2012 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2012 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the 4th edition of the tournament and took place in the Montenegro from 16 to 26 August 2012.

2012 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Montenegro
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates16–26 August
Teams20 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Norway
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored3,535 (55.23 per match)
Attendance13,256 (207 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Irina Alexandrova
(62 goals)
Best playerRussia Anna Vyakhireva
Next →
Sportska Dvorana Topolica in Sportski Centar

Denmark won the final against Russia by 27–26.[1]

Preliminary round edit

The draw was held on 23 May 2012 in Basel, Switzerland.[2] The match schedule was released on 10 July.[3][4]

All times are local (UTC+2)

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Hungary 4 3 1 0 119 72 +47 7
  Sweden 4 3 0 1 101 91 +10 6
  Netherlands 4 1 2 1 108 99 +9 4
  Croatia 4 1 1 2 115 116 −1 3
  Paraguay 4 0 0 4 66 131 −65 0
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 2012
13:45
Sweden   30 – 29   Croatia Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Gustin 10 (12–14) Tvorić 12
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16 August 2012
16:00
Netherlands   33 – 17   Paraguay Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ravisević, Raznatović (MNE)
Smits, Michielsen 5 (15–6) Aluan 7
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17 August 2012
13:45
Hungary   38 – 24   Croatia Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Korsós 8 (20–11) Mičijević 11
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17 August 2012
16:00
Paraguay   19 – 29   Sweden Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Acuña 7 (12–18) four players 4
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18 August 2012
18:15
Netherlands   24 – 24   Hungary Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Michielsen, Dulfer 5 (16–15) Szekerczés 8
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19 August 2012
13:45
Sweden   29 – 22   Netherlands Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Pavisević, Raznatović (MNE)
Eriksson 7 (17–11) Smits 5
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19 August 2012
16:00
Croatia   33 – 17   Paraguay Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Milosavljević 5 (18–8) three players 4
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20 August 2012
18:15
Paraguay   11 – 36   Hungary Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Aluan 4 (5–18) Ertl 6
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21 August 2012
13:45
Hungary   21 – 13   Sweden Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Szekerczés 8 (10–5) Sundberg 5
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21 August 2012
16:00
Croatia   29 – 29   Netherlands Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 200
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Tvorić 9 (14–13) Pavkovic 8
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Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Russia 4 4 0 0 152 98 +54 8
  Romania 4 3 0 1 132 95 +37 6
  Montenegro 4 2 0 2 115 114 +1 4
  Kazakhstan 4 0 1 3 92 141 −49 1
  DR Congo 4 0 1 3 81 133 −52 1
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 2012
18:15
Romania   39 – 14   DR Congo Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 500
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki (CRO)
Safta 7 (18–3) Kalume 6
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16 August 2012
20:30
Montenegro   37 – 26   Kazakhstan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Stojanović 6 (22–13) Alexandrova 13
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17 August 2012
18:15
Russia   40 – 16   DR Congo Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Bogdanova 6 (22–9) Kalume 5
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17 August 2012
20:30
Kazakhstan   22 – 41   Romania Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
Baigabylova 5 (12–24) Tănasie 9
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18 August 2012
20:30
Montenegro   29 – 39   Russia Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 500
Referees: Bethman, Tsaferopoulos (GRE)
Despotović 7 (11–22) Snopova 7
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19 August 2012
18:15
DR Congo   27 – 27   Kazakhstan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Engberg, Delle (SWE)
Ndampia 8 (10–15) Alexandrova 13
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19 August 2012
20:30
Romania   25 – 22   Montenegro Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Pricopi 10 (9–14) Despotović 7
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20 August 2012
18:15
Kazakhstan   17 – 36   Russia Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
Alexandrova 10 (10–20) Matlashova 7
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21 August 2012
18:15
Russia   37 – 27   Romania Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
Dmitrieva 8 (17–18) Safta 7
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21 August 2012
20:30
DR Congo   24 – 27   Montenegro Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Engberg, Delle (SWE)
Betu 9 (16–11) Despotović 9
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Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 4 3 1 0 125 83 +42 7
  France 4 3 1 0 131 99 +32 7
  South Korea 4 2 0 2 123 119 +4 4
  Czech Republic 4 0 1 3 85 111 −26 1
  Uruguay 4 0 1 3 106 139 −33 1
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 2012
18:15
France   38 – 21   Uruguay Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 135
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Soulard 6 (24–9) Scarrone 6
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16 August 2012
20:30
South Korea   29 – 25   Czech Republic Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 121
Referees: Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Kim Su-jeong 8 (16–13) Fryčáková 6
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17 August 2012
18:15
Denmark   29 – 13   Uruguay Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Offendal, Nielsen 5 (14–8) Barreiro 4
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17 August 2012
20:30
Czech Republic   18 – 26   France Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Pavisević, Raznatović (MNE)
three players 4 (12–14) Agathe 5
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18 August 2012
20:30
South Korea   21 – 33   Denmark Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Shin Min-ji 7 (8–16) Olsen 7
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19 August 2012
18:15
France   34 – 27   South Korea Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Agathe 13 (17–16) Kim Su-jeong 9
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19 August 2012
20:30
Uruguay   26 – 26   Czech Republic Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Scarrone 10 (12–12) Pokorná 7
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20 August 2012
20:30
Czech Republic   16 – 30   Denmark Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Pokorná, Jerabková 4 (10–13) Kyndbal 5
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21 August 2012
18:15
Denmark   33 – 33   France Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 200
Referees: Pavisević, Raznatović (MNE)
Kyndbal, Jensen 8 (14–17) Agathe 10
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21 August 2012
20:30
Uruguay   37 – 46   South Korea Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Scarrone 14 (19–21) Kim Su-jeong 9
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Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 4 4 0 0 146 75 +71 8
  Japan 4 3 0 1 117 101 +16 6
  Brazil 4 2 0 2 91 111 −20 4
  Angola 4 1 0 3 92 124 −32 2
  Portugal 4 0 0 4 106 131 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 2012
13:45
Brazil   26 – 29   Japan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
Morcineck 8 (10–18) Sasaki 10
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16 August 2012
16:00
Angola   30 – 29   Portugal Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Engberg, Delle (SWE)
Machado 8 (15–12) Lopes, Oliveira 6
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17 August 2012
13:45
Norway   34 – 21   Japan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki (CRO)
Grøtan 9 (18–10) Sasaki 10
  Report  

17 August 2012
16:00
Portugal   25 – 27   Brazil Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Valente 6 (15–18) dos Santos 10
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18 August 2012
18:15
Angola   14 – 37   Norway Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Machado, Venancio 3 (8–15) Røsberg Jacobsen 7
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19 August 2012
13:45
Brazil   24 – 23   Angola Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki (CRO)
Pessoa 9 (15–14) Machado 5
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19 August 2012
16:00
Japan   33 – 26   Portugal Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
Tamura 9 (12–14) Soares 9
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20 August 2012
20:30
Portugal   26 – 41   Norway Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Valente 8 (10–13) Ingstad 7
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21 August 2012
13:45
Norway   34 – 14   Brazil Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Grøtan 6 (13–8) Pessoa 7
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21 August 2012
16:00
Japan   34 – 25   Angola Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki (CRO)
Sasaki 8 (21–12) Cesar 8
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Knockout stage edit

Championship edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
23 August
 
 
  Hungary28
 
25 August
 
  Romania33
 
  Romania28
 
23 August
 
  Denmark39
 
  Denmark31
 
26 August
 
  Japan25
 
  Denmark27
 
23 August
 
  Russia26
 
  Russia31
 
25 August
 
  Sweden30
 
  Russia33
 
23 August
 
  Norway27 Third place
 
  Norway32
 
26 August
 
  France19
 
  Romania30
 
 
  Norway36
 

Quarterfinals edit

23 August 2012
18:15
Hungary   28 – 33   Romania Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Szekerczés 9 (13–17) Tiron 7
  3×  Report   8× 

23 August 2012
18:15
Japan   25 – 31   Denmark Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Pavisević, Raznatović (MNE)
Sasaki 10 (17–15) Offendal 8
  Report   4× 

23 August 2012
20:30
Russia   31 – 30 (ET)   Sweden Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 800
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Vyakhireva 11 (12–13) Eriksson 8
  7×  Report   2× 

FT: 26–26 ET: 5–4


23 August 2012
20:30
France   19 – 32   Norway Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 200
Referees: Santos, Foneseca (POR)
three players 3 (5–17) Venn 6
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Semifinals edit

25 August 2012
18:15
Romania   28 – 39   Denmark Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
Pricopi, Safta 5 (15–19) Tranborg 9
  7×  1×  Report   3× 

25 August 2012
20:30
Russia   33 – 27   Norway Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 600
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Ikhneva 7 (18–12) Arntzen 10
  4×  Report   2× 

Third place game edit

26 August 2012
16:00
Romania   30 – 36   Norway Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 300
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki (CRO)
Perianu 9 (13–17) Arntzen 7
  6×  Report   3× 

Final edit

26 August 2012
18:15
Denmark   27 – 26   Russia Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Hansen 8 (15–12) Vyakhireva 8
  3×  Report   5× 

5–8th place playoffs edit

 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 25
 
 
  Hungary30
 
August 26
 
  Japan25
 
  Hungary31
 
August 25
 
  Sweden25
 
  Sweden24
 
 
  France22
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 26
 
 
  Japan26
 
 
  France28

Semifinals edit

25 August 2012
13:45
Hungary   30 – 25   Japan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 300
Referees: Pavisević, Raznatović (MNE)
Sirián 9 (15–14) Sasaki 8
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25 August 2012
16:00
Sweden   24 – 22   France Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Eriksson 5 (13–12) three players 5
  1×  Report   2× 

Seventh place game edit

26 August 2012
11:30
Japan   26 – 28   France Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 200
Referees: Engberg, Delle (SWE)
Sasaki 10 (16–13) Agathe 7
  Report   1× 

Fifth place game edit

26 August 2012
13:45
Hungary   31 – 25   Sweden Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
Sirián 8 (18–11) Larsson 6
  2×  Report   1× 

9–12th place playoffs edit

 
SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
August 23
 
 
  Netherlands32
 
August 24
 
  Montenegro27
 
  Netherlands32
 
August 23
 
  South Korea33
 
  South Korea29
 
 
  Brazil26
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 24
 
 
  Montenegro29
 
 
  Brazil28

Semifinals edit

23 August 2012
16:00
Netherlands   32 – 27   Montenegro Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 300
Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
Nieuwenweg 7 (15–14) Despotović 9
  1×  Report   5× 

23 August 2012
16:00
South Korea   29 – 26   Brazil Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 50
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Kim Su-jeong 9 (14–15) dos Santos, da Silva Santos 5
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Eleventh place game edit

24 August 2012
11:30
Montenegro   29 – 28 (ET)   Brazil Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Despotović 11 (11–21) dos Santos, Santana 7
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FT: 26–26 ET: 3–2

Ninth place game edit

24 August 2012
13:45
Netherlands   32 – 33   South Korea Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Michielsen, Dulfer 8 (19–20) Kim Su-jeong 12
  7×  Report   4× 

13–16th place playoffs edit

 
Semifinals13th place
 
      
 
August 23
 
 
  Croatia46
 
August 24
 
  Kazakhstan23
 
  Croatia23
 
August 23
 
  Czech Republic26
 
  Czech Republic27
 
 
  Angola20
 
15th place
 
 
August 24
 
 
  Kazakhstan30
 
 
  Angola35

Semifinals edit

23 August 2012
13:45
Croatia   46 – 23   Kazakhstan Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 150
Referees: Engberg, Delle (SWE)
Marinović 11 (21–15) Alexandrova 11
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23 August 2012
13:45
Czech Republic   27 – 20   Angola Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
four players 5 (8–13) Leite 5
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15th place game edit

24 August 2012
16:00
Kazakhstan   30 – 35   Angola Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Alexandrova 11 (14–19) Domingos, Pemba 8
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13th place game edit

24 August 2012
18:15
Croatia   23 – 26   Czech Republic Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Masnić 6 (11–14) Trumpešová, Pokorná 5
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17–20th place playoffs edit

 
Semifinals17th place
 
      
 
August 23
 
 
  Paraguay14
 
August 24
 
  DR Congo17
 
  DR Congo26
 
August 23
 
  Uruguay32
 
  Uruguay31
 
 
  Portugal29
 
20th place
 
 
August 24
 
 
  Paraguay16
 
 
  Portugal26

Semifinals edit

23 August 2012
11:30
Paraguay   14 – 17   DR Congo Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 100
Referees: Guzmán, Perez (PUR)
Aluan 5 (7–8) Betu 5
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23 August 2012
11:30
Uruguay   31 – 29   Portugal Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 100
Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
Barreiro 9 (20–14) Faleiro 9
  2×  Report   3× 

19th place game edit

24 August 2012
11:30
Paraguay   16 – 26   Portugal Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 50
Referees: Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Acuña, Aluan 5 (6–12) Soares 7
  4×  Report   6× 

17th place game edit

24 August 2012
13:45
DR Congo   26 – 32   Uruguay Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 50
Referees: Guzman, Perez (PUR)
Montili, Betu 5 (13–16) Scarrone 12
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Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Denmark
    Russia
    Norway
4   Romania
5   Hungary
6   Sweden
7   France
8   Japan
9   South Korea
10   Netherlands
11   Montenegro
12   Brazil
13   Czech Republic
14   Croatia
15   Angola
16   Kazakhstan
17   Uruguay
18   DR Congo
19   Portugal
20   Paraguay

Awards edit

MVP
Topscorer
All-star team

References edit

  1. ^ "Denmark World Champions after last second goal in final thriller against Russia". ihf.info. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Draw for the IV Women's Youth World Championship in Montenegro". eurohandball.com. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  3. ^ "12 countries representing Europe in Montenegro". eurohandball.com. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  4. ^ Match schedule

External links edit