2007 World Women's Handball Championship

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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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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.

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 Russia Saint Petersburg 1  Russia
2006 African Championship 12–20 January 2006  Tunisia 3  Angola
 Tunisia
 Congo
2006 Asian Championship 1–5 July 2006 China 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 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 4  Brazil
 Argentina
 Dominican Republic
 Paraguay
2007 Oceania Championship 5–6 June 2007 Australia 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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