# 2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

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.

## Venues

Two Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:
| Skopje | SkopjeOhridclass=notpageimage| Host cities | Ohrid |
| SRC Kale | SkopjeOhridclass=notpageimage| Host cities | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall |

## 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.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | +63 | 8 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
| Macedonia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | +20 | 4 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | +2 | 4 |
| Angola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 13 August 2007 16:00 | Portugal | 28 – 32 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 13 August 2007 16:00 | | (14–17) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 13 August 2007 16:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 13 August 2007 21:00 | Macedonia | 39 – 16 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 13 August 2007 21:00 | | (15–7) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 13 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 14 August 2007 17:00 | Portugal | 39 – 24 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SVN) |
| 14 August 2007 17:00 | | (19–13) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SVN) |
| 14 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SVN) |
| 14 August 2007 21:00 | Sweden | 44 – 19 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 14 August 2007 21:00 | | (21–8) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 14 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 15 August 2007 14:30 | Sweden | 30 – 27 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 15 August 2007 14:30 | | (13–12) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 15 August 2007 14:30 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 16 August 2007 17:00 | Kuwait | 29 – 28 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 16 August 2007 17:00 | | (11–11) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 16 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 16 August 2007 21:00 | Portugal | 31 – 29 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 16 August 2007 21:00 | | (15–11) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 16 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 17 August 2007 19:00 | Sweden | 37 – 13 | Angola | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 17 August 2007 19:00 | | (21–8) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 17 August 2007 19:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 100 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 18 August 2007 17:00 | Sweden | 40 – 29 | Portugal | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 18 August 2007 17:00 | | (16–13) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 18 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 18 July 2007 21:00 | Macedonia | 27 – 25 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 18 July 2007 21:00 | | (14–15) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 18 July 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2800 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | +63 | 8 |
| Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
| France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | +20 | 4 |
| Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | +2 | 4 |
| Chile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 88 | +63 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 127 | −22 | 4 |
| Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 102 | +20 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 125 | +2 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 144 | −63 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 112 | +19 | 8 |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 116 | +17 | 6 |
| South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 139 | −6 | 4 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 129 | −11 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 143 | −19 | 0 |

## Main round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 125 | +30 | 8 |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 110 | +42 | 8 |
| Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 139 | +7 | 6 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 130 | +10 | 4 |
| Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 139 | −12 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 190 | −77 | 0 |
| 20 August 2007 17:00 | Kuwait | 20 – 36 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 20 August 2007 17:00 | | (12–16) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 20 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 20 August 2007 19:00 | Sweden | 25 – 28 | Egypt | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 20 August 2007 19:00 | | (14–12) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 20 August 2007 19:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 20 August 2007 21:00 | Macedonia | 20 – 28 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3300 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 20 August 2007 21:00 | | (10–14) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3300 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 20 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3300 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 21 August 2007 17:00 | France | 27 – 30 | Sweden | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
| 21 August 2007 17:00 | | (16–15) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
| 21 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
| 21 August 2007 19:00 | Germany | 40 – 20 | Kuwait | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 600 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| 21 August 2007 19:00 | | (20–7) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 600 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| 21 August 2007 19:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 600 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| 21 August 2007 21:00 | Egypt | 29 – 32 | Macedonia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 21 August 2007 21:00 | | (11–11) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 21 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 3200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 22 August 2007 17:00 | Kuwait | 29 – 43 | Egypt | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 22 August 2007 17:00 | | (14–24) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 22 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 200 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
| 22 August 2007 19:00 | Sweden | 26 – 24 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 22 August 2007 19:00 | | (15–11) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 22 August 2007 19:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 22 August 2007 21:00 | Macedonia | 21 – 27 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| 22 August 2007 21:00 | | (11–11) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| 22 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 129 | +29 | 9 |
| Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 144 | +10 | 8 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 139 | +6 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 138 | −7 | 4 |
| Russia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 139 | 148 | −9 | 3 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 181 | −29 | 0 |

## Placement matches
### 11th/12th

| 25 August 2007 13:30 | 39 – 37 (ET) | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 25 August 2007 13:30 | (15–15) | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 25 August 2007 13:30 | Report | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD) |
| Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolov, Nikolov (MKD) |||

### 9th/10th

| 24 August 21:00 | Macedonia | 23 – 30 | Russia | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1300 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 24 August 21:00 | | (11–18) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1300 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| 24 August 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1300 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |

### 7th/8th

| 24 August 16:00 | Slovenia | 25 – 28 | France | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 250 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW) |
| 24 August 16:00 | | (13–15) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 250 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW) |
| 24 August 16:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 250 Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW) |

### 5th/6th

| 24 August 18:30 | Egypt | 26 – 32 | Spain | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 24 August 18:30 | | (12–15) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |
| 24 August 18:30 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 400 Referees: Favreto, Mello (BRA) |

## Final round

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| 24 August 2007– Ohrid | 24 August 2007– Ohrid |
| Sweden | 32 |
| Sweden | 32 | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid |
| Denmark | 29 | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid |
| Denmark | 29 | Sweden | 31 |
| 24 August 2007 – Ohrid | 24 August 2007 – Ohrid | | Sweden | 31 |
| 24 August 2007 – Ohrid | 24 August 2007 – Ohrid | Germany | 29 |
| Croatia | 22 | Germany | 29 |
| Germany | 29 | | |
| Germany | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid | 26 August 2007 – Ohrid |
| | | Croatia | 26 |
| | | Denmark | 27 |

### Semifinals

| 24 August 2007 18:30 | Sweden | 32 – 29 | Denmark | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1200 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 24 August 2007 18:30 | | (17–14) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1200 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 24 August 2007 18:30 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1200 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| 24 August 2007 21:00 | Croatia | 22 – 29 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 24 August 2007 21:00 | | (11–13) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |
| 24 August 2007 21:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 1500 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK) |

### Bronze medal match

| 26 August 2007 14:30 | Croatia | 26 – 27 | Denmark | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
| 26 August 2007 14:30 | | (13–15) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
| 26 August 2007 14:30 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 500 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |

### Gold medal match

| 26 August 2007 17:00 | Sweden | 31 – 29 | Germany | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 |
| 26 August 2007 17:00 | | (13–18) | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 |
| 26 August 2007 17:00 | | Report | | Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid Attendance: 2000 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | Germany |
| | Denmark |
| 4 | Croatia |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Egypt |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Slovenia |
| 9 | Russia |
| 10 | Macedonia |
| 11 | South Korea |
| 12 | Kuwait |
| 13 | Argentina |
| 14 | Slovakia |
| 15 | Portugal |
| 16 | Brazil |
| 17 | Tunisia |
| 18 | Bulgaria |
| 19 | Angola |
| 20 | Chile |

## All-star team

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