1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

1979 Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	October 13–23
Teams	13 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	(1st title)
Runner-up
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	46
Goals scored	1365 (29.67 per match)
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The 1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in Yugoslavia from 13 to 23 October.

The title was won by the Soviet Union who finished on top after winning four of their five games with East Germany finishing in second place.^[1]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	62	34	+28	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	50	42	+8	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	35	46	−11	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	34	59	−25	0

1979	Hungary	20–13	Japan	Yugoslavia

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1979		19–10	West Germany	Yugoslavia

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1979		25–13	Japan	Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	19–11	West Germany	Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	14–8	Japan	Yugoslavia

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1979		18–11	Hungary	Yugoslavia

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	4	4	0	0	102	35	+67	8
France	4	3	0	1	55	54	+1	6
Norway	4	2	0	2	61	42	+19	4
	4	1	0	3	31	56	−25	2
	4	0	0	4	34	96	−62	0

1979	Yugoslavia	18–5		Yugoslavia

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1979	Yugoslavia	41–7		Yugoslavia

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1979	France	13–9		Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	20–7		Yugoslavia

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1979	France	21–12		Yugoslavia

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1979	France	12–10	Norway	Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	17–3		Yugoslavia

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1979		14–8		Yugoslavia

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1979	Yugoslavia	23–9	France	Yugoslavia

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1979	Yugoslavia	20–14	Norway	Yugoslavia

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	68	29	+39	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	60	34	+26	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	46	44	+2	2
	3	0	0	3	23	90	−67	0

1979	Netherlands	26–6		Yugoslavia

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1979		18–8	Denmark	Yugoslavia

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1979	Denmark	18–9	Netherlands	Yugoslavia

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1979		30–10		Yugoslavia

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1979		20–11	Netherlands	Yugoslavia

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1979	Denmark	34–7		Yugoslavia

Final round[]

Group 7-12[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	73	48	+25	8
Norway	5	4	0	1	83	53	+30	8
West Germany	5	3	0	2	72	42	+30	6
Japan	5	3	0	2	96	77	+19	6
	5	1	0	4	36	76	−40	2
	5	0	0	5	55	119	−64	0

1979	Japan	21–15	Netherlands	Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	19–4		Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	24–14		Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	11–6	Norway	Yugoslavia

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1979	Japan	17–9		Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	23–7		Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	11–6	West Germany	Yugoslavia

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1979	Japan	31–14		Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	9–5		Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	12–10	West Germany	Yugoslavia

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1979		15–14		Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	25–19	Japan	Yugoslavia

Group 1-6[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	5	4	0	1	91	61	+30	8
	5	3	1	1	87	59	+28	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	84	65	+19	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	78	71	+7	6
Denmark	5	1	0	4	65	81	−16	2
France	5	0	0	5	45	113	−68	0

1979		24–9	France	Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	17–13		Yugoslavia

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1979	Yugoslavia	17–12	Denmark	Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	20–8	France	Yugoslavia

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1979		19–12	Denmark	Yugoslavia

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1979		13–13	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	17–16	Denmark	Yugoslavia

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1979	Denmark	29–9	France	Yugoslavia

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1979		18–15	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	17–10	France	Yugoslavia

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1979		14–12		Yugoslavia

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1979	Yugoslavia	16–13	Hungary	Yugoslavia

Ranking[]

The final rankings from the 1979 edition:^[2]

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
4	Hungary
5	Denmark
6	France
7	Netherlands
8	Norway
9	West Germany
10	Japan
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