A look back at the summer…

2007 Women’s 17 European Championship

The Women’s 17 European Championships took place from the 29^th June – 8^th July in Bratislava/SVK. The competition featured 16 girl teams born 1990 or later. In the Sibamac Arena NTC in front of 1100 spectators, the national team of France defeated Spain to take the title of the European Champion. France was also honoured as the “Fair Play” team of the championship. Number 18 from France Isaure VIGNER and number 3 from Spain Ana FERRER PROHIAS were awarded with the title of best players of the match. EHF President Tor Lian was present to declare the Championship officially over.

Final Ranking:

2007 Men’s 19 European Open Championship

Our second event of the summer took take place alongside the Partille Cup from the 3rd – 7th July2007. With a total of 98 matches being played over 5 days each team played a minimum of 8 matches with the exception of the teams ranked 1-4 who played nine games in  Liseberg. The final between Sweden and Slovenia was played out in front of a capacity crowd in the Liseberg Hall on the 7h Ju. The final ranking of the 24 teams can be seen below:

Final Ranking:

2007 Men’s and Women’s Beach European Handball Championships

The 2007 European Beach Hand.l Championships took place on the eastern coast of Italy from the 10-15 July. Both finals were decided on shoot-outs.Croatia beat Germany in the women's final, while Russia won the men's tournament. The ECh ended with a spectacular show from the Parachute Regiment of the Italian Army, but the real spectacle was provided by the 36 teams who played178matches during this fantastic week in Misano  Italy.

Final Ranking – Men:

Final Ranking - Women:

2007 Women's 19 European Championship

With Denmark’s victory the 2007 Women's 19 European Championship in Izmir, Turkey (10-19 August 2007) came to an end. Danish right wing Louise Knak Lyksborg scored 8 goals leading Denmark to a 29:19 (12:10) win over Spain in front of 1200 spectators. The two finalists automatically qualified for the 2008 U20 World Championship (IHF event) in FYR Macedonia. The national team of Romania took the bronze in their match against Sweden who had to settle for fourth place.

Final Ranking:

2nd Men’s Youth World Championship 2007 – Bahrain (IHF Event)

The International Handball Federation organised the 2^nd Men’s Youth Championship 2007 in Bahrain on the Asian continent. From the 16 participating teams, Europe had five places and once again, the European younger age category delegations performed well. In what proved to be a thrilling final, the national team of Denmark claimed the Men’s Youth World Championship title in a close match against fellow Europeans Croatia.

Final European Ranking in BOLD:

16^th Men’s Junior World Championship 2007 – FYR Macedonia (IHF Event)

In cooperation with the Macedonian Handball Federation, the International Handball Federation organised the 16^th edition of the Men’s Junior Championship 2007 in Europe in FYR Macedonia from the 13^th – 26^th August 2007. There were 12 European teams participating in this competition. In spectacular fashion, the national team of Sweden defeated the national team of Germany to become Junior World Champion.

Final European Ranking in BOLD:

TEXT : EHF