1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

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1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Dates4–13 December
Teams16 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Soviet Union
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches48
Goals scored2,127 (44 per match)
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The 1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the third edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Portugal from 4 to 13 December 1981.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 78 51 +27 6 1st–8th place classification
2  East Germany 3 2 0 1 81 72 +9 4
3    3 1 0 2 72 65 +7 2 9–16th place classification
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 58 101 −43 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981 Yugoslavia  23–16   
1981 East Germany  38–24  Japan
1981 Yugoslavia  30–16  Japan
1981 East Germany  24–23   
1981 Yugoslavia  25–19  East Germany
1981    33–18  Japan

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 79 60 +19 4 1st–8th place classification
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 66 52 +14 4
3  Spain 3 2 0 1 70 66 +4 4 9–16th place classification
4   3 0 0 3 60 97 −37 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981 Czechoslovakia  35–25  
1981 Spain  20–19  Denmark
1981 Denmark  29–17  
1981 Czechoslovakia  29–17  Spain
1981 Denmark  18–15  Czechoslovakia
1981 Spain  33–18  

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 85 44 +41 6 1st–8th place classification
2  Iceland 3 2 0 1 61 65 −4 4
3   3 1 0 2 58 55 +3 2 9–16th place classification
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 51 91 −40 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(H) Host
1981   20–15  Portugal
1981 Soviet Union  23–12  Iceland
1981 Soviet Union  22–21  
1981 Iceland  31–25  Portugal
1981 Soviet Union  40–11  Portugal
1981 Iceland  18–17  

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 0 1 50 44 +6 4 1st–8th place classification
2  France 3 1 1 1 50 51 −1 3
3   3 1 1 1 39 42 −3 3 9–16th place classification
4   3 1 0 2 51 53 −2 2
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981 Sweden  15–10  
1981   21–19  France
1981 Sweden  20–18  
1981 France  15–15  
1981   14–12  
1981 France  16–15  Sweden

Main round[]

All points and goals against the team from the same preliminary round were carried over.

9–16th place classification[]

Group III[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 76 57 +19 5 Ninth place game
2    3 2 0 1 87 73 +14 4 Eleventh place game
3   3 1 0 2 70 87 −17 2 13th place game
4  Japan 3 0 1 2 57 73 −16 1 15th place game
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981    32–29  
1981 Spain  17–17  Japan
1981 Spain  26–22   
1981   23–22  Japan

Group IV[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   3 3 0 0 62 52 +10 6 Ninth place game
2   3 2 0 1 61 56 +5 4 Eleventh place game
3   3 1 0 2 57 55 +2 2 13th place game
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 60 77 −17 0 15th place game
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(H) Host
1981   21–19  
1981   29–22  Portugal
1981   19–18  
1981   28–23  Portugal

1st–8th place classification[]

Group I[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 60 53 +7 5 Final
2  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 54 56 −2 3 Third place game
3  East Germany 3 1 0 2 64 66 −2 2 Fifth place game
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 54 57 −3 2 Seventh place game
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981 Yugoslavia  19–18  Denmark
1981 Czechoslovakia  23–22  East Germany
1981 Yugoslavia  16–16  Czechoslovakia
1981 East Germany  23–18  Denmark

Group II[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 84 49 +35 6 Final
2  Sweden 3 1 0 2 60 64 −4 2 Third place game
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 63 68 −5 2 Fifth place game
4  France 3 1 0 2 53 79 −26 2 Seventh place game
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
1981 Soviet Union  35–16  France
1981 Sweden  24–22  Iceland
1981 Soviet Union  26–21  Sweden
1981 Iceland  29–21  France

Placement games[]

15th place game[]

1981 Portugal  37–34 (ET)  Japan

13th place game[]

1981   32–24  

Eleventh place game[]

1981    29–22  

Ninth place game[]

1981   20–15  Spain

Seventh place game[]

1981 Denmark  21–20  France

Fifth place game[]

1981 East Germany  23–18  Iceland

Third place game[]

1981 Czechoslovakia  32–26  Sweden

Final[]

1981 Yugoslavia  28–21  Soviet Union

Final ranking[]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Yugoslavia
Silver medal icon.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg  Czechoslovakia
4  Sweden
5  East Germany
6  Iceland
7  Denmark
8  France
9  
10  Spain
11   
12  
13  
14  
15  Portugal
16  Japan

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