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.

2008 Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Macedonia
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	July 21–August 3
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	82
Goals scored	4,535 (55.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Camilla Dalby (DEN) (65 goals)
Awards
Best player	Gwon Han-na (KOR)
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Germany won the gold-medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.^[1]

Hosting rights and draw

Macedonia won the rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007.^[2] 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.^[3][4] Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Chile.^[5]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3	0	1	125	101	+24	6	Main Round
2	Hungary	4	2	1	1	104	108	−4	5
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	113	113	0	4
4	Iceland	4	1	2	1	101	104	−3	4
5	Slovenia	4	0	1	3	96	113	−17	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

21 July 2008 18:00	Hungary	23–23	Iceland	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 50
	Kovacsics 10	(10–10)	Sigurdardottir 7
		Report

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21 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	26–29	Germany	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Koren, Krhlikar 6	(13–15)	Nadgornaja 5
		Report

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22 July 2008 19:00	Iceland	26–26	Slovenia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Stefansdottir 6	(13–10)	Mavsar 6
		Report

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22 July 2008 21:00	Romania	30–38	Germany	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Tacalie 10	(17–15)	Nadgornaja 10
		Report

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23 July 2008 21:00	Hungary	27–26	Romania	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Hornyak, Dekai 6	(14–12)	Dinca, Marin 7
		Report

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24 July 2008 19:00	Germany	23–24	Iceland	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Nadgornaja 6	(13–11)	Stefansdottir 6
		Report

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24 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	24–33	Hungary	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Vidic 10	(12–16)	Tamas, Kovacsics 7
		Report

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25 July 2008 21:00	Iceland	28–32	Romania	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Jonsdottir 7	(13–15)	Marin 8
		Report

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26 July 2008 19:00	Germany	35–21	Hungary	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Muller 8	(17–12)	Lerant 5
		Report

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26 July 2008 21:00	Romania	25–20	Slovenia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 250
	Marin 9	(9–11)	Toplak, Varlec, Koren 4
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	4	3	1	0	128	104	+24	7	Main Round
2	Montenegro	4	3	1	0	121	110	+11	7
3	Angola	4	2	0	2	102	99	+3	4
4	Japan	4	1	0	3	113	118	−5	2
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	89	112	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

21 July 2008 18:00	Montenegro	31–23	Angola	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 100
	Miljanic 6	(15–13)	Mungongo 6
		Report

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21 July 2008 21:00	Kazakhstan	27–31	Japan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 350
	Yerchkova 8	(13–13)	Tarui 6
		Report

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22 July 2008 19:00	Japan	30–31	Montenegro	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 300
	Tarui 9	(16–13)	Toskovic 9
		Report

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22 July 2008 21:00	Denmark	32–25	Angola	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 600
	Dalby 10	(16–17)	Carlos 8
		Report

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23 July 2008 21:00	Kazakhstan	22–33	Denmark	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 800
	Yerchkova 6	(10–16)	Dalby, Kelsa 7
		Report

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24 July 2008 19:00	Angola	26–24	Japan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 800
	Varela 7	(15–11)	Tarui 10
		Report

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24 July 2008 21:00	Montenegro	30–28	Kazakhstan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 900
	Milacic, Suzana Lazovic 5	(18–15)	Batyrbekova 7
		Report

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25 July 2008 21:00	Japan	28–34	Denmark	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 800
	Torigai 11	(10–16)	Dalby, Kristiansen 7
		Report

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26 July 2008 19:00	Angola	28–12	Kazakhstan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 700
	Mungongo 7	(15–6)	Yerchkova, Karamergenova 3
		Report

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26 July 2008 21:00	Denmark	29–29	Montenegro	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Dalby 11	(21–15)	Knezevic, Jovovic 6
		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	4	3	1	0	149	92	+57	7	Main Round
2	South Korea	4	3	1	0	140	100	+40	7
3	Brazil	4	2	0	2	116	107	+9	4
4	North Macedonia (H)	4	1	0	3	105	112	−7	2
5	Australia	4	0	0	4	58	159	−101	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

21 July 2008 18:00	Croatia	33–25	Brazil	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100
	Covic, Pavic 6	(16–11)	Alencar 7
		Report

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21 July 2008 21:00	North Macedonia	33–16	Australia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2100
	Petkovska 7	(16–9)	Smiljanic 7
		Report

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22 July 2008 19:00	Australia	18–53	Croatia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200
	Potocki 7	(8–24)	Grmoja 10
		Report

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22 July 2008 21:00	South Korea	37–32	Brazil	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 300
	Gwon 8	(22–9)	Rocha 8
		Report

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23 July 2008 21:00	North Macedonia	27–35	South Korea	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1500
	Gorgievska 8	(10–19)	Lee, Choi 7
		Report

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24 July 2008 19:00	Brazil	34–12	Australia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 300
	Franca 12	(18–6)	Potocki 6
		Report

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24 July 2008 21:00	Croatia	34–20	North Macedonia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3000
	Niksic 7	(16–6)	Grozdanovska 5
		Report

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25 July 2008 21:00	Australia	12–39	South Korea	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500
	Potocki 5	(7–18)	Jang 9
		Report

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26 July 2008 19:00	South Korea	29–29	Croatia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000
	Gwon 11	(11–15)	Milanovic-Litre 6
		Report

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26 July 2008 21:00	Brazil	27–25	North Macedonia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3000
	Franca 7	(11–13)	Gorgievska 9
		Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	3	1	0	121	77	+44	7	Main Round
2	Spain	4	3	1	0	90	67	+23	7
3	Argentina	4	2	0	2	86	90	−4	4
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	92	109	−17	2
5	Algeria	4	0	0	4	68	114	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

21 July 2008 19:00	France	39–23	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 1000
	Goiorani 9	(21–11)	Yu-Ting 9
		Report

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21 July 2008 21:15	Argentina	31–18	Algeria	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 1500
	Pepe 8	(13–13)	Khellil 5
		Report

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22 July 2008 19:00	Algeria	18–34	France	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 500
	Khellil 8	(8–15)	Dancette 9
		Report

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22 July 2008 21:00	Spain	27–19	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 800
	Lujan Suarez 6	(14–10)	Yu-Ting 5
		Report

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23 July 2008 21:00	Spain	22–14	Argentina	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 1500
	Canon Garcia 6	(17–9)	Kunshek 3
		Report

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24 July 2008 19:00	Chinese Taipei	28–18	Algeria	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 600
	Yu-Ting 10	(14–6)	Ait Ahmed 5
		Report

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24 July 2008 21:00	France	28–16	Argentina	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 1500
	Goiorani 9	(12–9)	Aguirre Tenebaun, Almerares, Kunschek 3
		Report

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25 July 2008 21:00	Algeria	14–22	Spain	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 300
	Khellil, Saddiki 3	(8–13)	Lujan Suarez 5
		Report

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26 July 2008 19:00	Chinese Taipei	22–25	Argentina	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 700
	Yu-Ting 7	(9–12)	Mendoza 10
		Report

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26 July 2008 21:00	Spain	20–20	France	Vinica Sports Room, Vinica Attendance: 1600
	Lujan Suarez, Mateo Camacho, Pena Abaurrea 4	(12–10)	Deroin 7
		Report

Main round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	150	125	+25	9
Germany	5	3	0	2	163	135	+28	6
Hungary	5	3	0	2	136	153	–17	6
Montenegro	5	2	1	2	154	149	+5	5
Romania	5	2	0	3	139	149	–10	4
Angola	5	0	0	5	125	156	–31	0

28 July 2008 17:00	Hungary	31–25	Angola	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 150
	Kovacsics 10	(17–15)	Carlos 8
		Report

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28 July 2008 19:00	Romania	24–30	Denmark	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 400
	Marin 6	(11–14)	Dalby 9
		Report

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28 July 2008 21:00	Germany	29–31	Montenegro	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 400
	Nadgornaja 8	(17–9)	Knezevic 9
		Report

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29 July 2008 17:00	Denmark	34–23	Hungary	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Augustesen 11	(14–12)	Dravai 5
		Report

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29 July 2008 19:00	Angola	28–37	Germany	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 250
	Quitongo, Varela 7	(10–21)	Garcia-Almendaris 9
		Report

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29 July 2008 21:00	Montenegro	30–34	Romania	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 500
	Stojanovic 8	(14–19)	Tacalie 10
		Report

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31 July 2008 17:00	Romania	25–24	Angola	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Marin 6	(12–8)	Guialo 6
		Report

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31 July 2008 19:00	Hungary	34–33	Montenegro	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 300
	Tamas 8	(9–16)	Jovovic 11
		Report

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31 July 2008 21:00	Germany	24–25	Denmark	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 500
	Urbannek 8	(14–12)	Dalby 7
		Report

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	0	121	101	+20	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	170	143	+27	7
Croatia	5	3	1	1	140	125	+15	7
France	5	2	1	2	129	141	–12	5
Brazil	5	1	0	4	138	148	–10	2
Argentina	5	0	0	5	101	141	–40	0

28 July 2008 17:00	South Korea	36–26	Argentina	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200
	Gwon 8	(18–15)	Kunschek 6
		Report

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28 July 2008 19:00	Brazil	27–28	France	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200
	Oliveira, Franca 5	(12–14)	Goiorani 6
		Report

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28 July 2008 21:00	Croatia	20–24	Spain	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500
	Covic 6	(9–13)	Berenguer 9
		Report

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29 July 2008 17:00	France	28–45	South Korea	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200
	Deroin 7	(12–24)	Joo, Choi 12
		Report

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29 July 2008 19:00	Argentina	22–25	Croatia	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 300
	Mendoza 7	(13–14)	Covic, Maruscec 5
		Report

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29 July 2008 21:00	Spain	27–24	Brazil	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500
	Martin Berenguer 11	(12–14)	Terense 6
		Report

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31 July 2008 17:00	Brazil	30–23	Argentina	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200
	Franca 9	(12–12)	Mendoza 6
		Report

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31 July 2008 19:00	South Korea	23–28	Spain	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 300
	Kyungjin 7	(9–16)	Lujan Suarez 9
		Report

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31 July 2008 21:00	Croatia	33–25	France	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500
	Milic 7	(18–13)	Deroin 8
		Report

Placement round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	3	3	0	0	114	87	+27	6
Algeria	3	1	1	1	83	86	–3	3
North Macedonia	3	1	1	1	79	90	–11	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	82	95	–13	0

28 July 2008 19:00	Iceland	39–31	Kazakhstan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 500
	Stefansdottir, Jonsdottir 7	(21–12)	Goncharova 7
		Report

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28 July 2008 21:00	North Macedonia	25–25	Algeria	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Gorgievska 11	(12–17)	Khelli, Khellil 6
		Report

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29 July 2008 19:00	Algeria	29–36	Iceland	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1000
	Ait Ahmed 10	(16–19)	Knutsdottir 8
		Report

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29 July 2008 21:00	Kazakhstan	26–27	North Macedonia	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Goncharova, Yerchkova 6	(13–12)	Sterjova 8
		Report

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31 July 2008 19:00	Kazakhstan	25–29	Algeria	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 500
	Karamergenova 6	(11–16)	Ait Ahmed 10
		Report

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31 July 2008 21:00	Iceland	39–27	North Macedonia	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Knutsdottir 9	(20–12)	Grozdanovska 6
		Report

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	98	77	+21	6
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	109	71	+38	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	75	91	–16	2
Australia	3	0	0	3	61	104	–43	0

28 July 2008 19:00	Japan	35–31	Slovenia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 500
	Ishino 8	(15–12)	Mavsar 8
		Report

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28 July 2008 21:00	Chinese Taipei	29–25	Australia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 700
	Tzu-Han 10	(11–10)	Potocki 14
		Report

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29 July 2008 19:00	Australia	22–33	Japan	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 400
	Potocki 11	(10–16)	Matsumoto 9
		Report

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29 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	36–22	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 600
	Mavsar 7	(16–7)	Yu-Ting, Yi-Chi 5
		Report

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31 July 2008 19:00	Japan	30–24	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
	Yasojima 6	(17–8)	Yu-Ting 11
		Report

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31 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	42–14	Australia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 300
	Vidic 8	(24–6)	Potocki, Smiljanic 5
		Report

Placement matches

19th/20th

2 August 2008 09:30	Australia	22–32	Kazakhstan	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Potocki 9	(13–15)	Yerchkova 7
		Report

17th/18th

2 August 2008 11:15	North Macedonia	25–26	Chinese Taipei	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 300
	Sterjova, Gorgievska 5	(15–12)	Yu-Ting 10
		Report

15th/16th

2 August 2008 13:30	Slovenia	33–27	Algeria	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Vidic 7	(17–12)	Khelli, Ait Ahmed 7
		Report

13th/14th

2 August 2008 16:00	Iceland	27–26	Japan	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 65
	Stefansdottir 7	(15–12)	Tarui 8
		Report

11th/12th

3 August 2008 09:30	Argentina	24–29	Angola	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 40
	Roses 8	(13–13)	Mungongo 8
		Report

9th/10th

3 August 2008 16:00	Romania	31–33	Brazil	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 50
	Marin 8	(12–16)	Alencar 9
		Report

7th/8th

3 August 2008 11:15	France	42–35	Montenegro	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Deroin 10	(17–14)	Stojanovic 7
		Report

5th/6th

3 August 2008 13:30	Hungary	28–24	Croatia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Szolosi 7	(12–15)	Covic 8
		Report

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 August
	Denmark	32
					3 August
	South Korea	28
					Denmark	23
	2 August
					Germany	25
	Spain	22
	Germany	28
					Third place
					3 August
					South Korea	29
					Spain	22

Semi-finals

2 August 2008 18:30	Denmark	32–28	South Korea	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Augustesen 10	(16–14)	Gwong 8
		Report

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2 August 2008 21:00	Spain	22–28	Germany	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Berenguer 7	(12–12)	Garcia-Almendaris 8
		Report

Third-place game

3 August 2008 17:30	South Korea	29–22	Spain	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Choe, Lee 6	(14–8)	Berenguer 8
		Report

Final

3 August 2008 20:00	Denmark	23–25	Germany	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 2,500
	Thorsgard 6	(13–13)	Muller 7
		Report

Ranking and awards

Final ranking Rank Team  Germany  Denmark  South Korea 4  Spain 5  Hungary 6  Croatia 7  France 8  Montenegro 9  Brazil 10  Romania 11  Angola 12  Argentina 13  Iceland 14  Japan 15  Slovenia 16  Algeria 17  Chinese Taipei 18  North Macedonia 19  Kazakhstan 20  Australia

All Star Team Goalkeeper:  Sandra Toft (DEN) Left wing:  Elisabeth Garcia-Almendaris (GER) Left back:  Nadja Nadgornaja (GER) Pivot:  Gwon Han-na (KOR) Centre back:  Camilla Dalby (DNK) Right back:  Carmen Martín (ESP) Right wing:  Sandra Bosnjak (CRO) Chosen by team officials and IHF experts[6] Other awards Most Valuable Player:  Gwon Han-na (KOR) Top Goalscorer:  Camilla Dalby (DEN) 65 goals