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.
Hosting rights and draw Macedonia won the rights to host the 2008 edition at an IHF congress in April 2007. 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. Three weeks before the championship began, Uruguay withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Chile.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round
Group I TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 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
Group II TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 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
Placement round
Group I TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 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
Group II TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 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
Placement matches
19th/20th
17th/18th
15th/16th
13th/14th
11th/12th
9th/10th
7th/8th
5th/6th
Final round
Semi-finals
Third-place game
Final
Ranking and awards
Final ranking Rank Team4567891011121314151617181920
All Star Team Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Pivot: Centre back: Right back: Right wing: Chosen by team officials and IHF experts
Other awards Most Valuable Player: Top Goalscorer: 65 goals
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