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2007 World Women's Handball Championship

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.

2007 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country France
Venue(s)11 (in 11 host cities)
Dates2–16 December
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up Norway
Third place Germany
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored5,084 (55.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Grit Jurack
Best playerNorway Katja Nyberg
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Venues edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Group A edit

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

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
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 edit

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

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

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
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 edit

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

Group I edit

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

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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 66 30 +36 4 19th place game
2   China 2 1 0 1 45 44 +1 2 21st place game
3   Paraguay 2 0 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

13th place game edit

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

Main round edit

Group M I edit

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:
  1. ^ a b Norway 22–21 Russia
  2. ^ a b France 27–29 Angola
  3. ^ 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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

Championship bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
13 December
 
 
  Norway35
 
15 December
 
  South Korea24
 
  Norway33
 
13 December
 
  Germany30
 
  Angola33
 
16 December
 
  Germany36
 
  Norway24
 
13 December
 
  Russia29
 
  Romania (OT)34
 
15 December
 
  France31
 
  Romania20
 
13 December
 
  Russia30 Third place
 
  Hungary35
 
16 December
 
  Russia36
 
  Germany (OT)36
 
 
  Romania35
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
15 December
 
 
  South Korea41
 
16 December
 
  Angola33
 
  South Korea25
 
15 December
 
  France26
 
  France32
 
 
  Hungary27
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 December
 
 
  Angola37
 
 
  Hungary36

Quarterfinals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
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Seventh place game edit

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
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Fifth place game edit

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
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Third place game edit

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
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FT: 32–32 ET: 4–3

Final edit

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
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Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

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 edit

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top Goalkeepers edit

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
Luminiţa Dinu   Romania 105 272

Source: IHF

Top goalscorers edit

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 edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Russia
   Norway
   Germany

Notes edit

  1. ^ China directly qualified as the host of Olympics.

External links edit

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