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2007 World Women's Handball Championship

2007 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	World Women's Handball Championship
year	2007
image	2007 World Womens Handball Championship.svg
size	150px
country	France
dates	2–16 December
num_teams	24
confederations	5
venues	11
cities	11
champion_other
count	3
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	92
goals	5084
top_scorer	GER Grit Jurack (85 goals)
player	NOR Katja Nyberg
previous	2005 World Women's Handball Championship
next	2009 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 December 2007. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia successfully contested Norway in the final, regaining the title after having lost it at the 2005 final.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity	Matches
Beauvais	L'Elispace	2,800	IHF President Cup
Dijon	Palais des Sports de Dijon	3,900	Main Tour
Lyon	Palais des Sports de Gerland	5,100	Preliminary round
Metz	Arènes de Metz	4,800	Main Tour
Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	4,500	Preliminary round
Nîmes	Le Parnasse	4,000	Preliminary round
Paris	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	14,000	Final
Pau	Palais des Sports de Pau	6,500	Preliminary round
Plaisir	Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin	1,260	IHF President Cup
Saint-Brieuc	Salle Steredenn	2,400	Preliminary round
Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon	4,200	Preliminary round

Source: IHF.info

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies
Host nation			1
[2005 World Championship](2005-world-women-s-handball-championship)	5–18 December 2005	RUS Saint Petersburg	1
[2006 African Championship](2006-african-women-s-handball-championship)	12–20 January 2006		3

[2006 Asian Championship](2006-asian-women-s-handball-championship)	1–5 July 2006	CHN Guangzhou	4

[2006 European Championship](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship)	7–17 December 2006		3

[2007 Pan American Championship](2007-pan-american-women-s-handball-championship)	31 May – 4 June 2007	DOM Santo Domingo	4

[2007 Oceania Championship](2007-women-s-oceania-handball-championship)	5–6 June 2007	AUS Sydney	1
European qualification	28 November 2006 – 10 June 2007	Various	7

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Paris on 20 June 2007.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

President's Cup

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

23rd place game

21st place game

19th place game

17th place game

15th place game

13th place game

Main round

Group M I

Group M II

Knockout stage

Bracket

;Championship bracket |13 December||35||24 |13 December||33||36 |13 December| (OT)|34||31 |13 December||35||36 |15 December||33||30 |15 December||20||30 |16 December||24||29 |16 December| (OT)|36||35

;5th place bracket |15 December||41||33 |15 December||32||27 |16 December||25||26 |16 December||37||36

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 Women's World Champions

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Valérie Nicolas
Left wing: Polina Vyakhireva
Left back: Gro Hammerseng
Pivot: Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă
Centre back: Anita Görbicz
Right back: Grit Jurack
Right wing: Yana Uskova Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Terese Pedersen	****	48%	45	93
2	Mariia Makarenko		43%	23	54
3	Inna Suslina		42%	99	237
4	Darly Zoqbi		41%	36	88
5	Valentina Kogan		40%	49	124
Amandine Leynaud		33	82
Chana Franciela Masson		50	126
Clara Woltering		74	187
9	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen		39%	98	251
Luminiţa Dinu		105	272

Source: IHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Grit Jurack	****	85	137	62%
2	Anita Görbicz		80	136	59%
3	Marcelina Kiala		72	162	44%
4	Ramona Maier		60	94	64%
5	Sophie Herbrecht		59	119	50%
6	Nair Almeida		57	108	54%
Tímea Tóth		112	51%
Woo Sun-hee		87	66%
9	Ilda Bengue		56	93	60%
10	Marta Mangué		55	82	67%

Source: IHF

Medalists

Notes

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