2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2007 Youth World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Dates	July 26 – August 3
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches	50
Goals scored	3006 (60.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(57)
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The 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (2nd tournament) took place in Bahrain from 26 July–3 August.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	104	76	+28	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	90	74	+16	4
Qatar	3	1	0	2	77	89	−12	2
Morocco	3	0	0	3	62	94	−32	0

July 26 13:30	Poland	35 – 21	Morocco	, Manama Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	8	(17–11)	, 6
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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July 26 15:30	Qatar	23 – 30	Spain	, Manama Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Madadi 7	(10–13)	6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

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July 27 14:00	Morocco	19 – 26	Qatar	, Manama Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
	5	(11–11)	7
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 8× 1×

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July 27 16:00	Spain	27 – 29	Poland	, Manama Referees: Anderson, Sødal (NOR)
	Mindegia 8	(10–14)	Chrapkowski 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6×

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July 28 14:00	Morocco	22 – 33	Spain	, Manama Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	, 5	(9–18)	Maqueda, 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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July 28 16:00	Poland	40 – 28	Qatar	, Manama Referees: Al-Maamly, Shaban (EGY)
	Orzechowski 8	(18–10)	8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	2	1	0	104	68	+36	5[a]
Argentina	3	2	1	0	88	78	+10	5[a]
Iran	3	1	0	2	79	90	−11	2
Algeria	3	0	0	3	74	109	−35	0

July 26 18:30	Croatia	45 – 19	Algeria	, Manama Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
	Štrlek 8	(18–12)	Berkous 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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July 26 20:30	Iran	25 – 29	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Válek, Opava (CZE)
	A. Esteki 6	(19–15)	Vázquez 8
	3× 9×	Report	3× 5×

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July 27 18:00	Argentina	26 – 26	Croatia	, Manama Referees: Al-Maamly, Shaban (EGY)
	F. Fernández 7	(12–14)	Štrlek 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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July 27 20:00	Algeria	28 – 31	Iran	, Manama Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Berkous, 6	(11–13)	S. Esteki 12
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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July 28 18:00	Algeria	27 – 33	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Gatelis, Mazelka (LTU)
	9	(13–17)	Vieyra 9
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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July 28 20:00	Croatia	33 – 23	Iran	, Manama Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	10	(18–12)	Masaeli 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	3	3	0	0	89	80	+9	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	82	63	+19	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	72	75	−3	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	65	90	−25	0

July 26 18:30	Bahrain	29 – 28	Brazil	, Manama Referees: Gatelis, Mazelka (LTU)
	6	(12–18)	6
	2× 2× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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July 26 20:30	Denmark	35 – 14	Tunisia	, Manama Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	8	(18–7)	4
	3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

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July 27 18:00	Tunisia	30 – 33	Bahrain	, Manama Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ)
	8	(13–17)	Al-Sayyad, 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

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July 27 20:00	Brazil	22 – 25	Denmark	, Manama Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	6	(9–14)	6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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July 28 18:00	Denmark	22 – 27	Bahrain	, Manama Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Mortensen 9	(12–7)	Al-Fardan 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 10×

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July 28 20:00	Tunisia	21 – 22	Brazil	, Manama Referees: Anderson, Sødal (NOR)
	Alouini 8	(13–9)	5
	2× 8×	Report	2× 5×

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	126	67	+59	6
Egypt	3	2	0	1	113	78	+35	4
South Korea	3	1	0	2	114	97	+17	2
Australia	3	0	0	3	62	173	−111	0

July 26 18:30	South Korea	59 – 23	Australia	, Manama Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	, , 10	(26–7)	, 4
	3× 7×	Report	2× 7×

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July 26 20:30	Sweden	29 – 22	Egypt	, Manama Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	7	(15–12)	, Omar, , El-Wakil, Hashem 3
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

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July 27 18:00	Australia	19 – 56	Sweden	, Manama Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	6	(8–29)	Ekberg 13
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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July 27 20:00	Egypt	33 – 29	South Korea	, Manama Referees: Válek, Opava (CZE)
	11	(15–13)	10
	2× 11× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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July 28 18:00	Egypt	58 – 20	Australia	, Manama Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	El-Wakil 12	(26–6)	9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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July 28 20:00	Sweden	41 – 26	South Korea	, Manama Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ekdahl 7	(18–7)	10
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 7× 2×

Placement round[]

Group P I[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	2	0	1	83	74	+9	4[a]
Iran	3	2	0	1	92	82	+10	4[b]
Algeria	3	1	1	1	94	96	−2	3
Morocco	3	0	1	2	81	98	−17	1

July 30 20:00	Qatar	33 – 34	Algeria	, Manama Referees: Shaban (EGY), Ossipov (KAZ)
	Madadi 12	(17–14)	Berkous 16
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 2×

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July 30 20:00	Iran	40 – 30	Morocco	, Manama Referees: Al-Maamly (EGY), Achifon (CMR)
	Masaeli 11	(20–15)	9
	3× 10× 2×	Report	3× 1×

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July 31 20:00	Morocco	32 – 32	Algeria	, Manama Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ)
	7	(12–15)	Berkous 10
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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July 31 20:00	Qatar	24 – 21	Iran	, Manama Referees: Caçador (POR), Souza (BRA)
	10	(11–10)	Kiani 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 1×

Group P II[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	110	68	+42	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	132	88	+44	4
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	102	76	+26	2
Australia	3	0	0	3	51	163	−112	0

July 30 14:00	Brazil	51 – 13	Australia	, Manama Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	8	(29–5)	, , 3
	3× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

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July 30 14:00	South Korea	39 – 28	Tunisia	, Manama Referees: Minore (ARG), Porol (KAZ)
	14	(16–12)	7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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July 31 14:00	Tunisia	53 – 15	Australia	, Manama Referees: Nicolau (POR), Qamber (BHR)
	Bhar 7	(25–4)	6
	3×	Report	3× 6×

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July 31 14:00	Brazil	37 – 34	South Korea	, Manama Referees: Nyoth (CMR), Al-Watani (BHR)
	8	(17–16)	9
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

Main round[]

Group M I[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	2	1	0	80	77	+3	5
Argentina	3	1	2	0	87	82	+5	4
Poland	3	1	1	1	83	83	0	3
Spain	3	0	0	3	80	88	−8	0

July 30 16:00	Poland	29 – 29	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Gatelis, Mazelka (LTU)
	Orzechowski 7	(12–17)	7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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July 30 16:00	Croatia	27 – 26	Spain	, Manama Referees: Válek (CZE), Paz (BRA)
	Štrlek 7	(12–11)	Maqueda 11
	4× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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July 31 16:00	Spain	27 – 32	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Al-Maamly, Shaban (EGY)
	Mindegia 8	(15–14)	J. Fernández 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6×

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July 31 16:00	Poland	25 – 27	Croatia	, Manama Referees: Anderson, Sødal (NOR)
	7	(10–13)	8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Group M II[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	0	1	81	80	+1	4[a]
Sweden	3	2	0	1	88	69	+19	4[b]
Egypt	3	1	0	2	88	90	−2	2[a]
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	76	94	−18	2[b]

July 30 18:00	Bahrain	28 – 35	Egypt	, Manama Referees: Anderson, Sødal (NOR)
	Al-Maqabi 6	(9–11)	8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 9×

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July 30 18:00	Sweden	22 – 26	Denmark	, Manama Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Barud, Stenbäcken 4	(12–16)	Markussen 10
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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July 31 18:00	Denmark	33 – 31	Egypt	, Manama Referees: Válek (CZE), Marina (ARG)
	Mortensen 8	(17–15)	12
	2× 7×	Report	2× 6×

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July 31 18:00	Bahrain	21 – 37	Sweden	, Manama Referees: Gatelis, Mazelka (LTU)
	Al-Salatna, , Al-Maqabi, 3	(12–16)	8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

Placement matches[]

15th/16th[]

August 2 11:00	Morocco	38 – 24	Australia	, Manama Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ)
	8	(18–10)	7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 8× 1×

13th/14th[]

August 2 11:00	Algeria	26 – 42	Tunisia	, Manama Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	9	(11–25)	Alouini 13
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

11th/12th[]

August 2 13:30	Iran	39 – 41	South Korea	, Manama Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	A. Esteki 13	(20–20)	11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

9th/10th[]

August 2 13:30	Qatar	27 – 36	Brazil	, Manama Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	7	(11–17)	9
	2× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

7th/8th[]

August 2 18:30	Spain	37 – 28	Bahrain	, Manama Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	9	(17–10)	9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

5th/6th[]

August 2 18:30	Poland	32 – 34	Egypt	, Manama Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
	Szyba, Orzechowski 5	(12–17)	9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Final round[]

	Semifinal				Final
	August 2 – Manama
	Croatia	31
					August 3 – Manama
	Sweden	28
					Croatia	26
	August 2 – Manama
					Denmark	27
	Denmark	36
	Argentina	21
					Third place
					August 3 – Manama
					Sweden	34
					Argentina	27

Semifinals[]

August 2 16:00	Croatia	31 – 28	Sweden	, Manama Referees: Al-Maamly, Shaban (EGY)
	Duvnjak 10	(18–12)	Stenbäcken 8
	2× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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August 2 16:00	Denmark	36 – 21	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	, Mortensen 6	(19–11)	Simonet, Vázquez, J. Fernández 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Bronze medal match[]

August 3 16:00	Sweden	34 – 27	Argentina	, Manama Referees: Anderson, Sødal (NOR)
	12	(15–11)	Vieyra 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Gold medal match[]

August 3 18:30	Croatia	26 – 27	Denmark	, Manama Referees: Gatelis, Mazelka (LTU)
	Štrlek, 7	(13–13)	Mortensen 9
	2× 4×	Report	3×

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Croatia
	Sweden
4	Argentina
5	Egypt
6	Poland
7	Spain
8	Bahrain
9	Brazil
10	Qatar
11	South Korea
12	Iran
13	Tunisia
14	Algeria
15	Morocco
16	Australia

All-star team[]

•  Niklas Landin Jacobsen (DEN)
•  Manuel Štrlek (CRO)
•   (DEN)
•   (EGY)
•   (KOR)
•  Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO)
•  Federico Vieyra (ARG)

Medallists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark	Croatia	Sweden
Niklas Landin Jacobsen Nikolaj Markussen Casper Ulrich Mortensen Jannick Green Coach: ?	Ivan Pešić Domagoj Duvnjak Manuel Štrlek Marko Tarabochia Igor Karačić Marko Matić Josip Crnić Luka Raković Coach: Slavko Goluža	Linus Persson Niclas Barud Kim Ekdal du Rietz Jonathan Stenbäcken Niclas Ekberg Coach: ?

External links[]

• II Men's Youth World Championship at IHF.info