| Tourney Name: | Junior World Championship |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Country: | Macedonia |
| Dates: | July 21–August 3 |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 82 |
| Goals: | 4535 |
| Top Scorer: | (65 goals) |
| Previous: | 2005 Women's Junior World Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2010 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.
Germany won the gold-medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.[1]
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]
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 125 | +25 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 135 | +28 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 153 | –17 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 154 | 149 | +5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 149 | –10 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 125 | 156 | –31 | 0 |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 101 | +20 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 143 | +27 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 125 | +15 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 129 | 141 | –12 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 148 | –10 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 141 | –40 | 0 |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 87 | +27 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 86 | –3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 90 | –11 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 95 | –13 | 0 |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 77 | +21 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 71 | +38 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 91 | –16 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 104 | –43 | 0 |
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Chosen by team officials and IHF experts[6]