14)
December 3, 2007, 7:15 p.m.	Dominik. Rep.	- Norway	19:42 (9:18)
December 3, 2007, 9:15 p.m.	Angola	- Austria	33:22 (16:11)
December 4, 2007, 7:15 p.m.	Norway	- Austria	33:20 (19:13)
December 4, 2007, 9:15 pm	Angola	- Dominik. Rep.	41:20 (20:10)

Group D

All Group D games took place in Toulon .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Romania	108: 83	6-0
2	Poland	089:81	4: 2
3	Tunisia	074:91	2: 4
4th	China	076:88	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 3 p.m.	Poland	- Tunisia	29:23 (16:11)
December 2, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Romania	- China	31:29 (15:16)
December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Tunisia	- Romania	21:39 (11:17)
December 3, 2007, 8:00 p.m.	China	- Poland	20:27 (10:15)
December 4, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	China	- Tunisia	27:30 (14:14)
December 4, 2007, 8:00 p.m.	Romania	- Poland	38:33 (18:20)

Group E

Group E was played in Nîmes .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	94: 077	5: 1
2	Spain	91: 079	5: 1
3	Congo	74: 090	2: 4
4th	Japan	88: 103	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 4:00 p.m.	Spain	- Congo	29:24 (13:12)
December 2, 2007, 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	- Japan	35:31 (19:16)
December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Congo	- Hungary	20:33 (9:18)
December 3, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Japan	- Spain	29:36 (17:15)
December 4, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Japan	- Congo	28:32 (13:15)
December 4, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Hungary	- Spain	26:26 (13:14)

Group F.

The Group F games were played in Nantes .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	103: 059	6-0
2	South Korea	102: 069	4: 2
3	Ukraine	089: 069	2: 4
4th	Paraguay	041: 138	0: 6

December 2, 2007, 4:00 p.m.	Germany	- Ukraine	26:21 (17:12)
December 2, 2007, 6:00 p.m.	South Korea	- Paraguay	50:12 (25: 6)
December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Paraguay	- Germany	12:45 (6:25)
December 3, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Ukraine	- South Korea	25:26 (13:15)
December 4, 2007, 6:00 p.m.	Germany	- South Korea	32:26 (14:12)
December 4, 2007, 8:00 p.m.	Ukraine	- Paraguay	43:17 (19: 6)

President's Cup

Similar to the 2007 men's handball world championship , the countries that did not make it into the main round play for the President's Cup. The games took place in Beauvais and Plaisir . The group third in the preliminary round play in groups I and II for places 13-18, the fourth in groups III and IV for places 19–24.

Group I.

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	74:38	4-0
2	Austria	44:58	2: 2
3	Kazakhstan	39:61	0: 4

December 6, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	- Brazil	19:36 (9:19)
December 7, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	- Austria	20:25 (10:13)
December 8, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Brazil	- Austria	38:19 (19:10)

Group II

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Ukraine	62:54	4-0
2	Tunisia	50:47	2: 2
3	Congo	44:55	0: 4

December 6, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Tunisia	- Congo	24:16 (10: 6)
December 7, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Tunisia	- Ukraine	26:31 (12:17)
December 8, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Congo	- Ukraine	28:31 (14:14)

Placement games 13-18

17th / 18th place	0December 9, 2007, 12:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	- Congo	26:27 a.d. (21:21, 11:10)
15th / 16th place	0December 9, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Austria	- Tunisia	23:30 (10:15)
13/14 place	0December 9, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Brazil	- Ukraine	21:24 (8:11)

Group III

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	52:29	4-0
2	Dominican Republic	46:35	2: 2
3	Australia	23:57	0: 4

December 6, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Argentina	- Australia	31: 9 (15: 8)
December 7, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Argentina	- Dominik. Rep.	21:20 (11:13)
December 8, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Australia	- Dominik. Rep.	14:26 (7:12)

Group IV

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Japan	66:30	4-0
2	China	45:44	2: 2
3	Paraguay	22:59	0: 4

December 6, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	China	- Japan	22:30 (13:14)
December 7, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	China	- Paraguay	23:14 (13: 6)
December 8, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Japan	- Paraguay	36: 8 (23: 4)

Placement games 19–24

Place 23/24	0December 9, 2007, 12:00 p.m.	Australia	- Paraguay	14:16 (8: 9)
Place 21/22	0December 9, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Dominik. Rep.	- China	16:35 (11:17)
Place 19/20	0December 9, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Argentina	- Japan	20:31 (10:19)

Main round

Group MI

The group MI games took place in Metz .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Norway	147: 124	8: 2
2	Russia	149: 116	8: 2
3	Angola	149: 152	6: 4
4th	France	130: 133	6: 4
5	Croatia	137: 156	1: 9
6th	Macedonia	121: 152	1: 9

0December 6, 2007, 3 p.m.	Croatia	- Russia	25:30 (10:16)
0December 6, 2007, 7:00 p.m.	France	- Angola	27:29 (16:11)
0December 6, 2007, 9:20 pm	Macedonia	- Norway	22:34 (9:16)
0December 8, 2007, 3 p.m.	Macedonia	- France	23:29 (11:12)
0December 8, 2007, 5:00 p.m.	Croatia	- Angola	28:34 (16:16)
0December 8, 2007, 7:15 p.m.	Norway	- Russia	22:21 (7: 9)
0December 9, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Macedonia	- Angola	25:33 (14:17)
0December 9, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Norway	- Croatia	35:29 (15:14)
0December 9, 2007, 7:00 p.m.	Russia	- France	31:20 (15: 9)
December 11, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Angola	- Russia	27:40 (11:21)
December 11, 2007, 7:15 p.m.	France	- Norway	26:24 (11:10)
December 11, 2007, 9:15 p.m.	Macedonia	- Croatia	29:29 (13:15)

Group M II

Group M II games took place in Dijon .

Pl.	country	Gates	Points
1	Romania	164: 137	8: 2
2	Germany	151: 145	7: 3
3	Hungary	144: 144	6: 4
4th	South Korea	147: 150	4: 6
5	Spain	127: 144	3: 7
6th	Poland	154: 167	2: 8

0December 6, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Romania	- South Korea	31:27 (14:15)
0December 6, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Spain	- Germany	25:30 (8:14)
0December 6, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Poland	- Hungary	26:28 (13:11)
0December 8, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Germany	- Hungary	30:30 (14:17)
0December 8, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Poland	- South Korea	33:37 (19:20)
0December 8, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Spain	- Romania	19:32 (6:19)
0December 9, 2007, 2:30 p.m.	Spain	- South Korea	28:26 (13:12)
0December 9, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	Hungary	- Romania	34:31 (14:16)
0December 9, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Germany	- Poland	35:32 (22:12)
December 11, 2007, 4:30 p.m.	South Korea	- Hungary	31:26 (12: 9)
December 11, 2007, 6:30 p.m.	Romania	- Germany	32:24 (16:12)
December 11, 2007, 8:30 p.m.	Spain	- Poland	29:30 (14:15)

Placement games 9–12

Place 11/12	December 14, 2007, 6:15 p.m.	Macedonia	- Poland	31:33 (17:14)
9/10 place	December 14, 2007, 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	- Spain	30:25 (18: 9)

Final round for places 1–8

Placement games 5–8

The placement games took place in Paris .

	5th-8th space				5th / 6th space
	December 15, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
	South Korea	41 (23)
	Angola	33 (12)
					December 16, 2007, 11:30 a.m.
					South Korea	25 (13)
					France	26 (12)
					7th / 8th space
	December 15, 2007, 12:30 p.m.				December 16, 2007, 9:00 a.m.
	France	32 (16)			Angola	37 (17)
	Hungary	27 (15)			Hungary	36 (20)

Final round

The games of the final round took place in Paris .

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	December 13, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
	Norway	35 (16)
					December 15, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
	South Korea	24 (12)
					Norway	33 (19)
	December 13, 2007, 1:00 p.m.
					Germany	30 (16)
	Angola	33 (14)
									December 16, 2007, 4:30 p.m.
	Germany	36 (18)
									Norway	24 (12)
	December 13, 2007, 8:30 p.m.
									Russia	29 (16)
	Romania n.2V.	34 (27/24/8)
					December 15, 2007, 3 p.m.
	France	31 (27/24/14)
					Romania	20 (8)			Game for third place
	December 13, 2007, 3:30 p.m.
					Russia	30 (17)
	Hungary	35 (22)							Romania	35 (32/18)
	Russia	36 (20)							Germany n.V.	36 (32/11)
									December 16, 2007, 2 p.m.

final

pairing	Norway - Russia
Result	24:29 (12:16)
date	December 16, 2007
Stadion	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
referee	Gilles Bord, Olivier Buy
Norway	Terese Pedersen , Katrine Lunde Haraldsen - Anette Hovind Johansen (1), Katja Nyberg (1), Ragnhild Aamodt (3), Gøril Snorroeggen (1), Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (3), Tonje Nøstvold , Karoline Dyhre Breivang (2) , Gro Hammerseng (5/1), Kari Mette Johansen (4), Marit Malm Frafjord (2), Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren , Vigdis Hårsaker (2/1)
Russia	Inna Suslina , Marija Sidorowa - Polina Wjachirewa (1), Irina Poltorazkaja (2), Oxana Romenskaja (1), Lyudmila Postnowa (4), Anna Karejewa (6), Jekaterina Andrjuschina (2), Jana Uskowa (3), Jelena Poljonowa (6/4), Emilija Turei (3), Olga Lewina (1), Nadeschda Murawjowa , Jelena Dmitrijewa
yellow cards	Katja Nyberg (1), Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (1), Ljudmila Postnowa (1), Emilija Turei (1), Nadeschda Murawjowa (1)
2 penalty minutes	Katja Nyberg (1), Karoline Dyhre Breivang (1), Polina Wjachirewa (1), Oxana Romenskaja (1), Jekaterina Andrjuschina (1), Emilija Turei (1), Nadeschda Murawjowa (2), Jelena Dmitrijewa (1)
Red cards	no

Placements

rank nation Gates Diff Points 1. Russia 315: 233 + 082 17: 03 2. Norway 314: 246 + 068 16: 04 3. Germany 324: 279 + 045 15: 05 4th Romania 323: 262 + 061 14: 06 5. France 257: 217 + 040 14: 06 6th South Korea 289: 246 + 043 10: 08 7th Angola 293: 271 + 022 12: 06 8th. Hungary 275: 264 + 011 10: 08 9. Croatia 237: 224 + 013 07: 09 10. Spain 217: 227 - 010 07: 09 11. Poland 243: 241 + 2 00 08: 08 12. Macedonia 208: 225 - 017th 05: 11

rank nation Gates Diff Points 13. Ukraine 175: 144 + 031 08: 04 14th Brazil 184: 128 + 056 07: 05 15th Tunisia 154: 165 - 011 06: 06 16. Austria 141: 173 - 032 04: 08 17th Congo 147: 171 - 024 04: 08 18th Kazakhstan 136: 176 - 040 02:10 19th Japan 185: 153 + 032 06: 06 20th Argentina 124: 159 - 035 04: 08 21st China 156: 148 + 8 00 04: 08 22nd Dominik. republic 120: 185 - 065 02:10 23. Paraguay 079: 211 - 132 02:10 24. Australia 066: 179 - 113 00: 12

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	nation	Gates	FT	7m	T / S
1.	Grit Jurack	Germany	85	76	9	9.4
2.	Anita Görbicz	Hungary	80	39	41	8.0
3.	Marcelina Kiala	Angola	72	70	2	7.2
4th	Ramona Maier	Romania	60	36	24	6.0
5.	Sophie Herbrecht	France	59	37	22nd	5.9
6th	Nair Almeida	Angola	57	57	0	5.7
	Tímea Tóth	Hungary	57	57	0	5.7
	Woo Sun-hee	South Korea	57	57	0	5.7
9.	Ilda Bengue	Angola	56	35	21st	5.6
10.	Marta Mangué González	Spain	55	43	12	6.9

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters, T / S - goals per game

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Valérie Nicolas	France
Left winger:	Polina Vyachireva	Russia
Back left:	Gro Hammerseng	Norway
Back center:	Anita Görbicz	Hungary
Back right:	Grit Jurack	Germany
Right winger:	Jana Uskowa	Russia
Circle:	Ionela Gâlcă-Stanca	Romania
Most Valuable Player:	Katja Nyberg	Norway

Remarkable

• The Ukrainian handball player Oksana Sakada broke several vertebrae in the preliminary round match against Germany and had to end the World Cup prematurely. After an initial examination, the doctors still thought the fracture of three lumbar vertebrae and paraplegia were possible.

• The German preliminary round victory against South Korea was the first victory of a national or all-German team against this country.

• The 45:12 victory of the German team against Paraguay is the highest victory of a German national team. The old record dates back to November 30, 1999, when the German team beat Argentina 34: 9 during the World Cup in Denmark.

• With Angola, an African team made it to the finals for the first time.

• The 5000 goal mark was not quite broken : a total of 4962 goals were scored.

See also

• Handball World Championship 2007 / Germany

Web links

• Handball World Championship 2007 on the IHF website