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2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

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Host country
  
Macedonia

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runner-up
  
Germany

Dates
  
August 13–26

Champions
  
Sweden (2nd title)

2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Teams
  
20 (from 4 confederations)

About

The 2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held at Skopje and Ohrid, Macedonia from August 13–26, 2007.

Contents

Venues

Two Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:

Format

For the preliminary round, 20 teams were allocated into 4 groups where the top 3 from each group advanced to the next round. In the main round, the remaining 12 teams were divided into 2 groups of 6. The top 2 teams from each group moved on to the semifinals and the winners battled in the championship game.

Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

All-star team

  • Goalkeeper:  Johan Sjöstrand (SWE)
  • Left wing:  Karim El Din Shoukry (EGY)
  • Left back:  Alen Blazevic (CRO)
  • Pivot:  Henrik Toft Hansen (DEN)
  • Centre back:  Martin Strobel (GER)
  • Right back:  Johan Jakobsson (SWE)
  • Right wing:  Ivan Cupic (CRO)

    • References

    2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship Wikipedia
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