2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
City	Bratislava
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–20 July 2008
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Serbia
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50

The 2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in the Bratislava, (Slovakia) from 11–20 July 2008.

Russian Federation won the final against Serbia by 27-22.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Netherlands	Slovakia	Spain	France
Puerto Rico	Tunisia	Serbia	Angola
Denmark	South Korea	Japan	Brazil
Russia	Qatar	Argentina	Hong Kong

Group A

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11 July 2008 14:00	Netherlands	35-17	Puerto Rico	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(19-8)

11 July 2008 16:00	Russia	33-26	Denmark	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(17-12)

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12 July 2008 14:00	Denmark	28-23	Netherlands	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(14-14)

12 July 2008 16:00	Puerto Rico	19-44	Russia	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(13-14)

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13 July 2008 14:00	Netherlands	23-33	Russia	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(11-17)

13 July 2008 16:00	Puerto Rico	17-48	Denmark	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(13-20)

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Group B

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11 July 2008 18:00	Slovakia	32-23	Tunisia	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(16-13)

11 July 2008 20:00	South Korea	57-14	Qatar	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(26-5)

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12 July 2008 18:00	Qatar	7-56	Slovakia	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(3-25)

12 July 2008 20:00	Tunisia	30-46	South Korea	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(12-26)

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13 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	33-17	Slovakia	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(23-9)

13 July 2008 20:00	Qatar	12-55	Tunisia	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(5-25)

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Group C

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11 July 2008 18:00	Spain	22-33	Serbia	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(14-12)

11 July 2008 20:00	Japan	26-30	Argentina	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(15-14)

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12 July 2008 18:00	Argentina	20-28	Spain	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(10-14)

12 July 2008 20:00	Serbia	34-23	Japan	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(17-12)

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13 July 2008 18:00	Spain	23-19	Japan	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(11-8)

13 July 2008 20:00	Serbia	26-22	Argentina	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(15-11)

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Group D

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11 July 2008 14:00	France	27-11	Angola	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(12-6)

11 July 2008 16:00	Brazil	43-7	Hong Kong	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(20-2)

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12 July 2008 14:00	Hong Kong	3-48	France	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(1-23)

12 July 2008 16:00	Angola	26-23	Brazil	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(9-9)

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13 July 2008 14:00	France	35-20	Brazil	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(15-9)

13 July 2008 16:00	Angola	27-9	Hong Kong	Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava
		(11-5)

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Main Round

Group M I

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Date	Match			Score
15 July 2008	Russia	-	Slovakia	23-20
15 July 2008	South Korea	-	Denmark	26-30
16 July 2008	Denmark	-	Slovakia	25-17
16 July 2008	Russia	-	South Korea	29-25

• In Sibamac Arena, Bratislava

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Group M II

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Date	Match			Score
15 July 2008	Serbia	-	Angola	32-21
15 July 2008	France	-	Spain	17-14
16 July 2008	Spain	-	Angola	26-20
16 July 2008	Serbia	-	France	31-20

• In Sibamac Arena, Bratislava

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Placement Round

Group P I

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Date	Match			Score
15 July 2008	Netherlands	-	Qatar	53-6
15 July 2008	Tunisia	-	Puerto Rico	30-26
16 July 2008	Puerto Rico	-	Qatar	46-9
16 July 2008	Netherlands	-	Tunisia	41-27

• In Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava

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Group P II

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Date	Match			Score
15 July 2008	Argentina	-	Hong Kong	42-10
15 July 2008	Brazil	-	Japan	31-24
16 July 2008	Japan	-	Hong Kong	38-10
16 July 2008	Argentina	-	Brazil	19-31

• In Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava

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Placement Matches

15/16 Place Match

19 July 2008 10:00	Qatar	18-34	Hong Kong	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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13/14 Place Match

19 July 2008 12:30	Puerto Rico	22-44	Japan	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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11/12 Place Match

19 July 2008 15:00	Tunisia	33-39	Argentina	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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9/10 Place Match

19 July 2008 20:00	Netherlands	31-26	Brazil	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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7/8 Place Match

19 July 2008 17:30	Slovakia	27-18	Angola	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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5/6 Place Match

20 July 2008 12:00	South Korea	28-31	Spain	SH Pasienky, Bratislava

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Semifinals / Knockout Stage

Semifinal Matches

18 July 2008 17:30	Russia	28-25	France	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(13-12)

18 July 2008 20:00	Serbia	28-17	Denmark	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava
		(15-5)

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Bronze Medal Match

20 July 2008 14:30	France	21-24	Denmark	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava Referees: J. Ondogrecula, M. Badura (SVK)
	C. Blard 12	(10-12)	L. Grigel 9
	2× 5×		4× 2×

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Gold Medal Match

20 July 2008 17:00	Russia	27-22	Serbia	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava Referees: S. Lenci, J. Grillo (ARG)
	S. Makhneva 8	(12-16)	J. Zivkovic & J. Trifunovic 6
	3× 4×		3× 4×

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Final standings

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Serbia
	Denmark
4	France
5	Spain
6	South Korea
7	Slovakia
8	Angola
9	Netherlands
10	Brazil
11	Argentina
12	Tunisia
13	Japan
14	Puerto Rico
15	Hong Kong
16	Qatar

Awards

2008 Women's Youth World Champions Russia 1st Title Team roster Players - Tatiana Khmyrova, Ksenia Milova, Snezhana Makhneva, Irina Nikitina, Olga Luzinova, Anna Sen, Ksenia Makeeva, Nadezda Potapenko, Elena Konova, Irina Astashova, Ekaterina Yatsenko, Daria Mochalova, Polina Dikalo, Valentina Goncharova Officials: A - Viacheslav Kirilenko B - Robert Minabutdinov C - Boris Krasnov D - Andrey Kalnoy

External links

• Official website