The Australian Handball Federation [AHF] is pleased to announce that for the second time, Australia will be participating in the Women’s Junior Handball World Championship which has been conducted since 1977.  The 17^th Women’s Junior Handball World Championship will be held during 17^th – 31^st July 2010 in Korea. Australia participated in the 2008 Women's Junior Championships in FYR Macedonia.

The AHF congratulates the following players for being selected as part of the Junior Women’s Team to represent Australia in this significant sporting event: 

Player No.	Name	Position	State
1	Taylee Lewis	Goalkeeper	New South Wales
3	Rachel Lodewijks	Left Wing/Right Back	New South Wales
9	Nina Markovic	Pivot/LeftWing /Right Wing	Victoria
10	Brianna Keyes	Left Wing	New South Wales
11	Lauren Keith	Pivot/Right Back	New South Wales
12	Sonja Miskovic	Goalkeeper	New South Wales
14	Claire Dennerley	Pivot/Left Back/Right Back	New South Wales
15	Vanja Smiljanic	Centre Back	New South Wales
17	Victoria Brunsberg	Left Wing /Left Back	New South Wales
19	Melissa Mellor	Pivot /Left Back	Queensland

The team is supported by Janne Lilleeng [Coach] and Anthony Keyes [Manager].

The team left Sydney on 12^th July to Seoul, South Korea, to acclimatise prior to the commencement of the competition.

The competition will involve about 600 players from twenty four countries.  The year 2010 is the year of the White Tiger in oriental zodiac; hence the competition has Beko the White Tiger as its Mascot,  while its slogan is 'Do your BEST, Be the BEST'

The AHF has no doubt that the team will do its best in its participation and will benefit from the valuable experience from the competition.

The AHF wishes to acknowledge with appreciation the assistance by Sebastien Louis, previously of the Oceania Handball Federation, in making arrangements for the team’s stay in Seoul and for organising court time for the girls, through his contacts in Korea.