2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship


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.

Hosting rights and draw

Macedonia won the rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007. 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. Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Chile.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Main round

Group I

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Group II

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Placement round

Group I

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Group II

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Final round

Semi-finals

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Ranking and awards

All Star Team

  • Goalkeeper:
  • Left wing:
  • Left back:
  • Pivot:
  • Centre back:
  • Right back:
  • Right wing:
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts

Other awards