# 2023 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships was the second edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships. They were held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 6 July to 9 July 2023.

## Participating nations

* Andorra (7)
* Armenia (4)
* Australia (10)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Belgium (4)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
* Bolivia (8)
* Brazil (10)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Canada (8)
* Chile (10)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Egypt (10)
* Spain (9)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (8)
* France (4)
* Great Britain (10)
* Georgia (10)
* Germany (9)
* Greece (10)
* Hungary (10)
* India (10)
* Israel (10)
* Italy (10)
* Japan (10)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* South Korea (10)
* Latvia (4)
* Lithuania (10)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Moldova (4)
* Mexico (7)
* Mongolia (8)
* Montenegro (2)
* Norway (4)
* New Zealand (4)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (9)
* Romania (8)
* South Africa (9)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovenia (8)
* San Marino (3)
* Serbia (4)
* Switzerland (3)
* Slovakia (8)
* Thailand (1)
* Togo (1)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (10)
* Ukraine (10)
* United States (10)
* Uzbekistan (10)
* Venezuela (1)
* Vietnam (1)
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## Competition schedule

All times in local time (UTC+03:00).
* Friday, 7 July
** All Day - Junior Individual Qualification: Hoop and Ball
** Opening Ceremony
** Evening - Junior Group Qualification: 5 Ropes & 5 Balls
* Saturday, 8 July
** All Day - Junior Individual Qualification: Clubs and Ribbon
** Junior Group Qualification: 5 Ropes & 5 Balls
** Award Ceremony Team Ranking (RGI and RGG combined)
** Award Ceremony RGG All-Around
* Sunday, 9 July
** 12:00 – 12:35 - Individual Hoop Apparatus Final
** 12:42 – 13:17 - Individual Ball Apparatus Final
** 13:22 – 13:32 - Hoop & Ball Award Ceremonies
** 13:37 – 14:20 - Group Final: 5 Ropes
** 14:25 – 14:35 - Award Ceremony 5 Ropes
** 14:40 – 15:15 - Individual Clubs Apparatus Final
** 15:22 – 15:57 - Individual Ribbon Apparatus Final
** 16:02 – 16:12 - Clubs & Ribbon Award Ceremonies
** 16:17 – 17:00 - Group Final: 5 Balls
** 17:05 – 17:15 - Award Ceremony 5 Balls
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## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team Competition ||||
| Team All-Around | Bulgaria Individual: Elvira Krasnobaeva Nikol Todorova Group: Eva Emilova Vanesa Emilova Andrea Ivanova Krasimira Ivanova Gabriela Peeva Tsveteyoana Peycheva | Israel Individual: Lian Rona Alona Tal Franco Regina Polishchuk Yael Aloni Goldblatt Group: Shelly Elguy Elinor Gerts Kseniya Kulyk Yuval Schulman Anat Shnaider Meital Maayam Sumkin | Romania Individual: Amalia Lică Lisa Garac Group: Arianna Alexandru Andra Crainic Carina Crainic Andreea Nastasa Alexandra Patrascu Eva Vencu |
| Individual Finals ||||
| Hoop | Alona Tal Franco (ISR) | Amalia Lică (ROU) | Anastasiya Sarantseva (UZB) |
| Ball | Elvira Krasnobaeva (BUL) | Lada Pusch (GER) | Regina Polishchuk (ISR) |
| Clubs | Liliana Lewińska (POL) | Taisiia Onofriichuk (UKR) | Rin Keys (USA) |
| Ribbon | Liliana Lewińska (POL) | Nikol Todorova (BUL) | Mishel Nesterova (UZB) |
| Groups Finals ||||
| All-Around | Bulgaria Eva Emilova Vanesa Emilova Andrea Ivanova Krasimira Ivanova Gabriela Peeva Tsveteyoana Peycheva | Israel Shelly Elguy Elinor Gerts Kseniya Kulyk Yuval Schulman Anat Shnaider Meital Maayam Sumkin | Azerbaijan Madina Aslanova Ilaha Bahadirova Govhar Ibrahimova Sakinakhanim Ismayilzada Zahra Jafarova Ayan Sadigova |
| 5 Ropes | Israel Shelly Elguy Elinor Gerts Kseniya Kulyk Yuval Schulman Anat Shnaider Meital Maayam Sumkin | Bulgaria Eva Emilova Vanesa Emilova Andrea Ivanova Krasimira Ivanova Gabriela Peeva Tsveteyoana Peycheva | Azerbaijan Madina Aslanova Ilaha Bahadirova Govhar Ibrahimova Sakinakhanim Ismayilzada Zahra Jafarova Ayan Sadigova |
| 5 Balls | Israel Shelly Elguy Elinor Gerts Kseniya Kulyk Yuval Schulman Anat Shnaider Meital Maayam Sumkin | Bulgaria Eva Emilova Vanesa Emilova Andrea Ivanova Krasimira Ivanova Gabriela Peeva Tsveteyoana Peycheva | Azerbaijan Madina Aslanova Ilaha Bahadirova Govhar Ibrahimova Sakinakhanim Ismayilzada Zahra Jafarova Ayan Sadigova |

## Individual
### Team

| Rank | Nation | Total |
| | Bulgaria | 181.000 |
| | Israel | 180.350 |
| | Romania | 179.100 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 173.400 |
| 5 | Italy | 170.050 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 169.900 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 167.050 |
| 8 | Germany | 165.950 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 162.950 |
| 10 | Hungary | 162.750 |
| 11 | United States | 161.200 |
| 12 | Brazil | 159.550 |
| 13 | Turkey | 158.900 |
| 14 | Greece | 158.100 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 156.500 |
| 16 | Egypt | 154.650 |
| 17 | Finland | 153.750 |

### Hoop

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Alona Tal Franco | Israel | 15.200 | 8.300 | 8.150 | 0.05 | 31.600 |
| | Amalia Lică | Romania | 14.700 | 8.100 | 8.100 | | 30.900 |
| | Anastasiya Sarantseva | Uzbekistan | 14.800 | 7.800 | 8.250 | | 30.850 |
| 4 | Elvira Krasnobaeva | Bulgaria | 14.700 | 8.000 | 7.950 | | 30.650 |
| 5 | Lada Pusch | Germany | 14.500 | 7.850 | 8.250 | | 30.600 |
| 6 | Taisiia Onofriichuk | Ukraine | 14.300 | 7.550 | 8.100 | | 29.950 |
| 7 | Vera Tugolukova | Cyprus | 14.300 | 7.800 | 7.750 | | 29.850 |
| 8 | Rin Keys | United States | 13.100 | 7.800 | 7.550 | | 28.450 |

### Ball

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Elvira Krasnobaeva | Bulgaria | 15.300 | 8.250 | 8.550 | | 32.100 |
| | Lada Pusch | Germany | 14.500 | 8.050 | 8.250 | | 30.800 |
| | Regina Polishchuk | Israel | 14.100 | 8.100 | 8.200 | 0.05 | 30.350 |
| 4 | Liliana Lewińska | Poland | 13.400 | 8.300 | 8.350 | 0.05 | 30.000 |
| 5 | Vera Tugolukova | Cyprus | 13.900 | 7.950 | 8.100 | | 29.950 |
| 6 | Lisa Garac | Romania | 12.900 | 8.150 | 8.100 | | 29.150 |
| 7 | Nataliya Usova | Uzbekistan | 13.500 | 7.700 | 7.500 | | 28.700 |
| 8 | Megan Chu | United States | 12.700 | 7.800 | 7.950 | | 28.450 |

### Clubs

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Liliana Lewińska | Poland | 14.200 | 8.550 | 8.250 | 0.05 | 30.950 |
| | Taisiia Onofriichuk | Ukraine | 13.100 | 8.300 | 8.350 | | 29.750 |
| | Rin Keys | United States | 12.600 | 8.450 | 8.350 | | 29.400 |
| 4 | Lian Rona | Israel | 12.300 | 8.300 | 8.250 | | 28.850 |
| 5 | Amalia Lică | Romania | 12.700 | 8.500 | 7.650 | | 28.850 |
| 6 | Vera Tugolukova | Cyprus | 13.000 | 7.950 | 7.650 | | 28.600 |
| 7 | Lola Djuraeva | Uzbekistan | 12.700 | 7.450 | 7.450 | | 27.600 |
| 8 | Boglárka Barkóczi | Hungary | 11.900 | 7.800 | 7.800 | | 27.500 |

### Ribbon

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Total |
| | Liliana Lewińska | Poland | 13.100 | 8.250 | 8.250 | 29.600 |
| | Nikol Todorova | Bulgaria | 13.200 | 8.050 | 8.150 | 29.400 |
| | Mishel Nesterova | Uzbekistan | 13.000 | 8.000 | 7.950 | 28.950 |
| 4 | Amalia Lică | Romania | 12.200 | 8.050 | 7.900 | 28.150 |
| 5 | Lada Pusch | Germany | 12.100 | 8.100 | 7.650 | 27.850 |
| 6 | Lara Manfredi | Italy | 11.200 | 7.850 | 7.900 | 26.950 |
| 7 | Yael Aloni Goldblatt | Israel | 11.500 | 7.750 | 7.550 | 26.800 |
| 8 | Taisiia Onofriichuk | Ukraine | 10.900 | 8.000 | 7.550 | 26.450 |

## Group
### All-Around

The top 8 scores in the apparatus qualifies to the group apparatus finals.
| Place | Nation | 5 | 5 | Total |
| | Bulgaria | 30.300 | 31.750 | 62.050 |
| | Israel | 29.900 | 32.000 | 61.900 |
| | Azerbaijan | 29.600 | 29.800 | 59.400 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 28.200 | 29.650 | 57.500 |
| 5 | Italy | 28.900 | 28.600 | 57.500 |
| 6 | Brazil | 28.400 | 29.050 | 57.450 |
| 7 | Romania | 28.450 | 28.400 | 56.850 |
| 8 | Estonia | 27.100 | 28.500 | 55.600 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 27.500 | 27.850 | 55.350 |
| 10 | Hungary | 27.700 | 27.450 | 55.150 |
| 11 | Spain | 28.350 | 25.900 | 54.250 |
| 12 | Japan | 25.700 | 28.000 | 53.700 |
| 13 | Turkey | 24.000 | 29.000 | 53.000 |
| 14 | Greece | 25.350 | 26.850 | 52.200 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 26.050 | 25.650 | 51.700 |
| 16 | Slovenia | 24.700 | 26.850 | 51.550 |
| 17 | Egypt | 25.500 | 26.000 | 51.500 |
| 18 | Poland | 24.350 | 27.150 | 51.500 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 24.350 | 27.050 | 51.400 |
| 20 | Georgia | 25.200 | 25.300 | 50.500 |
| 21 | Finland | 23.600 | 25.350 | 48.950 |
| 22 | United States | 22.300 | 25.500 | 47.800 |
| 23 | Germany | 24.100 | 23.550 | 47.650 |
| 24 | South Korea | 21.800 | 24.650 | 46.450 |
| 25 | Andorra | 22.000 | 24.100 | 46.100 |
| 26 | Slovakia | 20.900 | 24.450 | 45.350 |
| 27 | Portugal | 22.200 | 20.950 | 43.150 |
| 28 | Czech Republic | 21.550 | 20.750 | 42.300 |
| 29 | Great Britain | 20.300 | 21.400 | 41.700 |
| 30 | Chile | 21.600 | 19.250 | 40.850 |
| 31 | Canada | 19.000 | 21.700 | 40.700 |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.100 | 20.400 | 40.500 |
| 33 | Mexico | 21.350 | 19.100 | 40.450 |
| 34 | Mongolia | 13.950 | 16.900 | 30.850 |
| 35 | Bolivia | 10.450 | 18.900 | 29.350 |
| 36 | Australia | 14.500 | 12.350 | 26.850 |
| 37 | South Africa | 13.200 | 10.850 | 24.050 |

### 5 Ropes

| Rank | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Israel | 15.600 | 7.900 | 7.250 | | 30.750 |
| | Bulgaria | 15.300 | 7.500 | 7.500 | 0.05 | 30.250 |
| | Azerbaijan | 14.400 | 7.500 | 7.100 | | 29.000 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 14.000 | 7.500 | 7.450 | | 28.950 |
| 5 | Romania | 13.700 | 7.750 | 7.250 | | 28.700 |
| 6 | Brazil | 13.600 | 7.850 | 7.150 | 0.30 | 28.300 |
| 7 | Spain | 13.200 | 7.750 | 6.900 | 0.35 | 27.500 |
| 8 | Italy | 12.400 | 7.250 | 6.500 | 0.60 | 25.550 |

### 5 Balls

| Rank | Nation | D Score | A Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
| | Israel | 15.600 | 8.500 | 8.150 | | 32.250 |
| | Bulgaria | 14.900 | 8.450 | 7.250 | | 30.600 |
| | Azerbaijan | 14.900 | 7.700 | 7.550 | | 30.150 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 14.300 | 7.750 | 7.850 | | 29.900 |
| 5 | Turkey | 13.900 | 8.050 | 7.250 | | 29.200 |
| 6 | Italy | 14.000 | 7.800 | 7.350 | | 29.150 |
| 7 | Estonia | 13.400 | 7.650 | 7.500 | | 28.550 |
| 8 | Brazil | 11.700 | 7.400 | 6.700 | 0.30 | 25.500 |

## Medal count

* Host nation (Romania)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Romania* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |